Bike Leichhardt

Meet at Pioneers Memorial Park, Norton St Leichhardt at 8.30am for an 8.45am start to finish no later than 11am.
A ride designed to get back to Pioneers Memorial Park by 11am for the WE ARE NOT POWERLESS ride.
Check Meet Up for updates re rain, etc.
We'll pedal along at a relaxed pace along the waterfront to Iron Cove bridge and onto Birchgrove Oval, across Balmain to the cruise ship terminal, meander along James Craig road, past Pyrmont Bay, along Whites Creek and up Hill St to finish at Bar Italia.
Those joining Laura for the movie 'WE ARE NOT POWERLESS' at Randwick can continue 200 metres down Norton street back to Pioneers Memorial Park to join that ride.
There will be a few substantial hills, about half the ride will be on streets so you need to be comfortable riding on narrow streets with traffic.
Bring a bike in good condition, spare tube, tools and pump in case of a flat tyre.
If feeling unwell please do not ride. If you can't attend please change your RSVP status as soon as poss.
The weather has been changeable and cooler so bring wet weather gear and wear layers.
This will be a sedate ride but challenging at times because of a few hills.

Join us for UN world bicycle day.
Join the Balmain Bike Bus and others for a special World Bicycle Day ride featuring a trip
through the White Bay Power Station precinct — a route normally unavailable to the general
public.
Three joining points:
Option 1
7.30 am – Depart Pioneers Memorial Park, Leichhardt,
to ride to Loyalty Square,
Balmain, to join the Balmain Bike Bus.
Option 2
8.10 am – Depart Loyalty Square (outside Woolworths), Balmain with the Balmain Bike Bus and ride to White Bay Power
Station.
Option 3
8.20 am – Meet at the Robert Street gate, White Bay Power Station.

The ride will continue via Rozelle Parklands, the Anzac Bridge, Pyrmont and Darling Harbour
before finishing at Parliament House at approximately 9.00 am.
We expect Peter McLean (Bicycle NSW) and Kobi Shetty MP, co-chair
of the Parliamentary Friends of Active Transport), will join us for a short welcome and
photographs - probably on the Hospital Road (Domain) side of Parliament House.

Coffee nearby with anyone who can stay around 9.30-10-ish.

About the Southern Link through the White Bay Power Station site.
It was originally proposed by Bike
Leichhardt members Bob Moore and Keith Stallard and subsequently developed with support
from Placemaking NSW. The route was designed both to provide a shared path through the site
and to serve as an emergency exit from the White Bay Power Station precinct. It is currently used
by the Balmain Bike Bus when activities at the Power Station permit.
There is a longer-term aspiration for the route to become part of a continuous off-road cycling
connection between Balmain and the city, including a future cycle route along Robert Street.

What is the Balmain Bike Bus?
Meeting Wednesdays at Loyalty Square, at the bike racks outside Woollies Balmain at 8am. They leave at 8.10am, cycling single file down quiet back streets
of Balmain, ending up along Robert St in Rozelle, then stop at the White Bay Power Station to
pick up more participants. They leave White Bay power station at 8.20am, making their way across
the Anzac Bridge to Pyrmont. After this they are flexible depending on the desires of participants
that week - sometimes to help them get to their destination/s, or sometimes stop
for a coffee before heading off to work or to make the return journey to
Balmain.
• For more information about the Balmain Bike Bus, contact Rebecca Fernandez, by email on
rebeccafernandez@outlook.com

Segment Four - 7 June : Meadowbank to Clyne Reserve (Barangaroo)

Take the 8.37 ferry from Circular Quay to Meadowbank arriving at 9.30. Alternatively, train from Redfern platform 4 at 7.40 AM. If on the train take the Bay Drive from the station towards the harbour (down hill). Check transport schedules beforehand please.

Meet at the Meadowbank Ferry Terminal for a 9.35 start. This segment is 35 kms and relatively hilly. There are lots of toilets, water refill stations and food options up until the Lane Cove cafe at the causeway at the bottom of the hill, then there is nothing on the route until you arrive in Wollstonecraft. There are a couple of steep climbs . One is on Anzac Avenue in West Ryde/Deniston is a 11% climb with a steeper 12% section. The second one is the very long 11% climb out of Lane Cove up Fullers Road.

The first safety issue is at the intersection of Station Street and Victoria Road near West Ryde Station. It’s a right turn and a buses only R turn.
The Brooke Street Motorway underpass is awkward and slow. My thanks to Fran and Peter for detailing this segment.

Watch for updates closer to the departure date.