I had a road like that a few months ago – I lay face down in the sand and waited for the camel to pick me up. It didn’t come – only the forester said that dying was forbidden here and I should leave (it was in the Netherlands)
zapzaddy97 on
Yesterday I came across a road being repaved and they had just laid a layer of gravel suuuuuuper loose. Almost ate it 5 times in front of the crew working. My tires just kept sinking like sand.
FZ_Milkshake on
It like gravel, but very very small. /s
BeanbagCamel on
My legs hurt just looking at this. Not to mention my absolute crap handling skills in conditions like this.
Traditional_Shoe521 on
Does that say 3m of elevation over 17.8 km? Wow.
hanj1solo on
Abort! Pull the eject cord!
Plastic_Blood7010 on
It is gravel in survivor mode ;)))
Hard to bike in the sand.
Hope it was not too long
johnr1970 on
I did a mountain bike race at ft Gordon Georgia. It was one lap 20 miles. I don’t remember any singletrack. It was all sand fire roads. Most miserable day on a bike ever.
u8363235868 on
Hahah happened to me so many times. That and this fence didn’t show on the sat
deanmc on
00 gravel
Pawistik on
Oof. I feel your pain.
RockyShazam on
I had a race with sections like this once, right at the bottom of a fast hill which made it worse. Never did that race again.
Hope you brought your beach ball 🏖️
morneus on
I find riding in sand pretty fun. There is a big heath nearby that is full of loose sand and I rode through a whole loop which is about 30km during a hot summer day with my hybrid bike and slick tyres. The trick is to constantly steer and countersteer and adjust pedaling powet according to how loose the sand is.
nhluhr on
Some of the roads around Grayling MI are like this. Just bottomless chunky sand. Basically impossible to ride with anything less than a fatbike.
Sberry59 on
I’ve done this kind of road before! I decided to take a shortcut home on my road bike on a dirt road but it turned into sand and a lot of walking…
morphcore on
Microgravel. I like it.
wizardinthewings on
Sand is the enemy. Best you can do is look for damp or compacted tracks, or knitted undergrowth (looks like you got some in one shot!) .. the problem with undergrowth is that’s where burrs and thorns and all things sharp are lying in wait.
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1:33 hours for 17.8 km? That’s still fast.
I had a road like that a few months ago – I lay face down in the sand and waited for the camel to pick me up. It didn’t come – only the forester said that dying was forbidden here and I should leave (it was in the Netherlands)
Yesterday I came across a road being repaved and they had just laid a layer of gravel suuuuuuper loose. Almost ate it 5 times in front of the crew working. My tires just kept sinking like sand.
It like gravel, but very very small. /s
My legs hurt just looking at this. Not to mention my absolute crap handling skills in conditions like this.
Does that say 3m of elevation over 17.8 km? Wow.
Abort! Pull the eject cord!
It is gravel in survivor mode ;)))
Hard to bike in the sand.
Hope it was not too long
I did a mountain bike race at ft Gordon Georgia. It was one lap 20 miles. I don’t remember any singletrack. It was all sand fire roads. Most miserable day on a bike ever.
Hahah happened to me so many times. That and this fence didn’t show on the sat
00 gravel
Oof. I feel your pain.
I had a race with sections like this once, right at the bottom of a fast hill which made it worse. Never did that race again.
Hope you brought your beach ball 🏖️
I find riding in sand pretty fun. There is a big heath nearby that is full of loose sand and I rode through a whole loop which is about 30km during a hot summer day with my hybrid bike and slick tyres. The trick is to constantly steer and countersteer and adjust pedaling powet according to how loose the sand is.
Some of the roads around Grayling MI are like this. Just bottomless chunky sand. Basically impossible to ride with anything less than a fatbike.
I’ve done this kind of road before! I decided to take a shortcut home on my road bike on a dirt road but it turned into sand and a lot of walking…
Microgravel. I like it.
Sand is the enemy. Best you can do is look for damp or compacted tracks, or knitted undergrowth (looks like you got some in one shot!) .. the problem with undergrowth is that’s where burrs and thorns and all things sharp are lying in wait.