Originally Posted by
WhyFi
The road in LAJ's video wouldn't be unusual in my area, either. There are definitely better roads out there, but that kind of surface condition wouldn't be bad enough to make me avoid it. I'm more likely to avoid a road because of traffic considerations (hell, about a mile away, the road outside my door has a 30mph, slightly uphill, 1/4 mile section with no shoulder - if I'm riding alone, I'll go two miles out of my way to avoid that stretch).
The traffic on that road gave me the willies. I didn't even notice the cracks.