Coventry Council Solve Winter Grip Problems For Bikes

[Jamz]

Oh my -ing God!!! Watch/listen to this video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7898212.stm

Well, she's obviously completely sorted out any problems with grip, hasn't she?

Job done. Let's all go home.

In an ambulance... :wanker

[Jeppo]

Yea glue the debris to the road!! Nice one luv!! :wanker

also, how is road debris one of the biggest dangers to cyclists??

'bending wheels and causing punctures' - Annoying yes but not exactly the same as slipping under the wheels of an oncoming car

[Brett]

Why not glue rock salt to peoples tyres instead? Sorted!

[RedexRobB]

or move the country to somewhere warmer.

[Jamz]

or move the country to somewhere warmer.

Because ater the councilors have put in their expense forms for the year there's no way they could afford that!

And are they even still gritting the roads???

[Mori Man]

or move the country to somewhere warmer.

I went the cheaper route and moved me

BTW, weren't they meant to stop using salt on the roads as it was deemed as a blatant abuse of your vehicle ?

My car is up for it's 2yr MOT next month I'll show you some photo's of 15yr old track rod end boot circlips that are still gold coloured and the boots aren't perished

Every car I owned in the UK the brake disc shields were rotten through - here they are still Black painted and solid ! Stripping callipers off always ended up in busted knuckles, now it's a joy - my wife experienced me going to a scrappy to get replacements for my motor and come home with two bandaged hands getting the fookers off, and they were good ones. After that the breakers had to have the parts removed or I wasn't interested

The only rust on the underside of my car is on the exhaust and that's from metal particals in the water being splashed up onto it rather than the exhaust rusting. BIG eye opener for me when I 1st got here, my bike is a '98 model with one rusty brake return spring on it and the paint on the disc's is starting to go.

I used to buy 5 yr old bikes in the UK that were almost terminal with rust and every 2nd bolt sheered off
UK government is feckin criminal for what they put us through :smt013

[superman]

TBH i dont think councils clear the debris away too well, specially on bends where cars cut corners and there is a bunch of fine stones over the road, iv had afew near misses on that stuff....
but if anyone askes me they should STOP doing the roads in that annoying gravel, you know that stuff they put down then leave signs saying no more that 20mph for a couple of weeks after. you would think they would put signs up that they done it on the surrounding roads so when someone on a bike flys round the bend and realises at the last minute they actually re laid the road in the cheap carp and have to sail onto the pavement as turning is not an option. oh that happened to me come to think of it

[rene]

What really annoys me is when they just leave gravel along the old road surface and let the cars compress it. IT DOSNT WORK w****ers I’ve nearly high sided more times than I can remember since they did it its just lose stones EVERYWHERE, even where it kind of looks ok getting on the power just rips it up (honestly look at the exit of bends and your down to the original tarmac again).

Whoever did this should be shot, bloody idiot.

[saka_ZXR]

Of course mixing grit and salt with a sticky substance and spreading it over the road will work :smt013 Maybe if we were all driving mobility scooters!

They really have no brains or thought when it comes to motorcyclists.

I bet you that womans never sat on a bike in a showroom let alone rode one so how the feck does she know how to help us?

And to that cyclist yeah okay if you get a puncture ur not going in excess of 10 mile an hour all you do is stop kick your tyre and either push it the rest of the way or get you puncture kit out, riding at about 30 and getting a puncture that you dont notice until u go round a tight bend and have the back end give way on you is quite abit worse.

[superman]

and another thing about them stones, they flick up and chip your paintwork. i wonder if you could sue the council for these kind of things. even if you came off, they shouldnt put cheap solutions to practice, i mean i never get the chance to have the cheap car tax or insurance option.

[Xphyral]

i'd like my local council to use gritters that work. i had an off 3 weeks ago at the end of my road turning onto another residential street, i wasn't travelling particularly fast and as i turned into the corner i lost both wheels to "mounds" of salt on the road and was then highsided into someones garden as my bike collided with the kerb. a nice hedge managed to brake my fall and the garden owner dashed outside to see if i was ok to be met with a very angry and very sore biker. that grits evil at the best of times but you never expect to find it in piles at the end of your street.

i cant say i've ever really been too troubled by most debris scattered around the place as common sense will tell you not to ride in the gutter or brake/turn sharply on hashed areas but it's fuckin irresponsible when they start chucking the stuff in the middle of the roads.

[saka_ZXR]

U actually might have a claim there mate, if u can prove that the mounds of salt caused the accident and it was left their without due care you can take action against the council, similar to how you can take action against them if your bike hits he deck whilst riding over overbanding.

I'd look into it mate.

[Xphyral]

nah i'm not into playing the "where theres blame theres a claim" game. it was stupid to lay piles of grit on the floor but at the end of the day i could have seen it in time if i'd been concentrating more. i dont like the sue everyone culture we're living in atm with people trying to get free rides off the back of personal injury that could have been avoided with a little common sense. i did complain to the local council and i haven't had a reply back yet but i'm not going to be pursuing monetary compensation for it.

[saka_ZXR]

I'm with u on that one mate but when theres actual visible damag done and ur not milking it, I'm taking that there's extensive damage to ur bike n u pay ur taxes so why not earn back what u deserve?