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Good Friday, 8:10am, 18 April '14 - 3rd Annual "Tour de Nepean & Avon Dam - Two Dams ride" from Birriwa Reserve Mt. Annan via Camden, Razorback Mountain, Picton, Tahmoor, Bargo, Nepean & Avon Dams - return backroad to Tahmoor, then along Remembrance Drive - 115km
Lots of farms, horses, cows, sheep, goats, alpacas and other crittersBut fortunately no CRAZY BUCK with big horns  -  ETR 3:15pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861 [1st Responder]
, Andrew aka TugBoat [2nd Responder], Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller [3rd Responder], John aka L'Etape [4th Responder], Greg aka ArchitectToo  [5th Responder], Syd aka MotorMechanic [6th Responder],  David aka CricketTragic,  [7th Responder], Scott aka PatternMaker [8th Responder], Eric aka PapaBear, George aka EnglishMan, Jean aka ChiliDog  Anthony aka Froggy, Mike aka The Diplomat, Kevin aka TexDubbo, David aka MountainGoatJohn aka Auckland,  have committed to start from Mt. Annan for this annual Good Friday ride to the Avon Dam, with option to visit the slightly nearer Nepean Dam, that Bank Teller and TugBoat reconnoitered 16 months ago.
APOLOGIES:
If ya think you are 80% certain, contingent upon a fine day, please e-mail
Scribe, and he'll add ya to this list


Early on a Sunday morn' Mt Annan 3km west of Campbelltown is only 60 min drive from Gordon via Homebush Bay Drive.  About 1km past big Roselands sign on RHS turn right onto M5. Exit M5 at 2nd Campbelltown Rd. and keep to the right hand lane on the exit ramp. Follow directions to Narellan heading NWW along Narellan Rd for 2½km. 400m after passing Mount Annan Drive on LHS turn Left into the "ramp" to Waterworth Drive.  250m later  Left into Wellings Drive.  220m later Right into Fitzpatrick Rd.  150m later Right into O'Brien Rd carpark in Birriwa Reserve

1st Leg:  Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan carpark to Subway Cafe Tahmoor  -  35km  -  95 min

8:10am cycle via Narellan Rd, Camden Bypass and Remembrance Drive, thru Picton, to the Subway Cafe at Tahmoor for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 9:45am.

2nd Leg: Tahmoor to Nepean Dam and Avon Dam - 29km (agg 64km) - 85 min

10:15am S/E on Remembrance Drive for 21km for 1st Sag Stop (10 min) at Nepean Dam 11:05am and then Avon Dam from 11:40am

 

3rd Leg: Avon Dam to Picton - 27km (agg 91km) - 80 min

 

11:50am return via Arina Rd and Rockford Rd to Tahmoor, thence Remembrance Drive to arrive Picton at 1:10pm for 2nd Nosh Stop at Simply Delicious Cafe, Argyle St. Picton (30 min). 

4th Leg: Picton back to Mount Annan - 35km (agg 113km) - 95 min

1:40pm N/E on Remembrance Driveway scaling Razorback Mtn for 24km

Ahead Old Hume Hwy for 2.1km

Ahead onto Camden Bypass for 8km

Ahead on Narellan Rd for 600m

Right onto Waterworth Drive for 120m to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan at 3:15pm.

Some memorable climbs - starting with the long haul up Razorback, easy going then 'til the National Park, thence things get nasty in the middle bit.
The return leg of about 18km from Avon Dam to Tahmoor, via Pheasants Nest, with a slight downhill will be delightful.

Avon Dam, completed in 1927, is the third and the largest of the four upper Nepean Dams to meet the needs of Sydney.
In 1963 it was diverted to meet the increasing needs of the Illawarra region and today supplies all of Wollongong.

     


      

Risk Warning
Some forms of cycling are dangerous. 
An ave of 36 Australian cyclists have been killed annually since 2000.  95% of these fatalities occur on the road

Other cyclists in Australia break bones and incur nerve impairment from falling off their bikes in accidents. 

A cyclist could fall from his/her bike, inter alia, due to -
(i)      being hit by a car or another cyclist; or
(ii)     encountering a pothole;

(iii)    cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
(iv)    getting their bicycle wheel caught in a gap in a timber bridge.

A negligent cyclist could -

(a)    be litigated by a seriously injured cyclist, or 3rd party (ie. a woman pushing a pram on a footpath or a car driver) under common law where the damages could exceed $500,000; and

(b)    lose his/her home if he/she did not have public liability insurance which covers their negligence whilst on a push bike.

A negligent cyclist who did not have personal injury insurance (ie self-employed without income protection cover) could struggle to meet regular outgo commitments.

A seriously injured cyclist could be awarded damages which a negligent cyclist could not afford to pay if the negligent cyclist -
(I)     did not have public liability insurance cover; and/or
(II)    did not possess valuable assets.

Ø    Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
 join Bike NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected

Ø    Click on: Risk Management which warns of 'inter alia', the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps

Ø    Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"

Ø   Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø   Expend 5 min studying your street directory for this route, if you haven't ridden it before

Ø   Don't ride two abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line and descend corners on wet roads as though you are skating on ice

Ø   When passing a fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance.  If you can't, or are passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside" etc

Ten Muggs riders have now registered in 'Team Muggaccinos' for R2R.  Page 1 shows 7 Registrations, with page 2 showing the other 3 Registrations.
Details how to register in 'Team Muggaccinos' for $10 less than an Individual Registration fee are in The R2R Bullsheet.

Scribe    11 April 2014