Catheirne Ballantyne's Page

"Did you try bunchridefinder.com.au ? Otherwise go to Centennial Park about 6:30am. There you will find a number of bunches forming up. Simply ask if you can join in. The answer is most often yes."

"Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club Saturday Slowies - Saturday 6.30am from Mick Mazza's bicycles Marrickville rd Marrickville. Try the Bicycle User Groups (BUG's). I think there's one in Leichardt."

"Hi, I'll definitely join you but I'll need a few weeks to improve my fitness since I've only been back cycling for a week or so."

"Having lived in both cities I'd simply say "its no worse than Auckland" here. The best thing to do is choose where you ride though. There are plenty of great road rides where you can get into the countryside relatively easily, but…"

"Thanks for that herzog, I hadn't kept up. I knew there was a grassroots campaign from cyclists - I submitted something from a link on the nobmob site about 6 weeks ago. Great news - closing it was a really silly idea."

"Obligatory Open Cycle Map link: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.8877&lon=151.1764&zoom=13&layers=00B0FTF The map has very good coverage for marked cycle routes/cycleways in the inner-west."

""... has documented all the rides that are worth riding in the Blue Mountains" Happily not even close to the truth, the better rides aren't documented on the www any more. Some more rides are given…"

"It's now re-opened. There was a great grassroots campaign from cyclists all over sydney to achieve this."

"This forum right here :-) Stay in touch!"

"Doddsy, I think at the moment MTB riding is still banned at Manly Dam isn't it? See this: http://www.ozdirtcast.com/?tag=nobmob"

"There is good mountain biking in Sydney but normally a road or train trip away. Manly Dam is fairly close and not too bad. Others are an hour drive or further. Its nice to make a day of things once you get used to it. Cycling in traffic here is…"

"Re Mountain Biking. Sydney is a big place surrounded by bush so yes there is some great riding but it may be a train ride to get to the start of the trail. I really depends on where you will be living. The area of Greater Sydney is about 12000 sq km…"

"Hey Kylie Thanks for responding. Auckland drivers aren't exactly the most passive I've road around so I can live with that. I just want to know I can keep riding. Don't worry I won't hold you to promises of kms of quiet, bike…"

"Catherine there are several "urban" MTB parks throughout Sydney, depending on which part of Sydney you end up living/working. There is the Royal National Park south of the CBD, Ku-Ring-Gai and Lane Cove National Parks in the Northern…"