My husband and I find the same thing happening on the cycle/walkway between Speers Point and Warners Bay. There are some biker riders who come flying up behind and around you so fast its frightening. There is a 10km speed limit on that walkway, please slow down before someone is seriously injured.

A fair comment, cyclist and pedestrians use the track. good manners and respect for other users costs nothing.

why the obsession with the fact that some cyclists wear lycra? That comment alone shows your prejudice against those who commute by bike. A 10km/h speed limit is a daft notion because a) you'd fall off the bike going that slow and b) how would you enforce it? The key is mutual courtesy. Just as there are recalcitrant cyclists there are loonie and irresponsible pedestrians. In both cases they are in the minority, thankfully. Abuse is never acceptable, but suggesting to parents that they control the movement of toddlers in a potentially dangerous environment is perfectly acceptable, and frankly shouldn't need to be said if the parents were acting responsibly.

If a 10kmh speed limit is imposed we would have to book joggers too and those little children on their pink bikes with training wheels!! Don't spoil a good argument with a silly solution.

I think if people just use common sence and the "Keep left Unless Overtaking" Everyone should be happy. There is no need to walk 6 abreast and take up the full track and you don't need to let kids / dogs run all over the place, it is a shared path so sharing goes both ways. BUT is saying that, there is no need to ride at 50 or 60km/h down the track, it is not only dangerous for pedestrians, but try coming off your bike at this speeds. A bit of common sence on all sides wouldn't go astray.

Newcastle Police have a bike squad. Perhaps they could do routine patrols and prosecute for reckless or furious riding. Legislation exists. Other problems exist justifying routine patrols of the track.

Yes, the police and rangers could also tell people not to walk six abreast and keep their dogs on shorter leads and also, take those wretched earpieces out so that they hear cyclists bells.

They are called bike paths/tracks not walk paths/tracks And if it was not for the cyclist movement these paths would not exist

At the very least, bells should be made mandatory on bikes so that pedestrians can be warned as they approach. This is a very common law in North America.

Serious cyclists are despised by everyone else. We have to live with this fact. When cycling on the Fernleigh track I call out passing when pedestrians are blocking the entire track, but avoid warnings otherwise unless there are loose children or dogs. Ringing bells or calling out tends to cause people to look over their right shoulder and veer right. I have had a few close calls as a result. The need is simply for all users to keep left unless overtaking and to keep children and dogs under control. Speed differentials are just as great between oncoming runners, say 25 kph, as between a passing cyclist and a pedestrian. This is only important if there is a collision and this will only occur if the rules are not followed. My observation is that now the track has been extended the great majority of users over an entire day (rather than just in the early morning period) are cyclists.