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The Bullsheet
Sunday,
17 July, by 8:45am
rollout from St Ives “Whale Beach for Brekkie,
Palm Beach loop, Akuna Bay cafe for Brunch” -
90.2km - ETR 3pm.
Or skip the Akuna Bay adjunct, returning to
St Ives at 1:30pm - 79km
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Ride
Organiser:
Phil Johnston
- 9498.3684 hm who is cycling in USA, but returns
for Tour de Macarthur
w'end on 20/21 Aug
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Hardcopy
this Ride Description and spend 3 min reviewing
and bring on Sunday
Cycle
two abreast on single lane roads at own risk, and never
ride two abreast with a unbroken centre line
Keep well to LHS
of the road and get
off the road at Sag Stops -
Don't
cross 3 lanes of traffic at lights at McCarrs Creek Rd back onto Mona Vale Rd.
Rather return
along Larool Rd, or use the tunnel under Mona Vale Rd
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Snapshot:
Between 8:35am and 8:45am
rollout
from St Ives
car park Mona Vale Rd.
L
at
Mona Vale Fruit Barn twds McCarrs Creek Rd, past Church Point
twds
Mona Vale.
L (one road after Mona St) into Darley Rd and L
700m later into Barrenjoey Rd for 10km up main beach road to
Nth into Whale Beach
Rd.
Return along
Barrenjoey Rd to top of Avalon golf course,
L
for
3km back-road thru The Serpentine returning to
Barrenjoey Rd at Sth
Bilgola Beach with
[64km]
at Akuna Bay café at 1:05pm
- ETR St Ives 3pm.
SagStops:
1st:
Mona Vale Fruit Barn
(3 min)
from 9:05am
2nd: Church Point
(5 min)
from 9:35am
3rd:
Bilgola Beach lookout
(10 min) at 11:45am
4th: Top of
Newport hill
(10 min) at 12:20pm
NoshStops:
1st:
Whale Beach (35
min) from 10:45am
2nd: Akuna Bay (30
min) from 1:05pm
KOM Climb:
TollBooth at Illawong Bay
past Cottage Pt Rd to TollBooth at entrance
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1st
Leg:
St Ives to Whale Beach - 40.9km - 105 min
Between 8:35am and 8:45am
rollout
from St Ives
car park Mona Vale Rd [opposite
Pattison's Patisserie
and Stanley St.]
-
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E along Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km;
-
L
[opposite
Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn]
into Myoora Rd and take a
1st Sag Stop
(3 min)
- don't cluster at Sag Stop,
rather spread thin to get well to LHS of Myoora Rd;
Ahead
along Myoora Rd
for 300m; -
Ahead into
Larool Rd for 2.9km
-
R into Booralie Rd for
300m passing Terrey Hills shops and roundabout;
-
L to McCarrs Creek Rd descend
2.2km into the park -
to the V
(dual entrances
to the park);
R fork
and pedal 2.8km descending McCarrs Creek Rd
to
McCarrs Creek
bridge;
Ahead
5.5km along
McCarrs Creek Rd
to Church Point [20km] at 8:10am
2nd Sag Stop (5 min) - Be
ready to roll out promptly; -
East
twds Mona Vale for 3½km - road becomes Pittwater Rd past Cabbage Tree Rd (on
RHS)
to Darley
St -
500m short of Mona Vale shops;
-
Left
(one road after Mona St) into Darley
Rd and L 700m later into
Barrenjoey Rd
for 10km up main beach road past Bungan,
Newport and Avalon
beachesand R into
Whale Beach Rd.
2nd
Leg
Whale Beach to
Palm Beach to Akuna Bay Café - 28.7km - (agg 69.6km)
- 126 min
11:20am
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Nth on Whale Beach
Rd/Florida Rd/Palm Beach Rd for 3km hugging the coastline to Palm Beach -
-
L Sth
onto Barrenjoey Rd for
5.6km passing
Avalon
Golf Course on RHS;
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SignPost
L into The Serpentine for
3km adjunct into/out of Bilgola Beach which avoids a tight section of
Barrenjoey Rd and
provides a stunning view south from Bilgola Beach lookout
4thSag Stop
(10 min);
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Ahead along
The Serpentine
down to/up from
Bilgola Beach;
L
back onto Barrenjoey Rd for 2km passing Newport Beach and climb a short
humdinger
up Newport hill and take
5thSag Stop
(10 min) -
lift your bike over the gutter and get off the
busy 3 lane road; -
Ahead
1.5km and passing Bungan Beach on LHS, and approach Mona Vale;
-
R back into Darley St for 700m (wait
until it is safe to cross over to R lane);
-
R into
Pittwater
Rd for 8.5km to Church Point [56.7km] (10:45am)
to McCarrs Creek bridge [62km];
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R into
West Head Rd for 1.5km to "T" intersection;
L
into Liberator General San Martin Drive for 2.8km to
Akuna Bay for
2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) from [67km].
3rd
Leg:
Akuna Bay to St Ives - 20.3km (agg 90.2km) - 61 min
At 1:35pm commence final leg -
-
West
for 8.1km along Liberator General San Martin Drive passing
Illawong Bay,
Cottage Point Rd, park entrance toll-both to "V" juncture
at McCarrs Creek Rd,
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Ahead
for 2.2km to the apex
of
McCarrs Creek
Rd;
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R into
Booralie Rd for 200m;
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L into
Myoora Rd for 3.3km;
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R into Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km to
St. Ives car-park – ETR 3pm
– 90.2km
NOTE:
After
climbing to the apex of McCarrs Creek Rd, either take the tunnel under Mona Vale
Rd or retrace along Larool Rd to
Terrey Hills Fruit Barn and R at lights onto Mona Vale Rd.
Recommend you don't
enter Mona Vale Rd at lights at McCarrs Creek Rd, as motorists coming from the coast are doing 80+
clicks and aren't impeded by the traffic lights granting us access to
Mona Vale Rd.
Scribe's rap-up of a windswept
Hornsby to Wyong for
Iron Horse home - 93km - 5 cyclists
It was a morn' which didn't warm the cockles of you heart to
bust into the saddle. In fact, when
Scribe
found only John aka Auckland marshalled at Hornsby station,
Scribe hoped that
John may want to retreat to a cafe in Hornsby, seeing as how it was a bleak
'n blustery desolate morn'.
However, John had missed three Sundays running and announced
that he wanted to
ride. We were soon joined by Barry aka
Firey and Grant aka
BeanCounter.
Richard A, who had cycled from Dural,
met us at a windswept Mt White which was bereft of motor bikes.
Only three of us, Scribe, Auckland and Firey
made it to Wyong, albeit in record time, 'cause we had a screaming southerly up
our Khyber Pass all the way, because Wyong is due Nth of Hornsby.
But you would have thought you were throwing good money after bad, if
back at a desolate Hornsby
at eight bells
you had pondered that anyone would be aboarding a train from
the scheduled destination's end of Wyong mid-arvo, even if we did skip the 58km
out/back diversion to Spencer.
Bank Teller
10
July
'05
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