Try Metzlers next time you need tires,They are designed not to be so afected by groves. I hope to get a pair in the spring

 

Rain grooves don´t bother me too much, but one time I crossed the Columbia River Gorge and the bridge had steel decking. It had me puckering a little bit.

 

In TX I have never seen rain grooves that run parallel to the road, they always runacross the road so that the water runs off the sides...

 

Ya, we have them if they are straight it's not so bad, if they are crooked and deep they get my attention

 

Rain grooves? We don't need no stinking rain grooves!!

Try cattle catchers!


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We have them all over Dallas. Where you at? I have never seen them run across the road. I just saw the image above we don't have any of those. Those aren't rain grooves they are for stopping vermin or a flood of Biblical proportions.

 

They're not gonna hurt you. It just feels weird. You still have full control.
Stiffen up and it will take you for a crazy ride though. Ride em like normal and don't obsess, all will be fine.

 

Houston

 

Thanks for all the replies, maybe I will go ride the grooves at 3:00AM when there is no traffic around. I wonder if the DOT considers motorcycles when they create things like rain grooves of even worse, uneven pavement.

 

Oh yeah! I have lots of draw bridges around here and some feel quite weird, but it's never presented any threat to safety. It's like the rain grooves, feels different, but "trust the force" (inertia).

Now, some surprise potholes are a different story . . .