Cheap Tar N Gravel Roads

wazza300

wazza300

wazza300

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Stop!!!!:mad:

everywhere lately they seem to be slapping this cheap and dangerous road surface down,facefull of stone's flying plus the damage to your bike fairing and every turn off road is slippy as hell due to the gravel that gets flung

just lay a proper tarmac road,its god awful surface to ride on
 
Yep they've done every road round my way and it's been nasty. Fortunately the roads seem to have settled now but it's not the best surface to ride on.
 
Nothing wrong with it, if you stick to the advised speed. It works and works well. Far cheaper and extends the life of the road significantly.
 
I bet you wouldn't support a massive increase in tax to fully relay roads though.
They prevent pot holes, by filling in cracks with tar, so water can't penetrate extending the life by over 5 years.
They do take a while to bed in, but it really isn't an issue, unless you and other speed on them which throws up the gravel.
 
it still throws up garvel at slow speeds and its very slippy,fine for cars dangerous for bikes

with the road tax they have off us it should be paved with gold
 
They scare the bejesus out of me. The worst thing is when you're pootling along at the advised 20mph and some dimwit overtakes at speed, throwing gravel all over you.
 
Glaucus said:
Road tax what is that?, it doesn't throw it up at the designated speed and it really is fine on a bike.
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Ever driven a motorbike on such a road or is this another Glaucus assertion picked out of the air? They're lethal, even at 10mph.
 
Aside from the debate on how rubbish or not this method is, why on earth do they always seem to apply this muck to roads which are perfectly fine surface wise yet a few miles away roads which look like the Somme never get touched? Why?????????!!!!!! :D
 
Scuzi said:
Ever driven a motorbike on such a road or is this another Glaucus assertion picked out of the air? They're lethal, even at 10mph.
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No never ridden a bike on such a road.
Of course I have.

It a necessary measure, unless you want tax massively increased for no good reason, take it steady and it's fine, the only issue is when people speed on it, or they don't sweep it up periodically which they have to do, so if they aren't complain.
 
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terrible things end up completely bald in places after a week and spread ****ing stones everywhere for months afterwards.
 
it been around that long I don't know when they started doing this , but I first got on the road in 81 and they where doing before that.
so I don't think the e-petition that's going around will change anything.

I think the biggest problem with it is there now putting less tar down to start with and not always rollering the chips in to it
 
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Its hilarious around here (not quite on topic) they are using cheaper ways to repair roads but having to do it far more often so in the end spending a ton more in an effort to save money! :( sure the old way was expensive but it lasted 5-10x longer and didn't cost 5-10x as much.
 
A few years ago they re-did a stretch of the A24 leading away from Box Hill to Horsham. I almost felt sorry for the guy on the brand new Desmosedici RR.

Either way I absolutley hate the stuff. I apreciate it's got to be done, just still hate riding over it (especially as you usually end up with a car driver up sitting on your numberplate, wondering why you're riding so gingerly)
 
The worst about it is at junctions where turning cars result in the gravel bunching up into piles. Hit one of those while leaning and....

I don't think it would be so bad if they actually pressed the gravel into the tar with a roller. Leaving rivers of gravel for passing traffic to press it in is the main problem.
 
They did this to some of the hill routes around Hungerford....one of the scariest things I've done was ride down hill on one of those roads
 
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