bike route - surrey hills to carlton

gday,
starting a new job in a couple weeks and will need to start riding into
carlton (as opposed to riding from SH to clayton)..
i guess i'll ride straight down cantebury rd until i hit auburn rd but im
not too sure where to go from there? any recommendations for good cycling
routes?
ta

dej Wrote:
gday,
starting a new job in a couple weeks and will need to start ridin
into
carlton (as opposed to riding from SH to clayton)..
i guess i'll ride straight down cantebury rd until i hit auburn rd bu
im
not too sure where to go from there? any recommendations for goo
cycling
routes?
ta

surrey hills. why not go north to eastern fwy/yarra trail,
across fairfield pipebridge and down to dight falls,
turn up to trennery cres and around to Victoria Park,
go under railway walkway to Truro St lights, over Hoddle to Keele St
Kerr St thru to Brunswick St then whatever you need from there.

you'll do 80% of that trip without seeing car and th
collingwood/fitzroy part is vair quiet

for more detailed map...

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bdarabug/.../commuter_2.pd

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flyingdutch

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:19:58 +1000, flyingdutch
wrote:


dej Wrote:
gday,
starting a new job in a couple weeks and will need to start riding
into
carlton (as opposed to riding from SH to clayton)..
i guess i'll ride straight down cantebury rd until i hit auburn rd but
im
not too sure where to go from there? any recommendations for good
cycling
routes?
ta

surrey hills. why not go north to eastern fwy/yarra trail,
across fairfield pipebridge and down to dight falls,
turn up to trennery cres and around to Victoria Park,
go under railway walkway to Truro St lights, over Hoddle to Keele St,
Kerr St thru to Brunswick St then whatever you need from there.

woo baby, the pipebridge in the wet?! Doesn't it have checkerplate
for flooring? I can't remember?

Carl Brewer Wrote:

woo baby, the pipebridge in the wet?! Doesn't it have checkerplate
for flooring? I can't remember?

Yep. theoretically you aint allowed to ride on it anyhow, but it
definetly a go-slow jobbie, even in the dry. a couple-o years ago
turned the corner along it, well at least i pointed my bars in
different direction but me-n-bike just kept going straight ahead
oucherama!

am also tryin to find out if that darned pipe is still in use. I
'belongs' to Yarra Valley Water but they arent sharing any info on i
and its impossible to tell if there is water in it! there wa
originally 2 pipes going across the bridge

refer:

http://boroondarabug.myphotoalbum.co...umName=album07

besides, wet just identifies who's a hardcore commuter. PS lovi
mudguards at the mo. i's hates gettin the wet shoes'n'ars

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flyingdutch

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:26:34 +1000, flyingdutch
wrote:


Carl Brewer Wrote:

woo baby, the pipebridge in the wet?! Doesn't it have checkerplate
for flooring? I can't remember?

Yep. theoretically you aint allowed to ride on it anyhow, but its
definetly a go-slow jobbie, even in the dry. a couple-o years ago i
turned the corner along it, well at least i pointed my bars in a
different direction but me-n-bike just kept going straight ahead.
oucherama!

That's also where my front rim exploded. Coming down to the
bridge from the Fairfield side, not from ******s corner
on the foolevard. *very* slow, lucky ...

am also tryin to find out if that darned pipe is still in use. It
'belongs' to Yarra Valley Water but they arent sharing any info on it
and its impossible to tell if there is water in it!


Drill a hole in it and see what comes out

Carl Brewer Wrote:


Drill a hole in it and see what comes out

"aah, this drill should do the trick. hmm its thick pipe! getti
there...
Whats_that_smell?... smells like...
gas. GAS? oh sh....

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flyingdutch

flyingdutch wrote:
Carl Brewer Wrote:


Drill a hole in it and see what comes out


"aah, this drill should do the trick. hmm its thick pipe! gettin
there...
Whats_that_smell?... smells like...
gas. GAS? oh sh...."



I think one of them is in use but one hasn't been used for ages.

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Nick

dej Wrote:
gday
starting a new job in a couple weeks and will need to start riding int
carlton (as opposed to riding from SH to clayton).
i guess i'll ride straight down cantebury rd until i hit auburn rd bu
i
not too sure where to go from there? any recommendations for goo
cyclin
routes
ta
Straight down the Pacific Highway? IN the mornings it runs so slow yo
are easily the same pace as the traffic.



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casurina99

"flyingdutch" wrote in
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dej Wrote:
gday,
starting a new job in a couple weeks and will need to start riding
into
carlton (as opposed to riding from SH to clayton)..
i guess i'll ride straight down cantebury rd until i hit auburn rd but
im
not too sure where to go from there? any recommendations for good
cycling
routes?
ta

surrey hills. why not go north to eastern fwy/yarra trail,
across fairfield pipebridge and down to dight falls,
turn up to trennery cres and around to Victoria Park,
go under railway walkway to Truro St lights, over Hoddle to Keele St,
Kerr St thru to Brunswick St then whatever you need from there.

you'll do 80% of that trip without seeing car and the
collingwood/fitzroy part is vair quiet

for more detailed map...

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bdarabug/...commuter_2.pdf


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flyingdutch
Thanks dutch, i dont mind riding the roads, but im not sure how cycle
friendly they are heading into / out of the city during peak hours
Will give it a go..
thanks again

There was a thread recently about commuting from Blackburn to Parkville
which may help you out a bit. This link may (or may not!) get you to
that thread:
http://tinyurl.com/95an5