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Old 08-12-20, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What is that even made out of? It looks like they put an intern in charge of mixing the pavement.
What's sad is that a hundred yards ahead of that there are two ~20 yard sections that they repaired last year. Somehow this section wasn't bad enough to fix

Originally Posted by genejockey
Run 28s using Silca's recommended pressures and stick to the right-most 2 feet of the pavement. Easy-peasy.
Really thinking about making the switch to 32s, TBH. 38mm on the Trek make most of that crap disappear but I do like the feel of skinnier tires.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Similarly, while that's worse than typical here it's an example of why I want fat ******g tires for "road" cycling. Once you get off the main roads here, there's a lot of junk like that.
How wide?
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