It was a wet ride down, with a few speed wobbles, but quite exciting. A car that stayed a good distance behind me held back the traffic, and have me a good run. I realised afterwards that I was going over 40 most of the way down Brooklyn Road.
The ride up was hard again, and I had been careful to eat during the day. It is strange how close some cars come as they pass you, and I’m sure some are doing 60 or more.
There’s talk of a cycle lane going in up the hill, but there is opposition to it due to the loss of parking spaces and a second car lane that is barely used, and is a hangover from when that stretch of road had a 70km/hr limit. I find the opposition ridiculous given that so few cars park on Brooklyn Road.