Originally Posted by
eja_ bottecchia
So true (about California legislature).
Apropos to Lemond1985’s comments, yesterday I rode portions of the ATOC Stage 5 route. It is a ride that I do on a regular basis. I noticed some quick asphalt patches on places where the road is chewed pretty badly. Next rain the patches will be gone.
I used to travel a great deal in states like Ohio, Arizona and New Mexico.
Even in states like Ohio, with its snowy winters, the roads are in far better repair than in sunny California.
It is embarrassing.
I was pretty shocked when I came to California (around Solvang) last year for a riding vacation. I didn't expect the roads to be falling apart, but they were. I lived in California in the 1980s and 1990s, and the situation was better then.