Northern riders, 1st ride each year - are rough roads usual?
Is it normal, that the first real warm day and everyone has cabin fever, that you take your bike for a ride and notice how uneven the roads are? I haven't ridden in awhile, and I bought my bike last year. I was out twice this week and man the roads were bumpy. I guess the ground has to thaw a little more for those expansions to settle and the sealant to go back in the cracks.
Just wondering. I live in the boondocks, so I had to watch for any logging road and any gravel/dirt road coming onto the main. If you live in the north you know all about anti skid, and mud and gravel wash out from plow trucks and spring thaw.
Everyone had their bikes out today, some sports cars too. They really need to get the sweepers going the intersections are a mess with antiskid. Not too bad for my truck, ryker handled it well for the most part. Just one slight fishtailing, probably because I gunned it a little too much when taking off.
Never used to get the bikes out until we got a good hard rainstorm.
To much salt dust and sand on the roads.
Pot holes are really bad this year, to many freeze thaw cycles this winter.
Lots of potholes here in Orange County, NY. The salt and sand was not too bad, we had two days of rain so that helped a lot.
Today was 70 degrees so I had to take the bike out. I still gave her a bath when I got back though, just to be safe.
Pa in spring roads are a mess, Ryker is safer than a motorcycle , but dodging the potholes on 3 wheels is a problem. Neither love rainy fall leaves, at dusk while dodging deer!
Cycling is very popular in Calgary and outlying areas, known here as Municipalities…same as Counties… and they all have road sweeping machines and they have been out already on some of our lightly travelled paved roads that cyclists frequent. We have had a few snow falls that melted quickly so not much salt put down. I hope to get my new, 2021 F3T with 1 Km. out in the early in the afternoon mid next week. Riding in the countryside is always time well spent. Our highs are 10-12 C so nearly 50F, the sun definitely feels warm. I’ll be wearing longjohns!
Cycling is very popular in Calgary and outlying areas, known here as Municipalities…same as Counties… and they all have road sweeping machines and they have been out already on some of our lightly travelled paved roads that cyclists frequent. We have had a few snow falls that melted quickly so not much salt put down. I hope to get my new, 2021 F3T with 1 Km. out in the early in the afternoon mid next week. Riding in the countryside is always time well spent. Our highs are 10-12 C so nearly 50F, the sun definitely feels warm. I’ll be wearing longjohns!
What COLOR ? Just in case I get too far North on my ride, so I will know that it's YOU!
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Is it normal, that the first real warm day and everyone has cabin fever, that you take your bike for a ride and notice how uneven the roads are? I haven't ridden in awhile, and I bought my bike last year. I was out twice this week and man the roads were bumpy. I guess the ground has to thaw a little more for those expansions to settle and the sealant to go back in the cracks.
Just wondering. I live in the boondocks, so I had to watch for any logging road and any gravel/dirt road coming onto the main. If you live in the north you know all about anti skid, and mud and gravel wash out from plow trucks and spring thaw.
Everyone had their bikes out today, some sports cars too. They really need to get the sweepers going the intersections are a mess with antiskid. Not too bad for my truck, ryker handled it well for the most part. Just one slight fishtailing, probably because I gunned it a little too much when taking off.
FROST HEAVES ...... and they have been occurring for the past 125 years .... ever since paving has become widespread .... before " pavement " it was just known as " mud season " lots and lots of bumpy / lumpy MUD ..... I know it's harder for some than others but ..... try and be happy .... KMHO .... Mike |
Lots of potholes here in Orange County, NY. The salt and sand was not too bad, we had two days of rain so that helped a lot.
Today was 70 degrees so I had to take the bike out. I still gave her a bath when I got back though, just to be safe.
I feel that, just 2 small rides for me, had to scratch that itch. It was 71 or 72, crazy amount of bikes out. Guess everyone was feeling it.
I also started now my first trips, its still very cold here in the Austrian Alps. But its no problem with my fairing and the heated grips, I use my "over all" Xlarge suit over my normal Jacket - good to have longer shocks, we have a lot of "new" potholes after the winter...
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We were out for three rides this weekend and racked up 285 miles. Temps were in the high 40's F, wind about 15 mph, and partly cloudy. Fresh air to the nostrils was welcomed, and when I parked it back in the garage, Not Even (1) BUG on the windshield! "Life is Good"........Bill
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Some roads around here get damaged pretty bad from frost heaves so it's like riding on a wooden rollercoaster down some of the roads. The worst are the half-paved roads with the exposed manhole covers you have to dodge.
Something to keep in mind all year long is road patches. The repair crews don't get too worked up about maintaining surface pitch, and a three wheeler is much more sensitive to that sort of thing. We've also got a lot of cedar swamp around here where the surface settles unevenly over time, and you can't always drive around the rough patches as easily as with a two wheeler. First few times on any trike can put the WTF! into your day, but it's like anything else - you get used to the quirks and file it under "new normal" once you figure out what to watch for.
And ya ... you get used to seeing piles of sand and salt on the corners. Good practice in planning ahead, eh.
Here in Vt. the roads still have a lot of road salt, and a lot of pot holes.
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Pa in spring roads are a mess, Ryker is safer than a motorcycle , but dodging the potholes on 3 wheels is a problem. Neither love rainy fall leaves, at dusk while dodging deer!
Joys of pa seasons.
Agreed, went up to pick up some parts just north of Harrisburg in my Silverado a couple of weeks ago and some of those potholes were big enough I was afraid if I hit one it would just rip a wheel off of the truck. These things were big enough that your tire would be Swallowed if it went into it.
I could only imagine the damage if I hit one with the Spyder.
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Northern riders, 1st ride each year - are rough roads usual?
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Originally Posted by misterbc
What COLOR ? Just in case I get too far North on my ride, so I will know that it's YOU!
If in Doubt, Don't Do It! 
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