Cattle Grids.......

[jimboalee]

OP said it was his Road bike. Not his MTB, tourer, sports bike or BMX.

Road bike = 23mm tyres or less = lightweight.

 

[yello]

...but as a general question. I'm serious btw.

 

[Crackle]

Jimbo, I put it to you that yur a nutter.

 

[country joe]

I'm afraid, thanks to an accident one time, and my general lack of physical bravery, my technique with cattle grids is to get off and walk over....

Pretty much guaranteed not to puncture that way, I reckon.

i do the same, been over a few in my road bike, when approaching slow down, dismount, and walk over,
No punctures,and only takes a min, so even if there is a few the time you waste is minimal.

 

[TheDoctor]

Had a most spectacular off a few years back on a cattle grid. Back tyre blew immediately and game over. Splat.

 

[ufkacbln]

There is an annual ride in Hampshire called the GridIron.... designed to take in as many cattle grids as possible!

 

[D-Rider]

Had a big moment on a cattle grid on a motorbike. Stayed on but got the fright of my life.... Wasn't one of my smartest moves - I always ensure I'm fully upright before hitting them now!

 

[TheDoctor]

There is an annual ride in Hampshire called the GridIron.... designed to take in as many cattle grids as possible!

Had a write up in the CTC mag a while back. I'm oddly tempted by this - I like the New Forest.

 

[chirk2000ad]

skim loads of these grids in cumbria on 28mm tyres never a problem. I always go straight with knees bent and never move my COG as what goes up must come down and if you get it wrong it will hurt. If the grid is wet they are lethal and soooo slippery.

for dog lovers - my german shep tried to hurdle one off the lead once and really winded himself the daft dawg!

 

[HLaB]

There a horrible one (cattlegrid) IMO on the Tak ma Doon from Kilsyth. After the long ascent there's a sharpish downhill with a clear sight of an even steeper ascent; right at the foot of the hill is a cattle grid.

 

[punkypossum]

I ride over them on my mtb, so far I haven't encountered one on the road bike, but I can see myself pushing - the combination of cattle grids with wheels that only seem to have half the required amount of spokes does not appeal!!!

 

[Dave5N]

Just speed up. Never had a problem.

 

[jimboalee]

Jimbo, I put it to you that yur a nutter.

I've ridden mass participation track races - Devils.
I did bicycle polo.
I was a pro skateboarder.
I did MotoX.
I had one of the first BMX bikes.
I commute cycled underneath Spaghetti Junction.

I was a Test Driver at SAGEM Automotive Electronics.
I drove a Jaguar XJS at 165 mph round the top banking at MIRA.
I test rode Triumph Motorcycles.


But I wouldn't, no I wouldn't test ride MIRA's electric bike.


Not such a nutter.

 

[samscar]

I just speed up too. Lots of cattle grids in N Yorks where i ride.

 

[Arch]

The cattle grids here are particularly evil and very widely spaced. Most people get off and walk over. I do, unless I'm on the mountain bike.

When I was 14 or 15 I came off at speed going over a cattle grid at the bottom of a step hill at Hardwick Hall and got a scar that's still visible on my chin.

Yeah, my mum still has the scar on her face from the one that got her (with me watching helpless from a vantage point lying in a patch of gravel I'd skidded on - she saw me go down, panicked, braked and caught the front wheel in the grid. Cut eyebrow and broken wrist. I still have flashbacks...)

So I daren't do them at speed any more, and daren't do them slowly, because you can't put a foot down if you wobble. I'd sort of like to tackle the phobia, but it's just easier not to.

I can do them on my trike, of course....