I hate fresh tar and pea gravel!
T'is the season and the work has started.
After having taken a couple of weeks off of the bike, I decided to go out for a bit of a ride today. I caught up with another local rider and we chatted as we moved along. I was talking about my vaguely planned route which changed as he started telling me about all of the roads with fresh gravel in that direction. After we parted, I decided to go N and then back E planning on going down a really sweet hill. It is a hill that I've hit 55mph on although not of late. Still, it's a thrill. Did I mention that I hate pea gravel? The ride down was a thrill, just not the one I anticipated. My brakes got a very careful workout as I tried to find a seam down which to ride. After a couple of more miles, I was back on the regular road, albeit, I changed my route to avoid continuing on the gravel.
Around here pea gravel is inevitable with its appearance every july/august. On the up side, it makes for a few weeks of constantly changing plans when out on the bike. Adventure riding.