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.
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Posted 11 years ago #
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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.
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Wow, actually, there is nary a line on the map:
http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-37.835034,175.382098&z=13
Posted 11 years ago # -
Yes looks like a nice commute.
Posted 11 years ago # -
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would quite like to live in Cambridge. ... Pretty flat."
Yes.
Oh, that Cambridge!
Posted 11 years ago # -
@chdot: I was wondering why Cambridge was so small!
Posted 11 years ago # -
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?:
Posted 11 years ago # -
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 flash new Velodrome.
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