tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post7692643555381858948..comments2024-03-22T18:15:47.666+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: MadnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-85791490788236362212012-05-20T15:19:38.836+10:002012-05-20T15:19:38.836+10:00I don't know how anyone can summon the courage...I don't know how anyone can summon the courage to cycle in Sydney's CBD / inner suburbs in peak hours, as an occaisional visitor I find driving there at that time scary enough.<br /><br />I'm in Perth these days and I did enjoy cycling along the cycle paths beside the Canning and Swan rivers. The old bike spends more time in the garage these days than out on the road, I'm now living in the Perth hills where the uphill sections are too much work.<br /><br />If you ever come over this way BoaB, try out some of the cycle paths around the rivers, or better still, spend a day cycling around Rottnest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-34177413384857790692012-05-16T20:15:36.267+10:002012-05-16T20:15:36.267+10:00I don't ride on main roads much these days; I ...I don't ride on main roads much these days; I would like to see my teenaged sons reach adulthood. I stopped cycling to work in Brisbane years ago after an intense period of arriving at work almost everyday in a lather of sweat, partly from the effort, but mostly from outright fear from close shaves on the 10Km ride. Late night rides home were also less than fun.<br /><br />I got a wry grin over your description of certain cyclists; some of them seem to think they are ten feet tall and bulletproof, or some kind of super-hero clone, instead of squishy meat. There was one idiot who actually appeared to have fallen asleep on a downhill run one day. He went through the red traffic lights and slammed into the side of my wife's car in the middle of an intersection. Ruined her morning completely. <br /><br />These days, if I need to get some serious leg exercise, I restrict myself to hammering along the bike paths (mostly) from the western suburbs of Brisbane to the airport . There are more than enough interesting roundabouts and road crossings to keep the thrill level up.Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-16481240254518168112012-05-16T15:57:56.342+10:002012-05-16T15:57:56.342+10:00Yes I had the same rude shock when I was forced on...Yes I had the same rude shock when I was forced on the Anzac crossing during peak hour last week. There is rudeness everywhere you find the cycling commuter.<br /><br />But there's ALWAYS another way. Now I just head straight down Pyrmont Bridge Rd, behind the High School and on to the beautiful waterfront around Blackwattle Bay. Much nicer, and flatter.<br /><br />And the walkers and dog-owners deter the blinkered, get-out-of-my-way cyclists.<br /><br />Do yourself a favour.Philip Addamzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397820217341890378noreply@blogger.com