any tips on riding to canbera?
Read through this thread - the guy gives a follow up ride report too -
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1276
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1276
Last edited by othy on 10 Dec 2009, 18:30, edited 1 time in total.
I have cycled from my place (Enmore) to just shy of Goulburn.
That was 180km.
I have also cycled from there to Canberra, that was about 100km.
If you don't want to take the highway, you are going to do over 300km. It is about 70km from Enmore to Pheasants Nest, where there is a Service Station you can refuel and refill at. It is then about 50km to Sutton Forrest. Where there is another Service Station, and then about 20km to Marulan and 20 - 25km from there to Goulburn.
Generally there is a good shoulder the whole way, there are a couple of bridges on Catherine Hill which don't have a good shoulder, but the road is also three lanes there, but the left lane is designed for trucks. So be careful there.
Between Goulburn and Canberra there is stuff all. Make sure that you refuel adequately at Goulburn, and see if you can add extra bidons to the bike. I rode with two, had to refill at the rest stop at Lake George (the water tank was nearly empty and it took about 2 minutes per bidon). I had hit the wall by this stage, and it was about another 10km or so to the Service Station which is past the Sutton Rd overpass.
I did Sydney to Goulburn earlier this year, so it is still relatively fresh in my mind, but it was about 3 or 4 years ago that I did Goulburn to Canberra.
James
That was 180km.
I have also cycled from there to Canberra, that was about 100km.
If you don't want to take the highway, you are going to do over 300km. It is about 70km from Enmore to Pheasants Nest, where there is a Service Station you can refuel and refill at. It is then about 50km to Sutton Forrest. Where there is another Service Station, and then about 20km to Marulan and 20 - 25km from there to Goulburn.
Generally there is a good shoulder the whole way, there are a couple of bridges on Catherine Hill which don't have a good shoulder, but the road is also three lanes there, but the left lane is designed for trucks. So be careful there.
Between Goulburn and Canberra there is stuff all. Make sure that you refuel adequately at Goulburn, and see if you can add extra bidons to the bike. I rode with two, had to refill at the rest stop at Lake George (the water tank was nearly empty and it took about 2 minutes per bidon). I had hit the wall by this stage, and it was about another 10km or so to the Service Station which is past the Sutton Rd overpass.
I did Sydney to Goulburn earlier this year, so it is still relatively fresh in my mind, but it was about 3 or 4 years ago that I did Goulburn to Canberra.
James
Alternatively Tim, I'm driving past Canberra on Wednesday and could drop you there. But that probably defeats the purpose.
Unless you want to go early and we could do a ride around Canberra somewhere that day. I've always wanted to do that. And you'd still have the return leg to Sydney to enjoy.
Unless you want to go early and we could do a ride around Canberra somewhere that day. I've always wanted to do that. And you'd still have the return leg to Sydney to enjoy.
when will you go past canbera? because there are canbera crits on that i would like to race, but have to work out what bike i would ride etc etc etc, i dont know how fast ill be the day after a ride to canbera though, maybe id have to go down on monday, ill have to work it all out :SAlternatively Tim, I'm driving past Canberra on Wednesday and could drop you there. But that probably defeats the purpose.
Unless you want to go early and we could do a ride around Canberra somewhere that day. I've always wanted to do that. And you'd still have the return leg to Sydney to enjoy.
What exactly does your smilie :S mean?... ill have to work it all out :S
According to http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/smiley.html, it meant "User just made an incoherent statement".
yep, pretty much sums up most of what i sayWhat exactly does your smilie :S mean?
According to http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/smiley.html, it meant "User just made an incoherent statement".
Tim,
The hwy is full of road debris, its noisey, full of fumes and ugly. I strongly recommend going via Campbelltown, Menangle, Picton then down to Bundanoon keep going down the Illawarra Hwy to Wingello. The last 20km into Goulburn are on the Hume Hwy then take the Federal Hwy to Canberra. If you turn off at Collector there is a more scenic backroad into Canberra via Sutton.
The hwy is full of road debris, its noisey, full of fumes and ugly. I strongly recommend going via Campbelltown, Menangle, Picton then down to Bundanoon keep going down the Illawarra Hwy to Wingello. The last 20km into Goulburn are on the Hume Hwy then take the Federal Hwy to Canberra. If you turn off at Collector there is a more scenic backroad into Canberra via Sutton.
Tim
One other thing. The ride from Sydney to Goulburn via the highway is really really dull.
James
One other thing. The ride from Sydney to Goulburn via the highway is really really dull.
