Cycling freindly Regional towns.
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Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:21 pm
Wagga Wagga, lots of cycling events and have good cycling infrastructure with more in the development stages.
Mildura, we have a time share there that we have been going to for over 20 years. Plenty of cycling paths, good weather, good shops and plenty of cyclists.
Bendigo, it's were I was born and grew up, cycling has all was been pretty good there good cycling paths, weathers not bad, it has hills and plenty of cyclists. Also notice last time I was back there visiting family the cafe cycling crowd. (not sure if that's good or bad. )
http://www.cyclingbendigo.com.au/
My home town of Leeton has a few shared paths and a small group of cyclist and on the whole cars treat us pretty well.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:23 pm
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby sogood » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:26 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:35 pm
Mildura is probably the best combination of good wide roads, good weather (apparently better weather and less rain all year around than the Gold Coast) Traffic although it has plenty of through traffic from Sturt Highway and the Calder is still very quiet compared to the Cities.
Love Mildura, almost a second home.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby avalon » Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:17 pm
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Postby Mustang » Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:26 pm
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:44 pm
Didn't think it was very regional, I thought Sunshine coast, Brisbane and the Gold coast were pretty much joining up, or will be soon.Mustang wrote:Sunshine Coast has lots of wide verges & smooth roads. Just rains a lot
Don't live there so I'm just asking the question.
Please feel free to educate me.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby Cardy George » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:52 pm
+1 The highways Martin mentioned have huge (1m+) shoulders on them, so even if you do ride them there is heaps of room. Go off the beaten track and it gets better, less traffic, and when a car does appear from behind, 9 times out of 10 they are well and truly on the other side of the road as they go past. In Mildura itself things are slowly improving with plenty of bike lanes and we've just recently scored bike lockers.martinjs wrote:Mildura is probably the best combination of good wide roads, good weather (apparently better weather and less rain all year around than the Gold Coast) Traffic although it has plenty of through traffic from Sturt Highway and the Calder is still very quiet compared to the Cities.
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Postby ruscook » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:55 pm
Clare in SA has the Riesling and Rattler trails. Great easy family riding - within Wineries
Broken Hill is fine but look for the b-doubles. They'll give you plenty of room if nothing is coming the other way. They physically can't if there's oncoming traffic.
Martin, what's Griffith like? I went through there 3 weeks back on the way to the Clare but didn't get chance to ride it at all.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:08 pm
Not a problem, it's usually the first week of the new year, but I'll try and remember to remind you when it gets closer to time.Cardy George wrote:+1 The highways Martin mentioned have huge (1m+) shoulders on them, so even if you do ride them there is heaps of room. Go off the beaten track and it gets better, less traffic, and when a car does appear from behind, 9 times out of 10 they are well and truly on the other side of the road as they go past. In Mildura itself things are slowly improving with plenty of bike lanes and we've just recently scored bike lockers.martinjs wrote:Mildura is probably the best combination of good wide roads, good weather (apparently better weather and less rain all year around than the Gold Coast) Traffic although it has plenty of through traffic from Sturt Highway and the Calder is still very quiet compared to the Cities.
Let me know when you're in town Martin and we'll go for a cruise
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby penseleit » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:43 am
Lots of very quiet back roads to explore, although many are gravel at least in part.
It is really a sort of undiscovered cycling wonderland, at least in my opinion.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby LHT » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:36 pm
Port Lincoln is quite good.
Goolwa to Victor Harbour SA is just excellent!!!
All the towns around the SW and cape areas of WA are fairly cycle friendly so far.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby drubie » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:17 pm
OK, It's as cold as Australia gets in winter in Armidale, but there are lots of enthusiastic clubs in the region, plenty of hills to climb, lots of variety of rides (ride by yourself, race roadies or MTB's, touring, the Audax thing is pretty big in Inverell, triathlons etc.). There is a healthy culture of travelling around to different towns for organised inter-club events or charity rides.
Most of the towns have cycle ways of varying quality, the roads are generally quiet and free of prime movers (with the exception of the New England Highway, which is a goat track of end to end semi trailers on bad days).
