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  • May 10, 2018 at 11:08 pm #28501
    Dr Winston

    I know You’ve probably all done this to death but i have an advantage of opinion being as i’m returning to cycling after many years. THE ROADS ARE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING !!…

    Not being one for speed, and firmly in the comfort category, i was always quite happy riding on 40/50 psi in my tyres and negotiating the odd pot hole in the name of a “easy ride”…well it’s no longer an option…

    First time out with my son (17 years old) and two pinch punctures later, on pot holes, we returned after 5 miles to invest in a stand pump and 100 psi tyre pressure…

    It’s like riding on a brick now…

    Seriously poor roads now for cyclists and the very same roads i rode all those years ago…Shocking…

     

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  • May 25, 2018 at 10:50 pm #919349
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    Dr Winston

    Good replies folks.

    Good replies folks.

    As a post script. I’ve decided that riding during busy timers anywhere near me on a road bike is just either unpleasant or dangerous due to weaving to avoid said pot holes. Looks like I need to add an mtb to my stable.

    May 19, 2018 at 4:51 pm #919347
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    Anonymous

    Build the roads better in the

    Build the roads better in the first place, stop building them to increase grip, stop spoiling the ship for the sake of ha’porth of tar and do a proper fucking job. it is possible but isn’t because authorities see it as a cash saving exercise but it’s doomed to failure from the off.

    Getting motors off the roads as much as possible would be a start..

    May 18, 2018 at 11:25 pm #919345
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    Fish_n_Chips

    I have 40 profile car tyres

    I have 40 profile car tyres and always keep the suspension on soft mode as the roads are full of potholes holes.

     

    Councils claim it is the lack of cash.

    May 18, 2018 at 8:03 pm #919343
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    matthewn5

    The real sign of madness

    The real sign of madness regarding roads, is that we evidently can’t afford to fix the roads we have, but we keep building new ones… that way leads to an infrastructure crisis and bankruptcy as in some US cities.

    May 14, 2018 at 5:38 pm #919341
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    mike the bike
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    The elephant in the room that no-one seems to be discussing is why are there so many uphill roads? Surely if we are to encourage cycling, we need as many roads as possible to be going downhill?

     

    And left turns too.  So much easier than those to the right.

    May 14, 2018 at 5:14 pm #919339
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    pockstone
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    The elephant in the room that no-one seems to be discussing is why are there so many uphill roads? Surely if we are to encourage cycling, we need as many roads as possible to be going downhill?

    My local council responded favourably and promptly when I put this to them one afternoon. Unfortunately, over eager highways engineers converted all the downhill roads into uphill ones at the same time.

    They must have had loads of complaints because they’d put them all back as they were the next morning.

    May 14, 2018 at 4:17 pm #919337
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    hawkinspeter

    The elephant in the room that

    The elephant in the room that no-one seems to be discussing is why are there so many uphill roads? Surely if we are to encourage cycling, we need as many roads as possible to be going downhill?

    May 14, 2018 at 4:14 pm #919335
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    Legs11 banging on about monetary greed. Oh the irony given his past posts.

     

    *guffaw*

    May 14, 2018 at 3:30 pm #919333
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    Ratfink

    Why do road markings only

    Why do road markings only seem to last a couple of months in some places? Are they using Tippex now?

    May 14, 2018 at 2:47 pm #919331
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    srchar

    Why are there so many

    Why are there so many potholes in the first place?  Are our roads not built to a sufficient standard for the traffic they carry and the weather conditions they experience?

    An example: why are bus stops tarmac’d rather than concreted?  There are always huge ruts carved into the road where buses stop, causing the tarmac to move and create a ridge.  Some of them are large enough to be dangerous to traverse on a bike.

    May 14, 2018 at 1:48 pm #919329
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    Anonymous

    Legs11 banging on about

    Legs11 banging on about monetary greed. Oh the irony given his past posts.

    Anyway, back to roads. The worst thing about the current road repair process seems to be this disconnect between teams to do each bit. On my commute a drain had basically collapsed into the road, obviously needed doing but we got the cones up quick enough and then it was about a week before anyone actually turned up to do the work, all the while causing queues every day.

