A cycle race in #Suffolk is postponed due to the bad road surface - this doesn't surprise me, and is why anyone riding a racing bike here is generally excused from the local custom of waving at other cyclists (who often ride MTBs even for commuting, in spite of the complete lack of mountains in East Anglia)
@ben0_o its quite possible the roads are in a far better state in the North.
Part of the A14 also had to be recently closed due to potholes and drivers also regularly complain these knacker their cars (there also seem to be way more roadworks all through the year in Suffolk than in anywhere else in England I have lived in or visited).
@vfrmedia there are one or two nasty ones appearing but yeah it's a reasonably good drive (bike ride?) up there. I think they've forgotten about Stoke though (although the same can probably be said for lots of places now. It's getting ridiculous).
I had my MOT last week, tracking was out. I hit 1-2 unavoidable potholes on my way home after the fix >.>
@ben0_o I work in IT for healthcare, many frontline staff are from overseas (EU + Asian countries), they are often shocked at the poor state of British roads and other public infrastructure, compared to their home countries (even though these countries are claimed to be "less prosperous" than the UK - this also matches up with what I've seen on Google Street View (even rural areas of SE Asian countries seem to have all had new roads recently)
@vfrmedia Every town here wants the Tour de Yorkshire to come through because they always resurface the route prior to the race.
@vfrmedia I'll no doubt have to go around a few cyclists tomorrow as I drive through the peaks to sheffield. Generally not a mountain bike in sight though, they all ride racing bikes instead.