Argh, summer chip seal projects have begun

[OakLeaf]

I hate the way sticky tar grabs my tires on a hot day and makes that little Silly-Putty sound. And it stains my pretty blue tires.

[Catrin]

I hate the way sticky tar grabs my tires on a hot day and makes that little Silly-Putty sound. And it stains my pretty blue tires.

Pretty blue tires? Where did you get them from? I want 26 inch pretty blue tires. I have to have 26 inch pretty blue tires

so far have been pretty unlucky at finding 26 inch blue tires...

[OakLeaf]

Mine are the Conti GP4000, but they only come in 700C in blue (two shades). I think the blue Michelins only come in 700C as well? Sorry I'm no help.

[denda]

Oh, don't you just hate that! Every good road I had to ride on, they have messed up with that stinking stuff!

[Maxxxie]

Is chip seal this stuff?



It looks like gravel with a tiny bit of tar to hold it together, without the benefit of being steamrolled, or flattened, or made smooth.

People actually do this? On roads?

Max

[marni]

sadly enough yes, yes they do. Also what we fondly refer to as road snakes where they pour far too much tar over random cracks and then the tar nevver sets in the heat and your, your tires and your shoes get all sticky and tacky and every little bit of bug or trash sticks to you, your tires and your shoes. Hot tar below and human fly paper with the gnats and bugs sticking to the sunscreen and sweat on all other surfaces.

Good, good times.

marni

[Owlie]

Cleveland/Cuyahoga County doesn't even bother to do that. Its policy on road maintenance (if indeed it has one) seems to be to patch it by pouring a too-large glob of tar into the hole (which creates its own problems), wait ten years, then spend six months resurfacing the road. What's really fun is when these roads slope, so if you're heading downhill, you get a really scary bumpy ride.

I miss home. There's a lovely rail-trail there that they resurfaced in 2005. With the exception of the playground-area crossing and maybe three holes (that ODNR was nice enough to circle in fluorescent yellow-green paint), it's smooth...