Originally Posted by
Machka
When the PanAm games came to Winnipeg, the cycling association and the PanAm association mapped out a Time Trial route for the participants, and then requested that the Manitoba government fix up and repave the shoulders so that they would be nice for the games.
The Manitoba government did ... with heavy, gravelly chipseal. For whatever reason, the person in charge of the fixing and repaving thought that would be the best surface for the occasion.
Please pardon me for laughing- hopefully you can`t hear me! It really is funny, though. Well, it`s funny for somebody who doesn`t ride on those roads
I really have to hand it to the highway dept in my state for an amazing nicety that they pulled off for cyclists. There`s an anual HPV (pedal powered streamliner shells) speed trial series that`s landed several world records on a short section of state highway. About four years back, I read that the state had repaved that section of roadway for the racers. This year, I went to watch and volunteer at that event for a few days and was surprised to see just how nice they had made it up- for about 6 miles they skipped the chipseal and the rumble strips that line both shoulders on the rest of that particular highway. Can ya believe it !?!