SMA tarmac

[blumeeni]

just for you

Now Stan don't be like that
I for one have missed the total bollocks Bert talks it's nice to have im back
in the fold

 

[stan the man]

Now Stan don't be like that
I for one have missed the bollocks Bert takes, it's so nice to have im on his back

youd better have the honeymoon suite pete.......



























your needs appear to be greater than mine!!

 

[blumeeni]

Not that much I ain't

 

[ogr1]

Bike tyre manufacturer's should be investigating this Hazard and developing a tyre that will compensate for the lack of usable grip on this crappy road surface bl4hbl4h

Maybe they are developing an appropriate bike tyre already?
The UK biking fraturnity should put pressure on the tyre developersb0x1

Slicks are the answer :dunno:

 

[blumeeni]

Bike tyre manufacturer's should be investigating this Hazard and developing a tyre that will compensate for the lack of usable grip on this crappy road surface bl4hbl4h

Maybe they are developing an appropriate bike tyre already?
The UK biking fraturnity should put pressure on the tyre developersb0x1

Slicks are the answer :dunno:

Yeah great and maybe next winter we can all ride in the ice

the choice of tyres we have these days is fantastic
this is fook all to do with the tyre manufactures
it's purely down to this waxy shit SMA

 

[derek kelly]

The UK biking fraturnity should put pressure on the tyre developers

But How much pressure??? :dunno: & should it be more for the back than the front?

 

[stan the man]

But How much pressure??? :dunno: & should it be more for the back than the front?

where's bert when ya need him eh! h1d1ng2

 

[gypsy]

Dont think Bert does pressure very well Stan

 

[ianrobbo1]

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
I'm still looking for a "siggering" smilie!!

 

[ogr1]

Yeah great and maybe next winter we can all ride in the ice

We may have to if the feckin weather don't lighten up:bang:

 

[blumeeni]

I see MCN this week are running a story again on our wonderful grippy roads eh!

 

[ogr1]

Yep!..... and they asked certain tyre manufacturers how could their products cope with this potential threat to riders.
So I wasn't too far off the mark?

The response from "Bridgestone" did not fill me full of confidence!
"The ulitimate responsibility lies with the rider" WTF? Don't think so,
what about the people who put this crap on the road, or the idiots
who deemed it aceptable to be used for said purpose.

Roads are for the masses "cagers", bikers get feck all recognition again.

 

[blumeeni]

Yep right on dude
however cage drivers get probs with sma too you only have to look at the amount of skid marks on the shit compared to other types of road surfaces

there was one accident a few years ago a off duty copper down Tenby way skidded the result was his wife was sadly was killed there seemed no reason for the crash
it was suspected sma was the cause there are loads of similar incidents where slippery roads are put down as the cause although a lot of them occurred in the dry with clean tarmac

 

[Steve Ashby]

SMA

Best advice is that if you have an off on this surface, make sure that you have a 'photo of the warning signs saying that it's a slippery surface, see your brief and he will say in court that 'Of course it's the County road agencies fault, they knew it was slippy, they even put up a sign admitting it' Game on.

 

[Smix]

Best advice is that if you have an off on this surface, make sure that you have a 'photo of the warning signs saying that it's a slippery surface, see your brief and he will say in court that 'Of course it's the County road agencies fault, they knew it was slippy, they even put up a sign admitting it' Game on.

I've been told they don't put up the slipery surface ones now for that very reason, just 'new road surface' signs - you have to guess if it is a good surface or a totally leathal one!:bang: :bang:

 

[stan the man]

I've been told they don't put up the slipery surface ones now for that very reason, just 'new road surface' signs - you have to guess if it is a good surface or a totally leathal one!:bang: :bang:

errr side of caution,i think

 

[derek kelly]

They've recently resurfaced the slip road onto the M1 Northbound at jct 38 using SMA tarmac you approach it via a particularly fast roundabout, there were no warning signs that it has been resurfaced I can't even recall any work going on there it just seemed to appear however I have now altered my route so avoid the M1.

 

[ericonblackbird]

My daily commute take in a stretch of road (B4008 towards Gloucester) that has been coated in this sh.te. A small section was originally done and there were numerous accidents including a police car on the way to another accident!
More of the same road has been done in the last year, slippery road signs up ......and the speed limit dropped. Is this 'officialdom' agreeing they have laid a dangerous surface?

 

[Smix]

My daily commute take in a stretch of road (B4008 towards Gloucester) that has been coated in this sh.te. A small section was originally done and there were numerous accidents including a police car on the way to another accident!
More of the same road has been done in the last year, slippery road signs up ......and the speed limit dropped. Is this 'officialdom' agreeing they have laid a dangerous surface?

They all know cos it is proven to be dangerous - my guess is that 'someone' 'somewhere' has made a 'small holiday allowance' by agreeing to a contract for a huge number of tons of the rubbish, so we are all stuck (or not) with it til the contract is fulfilled. Of course, this is just my cynical view!!!

 

[blumeeni]

I went to recover a guy today binned his bandit down pembroke on sma he said he did fook all wrong the bike just went away from him

make the most of the grippy stuff we have left cos the way things are going in ten yrs sma will be everywhere