 City Spring Cycle 2009 Spring in Sydney for us, usually starts with the annual City Spring Cycle family event. This year marked the first City Spring Cycle for Rafaela, who completed the entire 40 kilometer course from North Sydney to Homebush without a single complaint. This might be the last time that Rafaela will enjoy a lift from Mat, next year it might be time for a test-drive on the extension bike. It was also a record for Lyn who did her longest ride ever, well done Lyn and your next challenge is Wollongong with Louise. A special thanks goes to Leo this year who took one of the boys on the extension bike. But this was not enough for him, since Leo is training for a big ride in Japan, he also rode from Manly to North Sydney at 6:00AM in the morning. After the race he still didn't have enough so he chose to ride all the way home from Homebush to Manly topping out at around about the 100km mark for the day. Not bad Leo especially considering the windy conditions.
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For details see: http://www.springcycle.com.au/
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Route Description: From St Leonards Park, Ride North Sydney takes you across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on designated traffic free lanes - a special treat only available for the City of Sydney Spring Cycle. From the world famous gCoathangerh, riders pedal into Sydney's historic old town quarter at The Rocks, through the City, heading down to Darling Harbour before arriving at the first water stop at Pyrmont Point Park. Be sure to take a moment to relax, take in the view of the Harbour from this lovely little park and replenish those fluids. Back on your bike and it's across the historic Old Glebe Island Bridge, which is opened especially for the City of Sydney Spring Cycle. Pedal along James Craig Road past the heritage fleet and super yachts in Rozelle Bay; then turn the handlebars westward along Lilyfield Road and onto tucked-away cycle paths along Hawthorne Canal. You will find yourself travelling through the backstreets of Haberfield where you can appreciate some of Sydney's old world charm in the traditional federation architecture. Riding along Timbrell Drive make sure you soak up the beauty of the Bay and Iron Cove. After passing through Five Dock Park your ride continues to meander through the leafy backstreets of Five Dock and Concord. Next stop is Brays Bay Reserve, site of your major Rest Stop: a great spot to stop, take a breather and enjoy a drink and some light food. From here, riders travel across Ryde Bridge, over the Parramatta River and onwards to Meadowbank. The route then links up with the John Whitton Bridge, a redesigned bridge with cycleway, and on through Rhodes Waterside, one of Sydney's newest public foreshore spaces. With much anticipation it's time to enter Bicentennial Park, which was created to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary in 1988. These cycle paths bring you through the parklands where you can have fun splashing around in the Parkfs interactive water features - perfect on a hot day!
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 Roman 28 September 2009
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