April 2012 Blog Posts (9)

My better half and I just spent a week tandem riding on the Clare Valley Riesling Trail about 110kms north of Adelaide South Australia

We began by basing ourselves at the Rising Sun Hotel at Auburn. Lovely old historic hotel clean and comfortable run by a wonderful family and staff providing excellent company, food and wine.

Rising Sun Hotel Auburn

We spent the first day exploring Auburn. A beautiful old town with many…

There was a bit of blue in the sky this morning so I loaded the kids into the cargo bike and headed off to get supplies. We came home via the CARES facility at Sydney Park. As you can see from the photo above, bike riding is a good cure for juvenile cabin fever regardless of the level of…

Time to stay awake and  watch the One day Classics live  at York lane. Starting from 10.15pm on Sunday the 22nd April.

The bar is located in York lane near Wynyard, if unsure google or facebook it.

There will be coffee and we are licenced. Byo as well.

Any inquiries call Dieter on 0415 236 351

I haven't been around much recently, as we've been in the UK visiting family. All a bit of a whirlwind, but I did manage to do one thing I had planned – to go for a bike ride.

I borrowed my father-in-law’s bike to go for a spin through the Warwickshire countryside. It was nice to get out, and riding…

Regular readers of Sydney Cyclist may well know that about this time last year I purchased myself a Dutch bike which I use as …

There is a new bicycle hire cafe in Brighton Le Sands.  Its called Mobile Bike Rental Cafe and it is shop 1, 376 Bay St Brighton Le Sands (novotel). The coffee is of a high standard.  Food is modern balkan we have burek, and they hire bikes for an hour, 3 hours, or for the day.  They do corporate deals and have a cycle school. Go have a look it is pretty modern looking.

Hint - it's not in Sydney!

For all my plaintive musings about cars, buses, trucks, taxis and motorbikes and all the cheap and nasty moves they pull around me of a morning and evening; Sydney Cyclist has truly opened my eyes to the incredible tolerance of the majority of Sydney drivers.

Why should they have to be stuck behind a bike travelling at half the speed limit? Why should they be prevented from overtaking in a lane four metres wide when it is occupied by a bike using less than half that width? Why should…

(also posted at http://itsjustlikeridingabike.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/30daysofbiking-day-1-rolling-with-clover/ with working links) 

April is here, and that means 30daysofbiking - it’s a…