rlmr wrote:Hi Eric,
We speak regularly but for others info as well as yours I point out caution regarding biking on new "Shell Grip" surfaces... you know the ultra grippy textured surfaces applied on bends and on approach to junctions etc.
They are very good when mature, but until they have settled in and the loose particles have been thoroughly swept up these surfaces are worse than riding on a gravel track
Rennie
SammyTheSnake wrote:Lots of ridges that make it feel like you've got no braking power, big bald *polished* patches, and still bits of gravel if you're foolish enough to go near the edge of the carriageway. Awful stuff.
SammyTheSnake wrote:the standard tarmac they're putting on the roads these days apparently needs several months of use before it gets to full grippiness, and it feels like it, too.
BillZZR600 wrote:Err, its not really a road surface as such, but the propensity of LA Highways to put things like big white very slippery letters (sometimes up to 1 inch proud of the tarmac) on braking surfaces prior to corners saying SLOW .
BillZZR600 wrote:along with almost meaningless direction arrows or destination names prior to roundabouts .
BillZZR600 wrote:where the paint in association with spilt and sloshed diesel makes life more than interesting..
BillZZR600 wrote:Similarly toe in arrows on bends desighned for the opposing overtaking (on broken centreline markings) traffic prior to them reaching a solid whilst I have a solid centre line. This is usually at a hazard such as a corner where their roadmarking becomes to me simply an additional lack of traction hazard.
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