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Gympie Rd at Aspley, 1988 (aussie.zone)
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A photo of a stroad with 4 lanes in the oncoming direction. On the side is visible a number of stores and restaurants and advertising signs, including for KFC, Sizzler, McDonalds, and Sony Betamax.
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[–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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:

    Photo of Gympie Rd at Aspley, showing a painted bike lane that becomes a general traffic lane, next to 3 lanes of general traffic lanes

    And then briefly even worse:

    A photo of the leftmost traffic lane ending, requiring a merge into the three continuing lanes of traffic.

    Before eventually getting a little bit better:

    A photo showing a new lane being added at the left, while three lanes continue on.

    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.

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