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Originally Posted by Kradmelder
Bah. I only distinguish tarmac and potholes. plenty here.
It is dirt where colour plays an important role. Shadows can hide subtle differences, like changes to soft sand or silt and even ruts and holes. Drainage pipes across the road diagonally can have cracks that take your front wheel and high side you. Sometimes a grey silt can cover an underlying rut or stone that can throw your front wheel. Late afternoon is the worst time as the low angle sun casts shadows that hide changes in road surface.
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Hi Kradmelder,
You are right! it depends on quite a few factors. The shadow can be absolutely tricky and the sun as well especially when it is sunsetting and you are riding opposit direction!
In those cases, a general rule would say "slow down"...but what do you think of other riders going fast or keeping their pace even in those conditions?
Are they simply crazy or there is something to do with knowledge and instinct?
Alessandro
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