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Contents
Epping Rd Cycleway	1
BNCC — Change of Date	1
Our Favourite Rides: Exploring Eastwood	2
Bikes love Public Transport — a Valentine’s day story	2
The Future of Chain Mail	3
When a lump of asphalt makes a big difference	3
Why don't Sydney's Transit Lanes work?	4
New Membership System Coming	4
Why is it harder to pedal uphill than to walk?	5
BN women helping other women to get cycling	5
Cadence	6
Notes from an Easy-rider	7
UCI Track World Cup	7
Calendar
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The views expressed in Chain Mail articles are those of the authors only and do not necessarily represent either the common views shared by a majority of Bike North members, or Bike North policy as formulated by the Bike North Executive Committee.

Epping Rd Cycleway

We are now only a few months away from the completion of the Epping Road Cycleway, which together with the other sections completed as part of the Lane Cove Tunnel Project will provide over 7 kilometres of cycleway connecting the lower North Shore to North Shore. This will greatly improve cycle access between the suburbs of Naremburn, Artarmon, Lane Cove and North Ryde and their residential, employment, educational and retail precincts.

Members of Bike North have been involved in the consultation process of this project over the last eight years. We did our best. It won’t be perfect as there has been much compromise along the way, but it will provide continuous access for bikes separated from cars and be far better than what we already had … which was nothing!

The car lobby has already tried to denigrate this cycleway with a campaign of misinformation. We at Bike North are keen to see this cycleway well used and show that it is much wanted.

With this objective we have formed a special working group to promote the new cycleway, its safe use and awareness by other road/path users and to demonstrate support for these works having been done.

Stay tuned for further information in email news or to offer your assistance contact Alan Corven on acorvy@hotmail.com

BNCC — Change of Date

Despite all our diligent planning, we have become recently aware that The Hawkesbury River Bridge to Bridge Boat Race will be held on Sun 4th May. Unfortunately we will not be able to cross the river that day as planned on the Hawkesbury Randonnee.

The good news though is that the BNCC will still go ahead but ON A NEW DATE – SUN 20th APRIL. That’s for all events – Hawkesbury Randonnee (165km), Classic Loop (100km), and Beyond the Pie (60km).

This means that you have just 6 weeks to get organised and ready for this fantastic event. Everything that you need to know about the 2008 BNCC event: Event Info, Ride Guide and Registration Form, is now up on the Bike North Website under www.bikenorth.org.au/cycling/annual_events.php