The only thing rougher is hitting a pothole--or a lot of them. Some of the county roads here have been replaced with pavement--the asphalt layers were ground up and re-used elsewhere because there is still some material in them and the 'mix' (sand, gravel, etc) is right already.
We have very good gravel roads here for vehicle traffic. It is not uncommon to do 50 or 60 on them, but they are well packed and maintained.
The 'equal priority for bicycles' is crap, though, when major towns are 100 miles apart--especially with our winters.
“The ‘equal priority for bicycles’ is crap, though, when major towns are 100 miles apart.”
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Piece of cake, Lance Armstrong would be in a different town every night. Even I could be in a different town every week.