Chapman's Peak Drive resurfacing

[buchanan]

I believe this road is closed for resurfacing until 1 December 2017...or can one still cycle up there at certain times of day?

 

I caught the end part of a phone-in on Cape Talk this afternoon.  The caller (who I think was a cyclist) was concerned that the new surface being laid is very rough, like a cheese grater or rough sandpaper.  He seemed to think it would be unpleasant to ride on and very dangerous in the event of crashes.  Has anyone else been up there and found this to be the case?

[Duane_Bosch]

Yes. It's terrible. Very rough.

[sucramuk]

Was there on Saturday, wasn't sure if it was the finished surface.

Its awful, I found myself riding on the centre white line at a much reduced speed, where (at the time) hadn't been resurfaced.

I hope that wasn't the finished surface!

[buchanan]

The caller on the radio said he especially sought out an engineer working on the resurfacing - and this engineer confirmed that it will be the finished surface. 

[porqui]

I get the feeling they are trying to keep cyclists off Chappies

[Pure Savage]

Can just message chappies on twitter, they are really good at replying. 

[FootballingCyclist]

Yeah went up there yesterday, albeit from Hout Bay side, its not your "smooth" road surface, its the type that looks like many stones stuck together, Looks almost like a rice cake kinda surface... I hope and pray it's not how it will stay... If it is, its going to be a very uncomfortable ride...

[buchanan]

What was wrong with the old surface? Seemed totally fine to me.

[LeoKnight]

Maybe the are making it more mtb friendly.. ????

[Pure Savage]

What was wrong with the old surface? Seemed totally fine to me.

 

From the look out towards Noordehoek was rather poor due to all the rock falls. 

 

Not sure about the rest.

[buchanan]

From the look out towards Noordehoek was rather poor due to all the rock falls. 

 

Not sure about the rest.

 

From Hout Bay to the lookout point was fine. Seems a bit of a waste of time and money to resurface it with a new (apparently much rougher?) surface.  If they insist on resurfacing it, why not at least give it a smooth surface?

 

Though a bit worse, the Noordhoek side didn't seem all that bad to me either, to be honest.

[urbanroyal]

It will be kinda stupid if they leave it like that....who would approve that....is there anybody that can be contacted regarding this....?

[Pure Savage]

It will be kinda stupid if they leave it like that....who would approve that....is there anybody that can be contacted regarding this....?

 

ALAN WINDE!

[andydude]

Is it almost as rough as cobbles? If yes then maybe we can classify the cape town tour as a classic/monument [emoji1]

 

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[Jewbacca]

Is it a surface that uses less water to prepare? Maybe it has better drainage, dries faster and will be cheaper to re do every time rocks fall?

 

In the changing climate and economy there is probably a hell of a lot more to consider these days than whether cyclists find the road surface comfortable to ride on......

[Kom]

Is it a surface that uses less water to prepare? Maybe it has better drainage, dries faster and will be cheaper to re do every time rocks fall?

 

In the changing climate and economy there is probably a hell of a lot more to consider these days than whether cyclists find the road surface comfortable to ride on......

I (and others in this thread) don't think the re surfacing was necessary in the first place, Chappies could have gone without.

 

If climate change is the concern, then not surfacing with bitumen at all is the answer, not the use of an alleged Eco friendly bitumen as what you are implying.