I got out of bed, squeezed my lard @rse into some unflattering lycra,
and rode to uni. It's ride to work day today, but I hope they don't
expect me to work.
From:- Eight Mile Plains
To:- Uni of Qld, St Lucia
Distance:- 26.5 km
Terrain:- Logan Road until Stones Corner, which is quite hilly and has
traffic lights at inconvenient places, such as in the valley between two
massive hills, or 2/3 of the way up a big hill. And once you get one
light, you get most of them. So it's chug up the hill, start to cruise
down, stop. Roll to the bottom, stop. Chug up the next hill. At Stones
Corner it's up a back street then onto the SE Fwy Bikeway from the
Buranda busway station, because that's the easiest onramp with no scary
steep hills or sharp corners and it's usually an okay place to cross the
road. The surface is a bit rough, which is why I head in at 0615 and
take the main road. On the way home I suffer the bikeway the entire way
to avoid peak hour traffic.
Traffic:- There are a few nasty spots, like through Mt Gravatt Central,
but most of it is 3 lanes so with no traffic, no one really complains
about lane changing for me. I hog the lane!
Bike:- Learsport 8000.
Frequency:- Not since last year. But I'm back now!!!
Time taken:- Usually about 1:10, but today I left a bit earlier and
timed the lights better and it was only 1:03
Highlights:- Saying hello to people at traffic lights and getting a
hello in return. Riding right next to the freeway and driving past the
cars.
Lowlights:- Cyclists who don't say g'day, drivers that try to run me off
the road even though there's another 2 clear lanes, and of course
getting to uni.
T