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Zebee Johnstone
Guest
well long for me anyway!
I rode the full distance into Sydney today, taking the Anzac Bridge
and getting lost trying to find the slightly less hilly and trafficked
way over the Bridge
A hard ride for a new rider, but the 'bent proved its worth - I got to
work in North Sydney tired but no part of me sore. No sore wrists, no
sore neck, no sore backside.
I'm not sure which way I'll go home, I may even only ride as far as
Central and take the train for most of it. One thing I won't do is go
back the way I came!
I mean that descent from Anzac Bridge cycleway is fun as a descent,
but as a climb you can have it!
For non-Sydneysiders, it is a very steep spiral ramp making I think 2
and a bit loops. I'd think twice about walking up the damn thing let
alone riding up it.
I also notice that a) there are a hell of a lot of hills in Sydney, no
wonder you don't see that many cyclists and b) the bike route signs
disappear just as you need them to work out which way you are supposed
to go now.
I'm off on a course next week, so won't be riding to work, I hope to
do at 30-40 mins of the hilly bits around home of an evening to keep
working on this fitness thing.
Oh, and those who hate having their metaphorical paint scraped by
being passed by a motorcycle in the bike lane, cyclists do it too....
Zebee
- slow and steady still has the heart rate rising rapidly!
I rode the full distance into Sydney today, taking the Anzac Bridge
and getting lost trying to find the slightly less hilly and trafficked
way over the Bridge
A hard ride for a new rider, but the 'bent proved its worth - I got to
work in North Sydney tired but no part of me sore. No sore wrists, no
sore neck, no sore backside.
I'm not sure which way I'll go home, I may even only ride as far as
Central and take the train for most of it. One thing I won't do is go
back the way I came!
I mean that descent from Anzac Bridge cycleway is fun as a descent,
but as a climb you can have it!
For non-Sydneysiders, it is a very steep spiral ramp making I think 2
and a bit loops. I'd think twice about walking up the damn thing let
alone riding up it.
I also notice that a) there are a hell of a lot of hills in Sydney, no
wonder you don't see that many cyclists and b) the bike route signs
disappear just as you need them to work out which way you are supposed
to go now.
I'm off on a course next week, so won't be riding to work, I hope to
do at 30-40 mins of the hilly bits around home of an evening to keep
working on this fitness thing.
Oh, and those who hate having their metaphorical paint scraped by
being passed by a motorcycle in the bike lane, cyclists do it too....
Zebee
- slow and steady still has the heart rate rising rapidly!