You're the Voice

How far would you go to help a friend in danger? Each day we see people taking huge risks to save someone who is in danger but, thankfully we are not faced with such situations each day.

But would you call out to someone to make them aware of a situation that could result in injury? Most of us would.

Bike North’s rides add safety by having trained Ride Leaders, being seen and through cooperation between riders. As pointed out last month, there are also some additional issues caused by riding as a group that need to be considered such as not overlapping wheels.

Another issue is that, when travelling in a group, often forward vision is obstructed by other riders and hazards are not as easy to see.

To overcome this, Bike North has developed a suite of signals and calls aimed at communicating the existence of hazards. You can find these on our web site under Our Rides:

Brian Lynne

Banh Mi Cabramatta 

With the fog clearing into sunny skies, four of us set off from Harris Park along the Prospect Canal cycleway before looping back via the Prospect Creek cycleway to Fairfield. From there we entered bustling Cabramatta with its mainly Vietnamese culture.

There were markets with fresh fruit & vegies including fragrant durian, clothes, bakeries and sweets. An artisan tofu house is popular, as well as the many eateries with queues out the door.

Having bellies full of fresh pork banh mi, we returned via the Liverpool rail trail.

Ride Leader Marjorie

Concord for Cake

A group of eight was larger than most recent Sunday morning rides but it was notable that the majority of these riders were young female members. 

Whilst a puncture delayed the group, we took advantage of the situation to learn how to more easily fit a tyre and tube.

Most importantly, we made it to Concord for coffee and cake.

Brian Lynne