thebears

Have just bought a cyce "Yukon" to take my 2 3/4 yr old daughter cycling with me

Any body know of any good bike rides for us to take her on?

Easy gradient would be appreciated as I'm not as fit as I used to be

Vanessa

What type of bike is it? Mountain, road or hybrid?

You can't go wrong on the Beach Road - has a bike path for those who don't want to go on the road and pretty flat. There are load of rides for mountain bikes and you could start here: http://www.bv.com.au/index.php

thebears

Its a mountain bike, thanks for the link.

Vanessa

so now you have a bike you can join us for the Around The Bay in October on Sunday 15th October

thebears

Yes that sounds a great idea now just have to teach E to ride Then we can get her a bike as well

MartinLuther

Put 'Rail Trail Victoria' into Google and see what it comes up with.

HiddenPaw

There's a cycle path along the Yarra. It goes for miles and is easy terrain. From the city it's on the south side of the river. I love the bit around Yarra Bend (Studley Park).

HiddenPaw

You're brave!! I marshalled Around The Bay for BV in 2002 and in 2003 I was pregnant so I never got to do it. Which direction are you going in?

zx10r_aus

Melbourn to Brisbane doesn't sound to hard...


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HiddenPaw

I saw a guy cycling on the Stuart Highway on a Penny Farthing. He was on his way from Adelaide to Darwin....3000km on a Penny Farthing!

Vanessa

I think we are going to go west first and save the nicest scenery for when we are tired - also a couple of the woman I am doing it with have houses in Portsea so if we wanted to, we could stop there for a cup of tea or two

thebears

This sounds very civilised How long does the West sector take? (do many people do it with kids on the back? (and wife in support car?)

Vanessa

I am not sure how long the West would take but considerably longer with a towbar on!! The whole ride is 210K so west side about half of that, give or take a few ks.

thebears

About 5 hours then

Vanessa

So you were the one seen on the Penny Farthing