Beginner cycle touring Bomaderry to Bundeena (Tassie preparation ride)

*****TRIP NOW CLOSED

So due to a fair bit of interest in coming cycling in Tassie over summer we’re going to have a beginner’s cycle touring weekend. Basically if you’d like to come to Tassie you need to come to this in order to make sure you have all your gear sorted and a good idea of the level of fitness required. (If you’re not planning to come to Tassie –but would like to come anyway you’re more than welcome.)

The route will be from Bomaderry to Bundeena, camping at the Bulli beach tourist park on Sat night.  Map is here https://goo.gl/maps/eUWb0 Camping will need to be booked in advance.  Hence I will close the trip two weeks before in order to confirm numbers.

Depart: Central station 07:29 on train for Bomaderry

Return via ferry from Bundeena to Cronulla and return train to Central (or home).

Essentially you need:

-bike with:

• many gears so that you can ride up hills whilst loaded with all your gear (eg mountain bike or hybrid rather than most road bike gearing ratios is preferred)
• pannier rack
• reliable tyres and a spare tube
• pannier bags packed with your food and camping gear for the weekend
• strong and keen legs

We will have a bike prep session where you can bring your bike in and we’ll go over the brakes, tyres, set-up etc to make sure you’re set to go, I will bring a tool kit that everyone can use.

If you have any questions, please email me, you do not need experience in cycle touring but you will need to be prepared to organise your own gear (this will be at your own cost). But once you have your own gear cycling makes for very cheap holidays and weekends away!

I will continue to post more info here as I organise it 🙂

Laura