Road quality

[ianrauk]

Was cycling down the A1055 Meridian Way. Got to lights at the junction with Ardra Way. There was a queue of cars that that had just started moving. Looking I was OK to go up the inside. Just after the lights doing maybe 15mph the road surface just seems to disintegrate. I couldn't move right as there were cars or left so as to miss the poor road surface so hit the brakes but too late. Nearly came a cropper here 2 years ago as the handle bars nearlly got ripped from my hands so am normally rather careful but they fixed it up around 6 months ago. Haven't been this way since November last year.

www.fillthathole.org.uk

 

[Ride2017]

Change your route?

I did try going up Tottenham High Road but the standard of driving is a bit mental and the pedestrians aren't much better. Was just going past the football stadium and hit a pothole you could have gone caving in. My view had been blocked by a bus.
The A10 is just too busy and any further that way just adds too many extra miles as does the A112.

Is there an official way to report potholes? Dangerous road surfaces for cyclists?

 

[vickster]

As Ian says above

https://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

 

[I like Skol]

Change your route?

Change your bike?


My 35c shod hybrid and 32c shod GT Grade shrug off mere chasms like the ones you are describing. And before anyone says it, neither bike is slow!

 

[Ride2017]

www.fillthathole.org.uk

Thanks!

 

[User6179]

Famous last words but I have never had a pinch flat since switching to 25s from 23s .

 

[Welsh wheels]

Change your bike?


My 35c shod hybrid and 32c shod GT Grade shrug off mere chasms like the ones you are describing. And before anyone says it, neither bike is slow!

Agreed, hybrids are a lot better at handling rough stuff! My hybrid glides over all the local potholes like they were nothing, whereas when I'm on my road bike I have to read the road carefully and avoid potholes accordingly or I get thrown off or at best severely jeopardize my family-starting capabilities.

 

[Markymark]

15mph seems pretty fast for such a narrow corridor with nowhere to go.

 

[Ride2017]

Famous last words but I have never had a pinch flat since switching to 25s from 23s .

I'm using 28s and have had 3. Being Monday I checked the pressure this morning to 110psi.

Anyways

 

[Drago]

110 on 28's? Lordy, I'm 118kg and run my 28's on 105.

 

[I like Skol]

I'm using 28s and have had 3. Being Monday I checked the pressure this morning to 110psi.

Anyways

Given this extra information maybe it is your riding style that is the problem? Perhaps you need to learn how to 'ride light'? If you cling rigidly to your bike as you crash through broken bits of highway then you will get more wheel and puncture problems. If you loosen up, stand off the saddle a bit and allow the bike to move around under you then the bike receives much less punishment and you will experience far fewer pinch punctures.

 

[KneesUp]

I'm using 28s and have had 3. Being Monday I checked the pressure this morning to 110psi.

Anyways

That suggests you have a heck of a lot of weight over your wheel - something in the order of 65kg per wheel?

 

[KnackeredBike]

Given this extra information maybe it is your riding style that is the problem? Perhaps you need to learn how to 'ride light'? If you cling rigidly to your bike as you crash through broken bits of highway then you will get more wheel and puncture problems. If you loosen up, stand off the saddle a bit and allow the bike to move around under you then the bike receives much less punishment and you will experience far fewer pinch punctures.

+1 to this. Around here the council love putting nasty speed humps which get potholed either side. If you stand off your saddle and move your weight towards the centre you can use your legs as suspension and reduce the peak stress on your bike. I'm 106kg/105psi and (again famous last words) haven't had a pinch flat on 25c Conti Gatorskins.

 

[Johnno260]

I was having issues with pinch punctures, I have spare tubes and a CO2 inflater in a small bag under my saddle.

It's definitely worth carrying them.

 

[Ride2017]

That suggests you have a heck of a lot of weight over your wheel - something in the order of 65kg per wheel?

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Its too early.... can't work out what this is saying or what I need to do to make this sort pinch punctures less likely. Currently weigh around 100kg