The $12 cyclist’s breaky special at the Hyde Out restaurant on Hyde Road, Yeronga includes coffee, two eggs and toast. The service was fast and friendly and the coffee good.
Directions: from the Brisbane Corso section of the River Loop, ride up Cansdale Street (between the sewerage plant and AFL club), turn left into Hyde Road and there is a group of shops on your right. The Hyde Out restaurant is between Anesis and Pizzeria 1760.
I took a ride out to Nudgee Beach today — a 76 km round trip from Yeronga, including a couple of laps of the Nundah Criterium Circuit — on my Cell Bikes singlespeed.
Nudgee Beach seems to be a very popular destination for cyclists, mainly because of the extensive offroad sealed bikeways that can be used to get there. It has taken me three exploratory rides to work out the best way to get from the Brisbane River Loop on to the Kedron-Brook Bikeway, which then links to the Jim Soorley Bikeway and the Moreton Bay Cycleway, before following the Nudgee Road bikeway to Nudgee Beach.
You can explore Brisbane’s bikeways using the cycling layer at Google Maps.
These are the first photos of my new Wabi Special — 8.4 kg of lugged Reynolds 725 double butted steel frame goodness. These photos are of the bike straight out of the box, with only Shimano PD-R540 SPD SL pedals added. The bike still needs to be dialed in, so things like the seat angle are not quite right.
My wife decided she would like to buy me a bike for Christmas. This box turned up on our doorstep on 24 December. Mmmm, a Wabi Special.
From the Wabi Cycles web site:
I can’t wait to unbox this bike and take it for a ride.
