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  1. #1
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    Thumbs up Newly paved roads are the best!

    I love riding newly paved roads! I have a short stretch on my commute on unbelievably smooth pavement and it is heaven

    I think more people would commute/ride bicycles if all roads were this smooth!

    What is better than feeling like you are gliding on air?
    Ana
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  2. #2
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    Me too!

  3. #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana View Post
    unbelievably smooth pavement and it is heaven
    It is indeed
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  4. #4
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    I call it "Zamboni smooth"

  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by withm View Post
    I call it "Zamboni smooth"
    Now I'm imagining driving that smooshing road machine down all the roads
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    Ana
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  6. #6
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    Driving home the other day, my DH and I almost ran off the road when we discovered a section of road we bike ride was repaved including A NICE WIDE SHOULDER. It was a really bad section and could barely control ourselves until we got home and saddled up!

    Just waiting for the highway department to wake up this spring and sweep the shoulders!
    "Well-behaved women seldom make history." --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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    '11 Trek WSD Madone 5.2 with Brooks B-17

  7. #7
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    I wish that were true here, where a lot of the newly paved roads are oil top. Really icky for about a year. Sucks the life out of each pedal stroke.

  8. #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana View Post
    Now I'm imagining driving that smooshing road machine down all the roads
    LOL! I thought you were our gravel maven.

  9. #9
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    We have quite a few subdivisions that got paved and curbed and lighted, and then went bankrupt, so no houses were ever built. Do we love cruising around the two miles of virgin pavement? Yes, we do! So much that we take two or three laps!

    Karen
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