Auckland - oil / diesel everywhere?

**Tubbsy** · 29th April 2009, 13:34

Hey everyone.

Question for my fellow Aucklanders. I was riding to work this morning along the waterfront, it was raining, and suddenly I noticed I was riding along in an ever increasing amount of oil/diesel patches. You know that 'bloom' type of pattern they make when they separate from water.

Has that always been on the waterfront? It almost looked like someone had been driving along leaking stuff from a truck.

Ok I exaggerate, but you get my meaning...there was lots.

This is the stuff to avoid like the plague right? The kind of stuff that if it's on a corner you slow right up?

**Hiflyer** · 29th April 2009, 13:38

Originally Posted by Tubbsy

Hey everyone.

Question for my fellow Aucklanders. I was riding to work this morning along the waterfront, it was raining, and suddenly I noticed I was riding along in an ever increasing amount of oil/diesel patches. You know that 'bloom' type of pattern they make when they separate from water.

Has that always been on the waterfront? It almost looked like someone had been driving along leaking stuff from a truck.

Ok I exaggerate, but you get my meaning...there was lots.

This is the stuff to avoid like the plague right? The kind of stuff that if it's on a corner you slow right up?

do you mean tamaki drive? and where abouts along it? like close to mission bay or city? i know theres sometimes some slippery stuff on the road. my back wheel skidded out on a patch then hit some white paint which didnt help

that was at the intersection just nest to the boat club and mini golf

**davebullet** · 29th April 2009, 14:33

... and not a drop you'd want to drink

**vgcspares** · 29th April 2009, 14:42

could be time for a thread discussing the correct tactics when suddenly coming across:

oil, gravel, dust, diesel, water, wet tar, mud/sewage

I'm just wondering which one you're meant to speed up on ...

**jaymzw** · 29th April 2009, 14:48

Originally Posted by Tubbsy

This is the stuff to avoid like the plague right?

Nah it should be avoided like Swine Floo

**Gremlin** · 29th April 2009, 15:21

Yes, you would want to avoid it.

Roads are most slippery after some light rain. There has been enough rain to lift all the crud off the road, now it is sitting on top of the water. Most common where vehicles sit running for a period of time, ie, busy intersections.

Once there has been a heavy downpour, ideally, it washes the road clean again.

**Tubbsy** · 29th April 2009, 16:48

Yeh along Tamaki drive just over the bridge/Ngapipi t/off heading to town. Where it splits into 2 lanes each way, the innermost lane had a steady trail of it...so I switched lanes.

Just wondering if maybe it's because it's the preferred lane by traffic.

**YellowDog** · 29th April 2009, 17:01

Originally Posted by Hiflyer

do you mean tamaki drive? and where abouts along it? like close to mission bay or city? i know theres sometimes some slippery stuff on the road. my back wheel skidded out on a patch then hit some white paint which didnt help

that was at the intersection just nest to the boat club and mini golf

I had a recent low speed bin on that kind of stuff. Both wheels slid sideways and the bike went down. It would have been nice to have had the opportinity to try and control a back wheel slide

**Hiflyer** · 29th April 2009, 17:08

Originally Posted by YellowDog

I had a recent low speed bin on that kind of stuff. Both wheels slid sideways and the bike went down. It would have been nice to have had the opportinity to try and control a back wheel slide

i just panicked ay, didnt even realise what was doing (wish i did so i would know how to control the slide) but some guys pulled up along side as we were going towards mission bay and were like "mean slide bro!"

all i thought was "fuck mate i nearly lost mah bike" but i just did the thumbs up and let them go off ahead haha

**Tubbsy** · 29th April 2009, 17:52

Such a shit realisation when you suddenly find yourself on that stuff isn't it?

**ital916** · 30th April 2009, 06:26

yeah, the stuffs all over the place. No worries, youll get used to used to it. Its when you see a massive diesel spill that you should worry, but then most people dont see those one....they just feel em when they go ground ssky ground sky ground sky.

**HungusMaximist** · 30th April 2009, 10:00

Like Dushy mentioned, it's everywhere mate, especially when it rains. Just watch out and you'll be fine, easy on the throttle when you're on known diesel and engine oil spots.

Ngapipi road has those brilliant 45 corners!