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03-29-2009, 05:24 PM #1
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03-30-2009, 04:16 AM #2
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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!!!!
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03-30-2009, 04:24 AM #3
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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!
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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03-30-2009, 05:28 AM #4
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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.Beth
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