concerns have been raised on other groups about the problems encountered when councils etc use a new type of winter salt.
It seems one has additives , which although they help when it is icy can leave the road surface slippery.
has anyone any experience.
So far in Kirklees i have 2 cyclists falling off at the same point on different days, one motorcyclist in similar state and am aware the the problem occurs from north to south.
I think we need to try and collate data to prompt an investigation , if there is a by product we need to react before someone is seriously hurt.
concerns have been raised on other groups about the problems encountered when councils etc use a new type of winter salt.
It seems one has additives , which although they help when it is icy can leave the road surface slippery.
has anyone any experience.
So far in Kirklees i have 2 cyclists falling off at the same point on different days, one motorcyclist in similar state and am aware the the problem occurs from north to south.
I think we need to try and collate data to prompt an investigation , if there is a by product we need to react before someone is seriously hurt.
martyn
I am in Ipswich and have noticed that the roads have been slipper this year. On two occasions I have noticed that my front wheel has slipped when making right turns. I commented to a friend that I thought this was the case and they said that the council were using an additive with the salt that is supposed to reduce salt damage to the road surface.
It seams to me that traction is reduced during wet warm conditions.
concerns have been raised on other groups about the problems encountered when councils etc use a new type of winter salt.
It seems one has additives , which although they help when it is icy can leave the road surface slippery.
has anyone any experience.
This was mentioned on cam.transport earlier this winter, apparently the same stuff was used last year and they promised not to do it again after a spate of accidents involving cyclists. In Cambridge, where 25% of residents commute to work by bicycle, one would think cyclist safety should be particularly high on the agenda, but generally they do what suits 'em.
So far in Kirklees i have 2 cyclists falling off at the same point on different days, one motorcyclist in similar state and am aware the the problem occurs from north to south.
I think we need to try and collate data to prompt an investigation , if there is a by product we need to react before someone is seriously hurt.
I locked my front wheel twice last week in dry conditions (once when riding near the edge of a cycle lane, once in the main carriageway) and had a slightly unnerving cornering experience where it felt like the front wheel was right on the limit. All in Cambridge. I do hope they've not returned to using molasses.
concerns have been raised on other groups about the problems encountered when councils etc use a new type of winter salt.
It seems one has additives , which although they help when it is icy can leave the road surface slippery.
has anyone any experience.
it seems to me that my local council are salting[1] a *lot* more since that time the highways agency got caught out on the M11 a couple of years back. Perhaps the relative dryness of this winter means that the salt hangs around for longer. Anecdotally I have lowsided twice on coners this winter and can think of several incidents where one end or other has slipped at quite low speeds. Goodness knows how one would go about translating this self-selecting sample into anything meaningful though
best wishes james
[1] I do not know if they are using a different mixture
