Cycling in Sydney Australia

Who did the Alpine ?

I'm sure a few people here did the Alpine over the weekend.

How did you go ?

Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on January 28, 2010 at 4:43pm: Nick, (the reporter above, not Nomes's Nick) points out that the Mitta Mitta River is actually on the right and not the left while cycling to Anglers Rest. He gets his left and his right confused sometimes...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dabba on January 28, 2010 at 5:03pm: Obviously meant his other right! :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by naomi on January 27, 2010 at 11:37am: Yes Nick and I and a few friends went down to Bright for the Alpine. It was awesome as always. The event is so well organised, the atmosphere is special and the volunteers pouring water over your head and feeding you or filling up your water bottles are just so lovely and hard working.

EVERYONE should get to ride the 30km down Falls Creek once in their life - it is was amazing and so so so much fun.

I did the 130 km as I had gone up Buffalo the year before (KimR you should definately give this one a go next year - spectacular). I was happy to finish in 7hours (the longest I had ever ridden on my own) and Nick and his friend finished in 12 hours - I have never seen them both so broken!

I will do a blog post to include some pictures:); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ♫ Kylie on January 27, 2010 at 11:45am: You won't be alone next year :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rose on January 27, 2010 at 12:01pm: Yes, i did, it was a great long weekend of cycling!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KimR on January 29, 2010 at 9:27am: After enjoying this ride I began to wonder why we don't have a similar ride for the NSW alpine region. A nice trip could be Jindabyne up to Perisher Valley and back , (optional extension to Guthega on unsealed road I think) Thredbo Village and back (optional extension out to Geehi).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KimR on January 30, 2010 at 5:51pm: Just curious, has any one cycled these routes?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on January 30, 2010 at 6:08pm: Many years ago I rode from Jindabyne to Charlotte Pass and on to Kosci summit (in the days when it was still permitted). That was on a road touring bike. The last bit was rough and it was coming on to sleet as I descended to Charlotte Pass again even though it was summer!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dabba on January 30, 2010 at 7:32pm: The road from Jindabyne-Thredbo-Kosciuszko-Tom Groggin-Gehi-Khancoban is all bitumen, but there are a few hills along the way. I went over it by car about 3 years ago. Beautiful country though, but in November the cicadas are deafening!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by baa baa on January 30, 2010 at 7:49pm: but in November the cicadas are deafening...

If I mention the Mad Monaro Magpies will it denigrate this discussion much?

Riding that part of the world during the fishing season makes for five star touring.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KimR on January 30, 2010 at 8:02pm: Yes, we drove that way going down to the Alpine Classic and I thought the roads were good. Once again Victoria is ahead of NSW for cycling activities.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Boxhead on January 30, 2010 at 8:35pm: My riding buddy, bgcooper, was down there last weekend. Did Thredbo - Perisher - Charlotte Pass - Perisher - Jindabyne - Thredbo - Dead Horse Gap - Thredbo. He had no complaints about road surface.; ▶ Reply to This

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