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Hi Steve,
I wanted to write a similar post but couldn’t figure out how and given up. I quite agree with you, the path may smoothen out on the most ridden line by time but the loose stones will never bed in. Once they are knocked out new potholes will form and we are back to square one.
I seriously wonder why the building of cycling infrastructure, at least in the Wantage direction, are contracted out to companies who have no idea about cycling.
Re path next to car park, I think it is quite useless, at least I have never had any problems cycling the wrong way through there. The new path is so narrow and bendy that it is not comfortable to cycle at normal speed.Happy cycling,
Tamas
Good news! And I have not yet sent them my puncture report. It seems that my luck did run out on Tuesday, the day I discovered that I lost my pump. Both front and rear…
Has anybody found a pump on the Wantage route by any chance? I just realized that it was missing on my way here this morning, which means I probably lost it on my previous ride. So far I have been lucky not to get a puncture on the new surface but I am worried that my luck will run out on a cold and wet and windy night when I am in a hurry to get home. It is a mostly black pump with a fine layer of mud here and there so it doesn’t really stand out. It looks pretty much like a toy but it has saved me from walking a couple of times.
That’s good news! I wanted to make the same comment as Sarah; I nearly came off the bike when the track takes a right turn into the Campus. Maybe they could use some of the excess grit to fill up the bottom of the dip just before the track enters the Campus. There is always a large puddle there after a rain.
Tamas
Back to the original topic, the new road is a welcome change from Wantage direction. Also, a few weeks ago a very bumpy section at Ginge Stables has been improved on the 544 route. Now the worst bit from that direction is that 100-200 m stretch just outside of the Campus which is alone responsible for about 90% of the mud on my bike. If my recollection is correct there are some resources allocated to improve that section but the plans were rejected as below standards. Any development on that that front?
That is indeed good news but I, too, wonder if there is anything that could be done to improve that strech temporarily (i.e. until and if it would be re-surfaced with tarmac). Currently that is the slowest section of the route to Wantage and it alone is responsible for at least 80% of the mud on my bike. I’m thinking of something similar to that path parallel to Ninth Street (although that itself is also in need of some maintenance).
The farm track at East Ginge has also deteriorated a lot during the winter. There are quite a few deep potholes some of them extends to the full width of the track. If you just start cycling (again) be extra careful on your way home; by the time you notice them in the dark it might be too late… But the slowest i.e. least rideable part of route 44 (from Wantage) is that 500 metres before it enters the campus. I would not mind helping out with improoving the track but I also would like to see that the council/campus/farmers or whoever is responsible for the state of this route do their share as well.