Oil/chip also great for crazy abrasion should you fall off your bike and onto the road surface! Our club ride had 3 guys go down after colliding into each other about 2 weeks ago and their scabs are still not healed enough to ride.

Cost per mile and freeze/thaw cycle tolerant is why many northern hwy dept's use this method. I would think it would work in the southern heat which could get hot enough to loosen the tar's grip on the stone.

Biker395, that stone is just crazy. I wouldn't want to ride my bike over that unless it was my Mtb.