Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 3, 2022 The grader has been out in front of my house all morning. I should go out and supervise. Last time (a couple years ago) they dug a ditch across the end of my driveway. I had to go buy 10 sacks of concrete mix to fill in the ditch. It’s 25° now, that is the high for the day. Going down to 15 tonight. I plan on riding outside starting Monday. I hope the road gets packed down a little bit by then. Saturday I have that charity ride with Amy. I hope I survive it. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 3, 2022 At least they didn't lay down chip seal. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 3, 2022 If RG wrote this thread, it would mean something ENTIRELY different! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 3, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 3, 2022 Which one is doing the fluffing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 3, 2022 19 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: Which one is doing the fluffing? does it really matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted March 3, 2022 24 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: At least they didn't lay down chip seal. I could only dream they would chip seal the road. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, jsharrwick said: does it really matter? Nope. Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: Saturday I have that charity ride with Amy. I hope I survive it. Amy is looking a little fresh, have you expanded your dating pool after a few weeks of experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted March 3, 2022 That’s my friend Amy, married to Chad. She was the triathlete that’s competed twice at the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Took first place female overall at Ironman Mexico. She is a triathlete coach now, has Aurther Rightus in her Knees. She owns and operates Cycle Life Studio. She is not even 50 yet, too young for me and she is in love with Chad. She invited me to join her in Bike For Breakthroughs. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 3, 2022 Share #10 Posted March 3, 2022 55 minutes ago, jsharrwick said: does it really matter? Apparently Chad may take issue. Or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: I could only dream they would chip seal the road. That and gravel are all we have around here. Not sure what the others are riding on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted March 3, 2022 1 minute ago, sheep_herder said: That and gravel are all we have around here. Not sure what the others are riding on. Depending on the weather sometimes I think gravel would be nice or crushed stone even better. Riding on deep loose pebbles is not much fun but neither is deep mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #13 Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: The grader has been out in front of my house all morning. I should go out and supervise. Last time (a couple years ago) they dug a ditch across the end of my driveway. Is that how often they do that sort of thing? I feel like the gravel roads near me are too well maintained for it to be just once a year or two. Is these some interim maintenance they do beyond grading? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 3, 2022 Share #14 Posted March 3, 2022 You will survive the ride but you may be last. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted March 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, Airehead said: You will survive the ride but you may be last. DFL, I’ll be surprised if I’m not. 31 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Is that how often they do that sort of thing? I feel like the gravel roads near me are too well maintained for it to be just once a year or two. Is these some interim maintenance they do beyond grading? They sprinkled some pebbles on it last year but it has been two years since it was graded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #16 Posted March 3, 2022 Nice thing about living close to a school and down the street from a County Commissioner, they work on ours several times a year. However, that does not mean I vote for him. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #17 Posted March 3, 2022 37 minutes ago, Airehead said: You will survive the ride but you may be last. Being a current Leukemia patient, I would think they would have a 'group' finish with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 3, 2022 Share #18 Posted March 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: The grader has been out in front of my house all morning. Why wouldn't they wait until the frost is gone from the ground? (our ground is still frozen) Or will they grade the road again in several weeks? Most of the roads I ride on are tar and chip. (the remaining are blacktop) Usually in July when it HOT they add some chips to the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted March 3, 2022 Whelp I walked down to get the mail and it looks like they did a fine job. No wonder they were out there all morning. I should have taken a before picture. Of course my township only has about 2/10ths of a mile. Vernon Twp, Jackson Twp, and Lake Twp, have the rest of the road. The sun melted all the snow except in the shady places today. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #20 Posted March 3, 2022 Now would be the time to lay down some rocks so any traffic would drive it down into the soft dirt and stabilize it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #21 Posted March 3, 2022 You are biking with an iron person? Are you crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #22 Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: Whelp I walked down to get the mail and it looks like they did a fine job. No wonder they were out there all morning. I should have taken a before picture. Of course my township only has about 2/10ths of a mile. Vernon Twp, Jackson Twp, and Lake Twp, have the rest of the road. The sun melted all the snow except in the shady places today. Wow - will they hit that with something to flatten it more? My roads seem much smoother than that on most rides. I wonder if it is different gravel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #23 Posted March 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Wow - will they hit that with something to flatten it more? My roads seem much smoother than that on most rides. I wonder if it is different gravel. They use a lot of 'pit run' here, or gravel of all sizes with sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #24 Posted March 3, 2022 19 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: You are biking with an iron person? Are you crazy? My first ride with Amy was over 16 years ago. She wanted to ride with us to improve her cycling skills before her first Ironman Kentucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #25 Posted March 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Wow - will they hit that with something to flatten it more? My roads seem much smoother than that on most rides. I wonder if it is different gravel. I was impressed with how smooth they got it, they don’t usually get it that smooth. My last crash was on the same road but a different township. They had graded the left side of the road and the right side of the road and left about a six inch high ridge in the middle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #26 Posted March 3, 2022 22 minutes ago, sheep_herder said: They use a lot of 'pit run' here, or gravel of all sizes with sand. @Old No. 7 is smarter than me, so he might have some idea what the gravel is out in Loudoun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #27 Posted March 3, 2022 I know the gravel rides I see on YouTube don’t look like my roads. About a half mile down the road in Vernon township the road washes out about once a year, sometimes twice. The culverts under the road get clogged and in a heavy rain the water from the fields washes across the road taking the road with it. I almost never walk my bike but I have walked my bike through that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #28 Posted March 3, 2022 One of the gravel roads I ride was closed all of last November. I decided to go check out why it was closed on my next ride but that’s when all my eye trouble happened. Next week owl try and ride over that way and see if they ever opened it. They might have a bridge out, I don’t know any other reason it would be closed. We have a couple roads they closed and never did reopen them. There are big trees growing right in the middle of the road. One I know the bridge washed out and they decided not to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #29 Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: @Old No. 7 is smarter than me, so he might have some idea what the gravel is out in Loudoun. (Read this in Cliff Clavin’s voice) Well the gravel roads in Loudoun County are made to the time honored craftsmanship of the Colonial Days. Then and now, they start with big rocks that they break down into smaller sizes and then spread those smaller rocks on the travel surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #30 Posted March 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: (Read this in Cliff Clavin’s voice) Well the gravel roads in Loudoun County are made to the time honored craftsmanship of the Colonial Days. Then and now, they start with big rocks that they break down into smaller sizes and then spread those smaller rocks on the travel surface. Do they still use a chain gang to break up the big rocks into Little Rock’s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 3, 2022 Share #31 Posted March 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Do they still use a chain gang to break up the big rocks into Little Rock’s? No. They use big machines and dump trucks now. Hoomans are getting soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 3, 2022 Share #32 Posted March 3, 2022 3 hours ago, sheep_herder said: Being a current Leukemia patient, I would think they would have a 'group' finish with him. Did you tell them that you were a leukemia person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share #33 Posted March 4, 2022 38 minutes ago, Airehead said: Did you tell them that you were a leukemia person? I think that was why I was invited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 4, 2022 Share #34 Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: I think that was why I was invited. Well then, make sure they research how bad ass you are. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share #35 Posted March 7, 2022 They decided it was cheaper to buy new signs than to fix the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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