Our street has just been chip sealed. It was chip sealed about 5 years ago, which is recommended maintenance. My street was laid down in 1961 - 50 years old this year - and never has been resurfaced even though it used to be a bus route. I have never had a problem with bike tires, before and now. But, I ride mostly on bike trails so I purchase the best tires that Trek sells as I hate fixing flats and swatting mosquitoes . The recycled aggregate appears to adhere much better than the pea gravel and it doesn't feel like you are biking on marbles. (Pea gravel also is thrown by traffic to a greater degree than recycled materials.)
It would be very unfortunate if we stop using recycled materials because of inadequate or specialty bike tires. Larry Nelson From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robbie Webber Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:46 AM To: Bikies Subject: [Bikies] Fwd: Chip sealing and bike tires Dear community of collective wisdom, Can anyone comment about this [below email from Ald. Lisa Subeck]? Anyone had a similar experience? Heard other complaints? Know if a new material is being used? I had an email about a problem in Fitchburg forwarded to me this AM, so Steve Arnold may be familiar with this, but is Madison also using something sharp and pointy as aggregate? Rewey - you must know what's up... Robbie Webber ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa Subeck <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM Subject: Chip sealing and bike tires To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Hi Robbie, I just had a call from a constituent who is having problems with bike tires popping due to chip sealed streets. She commutes by bike and has had to replace tires several times in the last few weeks. The people at Erik's Bike Shop indicated to her that the problem is riding on chip sealed roads, which she can't avoid getting out of her neighborhood. the folks at Erik's told her they have been running into this problem a lot. They said there was even an organized ride (MS Ride maybe) last week that had numerous people on the ride pop tires from a chip sealed portion of the route. Since I think of you as an expert on all things bike, I'm curious If you've heard of this problem at all. If this is a significant problem, is it something we should put on an upcoming PBMV committee agenda? As my constituent pointed out, this doesn't contribute to making us a bike friendly city. Please let me know if you've heard about this problem at all. I will also he talking to the appropriate city staff but thought I'd check in with you, too. Thanks, Lisa Sent from my iPhone so please excuse any typos.
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