1:08 5min from my place. Less in a car. Welcome to the South West! Plenty of cycling routes around here, not marked as such but minimal traffic. Also plenty of family friendly cycling infrastructure in the suburbs built in the last 25 years or so. Well done to Camden Council!
Hi Josh, thanks for posting and of course getting on your bike. I started my cycling career back in the late 1960's and was a member of the Lidcombe Auburn CC for a number of years. At that time a training group would meet every Sunday at the intersection of Woodville Road and the Hume Highway at Villawood at 6:30am on a Sunday. In those days we'd do the ride you've just done from where we lived in Sydney and 160 to 200km rides were the norm. Of course you'll just have to imagine that there was next to no traffic on Sunday mornings in Sydney and we almost never had an issue with a vehicle. We'd do rides to Gosford via Wisemans Ferry and Spencer, the Illawarra, Katoomba either solo or in groups all the time happily chatting etc. For myself and many others I know we enjoyed and loved our sport both in training and more importantly club racing on Saturdays. The culture of cycling has changed tremendously over the years because of lots of reasons. It's a shame in some ways that you are forced for safety reasons to drive to a meeting point to start to ride but congrats for getting out there and doing it.
Thanks for sharing with me your experience of riding in Sydney. I’m slightly jealous of all your great adventures, but I’m sure I’ll make my own as time goes on :)
Josh, that one made me smile from the point that I used to live in Melbourne and do all the regular rides, I now live in Bendigo and everyday is like this ride at any time of the day, I’d never go back to the city now, combine that with gravel at my doorstep and the decision of which bike to ride is now a hard one. 😊 Great video they just keep getting better, keep it up. 👏🏻👏🏻 One thing I will say and you’re to be congratulated on it, is you don’t bang on about watts all the time like nearly every other cycling RU-vidr. The watts discussion becomes tiring and for a normal cyclist like me, it just makes me feel inferior. That’s why I love your channel. You just get out and ride for the enjoyment that it should be. So thanks. 👍🏻
Thanks for the kind words mate. I’m glad you’ve found a beautiful place to ride your bike. When I was a newer cyclist I used to obsess over the data and the watts a lot more. Now a days, I prefer the rides for the scenery and social aspect. But I do enjoy a little hit out every now and then ☺️
Great ride, it's actually pretty accessible without a car. At 6am you can smash it up Pacific Highway to Turramurra and turn off to Bobin Head, then Brerowa and Galston Gorge then train back to CBD from Hornsby
Lived in the Camden area since early 90s. Definitely a cheeky route making you go up Razorback that way! Great to see all those familiar roads from your bike perspective.
That's the only way up razorback! :D Didn't see the details, but hopefully he went via Bakers Lodge road. There's a good pinch there that didn't show up in the video.
Another very long time Camden resident here (45-ish years). Just moved up to the mountains. Great to see others finding the local roads. Some good runs through Wallacia from that Burragorang/The Oaks location. Very quiet back roads. Another one to stretch the legs with a lot of climbing - Richmond start and then do Bells Line of Road out to Bell. For extra sportiness - then across to Katoomba and then 50+Km of downhill back to Penrith. Whole loop is about 160km IIRC. Super low gearing is a must for some of the pinches in the first part of the climb so it might be easier doing it the other way around - up the GWH, across to Bell and then down.
@@joshkwan it's a pity because bell line of road is beautiful but it is narrow and has bad shoulders... it's been ages since last time I did it, I would like to know how it goes for you
FOMO, gutted that I missed out on this ride, let’s go back soon. Love the selection of BGMs and your commentary at the lookout. Dumplings are perfect way to finish the ride off ❤
Yes Josh! The countryside is where it's at! Quiet roads, beautiful scenery decent dose of nature. In fact the more you're in nature the more fun it gets - we'll have you riding gravel again in no time - Hehe - just don't choose the most grueling, broken and rough, backwhacks roads! Head up into the Blueys some more. If you dont like saddle bags try an under the top tube bag, aero and super convenient for grabbing snacks on the move, you may need to change the front bottle cage to a side loader. I resisted bags for ages but after trying them am a total convert. Carrying stuff on your back sucks balls.
I agree, I need to do some gravel. Just don’t have the time. I wish there was some nicer gravel routes near my front door, but I’ve accepted the fact I will need to travel a little if I want to enjoy the good stuff. Thanks for the suggestions RE bags
Technically, Camden is still within Sydney’s metropolitan area; still rural though 😂😂😂 I get scared riding out there but that’s cos all of my rides are solo 😂
Riding as a group can feel much safer sometimes, because you’re visible and also can justify taking up more of the lane. Take care and safe riding mate.
I live in Camden and do this ride often. There are a few nice ways to go to the lookout. And ways to link up some nice gravel sectors out this way for a sweet 130km ride with very low traffic 👌 HMU if you want some mixed surface routes
U gonna head down to Adelaide when the tour down under is on? I feel like it’s a pretty good city to ride in. You can go from the beach to the top of the hills in about 30km
I know you love your pastries, so I have to ask is that a golden croissant logo on the side of your helmet? Another great vid. It seemed an age since the one done on Bowral. Thanks
Good spotting. Yes! I have a golden croisssnt sticker on the side of my helmet. Sadly I’ve been quite busy since Bowral and I haven’t even filmed any videos since then. This one I edited a few months ago and was saving for a rainy day
