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The world looks different from a bike than an aeroplane or a bus and you cover 3 times the distance than when you are walking. Soon I will start bringing you safe, fun and visually appealing rides from different parts of the world. See USA and New Zealand and Victoria
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Just to show a balanced ebike view, here is a story about leg ropes and ebikes. The speed rules in usa are complex. The comment about being hit by a fast moving bike is a solid one
stabmag.com/style/are-electric-bikes-the-new-leash/
Lime Bikes are everywhere and everyone is writing about them but no one is actually using them because they are not discussing the actual cost. Its $1 to start and then 30 cents A MINUTE. So if you get your skates on and get the lights, you can ride from central to nsw uni in 20 minutes. So that is going to cost you 6 or 7$. Bus will cost about 3.50 or less if you are a student. So here is the low down, don't; dily daly, know where you are going and get on with it. Don't stop for coffee without ending the trip. It looks like Lime are going to be better managed but I sure wish the cost was closer to that of a bus service.
That said, a different point of reference is a taxi for one person. 45 minutes in on a bike will get you 13km which is probably slower than a taxi but a lot more fun.
www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/on-the-road/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lime...
New share scooters and bikes hit our cities
news.com.au
Australia has become a graveyard for communal bike sharing start-ups but a new company thinks it can succeed where many others have failed.Getting from Casula where i had a puncture to the, M7 cycleway turned out to be a great 3km shortcut that i hadnt noticed before. This was the start of day 4 of my journey around Sydney. Photos start at Glenfield and head up Glenfield Rd, around Bunnings and up the footpath on the Hume to the start of the M7. Here is the map www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IRkQnvlotLTROOM42YkBJcq6TbI&ll=-33.95059389889198%2C150.889147110...
#biketrailgreatersydney
#M7cycleway
When was the last time you rode across a big city ? The Liverpool Rail trail lets you do just that and because it heads south most of the way, you can avoid a suntan by riding from Merrylands to Glenfield via Liverpool and then catching the train back biketrail.blog/sydney/liverpool-area/
Sydney > Guildford to Canley Vale > Liverpool Rail Trail
biketrail.info
The bike trail from Centennial Park around the race course to the University of NSW is now open. Its a really nice trail on the far side of the Alison Rd tram track for half the journey and in the middle of Wansey road for the rest and a tiny little bitumen section near the university.. Its a little slow to cross the roads at the end of Darley Road but that's it. Take it easy on the way down as it is nicely sloped. Tram users 0 Bike Trail users 2. #universitynsw
Some highlight photos from day 3 of my ride around Sydney. This covered the less travelled Sutherland Menai Revesby and Chipping Norton areas. It all started at Wolli Creek, the "Base Station"
.A first look at the newly designed
Greater Sydney Bike Trail
Check the elevation statistics
ridewithgps.com/trips/29309100
ridewithgps.com
This trail was ridden using a bosch pedal assist eBike with a max assist speed of 25km p/hr. Each day started with a ride on a train to the start ... -- 231.2 km, +2079 m. Starts in Sydney, NSWMy comment on this are that the cycling environment is changing fast. eBikes are popping up everywhere, they are heavier but they give the ordinary rider more freedom.
So stick with the current laws, build more protected cycleways and make sure that we collect the statistics on bike accidents including location so we can improve black spots.
Cyclists want laws requiring helmets to be worn ditched — this expert thinks the idea is crazy
news.com.au
THERE are growing calls among cyclists for laws requiring helmets to be worn to be watered down, in a bid to encourage more Australians to get on a bike.