Rough Roads....was: Re: [Shotimes] Delrin subframe bushings

[George Fourchy]

On Tue, 3 May 2005 07:20:17 -0500, Zach Leahy wrote:

>I remember riding with george and he was complaining about some of the
>california roads....

LOL!!

I used to brag (not to you guys, but to my USAF friends in the '70s and '80s) about
our roads (concrete freeways in particular) not needing repaving since the '50s,
when they were built...even over Donner Summit, at 7000 feet.

Now I can tell you their lifespans.....they wore out 10 years ago.  Back then (in
the '70s), there was money to fix them, but they didn't need it.  Now they do, and
there is no money.  I just now drove home from Oakland to Fairfield on I-80....the
same section those of you who took the SFO tour last summer used.  It is REALLY
falling apart.  Lowrider is parked for a few days, waiting for a new starter
solenoid and to have two wheels straightened...the two that didn't dodge the offramp
curb bullet I was talking about previously.  The GS has a really nice ride, and its
wheels are definitely balanced.....but it gets tossed around like a pebble skipping
over water when it goes over the huge cracks in the two right lanes that trucks use.
 Some of those sections that are broken are 2 or 3 inches lower than the surrounding
pavement.  CalTrans tries to fix them on occasion.....they use that super fast
curing concrete patch stuff.  I don't know which is worse, the patch or the cracks.

I-80 in Nevada is good now....it took them 20+ years to learn to make concrete that
doesn't disintigrate in frozen weather.  Utah needs work.  Wyoming is learning, like
Nevada.  Nebraska is good.  East of there, one has to REALLY watch where he is
going.  I've kidded you Illinois folks about your roads, and Neno especially about
Chicago and Skokie and its washboards (and rusty bridges).

I sure miss the old days!!!

;-)

George