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Originally Posted by flynn209
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Originally Posted by Razor
What do they do in the US and Canada where they see extreme tempertures in both summer and winter?
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In Canada we have our own problems (ontario anyway). Constant construction from ice cracking up the pavement (hit minus 45C last winter), and fairly HUGE rutts in the road from constant traffic in very hot weather (hit +45C last summer). There are a few highways that the rutts are so bad I wont drive on them in my car, the thing gets pulled all over the place.
And it doesnt end there...the cops have been putting gravel in corners of popular bike roads to try to slow people down  |
s'true. not only do they have to put up with straight roads and no roundabouts
but there are bleedin' great fissures in the tarmac from the extremes of temperature. It's bad enough driving a car on it, never mind riding a bike. It's the same in Quebec (state).
Mind you, the Canadians are prepared for big snow, and most bikers put their 2-wheels away nov-april. In this country, we run our cars on the same tyres all year round - Candians keep 2 sets, one for winter, one for warmer months.
I was riding my SV out of Metz a couple of years ago, and it was so hot that the bike in front of me was pitching the tarmac up over my bike. We never did get it all off.