Drivers are generally tolerant if a little slow - malice levels are tiny compared to Sydney (I've been here about 6 years after 11 in Sydney). Most places are small enough that cycling to work is faster than driving if you live in town. Compared to Sydney, it's veritable cyclists paradise.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby DrJay » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:28 pm
I've got a Schwinn I got from KMart here, and the riding is lovely. It's as cold as Armidale I'd wager, and there are some great hills. I should be going for a ride in the morning if I can get the tyre back on the bike, should be about 6 or 7 degrees, which I like, although I'm going to have to find by beanie soon.
NIce ride is up Pinnacle, tops out about 1120 metres with a lovely rolling descent, but the last 2km of 10% grade I find pretty hard on this bike. Well, probably on any bike really.
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Postby Bloodywind101 » Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:21 am
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby stinhambo » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:34 pm
I wish the MPs and council would visit some of these places to see what could be done. The tablelands could be a cycling mecca if they made it safer.
Oh well grumble grumble.
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Postby grasshopper » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:42 am
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Postby stinhambo » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:23 pm
Where's that?grasshopper wrote:Bright - hills, flats, lovely drivers, ice cream, brewery.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby clackers » Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:16 pm
It's also the start of a generous asphalt bike path going all the way to Beechworth and Wangaratta.
And on its gorgeous golf course you're teeing off with mountains in the background.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby Pickles » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:29 pm
There are a couple of decent bike shops to stock up on tubes and other consumables. They also have a decent range of bikes with a strong focus on DH mtb due to the Mt Clarence DH track http://www.wamba.org.au/gps/Albany.gpx
There are plenty of coffee shops as well for those addicted to the bean.
If you don't want to bring your bike and happy to ride something heavier then you can hire a bike with Albany Bike hire at Middleton beach http://www.albanygateway.com.au/details ... -hire.html
There is a cycling brochure for the town which is a pretty good resource to see some of the sites in town. http://www.albany.wa.gov.au/download/67 ... albany.pdf
The only drawback can be the weather but you just have to be prepared for it.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby WarrenH » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:33 pm
I visited the Wagga Wagga region last weekend to check out some of the TSRs and lagoons on the northern floodplains of the Murrumbidgee River as potential places to visit and camp when cycle touring this coming Autumn. Over the last two years I've cycled a fair bit along the Murrumbidgee River visiting the Travelling Stock Routes and Reserves, from the Frost Plains of the Northern Alps, across the Yass Plains and the SW Slopes and now into the Eastern Riverena. The TSRs north of Wagga were some of the most beautiful that I have visited especially at Eunony Lagoon/Broman Lagoon.martinjs wrote:Wagga Wagga, lots of cycling events and have good cycling infrastructure with more in the development stages.
Using the unformed roads and the traditional campsites on the TSRs is a most underutilized resource for touring cyclists. I have The Long Paddock, the atlas and directory of the TSRs in NSW ... which is a big help to finding these not often visited places.
I liked the flat roads on the floodplains which was something I haven't experienced for many years ... and I liked it. I saw many roadies enjoying the back roads north of Wagga Wagga. More riders on a weekend than I would see in Canberra.
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby zephy » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:46 pm
for me a little extra width of road linking towns would be a good idea.....
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Re: Cycling freindly Regional towns.
Postby martinjs » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:37 pm
WarrenH wrote:I visited the Wagga Wagga region last weekend to check out some of the TSRs and lagoons on the northern floodplains of the Murrumbidgee River as potential places to visit and camp when cycle touring this coming Autumn. Over the last two years I've cycled a fair bit along the Murrumbidgee River visiting the Travelling Stock Routes and Reserves, from the Frost Plains of the Northern Alps, across the Yass Plains and the SW Slopes and now into the Eastern Riverena. The TSRs north of Wagga were some of the most beautiful that I have visited especially at Eunony Lagoon/Broman Lagoon.martinjs wrote:Wagga Wagga, lots of cycling events and have good cycling infrastructure with more in the development stages.
Using the unformed roads and the traditional campsites on the TSRs is a most underutilized resource for touring cyclists. I have The Long Paddock, the atlas and directory of the TSRs in NSW ... which is a big help to finding these not often visited places.
I liked the flat roads on the floodplains which was something I haven't experienced for many years ... and I liked it. I saw many roadies enjoying the back roads north of Wagga Wagga. More riders on a weekend than I would see in Canberra.
Warren.
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