2023 Road'n'Gravel Biking

[scott43]

Not to be outdone by MTB..

 

[cantunamunch]

Gravel?

 

[scott43]

Definitely not granular A in that Creek!!

 

[cantunamunch]

Night shift - except shiftless

 

[Tom K.]

I'm going to slide this one in here, even though it's from late 2022, and ask for a rulling: road or mtb?!

 

[scott43]

I'm going to slide this one in here, even though it's from late 2022, and ask for a rulling: road or mtb?!

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I vote gravel...

 

[Tom K.]

I vote gravel...

It was white ice, so it could be cross-posted anywhere without penalty IMO!

 

[cantunamunch]

It was white ice, so it could be cross-posted anywhere without penalty IMO!

Nah, bruv, there's grit showing. Deffo gravel.

 

[Crank]

Wouldn't want to ride that on my skinny road slicks.

 

[cantunamunch]

what do you call this stuff? It almost self-dries, and kinda melts snow from on top of it? There has to be a specific name for this; Fairfax Co. have specced it for almost all their park trails.

 

[cantunamunch]

Here it is in a pile

freshly laid:

When it's compacted it also almost glows in the dark:

 

[cantunamunch]

This is the high schools natural running track. It's coarser than what is shown above.

 

[scott43]

Isnt that cinder stone?

 

[cantunamunch]

Isnt that cinder stone?

On the running track (bottom pic), sure.

So what is that whitish/beige flakey granite-derived stuff that packs down firm enough to be ridden with 19mm tires?

In winter it's better at draining, better at not allowing ice, better at reducing snow on top of it, than any common cinder mix I've ever seen.

 

[scott43]

Decomposed granite likely...DG..

 

[cantunamunch]

Decomposed granite likely...DG..

Hunh.

Wonder if it gets rounder as it decomposes and I just never noticed it before, or if someone suddenly decided to splash out more money.

 

[scott43]

I love that stuff. True hard pack. Almost as fast as asphalt..

 

[Tony Storaro]

If there is anything good about the lack of snow and temperatures 7-12C during the day is I did 360 km outdoors in the first week of the year. First time ever, yay!

 

[cantunamunch]

Was totally hoping the aliens would beam me up the hill. No luck.

 

[firebanex]

That's trippy! Fog is kinda a novelty for me.. we don't get much of it so I find it really cool to see. (Ice fog doesn't count. I have plenty of that and it sucks)