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Ride Name | Epping-Carlingford-Parramatta Rail |
Distance | 28 |
Grade | Easy Medium |
RDI | 14.42 (metres climbed = 515) Calculate your REE |
Usual Start | Epping Station, East side |
Usual Pace | gentle |
Coffee Stop | Usually at Parramatta Park Cafe |
Features | Quiet roads in Epping, Carlingford and Parramatta. Parramatta Park. |
Suitability | Riders wanting an easier ride with some shorter climbs. |
Short Description | Ride from Epping Station to Parramatta Park via Carlingford and Oatlands. Return via Rydalmere following Carlingford railway line back to Carlingford and retrace steps back to Epping. |
Full Description | Ride from Epping Station along quiet streets in Epping. Use the shared user path along Pennant Hills Rd. Leave Pennant Hills Rd and drop down towards Telopea, Oatlands and North Parramatta to Parramatta Park. There are a few short climbs through Oatlands. Do a loop of Parramatta Park before coffee. Afterwards ride back through North Parramatta to join the Carlingford rail line at Rydalmere. Follow the railway line while riding back up to Carlingford. While this is a climb of about 100m in elevation, it is done over 5km at an average of 2% (trains can"t do more than this!). We then continue climbing back up the Pennant Hills Rd shared user path and make our way back to Epping. |
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