Anyone else noticed then?

Tch! you think I read other people's posts?

 

Sorry. Who are you again? And intruding into *my* private
newsgrope[1] too.

Phil.

[1] Yes, yes. I know. I was going to correct it but it looked
better the way it was..

 

AKA Coefficient of Friction.

 

Tell your mate that hot rolled asphalt wearing courses provided bugger all
effective grip, it's the chips that get rolled into 'em that provide the
grip. The grippiness of the chips is rated by summat called PSV or Polished
Stone Value. A particularly grippy chip might have a PSV of say 55 or so.
Also, before the chips are rolled in they are coated with bitumen otherwise
they'd pop out overnight, but the bitumen coating is about as grippy as a
non grippy thing so when driving on a freshly laid road you should be extra
careful cos it'll have you off in no time flat.

 

You wouldn't believe how many times I've tried to post about "hard rug
users" today.


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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Sorry, was trying to make a point, experienced riders will no doubt be aware
of this: go extra special easy on freshly laid roads, depending on the
volume of traffic it can take a while (days?) for the bitumen to wear off of
the chips, so you'll get next to bugger all grip.

Oh yeah, and even though technically it's "bitmac" you still find people in
the construction industry occassionally saying "tarmac" (when they're not
saying "black top" that is).

 

Belgian is best.