Olympic Park to the City – Ride North or South of the Parramatta River?
I wanted to compare the quickest commute trail from Olympic park area to the Anzac bridge. So I rode from Rozelle to Rhodes via Lillyfield Rd then back down the north side of the river to see which side of the river was better. Here is the area on the CycleSydney map >> The result […]
Parramatta and the North West of Sydney
This wiki is being moved to an exciting new substack newsletter/website. Parra and the NW will be grouped herehttps://www.cyclesydney.com/t/nw The Parramatta area is crisscrossed by great trails starting with the Parramatta to Meadowbank path. From this path you have two bridge options to Olympic Park and Rhodes. Further towards the city is the Putney ferry […]
Sydney Olympic Park – A great place to ride car free
OK, the reality has hit, we ain’t going anywhere. If you live in Sydney, its time to check the joint out. Lets start with a bicycle and a ferry ride. For this story, we are going to catch the fastest Sydney ferry called the RiverCat way up the Parramatta river to Sydney Olympic park. There […]
Beat the Bus #11 – the speedy RiverCat
Twice a day there is a no stop River Cat ferry from Barangaroo wharf to Olympic Park, Sydney’s best off road cycling place. Leaves at 7:30 and 8:30 at the time of writing. Takes 25 minutes. Similar no stoppers return late in the day from Olympic Park. So the challenge was ride from Redfern Station […]
The Parramatta River Cycleway
One of Sydneys best cycleways is the Parramatta River Cycleway. For most people it starts at Meadowbank and heads to Parramatta Park or the other way around. Many people cross the river using the Silverwater bridge into Olympic Park wihere there are 30km more cycle paths. If you don’t like cars, this is a great […]
Breakfast Point – Sydney
A short really scenic ride that you can take your kids on for a leisurely trundle. The pedestrians in the area are not as thick as nearby Iron Cove. Mostly the trail is for going slow on and there is a point at Bayview Point where you must walk your bike for a 100 metres […]
My First E-bike Experience
RIP young man. All the best to Rachel Here was my day with Gary in 2018. A few weeks ago, I was reading a blog by Gary Corbett, holder of the world record for continuous e-Bike riding which he set at 28,000kms. In the post he discussed his plans to ride his Ebike in great […]