Dangerous slippy tarmac

[Mick F]

I've no idea why you'd cycle anywhere near as close as a foot from the edge either though. Sounds a like an invitation for punctures.

I didn't "cycle" on it.
I pulled up on the side of the road and put my left foot on the kerb.

It was when I was stopping that the wheels locked up. Only just got my foot on the kerb in time.
Dangerous, I reckon.

Had I been going a tiny bit faster and not as quick at putting my left foot down, I'd have been off.

[ClappedOut]

Meanwhile, elsewhere along the south coast, it's slippery methyl methacrylate that's raising concerns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_methacrylate Mentioned wood in situ is that what they are using instead of tarmac?

[Jdsk]

Meanwhile, elsewhere along the south coast, it's slippery methyl methacrylate that's raising concerns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_methacrylate Mentioned wood in situ is that what they are using instead of tarmac?

As above, the surface is probably cold applied MMA, eg:
https://www.hitexinternational.com/prod ... rip-type1/

Jonathan

[ClappedOut]

Meanwhile, elsewhere along the south coast, it's slippery methyl methacrylate that's raising concerns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_methacrylate Mentioned wood in situ is that what they are using instead of tarmac?

As above, the surface is probably cold applied MMA, eg:
https://www.hitexinternational.com/prod ... rip-type1/

Jonathan

Still none the wiser Jonathan, so are we saying a tarmac replacement with a dressing of anti skid material as like ice without?

[Jdsk]

Cold applied MMA is used on roads and paths because of its antislip properties. (That isn't mentioned in the Wikipedia article but should be.)

I have no idea what happened in this particular situation.

Jonathan

[ClappedOut]

Cold applied MMA is used on roads and paths because of its antislip properties. (That isn't mentioned in the Wikipedia article but should be.)

I have no idea what happened in this particular situation.

Jonathan

Fair play, the black road covering in Highbridge over the bridge by the service station had an almost sheen to it and I wondered if it was the solvent coming out of the road surface as it air dried.

[ClappedOut]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_slipperiness

Emulsion section

[wjhall]

Earlier this century there was a minor national scandal following the discover that the new free draining road surface took six months to develop its nominal friction properties. Until then it was much slippier than earlier surfaces. Various road accidents were attributed to it.
Could there be an element of this here?

[drossall]

That was the kind of impression that I got in my accident described above. But it was never investigated of course to find out, because it was "only" a bike crash.