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Sunday, 6 Feb, Somersby "Bellbirds" Peats Ridge anti-clockwise:
*     By 7:20am Hornsby 125km - ETR Hornsby 2:45pm
*     By 7:40am Berowra 103km - ETR Berowra 2:05pm

Or turnaround at Mt White - 71km round trip from Hornsby - ETR 11:20am

  • All cyclists should target arriving at 1st Nosh Stop at Mt White at 8:50am.  If you are slow, start early.  If ya fast, start by above times.

  • If driving to Berowra, take 2nd off-road from Freeway, and turn R into Old Pacific H'way to nearby Berowra

  • The hypertext at "Sun" in "Rides Calendar 2004 - Jan to Mar" adjacent to 6-Feb-05 is an Altitude Profile for this ride - we commence at Hornsby at 150m above sea level, drop to almost sea level when crossing Hawkesbury River and ascend to 300m around Peats Ridge

  • Ride Organiser;:   Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Ride in single file on single lane roads which have an unbroken centre line, 'cause a RedNeck might clip ya!

Nosh Stops:
 1st    Mt White Village Store                    from 8:50am          (30 min) 
2nd  Somersby General Store                from 10:35am          (30 min)
3rd   Pie in the Sky                                 from 1:25pm           (20 min)
 Sag Stops:
1st    Roundabout to Kariong                from 10:05am            (5 min)
2nd   MidCoast Petroleum                     from 11:35am          (10 min)
3rd    Mt White Village Store                 from 12:35pm            (5 min)

King of the Mountain climbs:
 1st    Cherro Point Rd to 2nd Mt White sign                           7.55km
 2nd   300m past Mooney Mooney Bridge to KOM                  3.65km
 3rd    Brooklyn Rd to Pie in the Sky                                       3.85km

1st Leg: Hornsby to Mt White Bikie Hangout - 35.5km - 87 min

Park in Jersey St Hornsby street-side car-park 80m Nth of Railway Hotel - N/W side of Hornsby station. 

Rollout between 7:05am and 7:20am depending on your speed, -

  • N up Jersey St  for 200m,

  • L for 30m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, where the Berowra contingent will commence ahead of the marauding/encroaching Peloton opposite Berowra station from 7:40am, for 1st Nosh Stop (from 8:50am for 30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe. 

 

2nd Leg: Mt White to Somersby General Store - 24.5km (60km) - 70 min

9:15am -

  • Nth up Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange

  • R twds Gosford along the "Scenic Route" for 4.3km to Mooney Mooney Creek

  • Ahead uphill for 6.5km to "Wisemans Ferry / Gosford Roundabout" for Sag Stop (5 min) off-the-road

  • L into Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to Somersby General Store (4372.1269ph) for a 2nd Nosh Stop (from 9:55am for 30 min) - good burgers.

 

3rd Leg: Somersby General Store to Peats Ridge - 9.5km (70km) - 25 min

By 10:55am -

 

  • L along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m

  • L down "on-ramp" along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to MidCoast Petroleum for Sag Stop [5 min] from 11:35am.

 

4th Leg: Peats Ridge to Mt White - 20.6km (90km) - 50 min

11:40am -

  • Sth down Peats Ridge Rd for 14.5km to Calga Interchange

  • L (at "Scenic Road" sign to Brooklyn) and continue 6.1km returning to Mt White Village Store for Sag Stop [10 min] from 12:30pm.

 

5th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km (106km) - 41 min

12:40pm descend Old Pacific H'way, cross Brooklyn Bridge over Hawkesbury River, pass Brooklyn Rd [103km] and ascend 3.9km for 3rd Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky [25 min] from 1:10pm.

 

6th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km (125.5km) - 60 min

1:35pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

  • pass Berowra [115km] around 2:15pm, and

  • return to Hornsby, taking R fork at Asquith, continuing along Old Pacific H'way [125.5km] at 2:45pm.

 

 

 

Bank Teller's rap-up of Sunday 30 Jan Tour de Windsor - 131km  - 15 starters

 

 

 

 

A marvelous 131km hit-out to Windsor with 4 KOM Climbs, plus a cruel little bugger from Cattai Creek and that nasty short squeeze up Wylds Rd to Grumpy’s.

15 participated which included three cyclists from Big Foot who have registered some lightning times in www.KOMpm.com – Paul D. aka PD, Mary Fein aka Piglet and Anthony Darr aka Blinkers (who bears a close resemblance to French climber, Richard Virenque).

The Big Foot brigade peeled-off at Galston Park whereupon BeanCounter, Adam ‘n Eve, Bank Teller, Yamaha, Samurai, John aka Auckland and Koala Bear headed for Windsor via Pitt Town Rd.

Samurai ‘n Yamaha got put-off by a highland mist around Dural and tossed in the towel.

After 66km with a few damp patches, the rest of us arrived at Windsor and met-up with Whippet, ToothFairy, Lynda, and Whippet’s daughter, Jan, who recently returned from completing her PhD at Oxford.

The nosh and table service at Lynda’s Café in Macquarie St left nothing to be desired, particularly from the shapely brunette who looked after our every culinary need.

After a 30 min pig-out, and arriving at the familiar bus shelter on Old Northern Rd, ToothFairy peeled-off twds Dural and the rest of us hammered up the two remaining KOM Climbs:

  • Berowra Ferry to Berowra Park; and
  • Bobbin Head Stone Toilet Block to TollBooth.

Upon returning for a well-earned Ginger Beer at The Corner Café Nth Turra’, Bank Teller elucidated to Koala Bear that the reason he enjoys cycling so much is “the wonderer feeling one gets when you finally return to the carpark, and you dump your bike in the trunk and anticipate during the drive home - a well deserved Power Nap.  Koala Bear retorted that he wouldn't be game to return home from cycling all day and tell his wife that he was off for a nap.

Scribe    30 Jan 2005