Re: chip and seal

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From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject	Re: chip and seal
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On 2026-04-05 15:36, Ted Heise wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 03:32:24 -0000 (UTC),
>    Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>   In comp.os.linux.misc rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> In many cases, particularly in the city, they only use chip seal.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipseal
>>>
>>> That's a real joy.  They spray the asphalt and cover it with
>>> copious amounts of crushed stone.  Traffic then tamps it down.
>>> Sometime later they come back and sweep up the surplus gravel
>>> for reuse.  I take the dirt bike if I know I have to deal with
>>> fresh chipseal.
>>
>>   So that's what that is called.  The first few times they did
>>   that treatment here, they didn't spray enough asphalt down and
>>   the result was a road covered in loose fine crushed stones.  I
>>   always chalked it up to the fact that most local board
>>   politicians cannot recognize when marketers are lying (hint,
>>   they are always lying) since a coverage of loose fine crushed
>>   stone seemed about as useful for 'resurfacing' as just doing
>>   nothing.
> 
> It's very common in northern Indiana where I used to cycle a great
> deal.  And as rbowman describes, the common practice there is for
> subsequent motor vehicle traffic to do the tamping down.  So there
> is a period of time (usually weeks) when loose gravel is quite
> prevalent over the surface--often an inch or so deep.  Very dicey
> to ride on with road bikes.

But this can create wheel tracks.

> 
> The wikipedia article describes a different practice...
> 
>> The aggregate is evenly distributed over the hot seal spray,
>> then rolled into the bitumen using heavy rubber tired rollers
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> creating a paved surface.
> 
> I've actually not seen this done, that I can recall.
> 
> It's pretty common for cyclists to watch the fresh asphalt roads
> very closely, praying for stripes to go down on it and not gravel.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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