Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 4 My road is in prime condition. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 4 Share #2 Posted January 4 VERY ENTICING!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 4 Share #3 Posted January 4 This looks like the road I live on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 4 Share #4 Posted January 4 14 minutes ago, Longjohn said: My road is in prime condition. WTF are those Amish driving that ruins the road so bad???? I always figured their horses were sort of automatic pothole fillers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 4 Share #5 Posted January 4 My peloton is warm, dry and smooth. The scenery is not too bad either. I think I will hang out there for now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Share #6 Posted January 4 4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: WTF are those Amish driving that ruins the road so bad???? I always figured their horses were sort of automatic pothole fillers. The township supervisors are morans. They don’t know how to maintain a dirt/gravel road. The horseshoes are hard on the paved roads but don’t cause problems on the gravel roads. That’s caused by unskilled maintenance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 4 Share #7 Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: My peloton is warm, dry and smooth. The scenery is not too bad either. I think I will hang out there for now. I've been using a similar app. It is unsettling when the pedestrians walk in front of the bike. I have to ignore the people on the opposite side of the road, waving at me. I should ride in a tropical area. Maybe there are monkeys. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Share #8 Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: My peloton is warm, dry and smooth. The scenery is not too bad either. I think I will hang out there for now. Does peloton make an ebike version? Maybe you should look into one of those? Sounds like our Ironman is getting soft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 4 Share #9 Posted January 4 4 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Does peloton make an ebike version? Maybe you should look into one of those? Sounds like our Ironman is getting soft. I mean the whole thing is an e bike. It plugs into the wall! Yea, maybe I am getting a little soft in my old age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Share #10 Posted January 4 1 minute ago, Parr8hed said: I mean the whole thing is an e bike. It plugs into the wall! Yea, maybe I am getting a little soft in my old age. I would never call an Ironman soft. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 4 Share #11 Posted January 4 Okay, but you have to ride with me next..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted January 4 Share #12 Posted January 4 My gravel bike could make it through that. I'm not so sure about myself on it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 4 Share #13 Posted January 4 Ask Judie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Share #14 Posted January 4 3 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: My gravel bike could make it through that. I'm not so sure about myself on it. It’s actually ridable on a bike, you just have to pick your line. With a four wheeled vehicle you are SOL. You swerve to miss a big pothole with your driver side wheels are drive right into some with the passenger side wheels. It keeps the tourons from cruising my neighborhood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Share #15 Posted January 4 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Ask Judie. I haven’t got her up here yet. She is afraid. She likes city life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 4 Share #16 Posted January 4 Totally ridable. This is what I deal with everytime I ride down my road in the wet season. The seek likes a road like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted January 4 Author Popular Post Share #17 Posted January 4 22 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Ask Judie. She is an old woman. She is older than me. Meet Judie 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 4 Share #18 Posted January 4 Hi Judie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 5 Share #19 Posted January 5 My first thought... my car would never be clean. My road bike would not like that road. My MTB would be OK. This is what most of my roads look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 5 Share #20 Posted January 5 4 hours ago, Longjohn said: I haven’t got her up here yet. She is afraid. She likes city life. She really should come see how nice a wood fire, a quiet neighborhood and a hot tub can be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 5 Share #21 Posted January 5 The Bridgestone would be ok with that. The southbound road on my desert loop is a paved road, but it needs some TLC. It has places where the asphalt got a little wobbly in the 110+ weather days. Luckily it’s lightly traveled so I can take the middle of the lane around them. When I can’t, it feels like riding down your road! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 5 Share #22 Posted January 5 6 hours ago, Bikeguy said: My first thought... my car would never be clean. My road bike would not like that road. My MTB would be OK. This is what most of my roads look like. We gave one chip seal road that I know of that looks like that. And thankfully it is pretty darn worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 5 Author Share #23 Posted January 5 4 hours ago, Ralphie said: We gave one chip seal road that I know of that looks like that. And thankfully it is pretty darn worn. I can only dream of chip seal roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 5 Share #24 Posted January 5 11 hours ago, Bikeguy said: My first thought... my car would never be clean. My road bike would not like that road. My MTB would be OK. This is what most of my roads look like. That reminds me of some of the roads in central Indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 5 Share #25 Posted January 5 19 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I can only dream of chip seal roads. The worst of both worlds? Too crappy for fun on a road bike, and a gravel/MTB is overkill. I like when I can say "I'm going for a road ride" and ride on pleasant surfaces, or "I'm going for a gravel ride" and ride on mostly gravel & dirt roads. Chip seal just makes me angry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 5 Author Share #26 Posted January 5 13 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: The worst of both worlds? Too crappy for fun on a road bike, and a gravel/MTB is overkill. I like when I can say "I'm going for a road ride" and ride on pleasant surfaces, or "I'm going for a gravel ride" and ride on mostly gravel & dirt roads. Chip seal just makes me angry Basically all my roads are Chip seal or worse. The hiways are paved but they have traffic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 5 Share #27 Posted January 5 Just now, Longjohn said: Basically all my roads are Chip seal or worse. The hiways are paved but they have traffic. Yeah, that's a tough mix. Being in the "suburbs", most of our roads are well maintained. And the ones that are yucky are usually on some sort of "fix" list where they get pothole repairs for a while before they get full resurfacing. Our bigger problem is that they are gung-ho abut paving old gravel and dirt farm roads. It's the classic situation where folks move to the "country" but decide they want the "city/suburbs" infrastructure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 5 Author Share #28 Posted January 5 45 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Our bigger problem is that they are gung-ho abut paving old gravel and dirt farm roads. It's the classic situation where folks move to the "country" but decide they want the "city/suburbs" infrastructure. Our biggest problem is the townships try different ideas to improve the dirt/gravel roads and only make them much worse. Then they are stuck with their experiments forever because it would cost too much to remove what they did and go back to gravel. The section in the to photo was one example. One township thought they could control the dust in front of the houses by putting chip seal over the dirt. That doesn’t work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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