As I pointed out this summer when all the contractors who were fixing the trail and yelling at bicyclists there was this section going to family park that they decided to use crack and seal on and then spray a thin coat of oil over the fixes. As I mentioned at the time, all his does is create 4 bumps instead the existing 2, and they really should fill the cracks with asphalt then resurface. I new this job wasn’t going to last and is like putting a finger in a dam. So imagine my surprise today when I rode this section.
As you can see the crack and seal seeped into the cracks creating 4 bumps now and not fixing the problem, actually making it worse.
I was going to do a video because almost every crack they filled this summer looks like this. This was done about 6 months ago!
Incompetence. No surprise.
I would get a refund from the contractor and use the money to resurface the trail.
But maybe this is all caused by the weight of e-bikes …. 😉
I really laughed at the comment. I weigh 163 and my bike weighs 98 = 261. But ironically most of the elder men walking the trail weigh 350+. So who is the real danger?
But what about fat people on e-bikes trying to lose weight? 😉 #TakeTheOzempicTrail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb2YwXxI-FA
I can hardly wait until SD DOT deploys bike weigh stations along the Mickelson Trail …
I’m going with Bandit on this one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-wb–c9JM
E-bikes are like a Trans Am…. I agree. Pontiac no longer exists. A restored Trans Am, restomode or not, is too much, and Reynolds is dead. AND, I also agree with the Sheriff Buford T. Justice enforcement approach analogy when it comes to the bike trail concerning e-bikes…. 🙂
AND, as far as weigh stations on the Mickelson, well, I’m all for it, and they should have rut control officers stationed there, too…. 🙂
at least they painted it tar color. you should be saying “thank you”.