Part of the problem here is that the roads aren’t wide enough in many places to accommodate a bike lane. Basically, there’s the travel lane and the concrete gutter. I of course steer clear of piles of stuff like the one in my photo, but the “sweeping” action of the cars tends to move the flat-causing stuff just far enough to be where the cyclists are forced to ride.
Out in the country, the roads tend to be a little wider—enough space to have a reasonably sized bike lane. This may be a US thing as well. In two editions of PBP, I have never had a single flat. The roads there are much, much cleaner than they are here. Years of budget cutting have led to the poor conditions of our roads, both in terms of the pavement itself and its maintenance. —Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com Twitter: @campyonlyguy > On Nov 15, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I looked at the photo, and it doesn't look that abnormal. We have car > accidents in Seattle, too. I just go around the pile of debris, rather than > through it. When you look at the photo, you can see that the "travel lane" is > clean. > > That said, I had to go through a pile of bottle glass in a narrow spot > yesterday, and was surprised that no flats ensued. It was probably just luck, > but overall, I get far fewer flats with wider tires. The lower air pressure > does work for me at least – the only flats I get these days are from steel > wires that come out of exploded car and truck tires. > > Jan Heine > Compass Bicycles Ltd. > Seattle WA USA > http://www.compasscycle.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > > On Friday, November 14, 2014 6:48:28 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > Obviously, Jan H. is lucky not to have to deal with this on a daily basis: > > https://flic.kr/p/pM2AGC <https://flic.kr/p/pM2AGC> > > His flat-free experience would be much different, I think, if he had to ride > in these conditions. > > P.S. Today’s ride: No flats!! > > —Eric N > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com <http://www.campyonly.com/> > www.wheelsnorth.org <http://www.wheelsnorth.org/> > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/> > Twitter: @campyonlyguy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
