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Sizzler!
Damn that is more American than I expected.
This is pretty typical of suburban Australia, but this stretch through Aspley is probably the most stroady stroad I know of in Australia. And it’s no better today than it was in 1988.
That is, unless you count the fact that parts of it (just the other side of the Maccas) have painted, unprotected bike lanes. And other parts have gone from 4 lanes in one direction to 5 lanes, but with the leftmost lane ending right before the intersection shown, which makes it a convenient de facto unprotected bike lane…until you get to the shown intersection and have to share with 70 km/h traffic.
I love me some Hypermarket, but that collection of intersections is trash. I can’t imagine trying to ride a bicycle through there
I’ve ridden this stretch a few times, because the North Brisbane Bikeway ends (more accurately, the recommended quiet back streets end) at the Aspley Hotel, and there’s no suitable alternative until you get past Zillmere Road to the Cabbage Tree Creek Bikeway.
It’s actually not too bad. The first little bit has a painted bike lane, and after that the leftmost lane drops in and out which means cars never want to use it. The only really bad bit is from just before the turnoff onto Gayford St until just after where Gayford St turns on to Gympie.
TIL, thanks!
Is there any sort of official bike trail map available, or is it all mostly relying on g-maps or Apple Maps these days?
Once I can get my grom outdoors and hopefully riding a bicycle, we’ll be able to explore a bit more
To be clear, this route is still not, by any means “good”. Of the classic four types of cyclist, only the most enthusiastic of type 2 “enthused and confident” would be comfortable here. The North Brisbane Bikeway itself is good for most, but probably not all, of the type 3 “interested but concerned” (mainly because this section of the NBB runs on a narrow service road, shared with some, but not many, cars). And the Cabbage Tree Creek Bikeway is top-tier, if it goes where you want to be going. But the connection between them is this:
And then briefly even worse:
Before eventually getting a little bit better:
is it all mostly relying on g-maps or Apple Maps
I would actually strongly advise against Google Maps for cycling. Dunno about Apple as I’ve never tried it. But Google has a tendency to send you some very poor routes for cycling. Your best option is to look at the Strava Global Heatmap. It’s not perfect, because Strava is heavily used by type 1 “strong and fearless” cyclists on their sport cycling routes. But it’s also used (more than you might think) by people going about less confidently. See which routes show up as popular, and double-check that with your own local knowledge and use of tools like Google Streetview.
I also quite like the tool Ride With GPS, which can automatically create wayfinding routes way better than what Google offers, along with the ability to customise it to your preference, and send the route through to your Garmin or various phone apps to allow you to follow your preprepared route more easily.
That’s incredibly comprehensive! Thank you so much for that!
Yeah, feel free to disregard my question. I was being lazy. My apologies 🙏
@Zagorath that was a good Maccas.
The Maccas is still there. Not sure if its playground is still as good as back in the day though.
@Zagorath Yeah, should have clarified - the old one, with the ramp drive through and the 2 story restaurant.
Back when KFC had flavour.
I swear at some point in the 90s they stopped putting any sort of herbs in their chook. It went from having flavour, to just smelling of the flavour you remembered.
Hot and spicy is the only option for KFC. Original recipe is bland and boring af. You’re better off heading just down the road to Red Rooster for their fried chicken than KFC Original.
No Black Stump?
Not sure what that is, unless you mean the Grenfell Centre in Adelaide.
I just assumed The Black Stump was a national thing but it appears to have been Sydney/NSW thing.
