By: chouette

chouette — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:52:39 +0000

Hi Robert, just want to thank you for posting about this ride and let you know what we thought of it. I first read your blog last year and finally got around to doing this trip yesterday. We did a round trip beginning in Parklands through Bottle Lake Forest and it is mostly a great ride except for the Brooklands Lagoon section. As you emphasised, this section is a walkway not a bike path, with much of the track very sandy having been churned up by horses. Since sand in a bike chain is as bad as a shoe full of sand we walked our bikes for a lot of the way and would not repeat this section again but would take the road from Spencer Park to Brooklands instead. Also, the stopbanks from Brooklands to Kaianga are a great alternative to those vibration exercise machines unless your bike has very good suspension. I swear my arms have toned a few millimetres already. The section from the the rail and two road bridges to The Groynes is great, however, and we thoroughly enjoyed that bit. Our next ride will be a round trip to the McLeans Forest Park beginning from the rail bridge. Looking forward to reading more of your adventure rides.

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By: chouette