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Worst commute roads/streets
Postby BG73 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:35 pm
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby find_bruce » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:41 am
Despite the fact that I could do with the ride up the hill from Hawthorn Canal, I won't use Lilyfield Rd on my way into the city.
It's a great example of needing to think about what causes the hazards because I have no such incicdents riding west along Lilyfield Rd, despite plenty of people turning left at Catherine St & Balmain Rd. On the west run, the only place that needs a bit of caution is Norton St & that appears to be people misjudging my speed rather than not looking / seeing / caring
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby longshanks » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:10 pm
Bridge Road, city bound through Camperdown/Glebe. Can get busy but i am more worried about the actual state of the road surface. Its been dug up and resurfaced that many times its disgraceful. I've travelled on smoother dirt roads.
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby BG73 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:39 pm
Agreed re Bridge Road - not one of my preferred routes either...
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby longshanks » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:02 pm
BG73 wrote:Some great info on Lilyfield Road Longshanks - any tips on how you manage to bypass it into the city??
Hey BG73, its find_bruce who skirts Lilyfield Rd east bound..I come into the city via Stanmore/Glebe past the fish markets so not via Lilyfield Rd and Anzac Bridge.
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby find_bruce » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:29 pm
BG73 wrote:Some great info on Lilyfield Road ... - any tips on how you manage to bypass it into the city??
How easy it is to bypass depends on where you are coming from & where in the city you are going to. For me it is easy as it is about the same distance whether I go via Victoria Rd or via Lilyfield Rd. I go a number of ways along Victoria Rd - either uphill on the shared path (I am old, fat & slow) & downhill on the road (but I descend like a brick) or via the backstreets - Cambridge & Quirk Streets.
Now if only I could find an alternative to Pyrmont Bridge - it's not dangerous I just get tired of doding ninja peds and lately they have been armed with pointy sticks
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby trailgumby » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:48 pm
Traffic turns into a car park and drivers get grumpy and bad-tempered.

There have been a number of cyclist/car collisions in that location, and when I was commuting regularly through there the incidence of abuse and close shaves from drivers was the highest of my 29-odd km commute to Sydney Olympic Park.
When travelling that direction I now detour via Aquatic Drive, Aquatic Centre, over the bridge over Wakehurst Parkway, and rejoin Warringah Road about 150m west of Forest Way. Traffic and short sight lines mean I usually end up riding the footpath

No really functional alternative available.

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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby ganman » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:47 pm
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
Postby BG73 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:28 pm
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Re: Worst commute roads/streets
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