Grrrrr.......chippings!
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Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
They get CTC help to sue Amey for damages - surface unfit for purpose...
No?
Shame....
No?
Shame....
buddha
Veteran
Reminds me of when I hit a hidden lump in a road of freshly laid chippings and 'slid' on my back for 10+ metres. I got up, shook myself off and carried on - slowly. Back on the main road, I was stopped by a police car, as unknown to me, my back was red and dripping blood
Down here, Surrey CC have laid chippings on quite a few roads/lanes in the last couple of years. After a few months with lots of sweeping the roads are ridable. But soon enough the old holes and ruts reappear. And more chippings pile up, especially at junctions. Just a year on, some of the roads are back to the same state they were in before.
Down here, Surrey CC have laid chippings on quite a few roads/lanes in the last couple of years. After a few months with lots of sweeping the roads are ridable. But soon enough the old holes and ruts reappear. And more chippings pile up, especially at junctions. Just a year on, some of the roads are back to the same state they were in before.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Up here the roads which had chippings laid within the last two years are now degrading. The surface chips and tar coat have worn off on the tyre track areas leaving the roads pitted and uneven, while all the holes are reopening because they were just filled and patched. Even worse are the bends where some bright spark laid an ochre coloured surfacing intended to provide more grip on bends- that wears through very quickly leaving a rippled surface which shakes you to bits with the vibration.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Chippings have been Stockport and Cheshire council's preferred method for years. One of our main roads was done last year - it was lethal for weeks, and even now, if you venture too near the curb, you are in loose chippings. Oh, and it's lifting all over the place, less than 12 months later. That reminds me, I must report a hole I spotted last night - 6 inches deep and two feet wide - massive.
DRHysted
Guru
- Location
- New Forest
When they redid the my route with chippings, I spent a fortnight using my car placing the inside wheel where I cycle to clean the crap away. Got rid of the excess chippings, but left a surface similar to riding on a wash board.
When I was a motorcyclist I actually wrote to the council complaining about the use of chippings, as it left a lethal loose surface (they don't sweep the excess of here, they leave that for the car drivers and just put warning signs up), I got told that the use of chippings was the most cost effective way of short term resurfacing a road!
When I was a motorcyclist I actually wrote to the council complaining about the use of chippings, as it left a lethal loose surface (they don't sweep the excess of here, they leave that for the car drivers and just put warning signs up), I got told that the use of chippings was the most cost effective way of short term resurfacing a road!
accountantpete
OAP
They have chipped a few roads in Cheshire (must be health and safety)and the result is the same as Archie's - worn patches of chippings and ripple effects on bends giving an authentic Paris -Roubaix air to proceedings.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
After many of the surface dressed roads locally disintegrated during the winters of 09-10 and 10-11 they've come up with a variation for high wear areas. The latest method is: Tar - chippings - roll - tar.
To be fair it is a lot harder wearing than just putting chippings onto tar but to be unfair the surface is utter rubbish. It really, really needs rolling again before the second coat of tar sets as the resulting surface is stupidly rough as well as not removing the existing lumps and bumps.
Without exaggerating, I have ridden forestry tracks that are smoother than some of the road surfaces in Shropshire.
It does make me appreciate the few bits that have been properly resurfaced though.
To be fair it is a lot harder wearing than just putting chippings onto tar but to be unfair the surface is utter rubbish. It really, really needs rolling again before the second coat of tar sets as the resulting surface is stupidly rough as well as not removing the existing lumps and bumps.
Without exaggerating, I have ridden forestry tracks that are smoother than some of the road surfaces in Shropshire.
It does make me appreciate the few bits that have been properly resurfaced though.