As my friends Howie and Gaz were both arriving from the Hume Highway, I decided day 1 of our ride down the complete length of Canberra would start in the far north. I picked a football oval with lots of parking in Casey and we headed there. It was 8:30 in the morning and I […]
As I ride I occasionally see interesting cars and other man made machines that compare well against the bike of the day. So I stack them together and take a photo. On my journeys around Sydney and beyond I have seen a few interesting European cars, some strange devices like the massive rugby training pusher […]
If you follow the many different Facebook pages that cover cycling in Australia, a common theme is “We should be more like the Netherlands”. When you look at the videos and the photos, you see giant multi story carparks full of bikes and you read about 10,000 bikes passing a single point in a day. […]
Its soo hot – here are lots of pools by the trail photos, Here is the official story with all the links and all the maps. Click on it Pools on Bike Trails in Sydney Now I am going to the beach Garry
Here are the best 3 bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2018 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path, the path has to pretty safe, good looking and fun to ride. It doesn’t have to be long if it connects existing trails better. 1st […]
Xmas Ride Its Xmas and the Sydney roads are virtually free of cars and our house (apart from me) sleeps on and on. So off I went on a leisurely ride from Clovelly to Bondi on the Big Easy. It was 7am and lots of people were out, clearly some people had stayed overnight to […]
Fluoro Fran and I decided to head off early to the Central Coast (north of Sydney) to deliver my son to a mates place and take in a couple of bike rides. This entailed some bike selection as the cavernous boot of the Honda Odessey can handle three bikes and two people or three people […]
As I am riding along on my push bike honey, I tend to take a lot of pictures. Sometimes these are pictures of other people riding around. Sometimes they are just my wife in her flouro jacket. To celebrate people on bike trails, here are a few photos and I will continue to add to […]
A 100 hardy souls have taken off on one of the worlds great bike journeys, the Hunt 1000 from Canberra to Melbourne. The weather at this time of the year is usually pretty good and there is no snow and not much mud. This year its freezing, there has been snow, the winds are strong […]
A few experts from BikeExchange grabbed some eBikes and headed to the mountain bike trails. This article describes the six differences and you can read about them here Read the eBikes differences on MTB trails here
Its almost November, time to think swimming pools in Sydney. This page features pools that are on the bike trails of Sydney. Probably a good idea to start riding from the pool if you can so you can finish off with a relaxing swim and then hop on the train or in the car. Checklist […]
Top Rides Around Sydney When I first started thinking about Sydney trails, my head was filled with thoughts of steep hills, cars and faded white pictures of bikes on green patches on the road. After a much exploring, I can now reveal that Sydney has some very good places to ride if you have the […]
Just after 7am I arrived at Bondi Junction station and headed for Central Station. After I realised that Emu Plains was in the country trains area, I just made the train. Then I tried to get my bike on board and the inner doors were narrower than my handlebars. A guard pointed to pictures of […]
A few weeks ago, I was reading a blog by Gary Corbet, holder of the world record for continuous e-Bike riding which he set at 28,000kms. In the post he discussed his plans to ride his Ebike in great locations along the East Coast of Australia and as an aside he said probably wouldn’t ride […]
My bike trails are targeted towards a fun safe ride not a fast road ride. Bearing this in mind, the best bike for me is a comfortable bike that you are in full control of. Enjoy the trail- say hello to people you meet and see something new everyday if you can. Garry from […]