MD
27th November 2007, 18:44
Let me put it another way for Wellington riders thinking of a fun ride over the hill - don't bother, stay home and paint something so you can watch it dry.
How can a road in reasonably good nick suddenly deteriorate so much in a week since I last went over?
I went for what was supposed to be an enjoyable evening ride tonight but ended up wishing I had stayed home and scrubbed the gunk off the inside of the rubbish tin with my tongue.
They are resealing about 1500m of road between Te Marua and Kaitoke. Sports tyres, melting tar and tonnes of loose stones don't mix well. I was down to 20 kph and stones were flinging everywhere. Got home and found a few in my boots. My bike looks like it's got the measles with stones stuck to it.
So I pushed on to the hill. What a joke. What bends the sun hasn't melted into a slippery shiny black excuse for a road aren't worth looking for. Some bits aren't molten tar though. No they have been washed with a new detergent designed by the trucking industry from a unique blend of diesel and stock effluent.
I let a dual purpose whatever bike blitz on ahead of me showing off how well knobbles now work better on the Rimutaka Hill "sealed' (joke of the year) road than in the dirt.
Bloody hell, I've ridden it faster in torrential rain and strong winds!
If it doesn't improve I might have to cheer myself up by reading one of those KB depression threads.
How can a road in reasonably good nick suddenly deteriorate so much in a week since I last went over?
I went for what was supposed to be an enjoyable evening ride tonight but ended up wishing I had stayed home and scrubbed the gunk off the inside of the rubbish tin with my tongue.
They are resealing about 1500m of road between Te Marua and Kaitoke. Sports tyres, melting tar and tonnes of loose stones don't mix well. I was down to 20 kph and stones were flinging everywhere. Got home and found a few in my boots. My bike looks like it's got the measles with stones stuck to it.
So I pushed on to the hill. What a joke. What bends the sun hasn't melted into a slippery shiny black excuse for a road aren't worth looking for. Some bits aren't molten tar though. No they have been washed with a new detergent designed by the trucking industry from a unique blend of diesel and stock effluent.
I let a dual purpose whatever bike blitz on ahead of me showing off how well knobbles now work better on the Rimutaka Hill "sealed' (joke of the year) road than in the dirt.
Bloody hell, I've ridden it faster in torrential rain and strong winds!
If it doesn't improve I might have to cheer myself up by reading one of those KB depression threads.