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Originally Posted by -Ralph-
I was riding with 5 other guys who examined the road, the gravel, and all agreed, at high speed, it was unavoidable. The only way to avoid it would have been to be going slow enough to change line significantly, or slower so that the resulting slide was not so dramatic.
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Just to add here, last year there was a serious road salt shortage, which occurred again this year. This year however, they mixed small loose gravel in with the salt. This was never cleared up, and has left the majority of country roads rather dangerous for bikers. This may or mat not be the case where you were, however I do believe there has been a considerable amount of neglect in restoring the roads to the condition they were in before gritting this winter. They were bad enough before! So, it may have been unavoidable, not necessarily by you or I, but poor road surfaces are most definitely avoidable, as are grip-less irons and slippy painted markings. The issue is that the authorities don't care about us.