On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:39:57 +0100, Steve Firth
You ever ridden a bike Steve? Looking at your balanced reply I would say the answer is no.
Try tar overbanding on a bike. This was recognised as being so badly laid and wide that legislation was made to put limits on it to one inch. This stuff has virually no grip when dry and in the rain turns into riding on sheet ice. Judging by roads I have seen re-laid recently this is being ignored as it is up two three inches wide.
You may not have not noticed but bikes have quite narrow front tyres, some do not have much more of a contact patch than an a couple of inches. Take an inch or more of that away and your f***ed. Lose the front tyre on a bike and it's curtains.
White lines, more slippy than a very slippy thing in slippyville when wet.
Loose chippings from new and badly laid roads. Hit these on angle on a bike and it's goodnight.
Sunken drain covers. Can't always avoid them, fall down a hole up to three inches, not clever.
BBC Breakfast news! 5412Conor" wrote in message Although I agree that road design of itself does make a road 'bad' it can make it...
Need I go on. I think we may have found the f***wit.
