Check out my commute to work!

jur

Warning: If you don't have broadband, go get some tucker.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jdekte...te/commute.html

Bruski

Very "graphic" description. My legs hurt after that and I feel kinda puffed. I regognised a bit of that ride, along the creek between Heathmont and Bayswater stations, through that corrugated iron rail tunnel.

parawolf

Mate, absolutely brillant. Lovely ride too.

So you stopped to take most of the photos? i'd love to get a little barrell mounted camera for the helmet and a press button on the handle bars...

WrxAnt

Jur,

I thought you were about to ride past my house on Colchester Rd but you turned off!!!

I love it!! Good work!

I've been contemplating 'long playing' on my DV Camera my ride to work. I feel inspired.

Cheers
Ant

jur

I stopped for a fair few but most were taken on the fly. I rode with the camera in my right hand all the way, it ached damnably when I got to work.

A helmet cam would work great.

gclark8

Excellent ride!!

Near the end several pix were missing, captions there ok, is it my download or your server?

Edit: yes the refresh fixed the problem.. all pix good!!

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Cheers,
George.

peterlip

All came through for me, although I had to refresh once.
Hey Jur, Your best time of 54 minutes, was that on the single speed?????

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Commute: Raceline Comp LX

WrxAnt

Jur,

You've intruiged me with your route off Heatherdale Rd. I usually trudge up that hill, but I must say your route seems infinitely more appealing.

Is there a sealed only option on your back street/track venture?

I'm building up to riding from Colchester Rd to Eaglemont (Heidelberg) each day and any way to improve my enjoyment is worthwhile on that trek!

Cheers
Ant

jur

Nope that was on my Giant CRX2. I arrived soaked in sweat.

jur

Yeah that is some trek all right.

I haven't looked at Davison St and Orient av, but I have looked at Munro st and things are a bit bumpy there if you were looking for a flattish way. The only gravel bit in the attachment is about 30m parallel with Davison st. The indicated route is what I often take if I'm interested in breaking records.

I used to pore over contour maps to find the best route, but these days of improved fitness I look at hills as interval training.

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cb1967

What a great ride! (and well documented!) Gives me an idea for an activity for my geography students.
Recognised many of the attractions as I love riding the Dande Crk trail.
I would try the same thing but my daily "commute" would download on a dialup in about 5 sec flat. I might have to start looking for some alternative longer routes to work.

SEGFTG

Very inspiring stuff jur. Maybe a dvd version could be issued to loss of licence folks to encourage new habits and show the myriad of benefits.

I wish my commute was more than 10 mins.

gclark8

I was so impressed with your story, I posted a link to it on the Digital TV Forum: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=23182

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George.

fatboy61

Coool.

I enjoyed that... some of those pics took me back to the 80's when I used to live among the heathen.

back to work....