Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
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Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby SmellyTofu » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:37 am
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby Ozkaban » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:23 am
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby queequeg » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:08 am
speaking of morons in utes....the last time I did Galston Gorge, a ute had failed to negotiate a hairpin turn and had run straight into the rock face. I have also seen quite a few drivers that don't know how long 7.5m is as they try to take their 20m long truck down the gorge and then need extraction by crane!
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby simonn » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:16 pm
In my experience, they are very special.queequeg wrote:The other 1% tend to drive utes and think they are someone special.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby leximack » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:10 pm
Great riding around there. If you want less traffic go to the climbs out of berowra ferry, guaranteed atleast 10 mins of car free climbing while the ferry is going back and forth
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby coops » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:24 pm
I was yelled to 'get off the effen road' on the way out to berowra one time as I must have delayed a car by 10 seconds. Wasn't even the steep bit.leximack wrote:If you want less traffic go to the climbs out of berowra ferry
Anyway, still better than the slap on the bum out of a car window, and punch in the throat by a pedestrian that I've had riding my bike in seven hills.
Maybe I'm just 'lucky'.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby zozza » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:07 pm
coops wrote: still better than the slap on the bum out of a car window, and punch in the throat by a pedestrian that I've had riding my bike in seven hills.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby rogan » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:15 am
Not had anything quite that bad, but yes, I find Berowra (the village and out to the Pac Hwy, rather than the climb) to the worst hot spot for motorist stupidity and attitude problems, at least on the northern side of town.coops wrote:I was yelled to 'get off the effen road' on the way out to berowra one time as I must have delayed a car by 10 seconds. Wasn't even the steep bit.leximack wrote:If you want less traffic go to the climbs out of berowra ferry
Anyway, still better than the slap on the bum out of a car window, and punch in the throat by a pedestrian that I've had riding my bike in seven hills.
Maybe I'm just 'lucky'.
Kurty, a guy I ride with sometimes, has devoted part of his blog to the Berowra Phenomenon, here [Warning, probably not safe for work, but some good reading if you are, umm, broadminded]:
http://kurtycervelo.blogspot.com.au/201 ... ments.html
and here:
http://kurtycervelo.blogspot.com.au/201 ... log-1.html
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby humanbeing » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:48 pm
Have a great ride.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby queequeg » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:07 pm
yes, there some large brown roosters that live down there. I see them most times I ride through there!humanbeing wrote:Never had any real hassles in the gorge but has anyone else seen chickens at the bottom near the walking track?
Have a great ride.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby Fresh » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:21 pm
They're fond of my muesli bars!queequeg wrote:yes, there some large brown roosters that live down there. I see them most times I ride through there!humanbeing wrote:Never had any real hassles in the gorge but has anyone else seen chickens at the bottom near the walking track?
Have a great ride.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby george-bob » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:51 am
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby humanbeing » Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:41 pm
Well they're thrivinggeorge-bob wrote:the chooks were stolen from glaston high school as a muck up day prank about 7 or 8 years ago!
First time I saw them I was surprised to say the least.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby scotto » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:21 pm
Do you expect them to sit behind your bike for 5km??
You wanna ride the gorge. Do it early when it's quiet . The trip back up to galston isn't the greatest road. Narrow, slow blond corners etc.
berowra I've always found fine. Much less traffic and flow is limited to maybe 5 cars every 10-15 minutes due to the ferry.
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby rdp_au » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:55 pm
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Re: Anyone harassed (AT) Galston Gorge?
Postby queequeg » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:01 pm
No, but I do expect them not to overtake when I am doing 50km/h on the way down, or on blind corners. In the narrow sections on the way up to Galston I will claim the lane until it is safe to move left.scotto wrote:queequeg wrote:Every now and again I get some moron doing stupid things......Despite the big signs saying "No overtaking for the next 5km", drivers still do it anyway /quote]
Do you expect them to sit behind your bike for 5km??
You wanna ride the gorge. Do it early when it's quiet . The trip back up to galston isn't the greatest road. Narrow, slow blond corners etc.
berowra I've always found fine. Much less traffic and flow is limited to maybe 5 cars every 10-15 minutes due to the ferry.
Climbing to Hornsby is no issue as the road is fairly wide. I only ride the gorge outside busy periods.
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