#1
|
|||
|
|||
good routes
As the motorcycle is currently suffering from Japanese Electrics...
I've been using the Brompton and the train. Figuring that if one has a bicycle one might as well use it, I have been cycling the 4.5km from Campsie to Strathfield and catching the train from there rather than taking the Campsie train to Central then changing for Macquarie Park. The time taken is maybe a bit longer, but the trip is more fun. Anyway... I had a look to see what Canterbury council thought was the right path to the station and it is close to the one I currently use but a lot more fiddly. it is a lot more lefts and rights, that is it isn't as direct. However... it's a better route home than the one I've been using! I didn't want to go home via Coronation Pde because it's an uphill slog on a busy road. I have been going home via Burwood Rd because the uphill bit on that is in the middle of the shopping area so eveyrone's slow anyway. The downhill bit has me as fast as the cars. I decided to give the council route a try homeward bound and was pleasantly surprised. They really have managed to find a route that zigzags up the rise to the point I hardly felt I was climbing at all. Nowhere near as much fun in the downhill direction as the one I use now, but way more fun in the uphill! Practically car free on most of it too. They've signposted it with painted bicycles on the road. I missed one turn but as I ended up in a culdesac it was obvious. There's only one dodgy bit where you turn left onto a more travelled (I hesitate to call it main) road and have to do an immediate right. Plus change gears. But a confident cyclist who turns left into the middle of the lane is fine. If you cycle in Sydney have a look at http://www.bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au/ specifically http://www.bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au/maps/index.html there may be a route you don't know about that will make your life easier. The Brom's an odd little beastie. There have been times I've been powering uphill at I guess about 80rpm where it feels like it is motorised. As though I'm putting little to no effort in at all and it's zooming. NO idea what's going on there! I'm enjoying the bike/train combo. I just wish there was a ticket for trains in Sydney that did multiple trips, rather than be limited to travel for so many days. I could do the same journey by bus but buses without bus lanes are unreliable as all hell in Sydney before 10am. More cycling is good, folding bikes mean I can do more cycling. Zebee |
Ads |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Good routes in the Scottish borders? | Jazzie | UK | 8 | March 26th 07 09:30 AM |
Cycling south from Dunbar - any advice on good routes? | [email protected] | UK | 4 | August 10th 06 07:06 PM |
Helford Passage, Cornwall - good routes? | Spider1977 | UK | 1 | December 22nd 05 08:47 AM |
Good morning or good evening depending upon your location. I want to ask you the most important question of your life. Your joy or sorrow for all eternity depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good | Dizzysmamma | Mountain Biking | 0 | April 22nd 05 08:44 PM |
Good morning or good evening depending upon your location. I want to ask you the most important question of your life. Your joy or sorrow for all eternity depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good | Maggie | General | 0 | April 22nd 05 12:27 PM |