We know bout diesel, gravel, dirt, water even cowshit. But rubber?

[Conquiztador]

Went for a ride today in the sunshine (so move to HB then...). All was well and I was happily leaning in to corners getting more comfy with my new girl (Name will come...).

As you do, I was looking for dirt, diesel patches etc in the corners. In a sharp l/h corner I noticed that some boyracer had laid some rubber, but this did not worry me. Rubber on a race track gives better grip I have heard, so I leaned in and expected a nice tight corner.

Imagine my surprise when the backend went out and then grabbed. My inner eye showed me pictures of this guy in black on his blue bike doing a stunning highside in the path of the asian family in their SUV coming in the other direction. Somehow I managed to avoid all that and stopped after the turn.

I walked back to look, while allowing my heart to get back to something more normal than the 200 beats/minute it has suddenly decided I needed. There was heaps of rubber on the road. (Must have been his mums car...) And apart from the black tracks that we normally associate with these burnouts, there was also heaps of rubber Marbles left on the surface. So that was what had killed my road grip!

Live and learn. One more hazard added to the "I need to watch out for these in a corner" ones.

[Genie]

everything is out to get you...glad you ok!

[cs363]

You should watch more motorsport:

"Marbles - small pieces of rubber that wear off the tyres during a session, these build up off the racing line making the track surface slippery "

Still, always good to bring these things to peoples attention

[Conquiztador]

You should watch more motorsport:

"Marbles - small pieces of rubber that wear off the tyres during a session, these build up off the racing line making the track surface slippery "

Still, always good to bring these things to peoples attention

Thats right! Marbles. That's what they are called. Know re the "off line" rubber marbles. But I always understood that the racing line was the beez knees. And truly, was never expecting one boy racers burnout to have that kind of effect.

[cs363]

Thats right! Marbles. That's what they are called. Know re the "off line" rubber marbles. But I always understood that the racing line was the beez knees. And truly, was never expecting one boy racers burnout to have that kind of effect.

I wouldn't be surprised if the heat/chemical reaction caused by the burn out didn't drag some nasties out of the road surface or if the boy racers had put a bit of diesel down, you never know what's on the road these days.
Always pays to keep a little in reserve for the unexpected on the road IMO.

At least it didn't bite you anyway, that's the main thing. And it sounds like your tickers not on the way out either!