All Blog Posts Tagged 'trains' (3)

I have been catching up with friends and family by riding from Canberra to Goulburn catching the train to either Springwood or Lithgow. I usually take the Federal Highway to Gollector then ride to Breadlebane and take the Hume Highway shoulder to Goulburn. The thing is touring is pretty much like commuting riding the same route gets boring. There are some quite interesting towns and villages in the Southern Tablelands that would make a good alternative to the regular route and yesterday I…

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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…

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I occasionally take my bike on the train, which is easy enough to do. But the situation in San Fransisco is different because taking your bike on the train has become too popular - even though they have dedicated carriages for cyclists there's still not enough room. The full story is at Cyclicious.



I think the bike-train combination could have a big future in… Continue