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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
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I'm planning to commute by bike between Lane Cove and Epping (in Sydney), once all my stuff is cleared through customs and I finally have my bike. I'm planning to ride through Lane Cove National Park to avoid Epping road and the steep slopes in Marsfield. Any useful hints for cycling in Sydney? Any local particularities I should know about? I know I have to wear a helmet and that motorists can be sort of ... difficult. Cheers, Enno |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Enno Middelberg wrote:
Hi all, I'm planning to commute by bike between Lane Cove and Epping (in Sydney), once all my stuff is cleared through customs and I finally have my bike. I'm planning to ride through Lane Cove National Park to avoid Epping road and the steep slopes in Marsfield. Any useful hints for cycling in Sydney? Any local particularities I should know about? I know I have to wear a helmet and that motorists can be sort of ... difficult. Cheers, Enno If I was you I'd go down Epping Rd then get on the M2, then off again at Epping. The main danger points are going up the hill past the Centennial Ave lights, and where cars enter/exit the Shell servo just before Mowbray Rd. |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Enno Middelberg wrote in message ...
I'm planning to ride through Lane Cove National Park to avoid Epping road and the steep slopes in Marsfield. Doesn't sound too insane. Get to Fullers Rd at Chatswood (highway or back streets), go down this and through the NP. There's a cycleway under De Burgh's bridge which lets you avoid the lunatics on Ryde Rd while you get to the M2. Note that you've still got a hill getting out of the NP, but it's not that bad. That's about the middle third of my commute home. From the M2 it should be plain sailing. Coming home is the reverse, but if you go straight ahead from Lady Game drive at the corner with Fullers Rd, you can trade a steeper, shorter hill for avoiding traffic. I've also heard that it's not too bad if you stay on the M2 the whole way, then bail off at Mowbray Rd. I doubt it's as pleasant going to Epping, since Mowbray Rd is at the bottom of a hill. Any useful hints for cycling in Sydney? Any local particularities I should know about? I know I have to wear a helmet and that motorists can be sort of ... difficult. Sit in the middle of the lane. You get the odd bit of abuse hurled at you, but that beats being run down by someone who "didn't see you, sorry mate". -- Dave Hughes | "Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once ... with negative results." -- Ben (float), ASR |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Enno Middelberg wrote in message ...
Hi all, I'm planning to commute by bike between Lane Cove and Epping (in Sydney), (snip) Any useful hints for cycling in Sydney? Any local particularities I should know about? Enno Enno, I commute regularily there abouts. The start and end points makes a big difference to the route. For example the M2 is Six lanes and 80 km/h cars, with a mojor tunnel construction going on so lots of HUGE trucks carrying out the dirt to come soon.. Not my preffered route for the next year or so. The M2 being basicly a freeay/tollway now bifurcates Lane Cove. Lane Cove NP is on the North side of the M2 while Lane Cove centre is on the south side. There is a track along the river most of the way that is dirt basicly single track. There is about 6km of tarred rout up the epping endo of the park. I take a long detour in the mornings just to ride through the NP. Its riverside, nice gradient and almost car free on a 3m wide tarred road. Whats your start and end point and I will give you a nice suggested route.. (I don't enjoy major roads ,like the M2, so tend to take lower traffic flow areas.) All said, if I was in a car I would drive straight down the M2, and if you are really game you could ride that way too. Just noted your CSIRO addy. So are you going to the CSIRO complex up on Epping road/lane cove rd intersection? or to Epping suburb... further west.. Tom |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Hi,
thanks for your reply (also thanks to the others who replied). Tom Nicholson wrote: There is a track along the river most of the way that is dirt basicly single track. There is about 6km of tarred rout up the epping endo of the park. I hiked along the Lane Cove river last weekend, and the track next to the river is certainly not made for cyclists, but for hikers. Also, the NP administration explicitly closed it for bikes. I take a long detour in the mornings just to ride through the NP. Its riverside, nice gradient and almost car free on a 3m wide tarred road. I have been hiking a bit on that road, and my plans were to stay on that whereever possible. Whats your start and end point and I will give you a nice suggested route.. I start at the Pacific Hwy / Epping rd intersection and have to go to the CSIRO facilities at Marsfield (Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke rds). I planned to follow Pacific Hwy to Fullers rd, run down to Lane Cove NP, take the tarred roads through the NP, then follow Lane Cove rd until I can turn on Talavera rd. Then it's another turn onto Vimiera and I'm there. Any suggestions to this route are welcome :-) Cheers, Enno |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Enno Middelberg wrote in message ...
