Build a car wash at the end of the street

 

When I was a small child, the new neighborhood near my grandmother's house was being built, the road was gravel for the longest time and five days a week a tanker truck would traverse the road spraying it down with water ( not enough to make mud puddles ) to kill the dust until they finally paved the road.

 

I have this problem in Minnesota too, but I just go slow, and try not to let it bother me when i hear those rocks hitting the bike. I just keep saying "i bought it to ride it not wash it". A paved road would be great, but the 0.5 mile trip gives the bike a chance to warm up before I hit the highway, so whatever, I feel your pain.

 

I have about 450ft of gravel before I hit blacktop. I feel your pain as well but I think they will get dusty anyway. I usually wash after every ride. I use a clean swiffer often and works well.

 

If you complain enough, maybe they'll oil it for you.

 

you have go to be kidding me.....what answer are you looking for about dust on your bike?

 

How well do you know the grader operator or somebody in the town government? Is it a small town. Grading a road that often is a waste of the towns money, and doesn't allow the road to pack, creating mud and all sorts of issues when it rains etc. Maybe you can chat with them? I'm sure there are other residents that don't appreciate having their rigs peppered with stone and mud etc. when it is not necessary. Our town used to chloride our road in the summer to keep down the dust. That sheit was in every nook and cranny and very corrosive. I spoke to my neighbors and they all agreed that they didn't like it and would rather have the dust, particularly since all of our houses are so far off the road. It was a waste of money. The town was thrilled not to have to lay that crap on our road anymore. Sometimes the town assumes what people want. In some cases they are wrong! I wouldn't use the duster. That grit is different than road dust. I'd wash when I get home and live with it.

 

Every Christmas I gave our town snow plow person a couple cases of beer. Always had a snow-cleared driveway where it hit the road after that. Maybe you could "bribe" your town person to lay tanker-water down or ? I'm just getting your wheels turning.
ps/ We also have a 1/4 mile gravel driveway before we hit concrete. We make a path on the grass. But we also have to wash the bikes more often. So it goes....

 

I lived 3 miles on a gravel road before I hit pavemnet for 42 years. I never had anything clean until I moved to town.
It sucks yes. Be thankful you don't have a chain driven bike (that I had to oil the chain constanly) like I had for all those years.

 

I know what you mean about dirt roads, it's nearly a mile to the hard pack from my 10 acres go slow is about all you can do...I thought about one of those dusters but it would be full of grit in a months time lol! would'nt trade my land for hardpack though, sooner or later they'll pave it I figure!