Rant: State of our (UK) roads

[Beeping-Sleauty]

A menace round here too. Continuous streams of cars keeping one in the narrow cycle lane only to get presented with a crater where the drain grid is up to two inches below the surface.
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same problem here, cycling at more than 10 mph risks writing off rims, or dislocating ones' back or wrists, you really need your wits about you plus excellent brakes, certainly does not encourage citizens to take up cycling.