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Watch out there's a pothole about!

Well actually quite a few and Fillthathole.org.uk wants to know about them

Potholes on British roads are an ongoing problem, as the snow thaws (in some areas at least) it will reveal new damage done to road surfaces by water getting into to cracks, freezing, expanding, and creating a new pothole.

Cyclists (and their bikes) are particularly vulnerable to the dangers posed by potholed roads which is why for the last few years the CTC has been running the Fill That Hole campaign asking cyclists to notify councils about potholes they spot while out riding – particularly those that could be dangerous.

As the thaw reveals a new crop of holes in our roads they are repeating that call for cyclists to report as many as they find. So if you spot a hole while out on your bike cut along to www.fillthathole.org.uk and report.

Councils are responsible for dealing with potholes on A and B roads, but they can't deal with them if they don't know they are there. Once notified though they have a statutory responsibility to fill them in, if they don't and an accident occurs – they will be liable.

Here in Bath where road.cc is based the combination of topography and lots of rain means the local council has an on-going pothole filling programme, that and possibly the fact that two cyclists were seriously injured in separate accidents caused by large (notified) potholes in the last five years. 

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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