The way points of this bicycle route:
This is a circualr route for daily commute. Ipswich Rd (coming latter) is very busy, I always leave before 6 AM.
Busy Rd even at 6AM. Trucks increasing to murderous levels soon. Ride fast!
Road narrows to two lanes and further constricted by crash barriers. Option is to take the footpath from the Norman Hotel to te next set of lights - usually a bit of glass around though.
veer left for Muriel Ave exit
turn Right at the lights onto Sherwood Rd.
Busy intersection, no shoulder. Take the lane until clear.
Return trip uses mostly quiet back streets and bike paths - but not just yet!
Right at the lights, then keep left until the next turn.
Left into quiet streets and gentle hills.
Right at the lights. Traffic usually quiet enough that you can move right early, otherwise it's a blind corner for following traffic.
Bike path most of the rest of the way.
Bike path runs though stormwater drainage/ park land. The road underpasses in particular may have pooled water and muck after rain.
This is all park land, you're not riding through someone's back yard.
footpath and watch for traffic entering Cleveland St from the left.
Use pedestrian crossing outside the skate shop. Cross to the bike path between the hardware shop and the library.
A large colony of flying foxes roost here during the day.
Onto the footpath, then re-join the road at the traffic lights.
This is not a very elegant manouver but it avoids the tricky and uncontrolled alternatives to crossing both Stanley St and Vulture St. If heading furhter west use Deshon St, Logan Rd & Wellington Rd instead.
Head back west on the narrow footpath.
Total ascent round trip is 225m, not the 300+ on the elevation rpofile.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Tagged with: Commute, Onroad, Offroad, High traffic, Unsafe, Urban
