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Sunday 11 Oct '09 - Start from either Hornsby station carpark or Porter's Lookout, Dural to meet up at Windsor for 1st Nosh Stop at 9:30am

i) Hornsby station carpark rollout 7:20am 52km via Galston Gorge and Pitt Town Rd arriving Macquarie Square Windsor at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min)

Return via -
* Cattai Ridge, Arcadia/Bay Rd, Berowra Ferry, Old Pacific H'way - 102km; or

* Wilberforce, Sackville Ferry, Wisemans Ferry Rd, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Galston Gorge, Hornsby - 129km

ii) Porter's Lookout, Dural 7:50am to cycle 38km to Windsor to arrive at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) - Agg 76km - ETR Dural 11:30am

iii) Galston shops 7:55am to cycle 41km to Windsor to arrive at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) - Agg 83km - ETR Galston 11:40pm

In theory, all starters should arrive at Cnr Old Northern Rd and Wyoming Rd around 8am.

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller 9114.6689 hm or 0434 715.861 is starting at Hornsby, together with Jane aka Neo-Luddite, BakerBoy and ChiliDog. KayakMan and PacificPete are starting from Dural.
If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya.

i) above detailed below:

Hornsby station carpark 300m Nth of station in Jersey St to Windsor, via Galston Gorge and Pitt Town Rd arriving Macquarie Square Windsor at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) - 52km
7:20am rollout from Hornsby car-park N/W of station [80m N of Railway Hotel in Jersey St]

Dir	Street "in"	km	Street "to"
Nth	Jersey St	0.5	Bridge Rd
L	Bridge Rd	0.25	Old Pacific H'way
R	Old Pacific H’way	0.8	Galston Rd
L	Galston Rd	3.05	Galston Gorge bridge
A	Galston Rd	3.3	"L" turn twds nursery
L	Galston Rd	1.05	Galston
L	Galston Rd	0.45	Mid Dural Rd
R	Mid Dural Rd	0.05	Mid Dural Rd
	approx 8:10am		50m into Mid Dural Rd
A	Mid Dural Rd	1.85	Old Northern Rd
L	Old Northern Rd	2.5	Wyoming Rd
R	Wyoming Rd	0.7	Langford/Davey Rd
L	Langford/Davey Rd	1.6	Derriwong Rd
L	Derriwong Rd	0.5	Wirrabarra Rd
R	Wirrabarra Rd	0.6	Pellit Lane
R	Pellit Lane	0.2	Kenthurst Rd
	2nd Sag Stop		50m short of Kenthurst Rd
R	Kenthurst Rd	4.5	Pitt Town Rd
L	Pitt Town Rd	12.9	Neich Rd
A	Neich Rd	0.85	Scheyville Rd
L	Scheyville Rd	4.8	Old Stock Route Rd
L	Old Stock Route Rd	1.9	Wolseley Rd
R	Wolseley Rd	1.2	Havelock St
L	Havelock St	0.4	Old Hawkesbury Rd
R	Old Hawkesbury Rd	0.4	Pitt Town Rd
L	Pitt Town Rd	0.5	Windsor Rd
R	Windsor Rd	1.5	Macquarie St
L	Macquarie St	0.2	Windsor Rd / Richmond Rd.

Arrive Macquarie Place Windsor at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min).

ii) above detailed below:

Porter's Lookout Dural to Windsor, via Pitt Town Rd arriving Macquarie Square Windsor at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) - 38km
7:50am rollout from Porter's Lookout, Dural where KayakMan and Pacific Pete plan to start:

L	Old Northern Rd	1.2	Wyoming Rd
L	Wyoming Rd	0.7	Langford/Davey Rd
L	Langford/Davey Rd	1.6	Derriwong Rd
L	Derriwong Rd	0.5	Wirrabarra Rd
R	Wirrabarra Rd	0.6	Pellit Lane
R	Pellit Lane	0.2	Kenthurst Rd
	2nd Sag Stop		50m short of Kenthurst Rd
R	Kenthurst Rd	4.5	Pitt Town Rd
L	Pitt Town Rd	12.9	Neich Rd
A	Neich Rd	0.85	Scheyville Rd
L	Scheyville Rd	4.8	Old Stock Route Rd
L	Old Stock Route Rd	1.9	Wolseley Rd
R	Wolseley Rd	1.2	Havelock St
L	Havelock St	0.4	Old Hawkesbury Rd
R	Old Hawkesbury Rd	0.4	Pitt Town Rd
L	Pitt Town Rd	0.5	Windsor Rd
R	Windsor Rd	1.5	Macquarie St
L	Macquarie St	0.2	Windsor Rd / Richmond Rd.

Arrive Macquarie Place Windsor at 9:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min).

2nd Leg for i) above at 10:00am:

* Cattai Ridge, Arcadia/Bay Rd, Berowra Ferry, Old Pacific H'way - 51km - Agg 103km ETR Hornsby 12:50pm; or

* Wilberforce, Sackville Ferry, Wisemans Ferry Rd, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Galston Gorge - 59km to Andy's Cafe Nth Galston thence 19km to Hornsby ETR Hornsby 1:35pm

2nd Leg for ii) above at 10:00am: Windsor, Cattai Ridge Rd, Old Northern Rd to Porters Lookout Dural - 34km - 90 min - ETR Dural 11:20am

Risk Warning
Ø There are two timber bridges on Pitt Town Rd about 12km short of Windsor with dangerous gaps between some planks and large extruding bolts. Dismount and walk these two short bridges, because in June 2009 Rex took a nasty tumble on the 2nd bridge closer to Windsor

Ø Do not cycle over the metal girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, if you opt to cycle off the ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you.
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

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 Bicycle 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"

Rap-up of Cinque Montagnes plus Brooklyn - 100km - 5 crew

BankTeller, PacificPete, LoisLane, Sloth and Navigator at the Red Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Pier after 38km from Nth Turra'

In between showers, the air was crisp 'n clean, as evidenced in the above 'n below two snaps at Berowra Waters whilst waiting "fur the ferry" - see Beaut Country Views.

You wouldn't know it from the above pics at Red Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Pier and Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston that there was any rain, but Golly Gosh there was. Descending Bobbin Head at the outset we copped a light shower and descending Bobbin head on the return home we copped a veritable sloshfest, whereupon approaching the apex at Nth Turra' the sun was shining again.

Bank Teller 5 Oct ' 09 0434 715.861 9114.6689