Subject: RE: Contemplating a return... I hear you Matt, I have also lost training partners to bike vs car collisions. I ride Beach road a lot. On the weekends I like the fact that there's safety in numbers. There's no parking along there until about 10am and locals know that its a well utilised stretch of road. That said I hardly ever get a weekend morning off, so I do a lot of my weekly riding there, but I tend to wait a little later until the commuting crowd have raged their way to work. I also like Kew blvd for riding. Again dedicated bike lane on the road, good hills and can be light on traffic if you skip peak commuting times. I tend to head there if I don't want to be hassled by traffic. If you're looking at Xterra type stuff get your mountain bike out to Lysterfield or the You Yangs for MTB trails! All the best! |