We get a fair amount of chip seal around here for reasons already stated.
Fatter tires at lower pressures (see the BQ charts for ideas) are very
comfy on them, especially riding a steel or Ti frame, and surefooted as
well. Cornering on loose stuff is of course always best done with caution
and at
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 05:36 -0500, Bruce Herbitter wrote:
We get a fair amount of chip seal around here for reasons already
stated. Fatter tires at lower pressures (see the BQ charts for ideas)
are very comfy on them, especially riding a steel or Ti frame, and
surefooted as well. Cornering on
Pernicious? Perhaps, however, chip-and-seal coating the roads every 8-10 years
adds some 30 years to the service life of the road, meaning it doesn't have to
be dug up and repaved for that many more years. That saves taxpayers a lot of
money and travelers a lot of disruption.
Sorry for your
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Manuel Acosta
manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
Glad that you're in good spirits about it.
Jameson certainly qualifies as good spirits. Glad to hear it was just a
flesh wound. Hope the healing is quick!
jim m
wc ca
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You received this message because you
Having wiped out on sealcoat myself a few times with the scars to show for
it my best wishes go out to you Liesl. Growing up upstate it was always a
nightmare when the decided to re-do the roads, it meant either not riding
for a few weeks while the sealcoat got beat down by the cars or going 2mph,
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
David
On Aug 21, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
Glad that you're in good spirits about it. Glad that the bike came out fine,
scratches on the bike are like medals of honor. Display them proud.
On Monday, August 20, 2012
I'm curious about this slippery seal coat: is it tar sprayed on
gravel? What makes it so slippery? -- soft tar?
We don't use such barbarous, inferior road surfaces here in God's Own
Land of Enchantment: we go directly from real pavement to dirt.
Continue to let the Jameson's work its magic
It's a layer of tar sprayed on the road surface with gravel laid on top of it.
It's rolled into the surface by cars and trucks and sometimes heavy machinery.
After a few days the loose gravel is swept off. The problem is that the loose
gravel is like riding on ball bearings... Tough on
Thanks; weird -- definitely not a NM or Georgia thing.
Next thread: widest tarmac expansion cracks? Must be documented. My
prizes reach almost 7 inches.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote:
It's a layer of tar sprayed on the road surface with gravel laid on
Okay, your fall is worse than mine. Muscle and/or ribs are finally
healing. Even got a 40+ mile ride on the SimpleOne yesterday. This
weekend was the first time in two weeks was on a drop bar bike.
Advice - try a Big Ginger - ginger ale and 2 Gingers whiskey. I use diet
Vernors.
Hmm. Like
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Okay, your fall is worse than mine. Muscle and/or ribs are finally healing.
Even got a 40+ mile ride on the SimpleOne yesterday. This weekend was the
first time in two
I wouldn't say we limp and moan a lot here in Minneapolis, but grog? In a
handsome flask?Definitely--especially on those rare occasions when we have no
choice but to limp and moan because of the City's pernicious and vile habit of
seal coating roads.
Erin reports that I was tough as nails.
Yowzer, hope the healing process doesn't take too long and isn't too
miserable!
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Liesl li...@smm.org wrote:
I wouldn't say we limp and moan a lot here in Minneapolis, but grog? In a
handsome flask?Definitely--especially on those rare occasions when we have
no
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