Region:
BrisbaneLength:
200 kmDuration:
3 hrsSubmitted By:
ayoungRide Summary
Awesome run around some of the best roads close to Brisbane, including the not so well know Clear Mountain Rd.
Ride Description
Road quality is mostly high,but narrow and best to go with someone who has before if you want to keep the pace up.
Highlights would be heading down from Nebo, down from Mt Glorious, wrapping around somerset dam, coming up Mt Mee (best of them all), and start and finish of Clear mountain road.
Directions
Ride begins north of Brisbane heading out on the Mt Nebo Road towards Mt Nebo and beyond.
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Best Thing About This Ride
Different types of road, from smooth sweepers to fast straights, to bumpy s-bends, its all the with great views.
What Else To Look Out For
Turn off for Clear Mountain Rd, off Wynn Rd comes quicker than expected, and T’s off a left sleeper. High law enforcement over Mt Nebo/Glorious and Mt Mee. Bumps at somerset. Leaf litter after glorious. Not as fun in the rain.
The Mt Glorious to Mt Nebo section:
A word of advice, residents of Mt Nebo have been known in the past to deliberately throw gravel on the roads to cause bike accidents.
Totally agree with Thom above. There are patches of gravel that have have obviously been dumped by the grumpy old treehuggers that live up there, as the gravel’s too dense and mysteriously located to have been blown off a driveway access for example. Sick b*st*rds seem to like to try to cause the maximum damage by gravelling tight blind bends – typically a few km west of Nebo township. Of even greater concern is the ridiculous level of enforcement. Nothing sporting with these guys as they know the terrrain very well, hiding & shooting through the bush towards peak speed spots like the base of hills or on big straightaways after twisties etc – Usually within the faster stretches of the 60km zones – eg a few km west of (beyond) Nebo and a few km west of (beyond) Glorious cafe. Pity – As despite having a well dodgy road geometry and loads of dangerous trees and banks, its oh so close to Brissy and offers an excellent ride for the intermediate to advanced skill level rider
Thanks Bruce for the comments. Sounds like this area near Brissy is similar to the heavily policed areas of the Yarra Ranges near Melbourne. Completely ruined this area in many ways, such a pity as the terrain was made for riding.
Hi Guys, I just wanted to post this as it was pretty disturbing. I caught one of the locals today spreading broken plates on the road just after Nebo on the way to Glorious. I stopped and went back to clear the road and pulled up next to him. He started picking it up and then road off. He is in his late 50’s or so wearing no shirt and on a red Avanti mountain bike. Be Careful
I live at Mount glorious, and I am amazed that any local would do such a thing ! As a motorbike rider who rides up and down the mountain every day often twice a day for the last decade I have never seen one local do such a thing !!!!! The gravel on the tight bends is a common occurance up here and is usually the result of a combination of rain, traffic/trucks and mowing.
Thanks John for the comment, good to hear that the above case is likely to be a completely rare occurrence.
Very jealous of you mate – a great part of the world to live!
Cheers …