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Does anyone from Brisbane have any hints on how to tget fromt he cycle path
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On Mar 6, 10:00 pm, "Money_Shot" wrote:
Does anyone from Brisbane have any hints on how to tget fromt he cycle path to the mountain road without suffering an overdose of car? Thanks. I use the Dean Street lights. Technically, you should be a bus, but you start with B, so that's OK. Ride on the detector strip and wait for the lights to change. Go right across the intersection and go left on the shoulder. Swap to the left as you go around the roundabout. Cars/trucks coming off the freeway have always slowed down and given me right of way. Watch for cars in the slip lane. Then rejoice, as you have a long steep grade in front of you! On the way back, it's more interesting and this is the best reason for the bridge/underpass to be built soon. You have to sweep left towards Milton Rd, merging with the traffic, move to the right lane and go around the roundabout. It takes quite a spirit of adventure, at peak hour. I don't know of a safer alternative, bar the very long way around to the north of the cemetary or through it, and through Auchenflower. Donga |
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On Mar 6, 10:00 pm, "Money_Shot" wrote:
Does anyone from Brisbane have any hints on how to tget fromt he cycle path to the mountain road without suffering an overdose of car? Thanks. Another way is to go up Birdwood Terrace. In summary you cross under Corro Drv near Suncorp Stadium and cross Milton Rd using the foot bridge near Suncorp Stadium then Heussler Tce - Haig road - Birdwood Terrace to the Mt Cootha loop. In more detail - from the bikeway go under Coronation Drive near Suncorp Stadium (this is the first tunnel under Corronation Drv as you leave the city), take a small bike path to Little Crib Street, turn Left onto Little Crib Street, left onto the footpath on Boomerang Rd and under the railway line, staying off Milton Road but staying on the footpath beside it you go over Milton Road using the walkway to Suncorp Stadium. Go anticlockwise around Suncorp Stadium onto Castlemaine St and right at the roundabout onto Heussler Tce - up and down a nice little warm-up hill - through a set of lights onto Haig Road which turns into Birdwood Tce at a right angle up-hill bend in the road. Follow Birdwood Tce, dogleg across Fredrick Street to stay on Birdwood Tce. Turn right at the T junction with Richer Street then next Left onto Birdwood Tce where it joins Stuartholme Rd. Follow Birdwood Tce to where it ends at a T junction with Sir Samuel Griffith Drive which is the Mt Cootha circuit. Return via the same rout. Check it out in a street directory and go for an exploratory ride to work out the fine details of getting from the bikeway to Suncorp Stadium. That part is twisty and turny and has a few short stretches on the footpath but the end result is minimal traffic or medium traffic on roads with enough room for you and a car. I do it most Saturday mornings - it is a great ride! Peter Damm |
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Donga Wrote: On Mar 6, 10:00 pm, "Money_Shot" wrote: Does anyone from Brisbane have any hints on how to tget fromt he cycle path to the mountain road without suffering an overdose of car? Thanks. I use the Dean Street lights. Technically, you should be a bus, but you start with B, so that's OK. Ride on the detector strip and wait for the lights to change. Go right across the intersection and go left on the shoulder. Swap to the left as you go around the roundabout. Cars/trucks coming off the freeway have always slowed down and given me right of way. Watch for cars in the slip lane. Then rejoice, as you have a long steep grade in front of you! On the way back, it's more interesting and this is the best reason for the bridge/underpass to be built soon. You have to sweep left towards Milton Rd, merging with the traffic, move to the right lane and go around the roundabout. It takes quite a spirit of adventure, at peak hour. I don't know of a safer alternative, bar the very long way around to the north of the cemetary or through it, and through Auchenflower. Donga I've used the dean street bus lights too. Otherwise it can take a while to find a big enough gap. Coming back I reckon is heaps easier and lots of fun, as you can fly through that sweeper, meaning you are going faster than the cars, and just merge across into the right hand lane. Bonus points for every car you overtake! Just make sure that noone is changing into the left lane from the middle lane, but enough speed makes this less of an issue. Adam -- adam85 |
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