Road Cycling - rumble strips

i was wondering if going over them will damage anything. one of my routes has some and due to traffic i sometimes can't avoid them. everything looks fine so far.

thanks

i was wondering if going over them will damage anything. one of my routes has some and due to traffic i sometimes can't avoid them. everything looks fine so far.

thanks

are you talking about the grooves found on the shoulder of the road?

Or the strips actually in the center of the road? The grooves on the side are probably more damaging since they're close together and actual drops. The Rumble strips should be OK if you aren't just barreling down on them. Then again, neither is as bad as pavé and Pros ride on those plenty...

they are in the center near a stop sign so i'm not going too fast.
Or the strips actually in the center of the road? The grooves on the side are probably more damaging since they're close together and actual drops. The Rumble strips should be OK if you aren't just barreling down on them. Then again, neither is as bad as pavé and Pros ride on those plenty...

Might damage the family jewels...

When I read the title, I got an image of speed bumps stuck in my head...don't know what I was thinking...but now I want to take one of my older garage-sale bikes out and try to ramp off some parking lot speed bumps like when I was a kid.

They are hard on your knees if you ride them for miles (has been done by me)

If you forgot their there, they will help you to remember real fast.

All they seem to bother are various parts of my anotomy. The odd thing is that in some parts of FL they have up to 10 sets of these things. I mean do they expect a sleepy driver to go over the 9th one and wake up on the 10th one?

i was wondering if going over them will damage anything. one of my routes has some and due to traffic i sometimes can't avoid them. everything looks fine so far.

thanks

I've plowed into rumble strips from time to time. I've had the handlebars rotate in their stem, but that's about it. I've always felt the most damage will be to you because you're going to wipe out if you don't get out of them soon.

I've plowed into rumble strips from time to time. I've had the handlebars rotate in their stem, but that's about it. I've always felt the most damage will be to you because you're going to wipe out if you don't get out of them soon.

Side of the road rumble strips have been a major advocacy issue here in Colorado. They have been redesigned as a result of major advocacy work by "Bicycle Colorado." This includes spaces between sections of rumble strips to allow egress and ingress, and a redesigned milling with much less of a "rumble."

For your reference:


http://bicyclecolo.org/site/page.cfm?PageID=431

RUMBLE STRIPS ACROSS THE STATE



The Colorado Department of Transportation has tabulated the prevalence of shoulder rumble strips on Colorado highways. Colorado has about 16,000 miles of highway (not including Interstates.) Currently CDOT has rumble stripped around 1,800 of those miles (11.2 %.) Interstate highways have rumble strips installed on 1,400 of 1,900 miles (73.7%) and CDOT plans to finish installation on all non-urban Interstates in the next few years.



In 1999 Bicycle Colorado worked with CDOT to develop a rumble strip design standard which accommodates the needs of cyclists. Now rumble strips may only be installed on shoulders with six feet minimum width. This allows at least four feet of shoulder for cyclists. They are also intermittent breaks in the stripping so that cyclists may safely change from the traffic lane or shoulder as needed. The cuts are no deeper than 3/8 of an inch, five inches wide and eighteen inches across. This design maximizes sound and vibration in motor vehicles while minimizing dangers for cyclists.