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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Commutable? http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Commutable? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:49:01 +0000 Stepdoh on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94243 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:52:02 +0000 Stepdoh 94243@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Arf, it's less exciting than it sounds (although the geothermal power station at Taupo is cool!) Emailed the chap from Cycling Waikato about it and he said: "SH1 is sort of OK". I would tend to ride on the hard shoulder (I do on SH2 on the way to work and back at the moment). It's usually a bit wider than it is here, and is reasonably uniform in surface and design. Because most of the state highways are single-laned you need a reserve on the left for right turns (the proper process if there isn't a filter lane is to pull off to the left stop then turn right when the road is clear rather than stop the fast traffic behind you or barrel onto a gravel road at 100kph). AFAIC it's a reasonable option, but you just have to be aware that cars and trucks will be hurling past you at a great rate. Log trucks are like a pine air freshener for the senses. Another plus for Cambridge is they are getting a <a href="http://www.homeofcycling.org.nz/">flash new Velodrome</a>. cb on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94163 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:28:13 +0000 cb 94163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Wow, you get to cycle down the "Thermal Explorer Highway". It has to be worth it for that alone. Do cyclists generally cycle in the bit that looks like a mini hard shoulder?: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/jPt0u">http://goo.gl/maps/jPt0u</a> lionfish on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94160 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:11:22 +0000 lionfish 94160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @chdot: I was wondering why Cambridge was so small! chdot on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94147 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:31:28 +0000 chdot 94147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ " would quite like to live in Cambridge. ... Pretty flat. " Yes. Oh, that Cambridge! recombodna on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94144 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:32:54 +0000 recombodna 94144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Yes looks like a nice commute. Stepdoh on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94143 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:27:56 +0000 Stepdoh 94143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Wow, actually, there is nary a line on the map: <a href="http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-37.835034,175.382098&z=13"><a href="http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-37.835034,175.382098&z=13" rel="nofollow">http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-37.835034,175.382098&z=13</a> </a> kaputnik on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94142 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:22:17 +0000 kaputnik 94142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ WIthout being able to get an elevation profile on the googlemap, sounds a bit like a daily commute from around Fisherrow to the Gyle. So yeah, why not! Can always work up from 2 or 3 days a week. Stepdoh on "Commutable?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9099#post-94141 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:50 +0000 Stepdoh 94141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Had a resounding yes on twitter, but y'awl think this would be commutable as wife would quite like to live in Cambridge. From that to Ruakura is about 22km/13Mi either/various ways. Pretty flat. <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=22+Bryce+Street,+Cambridge,+New+Zealand&daddr=-37.8278062,175.3565148+to:-37.7870684,175.3121506+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=-37.841241,175.305405&spn=0.224764,0.445976&sll=-37.79405,175.312958&sspn=0.056227,0.111494&geocode=Fd_Mvf0d9l11CilXAEQjYv1sbTELEcKq_lEPCQ%3BFSLLvv0dYrpzCin9YazFIBxtbTGAev8GYe8AEw%3BFURqv_0dFg1zCinT6Qla2BhtbTEg5ZYGYe8AEw%3BFd-dv_0dzwVzCg&oq=Agresearch&dirflg=b&mra=dme&mrsp=3&sz=14&via=1,2&t=m&z=12&lci=bike">Google Map Here.</a>