Tram tracks are currently being repaired and this part of the bike lane has been like this for a week.
I hesitated riding across with my roadbike.
Would you?
by Burgundy_Corgi
Tram tracks are currently being repaired and this part of the bike lane has been like this for a week.
I hesitated riding across with my roadbike.
Would you?
by Burgundy_Corgi
30 Comments
Not on a road bike.
I would be tempted to take the main road.
Not on my road bike! Those tracks could stop a tire cold if hit wrong. Walk it or hit the asphalt road.
I like my teeth in my head so I would stop and push.
If I’m carrying any speed that looks really easy to get across. I’d go for this on any bike, honestly.
I’d take it nice and slow
That angle looks easy on anything short of a long distance road bike going slowly
Happened to me, bike went under me across the loose gravel. Not again
I‘d unclip my feet and would slowly try it, at least. I can start pushing anyways if it’s not working
Skinny tires no. Fat tires yes.
Maybe if I recce it first I would do it with skinny tires.
Why would you stop there? I no tram is coming your way, just go ahead? Am I missing any signs or traffic lights?
Sure, why not.
Depends on the type of tires I have. On wider tires, ride through perpendicular. On narrow tires, absolutely not.
SEND IT
The angle is why I would stop and push. If I can hit it straight at 90degrees I would ride over but and sideways angle is extra dangerous in my experience.
I’m confused by the comments. How can a tire catch between the tracks at that angle?? I say send it.
Send it, and if you wipe out, you know what to do next time
Last week I was riding with the MTB and it wasn’t that bad, but the last couple of days have been rainy and the gravel has been washed up and the tracks are more exposed.
If when you say road bike you mean skinny tires, it’s probably not worth risking. If road bike means drop bars but your tires are fairly wide and not slick, it’s probably more or less fine.
The big thing is exercising caution regardless. Like I wouldn’t blast through full speed, and probably wouldn’t even pedal on this bit to minimize the chance of losing traction, but going straight and at a reasonable speed it should be fairly uneventful.
depends on your rims and tires. 28mm tires would be fine if it is well packed.
Stop and push
Depends on how deep/loose that gravel is, and which bike I am on.
This is why my commuter had mtb tires. You never know whats coming.
Definitely *not,* when on a road bike. The combination of four tracks and what looks like very loose gravel – almost guaranteed not to go well.
Going through at speed should be easier to avoid wiping out
Funny story from several decades ago:
I worked for a food service distributor, full time. We also used a local temp service for both full time and four hour shifts. We had a rail siding: more than half our products came in by rail.
We were on lunch when a regular temp rode his bike into the yard, headed for the side ramp, so he could bring his bike into the building. One of the full shift temps yelled to get his attention, and he turned to swing by the front dock where we were sitting after lunch. He crossed the tracks while turning, and flipped over the handlebars. It’s the only time I’ve seen a railroad track grab a bike wheel and throw the rider.
Ride through, but swerve slightly to be perpendicular with the rails.
Send it
It seems like the issue is that the train tracks are above the concrete, about 2 inches up, right?
If that’s the case I wouldn’t risk blowing up a tire or even bending a wheel. Short section, just walk it
I can literally see the knobs on your tires… how is this even a question.
Younger me would go for it, crash, and walk it the rest of the way. Current old man me would get off and walk from the beginning.