Originally Posted by
CJ Str3tch
Grespc15C, I was thinking the same thing - made me wonder if the stuff we see in Madison is better or worse? I've heard that the seal we have on our roads causes more flats, but I haven't experienced that (yet!). And, yes I still see new applications of it in the suburbs.
I grew up cycling in Texas, and the chip seal is usually like that. The worst is when it is fresh, because the loose aggregate that hasn't stuck to the tar washes to the side of the road. Every once in a while you find yourself riding in loose gravel, most often near a turn where car's lines of travel diverge from the striping.