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Sigh......."informed' by management that I am to be relocated to Brisbane.... Need some cheering up, so what training rides am I up for, what is the local road and mtb racing scene like, what are the clubs to join, what are the best bike stores. AND if your really nice, can you please tell me the best suburb to be living in to ride....I hear Toowong is the place? Thats dedication, asking waht suburb to live in to ride bikes....BRILLIANT. -- Rhino-x |
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Rhino-x wrote:
Sigh......."informed' by management that I am to be relocated to Brisbane.... Need some cheering up, so what training rides am I up for, what is the local road and mtb racing scene like, what are the clubs to join, what are the best bike stores. AND if your really nice, can you please tell me the best suburb to be living in to ride....I hear Toowong is the place? Thats dedication, asking waht suburb to live in to ride bikes....BRILLIANT. -- Rhino-x Oh no, not Toowong, then you'll end up ALWAYS doing the river ride, or Mt Coot-tha. BO-RING! You want to live on the Southside, then you can come to Daisy Hill with Lotte, Paulie and I. If you're gorgeous, you have to join Team Fresh, that's the rules (http://www.freshsports.com.au/ and yes, my boyfriend is in that team). If you're rich, Peloton (http://www.peloton.com.au) If you're pov and want to race crits, Balmoral (forget url, it's one of those asn ones...) Dunno about MTB racing... except that we have heaps of enduros in the SEQ area. Bike shops... lots of good'uns... depends what you're after really. Tam |
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Rhino-x Wrote: Sigh......."informed' by management that I am to be relocated to Brisbane.... Need some cheering up, so what training rides am I up for, what is the local road and mtb racing scene like, what are the clubs to join, what are the best bike stores. AND if your really nice, can you please tell me the best suburb to be living in to ride....I hear Toowong is the place? Thats dedication, asking waht suburb to live in to ride bikes....BRILLIANT. Don't worry Rhino, Brisbane is a pretty good place for riding and the weather is much better than melbourne. Check out the archives for BNE or brisbane you should be able to get a good idea. Andrew von Berky's site: www.members.optusnet.com.au/vonberky is the duck's guts for local races,training rides, and club links etc. The Toowong area would be good, it's close to the city via a bikeway, close to where a lot of training rides start (Milton/South Brisbane/West End) and within easy riding distance of some good mountain biking areas. It depends on where you are working as well I guess. Anywhere within a 10km radius of the city would be ok. The common training rides on the northern suburbs are the river loop (about 40km around the river suburbs), the airport, the northern bay suburbs like Sangate & Redcliffe, and the mountains Mt Nebo,Mt Glorious & Mt Mee. Southern side of the city it's the bay suburbs like Cleveland, Wynnum, the Brisbane Sea Port, Carbrook Redland Bay/Mt Cotton. Clubs wise, there are too many I reckon, a lot who don't really do much except put on maybe one event a year. The club a couple of us on here are with is HPRW ( www.hamiltonwheelers.com ) pretty friendly and has a really good road racing season, which is good if you like hills and get bored going round and round crit tracks. Abby and a few others are with Balmoral. if you're a trackie there are 'dromes at Chandler and Caboolture. Bike stores, I can't really think of a bad one, it depends on what you are after and everyone will have good and bad experiences. Close to the city, you've got Velo at the Grange - a good store for hardcore roadies, Victors in the CBD are good, as are Planet bikes at the gabba. Don't know much about the mtb racing scene only done the epic a couple of times, but check out www.mtbdirt.com.au. Maybe Lotte and Paulie can fill you in on that. Adam -- adam85 |
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:20:02 +1100, Rhino-x wrote:
Sigh......."informed' by management that I am to be relocated to Brisbane.... You can always decline. |
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This is great, now I am cheered up.....thanks for all the feedback. My work will be in Archerfield, so I will start looking at places in Toowong and then elsewhere. Look set to start joining all your training rides as of March. FYI: I could have said NO to the move, but for those of us that work in corporate jobs....saying no is "career suicide" for the future. PLUS, I love the adventure of going somewhere new. -- Rhino-x |
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Rhino-x wrote:
This is great, now I am cheered up.....thanks for all the feedback. My work will be in Archerfield, so I will start looking at places in Toowong and then elsewhere. Look set to start joining all your training rides as of March. FYI: I could have said NO to the move, but for those of us that work in corporate jobs....saying no is "career suicide" for the future. PLUS, I love the adventure of going somewhere new. -- Rhino-x Oooh, if you're at Archerfield, definitely find somewhere South of the city. NOT Toowong! You could try Moorooka, so you can ride with Lotte and Paulie, or somewhere near Mt Gravatt (nice little hill). Tam |
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Rhino
If you are working in Archerfield, DON'T get a place in Toowong. They are on opposite sides of the river and getting across (in a car or bus) can be a bore in peak traffic. Look on the southside of the river. Try the few suburbs in the arc from NE to NW from Archerfield. Close to A/f is pretty drab. Donga |
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Yep - if you are working at Archerfield, then north of the river is
probably a bad idea..... Our major road infrastructure is sh!te (generally...), and you'll be cursing the commute traffic. Moorooka would be great - if you want to be a bit more inner city (which is a good idea if you can afford it), West End, Hill End, Highgate Hill..... All good, and close to the major rides.... Andrew von Berky's site (as posted by adam85) is defintely (I reckon!) the best Brisbane cycling site - if its happening, its on there..... Good luck with the move mate, I think you'll like it up here!!!!! Cheers, Abby |
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Rhino-x Wrote: Sigh......."informed' by management that I am to be relocated to Brisbane.... Need some cheering up, so what training rides am I up for, what is the local road and mtb racing scene like, what are the clubs to join, what are the best bike stores. AND if your really nice, can you please tell me the best suburb to be living in to ride....I hear Toowong is the place? Thats dedication, asking waht suburb to live in to ride bikes....BRILLIANT. Bugger dude! Hope BrizVegas has some SS, Madness ridin for you Was up there on Thursday/Friday 4 work Left here 32deg, blue skies. Got there 32deg ****ing down 2 days solid. Luckily Sth Stradbroke Island had SS bikes and Beer (but no sharks ) -- flyingdutch |
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