Canberra Break

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Comment by Nicole Lloyd on January 24, 2010 at 9:03pm

I live in Canberra, and the lake loop is a lovely ride. The issue with it is most of the pathway is very narrow. When there are other people on there, in some places it is very hard to get around them. They have done some great work in the path on the war memorial side, which would be great if they could make the whole of the path like that. If you don't know your way around you could get a little lost around Kingston, the first picture. For something differnt you can ride through the Jerrabomberra wet lands, it comes out at Kingston. There has been some resurfacing of the paths, as they were getting quite danderous in places, pot holes, crackes etc.
As for the abuse from passangers in cars, it happens everywhere. I use to live in Sydney and the samething had happened to me and others that I know. Personally, I think Canberrans are more tollerant towards cyclist because the road system has been set up for cycling as well as other traffic.

Comment by Bennelong Bicyclist on January 22, 2010 at 4:36pm

The circumnavigation of Lake Burley Griffin is a lovely ride, and I now routinely drive to Canberra if I need to be there overnight, so I can take my bike and do a loop of the lake - about 30 kms, and maintaining 20-25 kph is easy. Completely car-free and several times I have done the complete loop in the early without once stopping or unclipping for the entire distance. I usually stay at ANU which connects directly with the bike path around the lake.

Comment by Cate on January 22, 2010 at 4:09pm

And yeah I thought the blog was about Kylie ; )

Comment by Cate on January 22, 2010 at 4:08pm

And you didn't show the Action buses that have a bicycle carrier on the front of the bus. Very cool.

Comment by Andrew on January 22, 2010 at 3:58pm

Also you are allowed to ride on the footpath

Comment by Neil Alexander on January 22, 2010 at 3:32pm

I would assume that those are not "speed reducing" rails aimed at cyclists but rather "car-excluding" rails aimed at motorists. Better to have them at the side than right in the middle, I'd say.

Comment by ♫ Kylie on January 22, 2010 at 3:15pm

Just so you know, the heading of your blog made me shudder ;-)

It certainly is an enjoyable place to cycle, I really like it.

I think the fundamental problem with those speed-reducing rails is that they haven't changed the path, or put any sort of warning it's coming. At night, you'd estimate the rail to be 6 inches further away from you than it was, which could skittle you very easily.