Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
Funny story this spring; I was returning from my first 70+ mile ride of the season, when I came around a fast corner with a lot of traffic and found the bike lane *covered* in crushed glass for about 40'! Imagine a gravel MUP, but with crushed glass instead of gravel. There was too much traffic to swing out of the lane, and I was not about to try hard braking on a loose surface, so I just plowed thru it. Once clear, I stopped to check the tires, and that was when I noticed the cords were just beginning to show on the rear tire. I swapped in the new tire when I got home.
I'm noticing the same thing in bike lanes here in the city. I guess now that the summer is ending, they are not going to continue to clean the streets. I also once broke on concrete and my front tire skipped along the concrete as I braked. It was the weirdest thing; the ground wasn't wet and my tires were in good condition.