City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
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City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:04 pm
We figure we can get all the way to Willunga (from Marion) on the Southern Expressway bike path, which is great, except our destination isn't Willunga. Is there a turn off before Mclaren Vale that heads towards the coast or Is it easier going to Willunga then down to Aldinga?
Basically we just need to get to Port Road / Quinliven Road in Aldinga Beach without going on South Road / Old Coach Road or Aldinga Road / Biscay Road (although this isn't that bad).
Suggestions?
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby alex » Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:15 pm
the best way would be expressway to mclaren vale then to willunga then take biscay road or one of the ones that runs along side it basically all the way to the coast, then ride along the esplanade
going via mclaren vale and willunga will only add maybe 10-15km anyway and will be much better than the alternatives
even better would be belair/clarendon/kangarilla to mclaren vale but that will smash you pretty bad on a fixed gear
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:17 pm
Once we're in Aldinga, we'll go straight down to the esplanade and go from there. Nicer ride too.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby alex » Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:22 pm
but def go via mclaren vale and willunga, loads of good places you could stop for lunch or a brew
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:54 pm
has the elevation profile
keeps to the Veloway for as long as possible then low traffic roads. These roads are fine as long as you keep to the left and ride single file
the McLaren Vale to Willunga Rd is narrow and the cars then to speed along there. If you want to do it then there is the Shiraz Trail, a bike path from McLaren Vale to Willunga which is in the middle of the vines.
We ride to McLaren Vale each Sun, avoiding the Veloway due to the glass, down Lonsdale Highway then along the coast, back through Clarendon, with gears and brakes. Rarely do we have an issue with cars.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:24 am
I reckon we'll do the Veloway / wine path to Willunga, then Biscay Road, Aldinga Beach Road and then the Esplanade. My parents will have some beer and a BBQ waiting at Silver Sands. Good times.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby SeanB » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:53 pm
Commercial road shouldn't be any problems - has bike lanes - but its continuation (old coach) is a bit on the dodgy side. Having said that, cars shouldn't have any trouble passing you safely enough and it's not that long of a stretch of road so it's the way i would go.
or you could bugger aldinga off and only go as far as moana.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:41 am
SeanB wrote: or you could bugger aldinga off and only go as far as moana.
Verbs & Nouns wrote: My parents will have some beer and a BBQ waiting at Silver Sands. Good times.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby MichaelB » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:32 pm
This comes direct from a copper (interested in cycling) who was at a briefing recently.
Take care.
There are some true meatheads out there.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:50 pm
I heard about that a while ago and didn't know if it was still happening.
Has anyone ridden the Veloway in the last few days?
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby MichaelB » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:04 pm
You first.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:27 pm
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Biffidus » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:27 pm
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby DansAvanti » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:30 pm
Verbs & Nouns wrote:Thanks for the heads up (or should that be the heads down).
I heard about that a while ago and didn't know if it was still happening.
Has anyone ridden the Veloway in the last few days?
I rode up from the northern end to Majors rd last night - no lines there. There is heaps of cycle traffic on the veloway, you would have to be pretty unlucky to get caught out i reckon. The consequences are bad if you do though!
I figure if you are not the first one up in the morning, you are probably safe.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:15 am
We’re all pretty used to riding brakeless.Biffidus wrote:Brakeless down the Veloway? That would be dangerous enough without the fishing line!
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:43 am
On the way back we did Bowering Hill Road (which runs parallel Old Coach Road from Aldinga Beach). This is a back way to Maslins beach, and we only had to deal with Old Coach Road for a small part, which was fine. Once we got to Moana South / Heights, and bombed that massive hill, it was pretty straight forward. Commerical road is fine. This took just over an hour from Silver Sands to Noarlunga.
Five of us piked, and caught the train home from Noarlunga. Adam manned up and rode home, almost beating us back to the city. He said that he had to walk down part of the final descent into Darlington, it was too dangerous brakeless.
All up, I reckon from my house there and back, I rode about 100k’s.
Next time, I reckon I'll do the veloway to Noarlunga, then Commercial Road / Old Coach Road to Aldinga. Going via Mclaren Vale and Willunga added an extra hour or so.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby brettjames » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:40 pm
About 6 of you right ?
I was the one who came tearing up behind you on the Colnago thinking "these guys are MAD"!!!!
Looked like a fun, social and chanllenging ride indeed!!!
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:08 pm
Haha, yep, that was us. And yeah, there were six of us.brettjames wrote:Rode right past you guys at about Seaford on my way to Willunga Hill.
About 6 of you right ?
I was the one who came tearing up behind you on the Colnago thinking "these guys are MAD"!!!!
Looked like a fun, social and chanllenging ride indeed!!!
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:31 pm
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby SeanB » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:15 pm
Great effort on a fixed gear bike.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:45 am
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:15 am
I've done the Expressway on 45/88 SS (braked) and that was pretty good. Brakeless fixed is a bit too hairy for me to contemplate.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:28 am
There were only a few spots where we really had to use brakes (or skid), one of them was near Old Reynella where there’s a descent and sharp right turn into a tunnel.
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:29 pm
Once it gets past about 8% for any length, it's too much for me. Have managed Mt Lofty and Belair Rd with this gearing, and the Veloway is pretty good as well.
47/14 is just nuts up hills though
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Re: City to Silver Sands (Aldinga Beach).
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:18 pm
It was geared down from his usual 50x14!
I love it how it was on a PK Ripper too..
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