Re: 1972 Legnano in the news

Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
 

On 11/14/2024 10:43 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

 

The rail trails leisure cycle routes if tarmac seem to last almost
indefinitely, ...

 
That's not what we've seen locally. In two local trails, the
destructive culprit seems to have been tree roots running laterally
under the trail. Yes, it took a while - more than ten years - but the
roots have raised series of sharp "speed bump" ridges, probably 2"
high. One trail has just a few of them, spaced so I can hop over them
on the bike; but the other has such a dense network that the only way
through is to stand and slow to about five mph until one's past that
section.

 
Same here, 11 or 12 years before some sections required repaving.  The
layer of asphalt and the structure underneath seem much thinner than in
actual roads.  The other problem is that the trails don't seem to be
cambered at all.  Water (or ice) just sits.
 

Lot of the trails in in uk are on old railways which tend to have fairly
good even now draining, not all are tarmac laid clearly either, some are
more gravel and some are simply grass.

Sustrans the charity/quango that build the “National Cycling Network” isn’t
without its issues, and some are essentially just there to look good on the
map!

And aren’t rideable by utility bikes!

Roger Merriman