I start at the Pacific Hwy / Epping rd intersection and have to go to the CSIRO facilities at Marsfield (Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke rds). I planned to follow Pacific Hwy to Fullers rd, run down to Lane Cove NP, take the tarred roads through the NP, then follow Lane Cove rd until I can turn on Talavera rd. Then it's another turn onto Vimiera and I'm there. Too easy! The Highway isn't too bad, at least in that section, then Fullers Rd is fun. With the station works at the bottom, you need to turn on to Lady Game to get into the NP (North side of the river), then left and over the causeway. At the other end, go past the sentry box and you'll see a cycleway parallel to the river. This takes you under Ryde Rd, up a steep little pinch, then back to a shared footpath on the West side of Ryde Rd. Go down and over the M2 bridge, then hard right onto the M2. The cycle lane is nice and wide, and I've never had an issue. It's about 2km to the tollgate, then after another km keep an eye out for a cycleway gate on the left (just as you get near the top of the long gentle hill from the tollgate). That drops out onto the North end of Vimiera Rd. In the afternoon, there's a tunnel under the M2 for the cycleway, and it's basically just the reverse - except for the bottom of Fullers Rd, which I mentioned yesterday. Depending on how you feel about traffic, it might be worth trying going to the end of the M2 and up Marsden Rd on your way home, which would probably save you 10-20 minutes. If you ride a mountain bike, consider having a look in at the trails in the upper Lane Cove Valley as a before/after work or lunchtime diversion. There are several ways in, the easiest of which is the M2 cycleway (continue down the hill, turn left after crossing the river). Dave - who had a taxi let him into traffic yesterday! -- Dave Hughes | "Remember - if all you have is an axe, every problem looks like hours of fun." -- Frossie, ASR |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Enno Middelberg wrote in message ...
I start at the Pacific Hwy / Epping rd intersection and have to go to the CSIRO facilities at Marsfield (Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke rds). I planned to follow Pacific Hwy to Fullers rd, run down to Lane Cove NP, take the tarred roads through the NP, then follow Lane Cove rd until I can turn on Talavera rd. Then it's another turn onto Vimiera and I'm there. Any suggestions to this route are welcome :-) I commute each day between Helen Street, Lane Cove (near the Great Northern Pub), and the Radiophysics Labs at Marsfield. I have a bunch of different ways to get to work, but two fairly direct ones: The quickest is simply to ride down Mowbray road to the end, then turn right onto Epping road to cross the river. Then I wait for a gap in the traffic (not too long on account of the Mowbray road lights) and cross to the M2 entrance. Once on the M2, just ride straight up past the tolls (bikes don't pay), then leave the road at the top of the hill (there's a mobile phone tower there). There's a gate you go through which gets you to the end of Vimiera road. Finally just ride straight down Vimeira road, cross Epping road, and you're at the radiophysics labs. I usually do this one in about 25 minutes. The scenic route is to cross Mowbray road, down Bowen street (behind the pub), and take the back roads behind the high school to Fullers road, then right at the lights at Lady Game Drive, left into the LC park, across the river, and along the road (riverside drive) to the other end of the park at De-Burghs bridge. Under the bridge, then a short steep up-hill bit to the path alongside lane cove road. Right at Fontenoy road, left at Khartoum (under the M2) then right at Talavera, which takes you up the back of Macquarie uni. After you've passed the uni you go left onto Colluden, right on Waterloo, and left onto Vimiera. This ride takes probably 35 minutes, but is a lot more pleasant, as you get to take in the Lane Cove park on the way. Cheers, Suzy |
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Tips for commuting between Lane Cove and Epping?
Well, I can't reall improve on that...,
but you could ride up the Pacific Highway, down Mowbray Rd, take the evil Epping Rd up the hill from the river to the M2 then follow Random Data's (Dave) M2 directions - cuts out many Km's and is topographically easier. This would certainly be my preffered route home - the dash down the Epping Rd hill to the river and quick left turn up onto Mowbray Rd is OK, and up Mowbray there is generally enough room for cars to pass you. Tom |
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