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Lane Cove Novice Ride
When:
Friday, 23 November, 2007 - 16:00
Duration:
2 hours
Come Rain or Shine:
If it's raining, I won't be there.
Ride Database Entry:
Lane Cove National Park Meeting Point:
South End of Kissing Point Road.
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Details:
I ride these trails a few times a week. Come along to see some nice loops and variations.
Who's in?
Noel, matanthony, JethroK
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Sounds like fun, will see you all friday then.
any know if it is possible to legally ride all the way from end of Fox Valley road to Lane Cove (past the Comenarra Parkway?
Thanks
De Burghs bridge, ie Lane Cove Rd, through Lane Cove National Park. You are allowed to use the road through the park and at the other end there a couple of options which will then take you LAne Cove but I'm not sure if these are "legal" or not. Most of them involve sections through other sections of "Lane Cove National Park" so I suggest not as they are not fire trails.
As a general rule if you are in a gazetted National Park you are only allowed to ride along tracks that they can drive a 4WD along, ie if its single track its a no no. There are of course exceptions to this but I would expect they are sign posted
anyone actually ridden from the intersection of The Comenarra Parkway/Fox Valley Rd to Lane Cove before?
I am keen to see if this is possible as now i live close to Fox Valley Rd and be much easier to ride from home to Lane Cove and back in the National Park after work.
Should be there if i can make it on time.
Tien.
I've ridden in there a little. Once with Lorrie and other times with Lozza
There are heaps of entries into the firetrails from South Turramurra and the trails run all the way up to Beecroft and Thorleigh.
You can see some of the marked firetrails in the map below
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&d...
From memory there is a sign at the intersection of the trails near Gloucester Ave (see link below). Like said above, you then ride the sealed road thru the east side of Lane Cove Road. You get on that from the South end of the bridge. I have ridden from Thornleigh to Chatswood station but had to hike across the rough single track after the Glouster Ave Fire trail ends, to Lane Cove road because of this sign. I think the signs helps to protect the newish short timber steps.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Australi...
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=18112399...
You are right Noel..
Buck and I agreed that the best place to start is from Glouster road as all the section before that (east of) is basically hike a bike.... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Australi...
We found out the hard way when we started from here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&t...
Then you can go to either Epping or Thornleigh, fork here: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode...
I enjoyed it, just not the hike a bike section..... Rob, can ya map it?
Loz
heading West from the North side of the bridge, starts nice..
lol
I have not walked the firetrail down from Yanko road yet, out of curiosity.. it joins that messy track.
got to the bottom and thought... f#@k where do i go from here - up another steep overgrown firetrail that spat me back out on yanko road.
after that experience i gave up on Lane Cove... maybe i need to venture further upstream?
cheers,
Lance
The further the better, turn left at the green bars and keep going, when you hit overgrown firetrail that has almost become single track you know you are nearly there. Give me a yell one day, I'll come for a quick ride around there and show you some good options.
"Friday: Some light showers or drizzle at times, although fine and generally cloudy for much of the day. Showers possibly increasing in the afternoon or evening." ( http://weather.smh.com.au/local.jsp )
Increasing in the afternoon! I thought we had a drought!
The following is my suggetsion only. Take at own risk.
I'll be there if it's just drizzle. This trail can handle wet riding, especially if you are fine with fording 1' deep concrete paved creek crossings. It's easy even for us novices. My suggestion is to visually check for underwater obstacles (rocks people put there to step across when it's lower), then (keeping your momentum up) aim up stream a little and keep away from the downstream drop offs (lol) as you power across. We will be fine, unless your made of fairy floss which is known to melt in water.
Rinse bike after with a hose (rain and creek water is nasty), towel dry and lube.
"Rinse bike after with a hose"? No, no, no! Use a bucket and sponge after first brushing most of the gunk off your bike with.. erm... a brush
Unless you are using recycled or rainwater from your roof of course.
I'll lay it on the grass and hose it after 4pm on Sunday. Can we still do that?.. or am I totally overdue for water fines? I know hosing is probably bad for it, but my bike is cheap and it likes it. I keep the water away from the wheel bearing hubs and the shock so I don't blast grit in/down there.
So when i get a new one, no blasting with the hose or giving it a bath?
also keep it off the grass. Mmm drugs are bad mmm ok! As mr garrison once said!