Corrugated roads!!!!!!

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:42 pm

I've been watching a few vids of Marocco lately and there are these corrugated roads everywhere, are these man made like that? As they seem really hard to ride over, or is this just a natural phenomena? It appears that other parts of the world also have this type of road too and a lot of bike forums say riding over it is a very nasty experience. What's it all about???

Oop North John · Post by **Oop North John** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:59 pm

Googling it takes me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:29 pm

i have come across corrugated roads in Africa and also Corrugated ice in norway :woohoo:

kito · Post by **kito** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:31 pm

Corrugations arnt hard to ride. Just open the throtle and get on top

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:35 pm

Oop North John wrote:Googling it takes me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding

Thank you! Most enlightening

AustinW · Post by **AustinW** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:41 pm

Anywhere I have been with unsealed road surfaces used by many vehicles gets washboarded eventually, and if there's a lot of trucks then it happens very quickly. Most places employ guys with "graders" to level it off from time to time, usually on rota in their patch. Although a freshly graded area is not that pleasant either as although the surface is smooth it's not compacted much. A lot like riding in sand and the bike tends to have a mind of its own.

Riding Technique is either go fast enough to skim over the tops, slow enough that you can cope with it, or carefully pick your lines to avoid the worst of it.

I think the cause is something to do with harmonised suspension pounding the surface.

bowber · Post by **bowber** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:49 pm

Oop North John wrote:Googling it takes me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding

I wondered what you'd been googling at first with washboarding :blink: :laugh:

Steve

DavidS · Post by **DavidS** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:07 pm

The joys of Alaskan roads.
A bit annoying on a bike after a while I suspect - awful in a 30ft motorhome

Oop North John · Post by **Oop North John** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:31 pm

bowber wrote:
Oop North John wrote:Googling it takes me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding
I wondered what you'd been googling at first with washboarding :blink: :laugh:

Graded roads :whistle:

Andi_Archer · Post by **Andi_Archer** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:14 pm

Oop North John wrote:
bowber wrote:
Oop North John wrote:Googling it takes me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboarding
I wondered what you'd been googling at first with washboarding :blink: :laugh:
Graded roads :whistle:

Nothing to do with Americans than