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Night time M7 Riding
Postby vince » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:44 pm
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
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Postby vince » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:36 am
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby find_bruce » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:58 am
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby r2160 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:42 am
I have ridden it at night and its great, but not all of it is well lit.
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby wombatK » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:06 pm
find_bruce wrote:I am curious as to the Friday night behaviour of the local "wildlife"
Biggest risk is from the toolbags who string man-traps across the path. So a very good headlight
and some caution around the known trouble spots especially Dean Park between Richmond Rd
and Simmons Rd in school holiday times.
Otherwise, it's quite a pleasant ride at night - I've done it regularly just after sunset in winter time.
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby kom123 » Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:59 am
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby westab » Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:39 pm
Personally I have had no problems riding at night alone but like always a health amount of common sense is required. There are at some times the odd person who is up to no good - in the last 3 years riding home on Thursday night (about 40 weeks per year) at about 10pm I have seen about half a dozen people that have inspired extra pace and the next exit (in case there are more around). So not realy concerning - so it realy is "Be alert & smart". I find at that time of night back roads in the Blacktown area have more "silly" people than this.
It is still a great places to ride even at night.
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby wombatK » Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:57 pm
westab wrote:It is still a great places to ride even at night.
To counter-balance some of our cautions above, the police do get out and patrol it regularly. It's not a just
once-up-and-down to show the flag - their patrol is typically 6 hours in the evening.
Last time I saw them was last Wednesday. If you have any concerns about behavior you see around the
cycleway, give the police a call; they determine how often to patrol based on reports like that, and
appreciate intel about where to focus their attention.
Cheers
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Re: Night time M7 Riding
Postby Xplora » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:35 pm
wombatK wrote:Biggest risk is from the toolbags who string man-traps across the path.





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