Originally Posted by jock
You could take Bells Line then up through the Galston Gorge then its a simple crooz down the North Shore. You can always take the iron horse if it all gets too much. But riding in Sydney traffic is pretty easy: expect the unexpected to happen and take action as required, ride like they drive, don't bother arguing with anyone, and above all NEVER stop traffic flowing no matter what.
Bloody 'ell. I was after a 200 km ride but you're sending me out on a 350 km jobbie! Don't know if the bells line would be as safe as the great western highway as most of that has good shoulders now. It's an option though.
I've done a fair bit of riding up and down the eastern suburbs and northern beaches which aren't to bad (except for the Spit bridge) but I rekon paramatta road would be a different story. The fast lane on that roads the left lane as people try to keep out of it because cars sometimes park in it. So the hero's always seem to jump the cue up it. I rekon I've been up and down that road a few hundred times but I have never seen a cyclist on it. Maybe they know another route?
Doesn't the polution you suck in and get covered in worry you when you're riding down in Sydney?