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Sydney Spring Cyclist	1
New Overpass	2
Tour de Cowra 2009	2
Book Review - CYCLECRAFT by John Franklin	3
Hawkesbury Valley Randonee 300	4
Cycling is Good for Health, But You Should Still Check Things Out	5
Epping Road and Gore Hill Cycleway – A User’s View	6
Caution! What Can Happen to You on a Ride	6
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Sydney Spring Cyclist

No 5321 Reporting In

The weather on Sunday 19th October 2008 could not have been better planned for the Sydney Spring ride, a light wind and 24 degrees.

As an 'Easy Rider' for the past year with Bike North, I admit to having some concerns as to whether I would be able to actually complete the ‘medium’ ride from St Leonards Park to the Home Bush Overflow. So, early on Sunday morning when I set out on the bike for the local train station to get to North Sydney I was a bit dubious, but the whole morning turned out to be such 'a buzz', I really would like to share it with readers.

Getting to North Sydney by train and then back after the event from Olympic Park via a fast train was easily managed. Thanks to State Rail for efficiently moving so many people with bikes from one place to another.

At the start venue, St Leonard's Park I met up with five other Bike North members. The volunteers managed the mass of bikes expertly. The start line was well organised and the NSW police got the cyclists away in 'waves' from 7am, no crush was experienced.