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Man Hole Covers
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Stay off of all manhole covers if possible. They are recessed into the pavement and they attract or hold nails and other small pieces of trash. They get stolen down here sometimes to be sold as scrap. The city started wielding them in place to stop that. I have seen them missing or not sitting flat. Anytime I am riding where there are manhole covers I line up to not run over them period. Also the last time I was walking down a highway on the shoulder looking for a lost articule, I was amazed at the number of nails laying on the shoulder of the road.
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Manhole covers and bridge expansion joints.....I avoid them like the plague, especially if it's raining. There are tons of bridges around here so I can't avoid them, I just make sure the bike is totally straight up and not turning. There's one spot that I ride over almost everyday and its a U-turn going uphill and I have to cross two that are perpendicular to eachother. Everytime it's raining that front tire slides sideways over it and then the back follows in a fishtail.....scares the crap outta me even tho I'm prepared for it....
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A buddy of mine told me not ride across man hole covers in a turn. He said that my front tire could slide out from underneath me. Around here theres lots of them in the middle of intersections and I haven't had any trouble turning on man hole covers yet. I do sway around em when riding streight, and in wide 4 lane intersection turns. Keep in mine I've only beeen riding for 3 weeks now after not riding for 35 years. My MSF class doesn't start untill Oct. 16th.
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Most manhole covers have a design integrated right into the casting to provide traction. Most anything when wet will be slicker including asphalt, just a matter of slowing down. One of the reasons manholes end up in lanes is simply because two lane roads became 4 lane roads, a manhole once in the dirt is asphalt bound now. I find road debris more hazardous anything not strapped down that falls off vehicles at anytime can ruin a day.
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I've had them rattle pretty bad when I have driven accross them, like some of the inside edge was missing or something. I ran over a cover for a gas station fill valve and had it skip out on me, that could have been bad. Front tire slid sideways a little, won't do that again.
