Newly paved roads are the best!

[Tuckervill]

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

[Geonz]

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

FInding joy in the hard times... now sneak in and put gardens ...

[andtckrtoo]

When I need to improve my climbing I ride up Hwy 9, which is 6 miles of twisty/turny road up into the Santa Cruz mountains. It's not exactly a hard ride, just tedious as it's 6 miles of up. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I saw that road had been freshly paved for a mile at the top! That made the ride so much nicer. I, too, enjoy a freshly paved road!!!!

[OakLeaf]

I'd rather let a road cure for a month or two before I ride on it. Let the cars get all the fresh tar on them!

[bmccasland]

On the MS-150 route, there was a point that the tour router had painted on the road:

Now

Begins

7 miles

of

HELL


Boys was that right, worst piece of road ever! Seriously broken pavement. MS folks were very appologetic.

So the next year they were a bit smug about the route saying they were sorry, but had heard that they highway department had been doing road repairs in the area....

no more 7 miles of nastyness, but nice smooth pavement, finished just in time for us! Maybe the highway department didn't like our road label.

But I agree, freshly paved and smooth roads are SOOOO nice.