James
Tim, I'll probably head off from Sydney around 10 or 11 on Wednesday, putting me in Canberra around 2 or 3. It looks like I won't be able to stop for a ride though - too much precious cargo on board that I can't leave unattended, plus I have to be in Cooma before 5 to pick up a washing machine. But you're more than welcome to cadge a lift.
Surely I can wedge 5 bikes on the back of a ute, yeah?
Surely I can wedge 5 bikes on the back of a ute, yeah?
oops i forgot about this thread 
thanx for updating vic
I did it strait there, down the highway except for the detour around campbeltown. Its a pretty long ride hey! i tried to average 30km an hour out there, which i think i sort of kept up, leaving at 5 in the morning and getting there by just after 5, with over an hour of breaks, maybe 2? and as i was so on schedule for getting there at 4 i slowed down alot for the last 80km or so. I seriously shouldnt have done the ride with a bag and cammel back on! though they were both useful, my back was killing and i had to keep stopping in the last bit!
In the end i did about 320km, as th girls place i was visiting was another 20 or 30km out! well the way she told me was at least, i got lost in canberra too?! But yeah, im thinking we could do a ride breaking the 400mark as long as its not too hilly, though my legs werent actually gone untill right at the end when i realised that she lives on a hill?!
The way back, i got a lift to Goulburn, as the day was a predicted 40 plus (45 at goulburn?). All my experience in hot weather through the bushfires earlier this year taught me that if you can you skip it?! though in actual fact i didnt leave goulburn untill 7:20
It turns out that from Goulburn to sydney is alot down hill, and when your riding in aero bars and feeling good you can fly! i was trying to do average over 35km, alot of it i would have been 40-50 plus! and i was standing up most hills. But yeah, made it fo campbeltown with 55 to go, and theres a detour?! it was 11:50, and i had only had about 20 mins break, not sure what average that is. 4.5 hours to do what ever amount of km that is (i cant work out if its 200 or 180)
But yeah, the detour etc takes alot out in the heat as you are stopped at lights sweating a heap, i ended up getting pretty dehydrated, i drank 2 litres when i got home about 1:40 and still only weighed my ussual weight :S
But yeah id recomend the ride from goulburn to sydney to every one
If it wasnt for the wanting to be the highest on our km leaderboard i seriously would have pulled out on the way! I reckon me and james fowler can break the 400 mark. (maybe G or Alex Chubb?) im guessing that our ex around Australia champ has the real record, but hasnt recorded it though.
thanx for updating vic I did it strait there, down the highway except for the detour around campbeltown. Its a pretty long ride hey! i tried to average 30km an hour out there, which i think i sort of kept up, leaving at 5 in the morning and getting there by just after 5, with over an hour of breaks, maybe 2? and as i was so on schedule for getting there at 4 i slowed down alot for the last 80km or so. I seriously shouldnt have done the ride with a bag and cammel back on! though they were both useful, my back was killing and i had to keep stopping in the last bit!
In the end i did about 320km, as th girls place i was visiting was another 20 or 30km out! well the way she told me was at least, i got lost in canberra too?! But yeah, im thinking we could do a ride breaking the 400mark as long as its not too hilly, though my legs werent actually gone untill right at the end when i realised that she lives on a hill?!
The way back, i got a lift to Goulburn, as the day was a predicted 40 plus (45 at goulburn?). All my experience in hot weather through the bushfires earlier this year taught me that if you can you skip it?! though in actual fact i didnt leave goulburn untill 7:20
It turns out that from Goulburn to sydney is alot down hill, and when your riding in aero bars and feeling good you can fly! i was trying to do average over 35km, alot of it i would have been 40-50 plus! and i was standing up most hills. But yeah, made it fo campbeltown with 55 to go, and theres a detour?! it was 11:50, and i had only had about 20 mins break, not sure what average that is. 4.5 hours to do what ever amount of km that is (i cant work out if its 200 or 180)
But yeah, the detour etc takes alot out in the heat as you are stopped at lights sweating a heap, i ended up getting pretty dehydrated, i drank 2 litres when i got home about 1:40 and still only weighed my ussual weight :S
But yeah id recomend the ride from goulburn to sydney to every one
If it wasnt for the wanting to be the highest on our km leaderboard i seriously would have pulled out on the way! I reckon me and james fowler can break the 400 mark. (maybe G or Alex Chubb?) im guessing that our ex around Australia champ has the real record, but hasnt recorded it though.
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