Anyone else tried covering slippery planks in roofing felt. Does it work ?
Or there any better economic way to get some northshore rideable before spring...
Not chicken wire
Well, at first. Sort of.
But only til the grit wears off (pretty fast). Plus it’s fragile and will wear & rip very fast. Not really suitable.
Which is why folk use chicken wire, sorry.
Mix sand into paint. Paint.
Wears out too but might last better than roofing felt. You can get epoxy-based floor grip compounds.
Why not chicken wire?
Mind you, if your boards are all outside in the damp, painting might not be feasible anyway.
Why not chicken wire?
As above, I doubt felt would last very long.
What about this kind of stuff?
It's designed for things like stairs, so is intended to withstand a bit of 'traffic'. I'm sure if you Google around enough, you could find some in a width suitable for your needs...
Rotary wire brush along the grain to expose more grain. You could also do this with a pressure washer & sand blaster attachment.
Painfully slow but cutting a checkerboard style pattern with a chain saw/circular saw?! Which would technically do the same as chicken wire maybe?!!
especially in areas such as ramps
Sweet, who would have thought there was such a specific product available?
Will probably be OK away from jumps too.
no its not grippy
You could hammer in fencing staples leaving slightly proud to give your tyres something to bite onto.
I expect normal nails again left slightly proud could work too.
I wonder how many people saying "no" have tried it?
There's a short section of North shore on one of our best local trails, built by a roofer and covered with felt.
It gets low traffic but has held up very well through some harsh conditions for at least five years.
So I'd give it a go myself.
Probably quite a difference between shed felt from B&Q (which doesn’t last long even on an entirely bicycle-free shed roof) and professional stuff.
The low end stuff certainly won’t be worth bothering with, I’ve got a roll of it in the shed and you only have to sneeze within ten feet of it and all the grit falls off.
Deffo don't cut checkerboard as water sits in and excellerates rot. We gVe up on grip solurions and just wait for it to dry. Although I do petrol burn some sections just to ride
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Theres some really thick torch on stuff 4.5mm, far superior than B&Q stuff for your shed.
Tyres wear felt out really quick
Chicken wire is what I’ve always used - seems to work well enough and is cheap.
Tyres rip it too quick and holds water on the woodwork too accelerating rotting