I hate sand
04-28-09, 10:47 PM
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I hate sand
They haven't even started street sweeping here yet. There are gigantic patches of road-sand leftover from winter, and it's everywhere. I've got 27" Gatorskins at 92psi, and let me tell you, hitting a patch of the stuff while going around a corner at speed is a recipe for grey hair. It's like Motocross: plant your foot, kick off to get you back upright and to keep your forward momentum, and hope you don't just fall over the other way and die. 
04-29-09, 01:25 PM
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today I was behind double street sweepers, (2 working like snow plows), I would complain about them holding me up but they were going too fast and the shoulder was actually visible again! I was wondering what I would have done if I had caught up them
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sand is the devil. Took my road bike to biloxi, ms and its man made beaches down there. Whats wrong with a man made beach you ask? When they forget to make sand dunes and a southern wind covers the roads with this nice pretty sand they trucked in. Day 2 was so bad I had to ride my mountain bike instead of the roadie. Sand sucks
04-29-09, 02:22 PM
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Lots of sharp glass, rocks, and little metal bits in sand around here too. I get most of my flat tires from riding through sandy patches to stay out of traffic. 
04-29-09, 03:48 PM
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They finally got the sweepers out in Redmond to clean up the sand and cinders on most of our roads. WooHoo!
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