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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on August 15, 2022, 03:36:57 PM
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In my normal rural route I found that they were doing this to the northbound lane...and it was really exciting in my s.-bound lane, in the dark, as it spread fully to my lane in the corners!
So, after a nice coffee at Dino's I made another, unplanned, speed run up unmolested Rt 68 N., to get home. Only had 2 F-150's take exception to me being on their road.
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Posted at 50 and 55 - I held a steady 55 observed until Rt. 68 became "70MPH". Then I took the off ramp!
They play at 75 > 85 on that section.
I know my plastic paneled scooter can handle loose gravel - but I don't like the added wear to my tires. (yeah, I know a lot of you guys happily ride in gravel - that's your $$ )
Stig
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Like riding on marbles eh Stig? Fresh underwear time!
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glad you escaped it..we have a number of those types of roads around here. They also induce a type of panic in me if I'm riding and come upon a recent 'oil topped with pea gravel' road...I will quickly slow and turn around to get the H out of there!
Another good one is where they are resurfacing a road and will eat the top 2" of the road surface off, leaving a heavily grooved (in direction of travel) surface that will cause you to pucker up..
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Not just the States Hawk we get the same challenge here in the UK. Bad enough in a 4WD, absolute nightmare on a bike or scooter 🛵
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chip seal and ground pavement surface used to freak me out, I actually like chip seal, a chance to slip & slide controllably cause of the uniform chip size, compared to a loose gravel road. The what I call corrugated roads, I just deal with
snow & ice can be relaxing with the right tires
what scares me is a wet steel deck bridge with knobby tires, without a steering damper