Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer?
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Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer?
Postby tigerprawn » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:35 pm
I was just wondering if anyone could mention any good riding that I could tag onto the end (ie. Macquarie Park, North Ryde, etc) which could maybe take it from 15km to 30km (or more) for fitness.
The obvious is the M2, but I'm wondering if anybody else has any other suggestions. I tried to find a route this morning and ended up doing this http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/v6lwlRSPW_A
Any help would be great. Thanks
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby philip » Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:13 pm
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby burger » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:03 pm
as well as the couple of laps of Lane Cove River park!
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby le_quiet_uno » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:38 pm
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby tigerprawn » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:57 pm
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby george-bob » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:14 pm
-go south over the SHB, go over the anzac bridge and then to the gladesville bridge, up to the epping rd cycle path and get to macquarie park that way. probably 30km.
-go over the SHB, then to concord, and to macquarie via epping that way. probably 40km.
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Postby queequeg » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:33 pm
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby burger » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:11 pm
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby goneriding » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:59 pm
In Meadowbank have a look at Melville Rd. Nasty pitch averaging 14%.
If you are really inspired you can do a lap or two of Olympic Park.
Another option is to head out early (6am start) to SOP on Tues and Thurs mornings for a high intensity training ride for 45 minutes-ish and then continue onto work. Combine the high iontensity with some hill work from the river up to MacQuarie Park!
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby vvill » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:15 pm
first post here but tacking it on here as I'm looking for something similar.
I grew up in Sydney but now live in the US - I am in town right now for about a month. Looking for some options for a 30-50km loop starting/finishing in Lane Cove (I'm pretty close to the Longueville/Pac Hwy junction). I'm familiar with geography around here but not really much bike infrastructure, especially stuff built in the last 5-10 years. I haven't been in Sydney for 3 yrs and was surprised to see the cycling improvements in the CBD last time I was in town.
Any tips/links to good routes on ridewithgps/endomondo etc. welcome. I have over 10000 kms in my legs this year and don't want to lose my fitness, plus it's winter in the US now
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby queequeg » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:40 pm
Check out the Renegade Saturday Rides: http://www.jamescheetham.net/Renegade/index.phpvvill wrote:Hi,
first post here but tacking it on here as I'm looking for something similar.
I grew up in Sydney but now live in the US - I am in town right now for about a month. Looking for some options for a 30-50km loop starting/finishing in Lane Cove (I'm pretty close to the Longueville/Pac Hwy junction). I'm familiar with geography around here but not really much bike infrastructure, especially stuff built in the last 5-10 years. I haven't been in Sydney for 3 yrs and was surprised to see the cycling improvements in the CBD last time I was in town.
Any tips/links to good routes on ridewithgps/endomondo etc. welcome. I have over 10000 kms in my legs this year and don't want to lose my fitness, plus it's winter in the US now
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby vvill » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:48 am
Nice, thanks. I bought my first ever pair of cycling shoes (with cleats) at that store. I was there a few days ago actually and asked them about group rides and they said they don't do group rides.queequeg wrote:Check out the Renegade Saturday Rides: http://www.jamescheetham.net/Renegade/index.phpvvill wrote:Hi,
first post here but tacking it on here as I'm looking for something similar.
I grew up in Sydney but now live in the US - I am in town right now for about a month. Looking for some options for a 30-50km loop starting/finishing in Lane Cove (I'm pretty close to the Longueville/Pac Hwy junction). I'm familiar with geography around here but not really much bike infrastructure, especially stuff built in the last 5-10 years. I haven't been in Sydney for 3 yrs and was surprised to see the cycling improvements in the CBD last time I was in town.
Any tips/links to good routes on ridewithgps/endomondo etc. welcome. I have over 10000 kms in my legs this year and don't want to lose my fitness, plus it's winter in the US now
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby queequeg » Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:48 pm
Yeah, they don't do them anymore, but the link above is the group that took over the Renegade Shop rides. They have nothing to do with the shop itself, but they still meet out the front.vvill wrote:Nice, thanks. I bought my first ever pair of cycling shoes (with cleats) at that store. I was there a few days ago actually and asked them about group rides and they said they don't do group rides.queequeg wrote:Check out the Renegade Saturday Rides: http://www.jamescheetham.net/Renegade/index.phpvvill wrote:Hi,
first post here but tacking it on here as I'm looking for something similar.
I grew up in Sydney but now live in the US - I am in town right now for about a month. Looking for some options for a 30-50km loop starting/finishing in Lane Cove (I'm pretty close to the Longueville/Pac Hwy junction). I'm familiar with geography around here but not really much bike infrastructure, especially stuff built in the last 5-10 years. I haven't been in Sydney for 3 yrs and was surprised to see the cycling improvements in the CBD last time I was in town.
Any tips/links to good routes on ridewithgps/endomondo etc. welcome. I have over 10000 kms in my legs this year and don't want to lose my fitness, plus it's winter in the US now
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby vvill » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:37 pm
Did a bit of exploring today, a LCNP lap and some riding on the Epping Rd cycleway - not bad at all.
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Re: Cycling North Sydney to Macquarie Park... Make it longer
Postby warren.suen » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:10 pm
Here is an idea for a slightly harder ride, hang a left when you hit Lane Cove Rd/Ryde Rd and then right into the national park, quick warm up lap and then hit up the side road climbs and then attack fullers (brutal short climb) and follow that up to chatswood. From there should be a nice roll to the gore hill bike path and cruise your normal way into work
should add around 10k to your trip
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