Signs on the Road

HKEK said:

We are going to Georgia to see a stage or 2 of the TdG. I
would like to make a large sign on the road surface in
support of some the of the riders. What do people
generally use for this, chalk or latex paint? What is
best? What is 'legal' in the USA?

It depends on how busy the road is. Chalk is non-
permanent but will take time. Chalk also doesn't hold up
well under traffic.

The quickest way to get it down is with a roller. It will
look best with a stencil. This limits the size but allows
you to do a repeating pattern. If you want something big use
a roller and have someone watch traffic for you.

I would say that semi-permanence is not a bad thing. One of
the cool things about riding over a col in France with a lot
of Tour history is seeing the names of riders long since
retired, still on the road. The Tour of Georgia is not quite
in the same category but you have to start somewhere.

Bob Schwartz [email hidden]

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We are going to Georgia to see a stage or 2 of the TdG. I
would like to make a large sign on the road surface in
support of some the of the riders. What do people
generally use for this, chalk or latex paint? What is
best? What is 'legal' in the USA?

In most states the only thing that is legal to apply to
public roads is chalk. There is a form of spray chalk that
is applied like aerosol paint that is available from many
paint stores. It comes in many colors and is what road crews
use to mark the roads. It takes a pretty long time to fade
out. If you put it on really thick it can last two years
before you can't see it anymore.

"Tom Kunich" wrote ...

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In most states the only thing that is legal to apply to
public roads is chalk. There is a form of spray chalk that
is applied like aerosol paint that is available from many
paint stores.

Or you can use straight up spray paint. There's still a
message to Eric Heiden up "the wall" in Philly. Oh. You said
legal. Check your local listings.

I remember something from the Lance Armstrong book, "It's
Not About The Bike", where Lance was at a low point and
returned to the USA to consider his future. He was riding on
a climb in the the rain (in North Carolina, I believe) and
on the pavement he saw an old faded message (I think it was
"GO LANCE"😉 from a race years before. It seemed to be the
turning point where he became focussed, committed, re-
energized and just went straight up from there!

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"Tom Kunich" wrote ...

Quoted message said:

In most states the only thing that is legal to apply to
public roads is chalk. There is a form of spray chalk
that is applied like aerosol paint that is available
from many paint stores.

Or you can use straight up spray paint. There's still a
message to Eric Heiden up "the wall" in Philly. Oh. You
said legal. Check your local listings.

Yeah, if there's one thing that's really cool it's seeing
the names of has-beens ten years after. Eric Heiden? He
makes Eric Vanderarden seem positively modern.