LoneLocust,
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Another bike-riding metric: nails/km

Very short 14km ride this morning for breakfast and back home.

I collected 4 nails (by hand, not by tire) along the route. That’s 1 nail per 3.5 km. That’s excessive even by standards.

They were all along 23rd Ave.

renedario,
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@LoneLocust why are there so many nails on Phoenix roads?

LoneLocust,
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@renedario That’s a damned good question!

I can't honestly say Phoenix is any worse than other cities. I don't have much riding experience outside of Phoenix and Tucson (and Tucson was back in the 80s.)

There’s a lot of construction, and contractors (especially roofing contractors) aren't particularly careful about their nail inventory or handling. That could be part of it.

It might be the way the street design pushes all the junk to the sides and it becomes more obvious on a bike.

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