    After that crew had finished the coned area and lights stayed for another 4!! days before we returned to normal. 4 days of extra traffic because  lights were up for no reason other than not collecting them.

    Basically, a 2 day job turned into an 11 day one.

    May 14, 2018 at 12:32 pm #919327
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    hawkinspeter
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    It isn’t just the roads.  The entire infrastructure of the UK is being left to rot whilst the neoconservatives who have power, transfer more and more of the country’s wealth to themselves and to the other members of their caste.  The NHS is close to collapse.  The roads are a clear and present danger to health.  The public transport network is only slightly more reliable than Cambodia’s.   Crime is at record levels and police don’t bother to investigate most of the offences which are reported to them.  The only reason these phenomena aren’t getting talked about is that our media organisations are owned by the same people who are stealing from us, or (as is the case with the BBC) have been so cowed by threats of ‘regulation’ that they’re toeing the party line anyway.   

    Monetarism – that toxic ideology born in the fascist regimes of South America, imported into Britain in 1979 and foisted on the majority by a at most ten thousand greedy, ultra right-wing bastards, is like a snake around the throat of Britain.  If a snake wraps itself around your throat, what do you do?  You kill the snake.  

    Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one dare say it aloud, because they’ll get a visit from the police. 

    Is it moaning on Road.cc forums? I think we’ve already tried that and nothing seems to be improving.

    May 14, 2018 at 12:16 pm #919325
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    brooksby
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    It isn’t just the roads.  The entire infrastructure of the UK is being left to rot whilst the neoconservatives who have power, transfer more and more of the country’s wealth to themselves and to the other members of their caste.  The NHS is close to collapse.  The roads are a clear and present danger to health.  The public transport network is only slightly more reliable than Cambodia’s.   Crime is at record levels and police don’t bother to investigate most of the offences which are reported to them.  The only reason these phenomena aren’t getting talked about is that our media organisations are owned by the same people who are stealing from us, or (as is the case with the BBC) have been so cowed by threats of ‘regulation’ that they’re toeing the party line anyway.   

    Monetarism – that toxic ideology born in the fascist regimes of South America, imported into Britain in 1979 and foisted on the majority by a at most ten thousand greedy, ultra right-wing bastards, is like a snake around the throat of Britain.  If a snake wraps itself around your throat, what do you do?  You kill the snake.  

    Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one dare say it aloud, because they’ll get a visit from the police. 

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    May 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm #919323
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester

    It isn’t just the roads.  The

    It isn’t just the roads.  The entire infrastructure of the UK is being left to rot whilst the neoconservatives who have power, transfer more and more of the country’s wealth to themselves and to the other members of their caste.  The NHS is close to collapse.  The roads are a clear and present danger to health.  The public transport network is only slightly more reliable than Cambodia’s.   Crime is at record levels and police don’t bother to investigate most of the offences which are reported to them.  The only reason these phenomena aren’t getting talked about is that our media organisations are owned by the same people who are stealing from us, or (as is the case with the BBC) have been so cowed by threats of ‘regulation’ that they’re toeing the party line anyway.   

    Monetarism – that toxic ideology born in the fascist regimes of South America, imported into Britain in 1979 and foisted on the majority by a at most ten thousand greedy, ultra right-wing bastards, is like a snake around the throat of Britain.  If a snake wraps itself around your throat, what do you do?  You kill the snake.  

    Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one dare say it aloud, because they’ll get a visit from the police. 

    May 14, 2018 at 11:32 am #919321
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    Tjuice

    Roads are so bad (at least

    Roads are so bad (at least near me) that filling the odd pothole is not what is needed.  Full resurfacing (not that awful top dressing) of many roads is the only thing that stands a chance of slowing the rapid deterioration/crumbling.  Slapping some tarmac into one or two of the deeper holes seems rather like putting a kids’ sticking plaster on a severed artery.

    I would hate to ride on the roads near me in any kind of group.  The only way I feel safe is if I can clearly see the road surface a good 20-50 metres ahead of me and can plan a path through the worst of the surface. 

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