Drystone
Registered User
Has anyone noticed that with the roads being gritted at the moment this seems to make them very slippery. Road salt is hygroscopic meaning that it holds water, stopping it from evaporating as quickly as it normally does. This is why the roads stay wet for longer when they are salted. It seems that this moisture in addition to the salt creates an oily substance.
I came piling into a sweeping bend on Friday night, it was slightly damp but I've taken it before at the same speed when it's been properly wet, the front end started to go then as I lifted off the backend came swinging round. I caught it by luck more than skill I think and it actually felt quite controlled so I was buzzing afterwards /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, could so easily have gone the other way though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif.
Any of you lot had any 'moments' due to this slippy stuff?
Christian
I came piling into a sweeping bend on Friday night, it was slightly damp but I've taken it before at the same speed when it's been properly wet, the front end started to go then as I lifted off the backend came swinging round. I caught it by luck more than skill I think and it actually felt quite controlled so I was buzzing afterwards /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, could so easily have gone the other way though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif.
Any of you lot had any 'moments' due to this slippy stuff?
Christian