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General Category => LONG DISTANCE RIDING, Proper preparation, Safety and Tips => Topic started by: curious1 on September 04, 2014, 08:02:02 PM

Title: Bad roads
Post by: curious1 on September 04, 2014, 08:02:02 PM
Went for round trip to Braidwood and via Nerriga rd to Nowra and Kangaroo valley back home. The road from Braidwood to Nerriga is shockingly bad and I only can warn you to use it. A member of this forum I spoke about this was aware of the condition and I would like to suggest to have a topic pinned to the top with a list of roads to avoid. Recently on a trip to Wee Jasper the road was patch repaired with a lot of small pepples glued with some bitumen to cracks and that was not much fun to ride either but this would only be a temporally impairment.
Title: Re: Bad roads
Post by: jwm on September 05, 2014, 01:19:56 PM
So does that mean that there is still about 23kms of dirt between Nerriga and Braidwood???????

I haven't ridden it in a couple of years, it can be either good, immediately after it's been graded, or extremely bad, when it hasn't been graded for a while. And those logging trucks that use it make it even more treacherous.
Title: Re: Bad roads
Post by: curious1 on September 05, 2014, 02:18:22 PM
There are more hurdels then that. 2 graders plying the road and making walls between left and right lanes and sometimes I had to cross them. An ST does not like the soft stuff at all. But I found that most bikies know about it anyway' It's just a novice like me what get cought. You live and learn.