Originally Posted by
Little Darwin
I remember once a couple of years ago rounding the bend in a road and noticing the roughed up road just in time to get up off the saddle... they had roughed up the road for a new coat of asphalt. It was the roughest ride I had in a long time, and I was irritated for a few seconds until I realized that it was OK, because I knew that the next week when I did the loop again it would be the smoothest ride in a long time.
I rode on a mile of that, where they ground it down before repaving. Even standing up, there was so much vibration, my vision was getting blurry by the end of the mile. The road is really smooth now, of course.
Even uphill climbs are better if the road is smooth.