N1 - N3 Road works

by Bear 4th October 2008, 12:33

Has anybody hit these dam ruts/grooves in the tar where the old white lines were "ground" out, phew quite scary Shocked

Wish these guys would also consider us bikers... Evil or Very Mad

by LeRoy Olivier 4th October 2008, 18:19

Yes - crappy feeling - tend to give you a bit of a wobble - not nice at a relatively high speed.

by Joe 5th October 2008, 19:04

Agreed that you have to be careful, don't think the road engineers have much of a chouce thought (any experts around Rolling Eyes

), best we can hope for is that they re-tar it ASAP

by morpheus 5th October 2008, 20:35

I think it qualifies as a mild edge trap.

I ride that route every single day and I am used it already. Unlike a normal edge trap you can easily turn out of it, it will not grab your wheel and throw you down.

Morpheus

by LeRoy Olivier 5th October 2008, 22:13

Had a few less than happy experiences today coming back on the N12 pas Sandton - a few very deep ruts in the road - tend to give you a serious wiggle when crossing or re-crossing it. But if you know it is coming it can be handled.

by Tony R 6th October 2008, 14:29

That entire section of highway is not very bike friendly at the moment. There is very little room between vehicles and so lane splitting has become very difficult. Add to it the grooves and ruts and do it in peak traffic and it tests riding skills to the limit.

by LeRoy Olivier 13th October 2008, 09:45

Yes - got stuck in the traffic jam there on Sunday (5 Oct) coming back from the Parys ride. Did not do the complete ride - went through to Potch.
Eventually came through the traffic - bit less wiggle space between the cars. So it took longer, to get trough but we still got through quicker than the cars and other traffic.

by Happy-go-lucky 13th October 2008, 11:13

I came along that stretch of road on Thursday, an it was insane with only 2 lanes and one with broken down taxi. I would hate to travel that road during rush hour traffic.

by JohanGT 14th October 2008, 12:00

But I have to say it is absolutely fantastic that our money is now being used to address the incredible congestion issues on our roads! For too long it was just left while more and more complexes and office blocks were built.

I must say that those grooves gave me a serious fright the first time as well. affraid