Start: LBUG Home Base, Moores Cafe, Moore St, Leichhardt.
From Moores Cafe, R on Moore St.
R on Balmain Rd, cross City West Link and Lilyfield Rd.
R on Darling St.
L on Victoria Rd.
Cross Iron Cove Bridge and Gladesville Bridge (use road if light traffic, or bridge cycleways and Renwick/Wrights Rd route otherwise).
L at Hunters Hill.
follow Ryde Rd.
R at Pittwater Rd.This road goes all the way to Epping Rd. Can use left side footpaths on uphill sections if too much traffic.
L at Epping Rd (3 lane busy road), or possibly use footpath.
R after about 300 m at Delhi Rd (need to merge right into the right turn lane, or you could do a box turn at lights).
Follow Delhi Rd (marked cycle lane part of the way) to a L at the bottom of the hill on to Lady Game Dr (take first L into Lane Cove NP if wanting to visit.There is a 10 km riverside road that is popular with cyclists. The cafe doesnt open till 10 am on Sundays.)
R at Grosvenor St (1.8 km steady climb).
R on Pacific H'way at Lindfield.
L shortly after at Clanville Rd then immediatelyR onto Hill St, Roseville.(avoids Pacific Highway).
L on Boundary Rd then R onto Archer St (another merge required into right turn lane).
Coffee at cafe on cnr of Archer and Victoria Av, Chatswood (handy bike racks).
Continue on Archer St to a R at Mowbray Rd then next L through street closure
(Bicycles Only sign) to Tindale Rd.
Follow bike route signs mostly downhill to Artarmon Oval (includes
path along creek reserve cutting Onyx Rd).see map
Go under Gore Hill Freeway on bike path.
L onto street(follow bike route signs).
L at Olympia Rd.
L at Park Rd.
Go under Gore Hill Freeway again on cycle path into
Bicentennial Reserve, Artarmon.
Follow path through Reserve, under Flat Rock Dr, to the exit onto
Dawson St.
R onto West St
there is a bike path at end of West St through to Quarry
St and Hamilton Lane, which curves around to a
L at Palmer St.
R at West.(follow bike route signs or logos on road)
L at Amherst St.
Amherst St crosses Miller St (main road to North Sydney) and becomes Cammeray Rd and heads downhill past a Golf Course.
R at Park Av. This dips down then sharply up to a
L at Earle St (get up as much speed as possible down Park to reach Earle St)
Follow Earle St past Grafton St on the left, with a great view down Willoughby Bay, and contour along to a R at Young St (dont turn left down Young St as it is very steep coming back up!)
L at Grassmere St,
L at Brightmore St (follow bike route signs)
L at Tobruk Av
R at Samora Av
L at Ryries Pde
R at Lodge Rd
L at footpath around Lodge Park onto Ellalong Rd
Cross McPherson St onto Wyong Rd, heading east.
At end of Wyong Rd (road closure) turn L onto Killarney St then L on to Bullecourt Av.
[NB- there is an option here to shortcut directly to Balmoral by going up the long flight of steps at end of Killarney St, and crossing Spit Rd at nearby Awaba St and heading downhill to Balmoral]
At end of Bullecourt there is a section of rough path past Onslow House through to Bickel St.
L at Bickel steeply down to Bay Rd.
Follow Bay Rd and Bay St northward, keeping to the left at road dividers. Bay St becomes Beauty Point Rd (watch for short steep uphill section), then Pearl Bay Av.
On a bend after a descent watch for a path on the left (Fig Tree Walk, steep but rideable) that leads down to the waterfront at Pearl Bay.
A flat path leads from here to The Spit, past the Mosman Rowing Club.
Cross Spit Rd at the lights and take Parriwi Rd (about 2 km steadily uphill) to rejoin Spit Rd (Parriwi Rd is much quieter than Spit Rd and a better grade).
At Spit Rd, use the footpath along to Awaba Rd (third on the left), which leads down to Balmoral Beach.
Alternatively take the first left on to Warringah Rd and, keeping left, head downhill to Hopetoun Av, Burran Av and Wyargine St.
At Edwards Bay Rd there are some steps on the left down to Edwards Beach and The Esplande, which leads to Balmoral Beach.
Have a swim or a bite to eat at one of the cafes and then it is a good climb out of Balmoral on either Raglan St or from the southern end, the quieter Coronation Av, up to Middle Head Rd. Go left to explore Midle Head Naval Reserve, now open to the public, or head back to Sydney via Avenue Rd and the back route to Kirribili (follow the City road signs). At Kirribili, on Clark St, turn right at the Bridge underpass and take the Harbour Bridge cycleway (access by steps on the west side), back to the City.
Once off the Bridge take York St or Kent St south to Market or King St pedestrian bridges respectively and go across the Pyrmont Bridge to Pyrmont. Follow Union St to Miller St and turn R at Saunders St. Go past Channel 10 and at the end of Saunders St take the ramp up to the Anzac Bridge cycleway. Once over Anzac Bridge, cross Victoria Rd on the pedestrian overbridge and take Lilyfield Rd back to Catherine St. Turn left here, cross the City West Link and keep on Catherine St until a R at Moore St and back to Moores Cafe.
Distance about 52 km.
