Worst Road Surfaces In Britain.
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The whole of the UK.
Its the noise, ripples and undulations from the surfaces. I know this because I can drive / ride anywhere else in Western Europe and find my car / bike is magically 'fixed'; upon returning to the UK, its 'broken' again.
Inside lanes of motorways are royally foo'barred due to HGVs.
Its the noise, ripples and undulations from the surfaces. I know this because I can drive / ride anywhere else in Western Europe and find my car / bike is magically 'fixed'; upon returning to the UK, its 'broken' again.
Inside lanes of motorways are royally foo'barred due to HGVs.
boxedin said:
The whole of the UK.
Its the noise, ripples and undulations from the surfaces. I know this because I can drive / ride anywhere else in Western Europe and find my car / bike is magically 'fixed'; upon returning to the UK, its 'broken' again.
At least the tolls are few and far between. I was convinced I had a wheel bearing that needed replacing on the M40 today.Its the noise, ripples and undulations from the surfaces. I know this because I can drive / ride anywhere else in Western Europe and find my car / bike is magically 'fixed'; upon returning to the UK, its 'broken' again.
But no, just a terrible road surface for miles.
I'd say our (non-M) roads in general are pretty shocking compared with much of western Europe, Belgium excepted. We're in the south east and find Buckinghamshire to be the worst locally, so much so that we can tell exactly where the county lines are upon crossing over! My guess is different local authorities have different priorities.
Kyodo said:
I'd say our (non-M) roads in general are pretty shocking compared with much of western Europe
They're pretty shocking compared with much of Eastern Europe as well tbh. It used to be that I'd get concerned about developing suspension issues prior to heading out there, now I get more concerned on the way back. GSP said:
Nope not a chance... I ride up that way quite a bit and the road are pretty good in most cases. Around Horncastle/wraggby/market rasen anyway.
The peak district truely is shocking, holes everywhere, gravel all over the places, surfaces worn down to a super smooth shiny surface which is deadly in the wet... a truely horrific place to ride.
Wales/North Wales has the best road network in the UK... the surfaces are fantastic.
North Wales has no MotorwayThe peak district truely is shocking, holes everywhere, gravel all over the places, surfaces worn down to a super smooth shiny surface which is deadly in the wet... a truely horrific place to ride.
Wales/North Wales has the best road network in the UK... the surfaces are fantastic.
The A55 trunk road has no hard shoulder and lots of hold ups
JM said:
caelite said:
Perthshire is awful too, once you leave Perth and the main roads there is a lot of completely un-marked gravel tracks.
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