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redddraggon
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The council have just decided to resurface one of the roads by me, not much wrong with it previously so I've no idea why they are wasting money, no potholes, not a bad surface really.
They've gone and stuck little grey stone down with tar, although they aren't really stuck down. The problem is that the road is on a hill, and is >20% in parts, so it's making getting out of the saddle to climb tricky. I'm not even going to try descending it now, it's too dangerous, the loose chippings offer no grip.
God knows why they've done what they've done, hopefully they are going to tarmac over the top.
They've gone and stuck little grey stone down with tar, although they aren't really stuck down. The problem is that the road is on a hill, and is >20% in parts, so it's making getting out of the saddle to climb tricky. I'm not even going to try descending it now, it's too dangerous, the loose chippings offer no grip.
God knows why they've done what they've done, hopefully they are going to tarmac over the top.
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Ahhh, it's not just in Cornwall that they do this then.
For a few years that was what they called resurfacing around here.
FYI - thats how it stays. Vehicle tyres & rain etc clear the excess chippings, leaving a nice rough surface.Stumpjumper FSR 09/10 Pro Carbon, Genesis Vapour CX20 ('17)Carbon, Rose Xeon CW3000 '14, Raleigh R50
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...must be the season for rubbish road surface laying :? ...they're doing it round here as well. Loose gravel and two wheels not good, plus you get the added danger of passing cars pebble dashing you... :roll: :evil:...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...0
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In Blackheath (SE London, overlooks Greenwich) they've done a variation: because its a 'posh' street they have used little brown flint pebbles, which make cycling close to the kerb as easy as riding over a mass of scattered marbles.0
