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Sunday, 4 Dec '11  -  "Brunch at Warriewood- return via Wakehurst Parkway

*      6:35am from Hornsby Jersey St carpark  -  113km  -  ETR Hornsby 1:00pm

*      7:00am rollout from St Ives carpark         -    95km  -  ETR St Ives  12:10pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE

Ø      Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka BankTeller 0434 715.861 John aka Auckland, Pete aka CampyAficionado, Jean aka ChiliDog, Jane aka NeoLuddite and David aka CricketTragic are starting by 7:00am from St Ives carpark. 

   
 If ya want to join us, e-mail
BankTeller and ya will get added to this esteemed/select group.

SNAPSHOT
Rollout from Hornsby Jersey St carpark  to  St Ives carpark, Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (Sag Stop – pack nibbles), Church Point, Warriewood (Nosh Stop).  Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way.

SagStop:

1.      Terrey Hills Vale Fruit Barn                                      (5 min)
NoshStops:

1st:    West Head Lookout                                               (15 min)

2nd:   Sunrise Cafe overlooking Warriewood Beach       (35 min)

3rd:    Pattisons Patisserie                                                (20 min)

1st Leg:  Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark - 9km - 25 min

6:35am cycle:

Early on Sunday morn' the following route has low road traffic which follows the street signs to St Ives: 

*        Left down Pacific H'way for 800m

*        Left into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km

*        Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km

*        Right into Eastern Rd for 700m

*        Left into Burns Rd for 2.2km,

*        Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,

*        Right into Memorial Ave for 500m,

*        Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m. 

2nd Leg:  St Ives carpark via Duffys Forest to West Head Lookout - 41km - 105 min (agg 50km from Hornsby)
Depart St Ives car-park 7:00am:

  • E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km;

  • L into Myoora Rd passing Forest Way - at Terrey Hills Vale Fruit Barn;

  • 3km along Myoora Larool Rd until Tepko Rd which is 70m before Booralie Rd;

  • L into Tepko Rd (70m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m;

  • L into Booralie Rd and pedal like "shit out of Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);

  • "U" turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner – slower cyclists must turn around as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to via same route Terrey Hills neighbourhood shops;

  • Left into McCarrs Creek Rd immediately passing Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant and entering Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to "V" (dual entrances to the park);

  • R at the "V" anti-clockwise and descend to McCarrs Creek;

  • L over small timber bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture (Akuna Bay Marina is 2.8km on LHS);

  • Ahead 12km along West Head Rd to West Head Lookout.

Pack lots of nibbles, ‘cause we take our Sag Stop (15 min) from 8:45am for a snack and a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue peninsula.

3rd Leg: West Head to Warriewood - 28km - 70 min (agg 78km from Hornsby, agg 69km from St Ives) 
9
:00
am:

  • Return 12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,

  • Ahead descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek small timber bridge [55km],

  • L into McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina to Cabbage Tree Rd,

  • R into Cabbage Tree Rd with Bayview Golf Course on LHS;

  • Ahead for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,

  • Ahead into Ponderosa Pde veering Left becoming McPherson St for 2km to Warriewood Rd

  • R into Warriewood Rd 200m crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg L, then R] which leads to views of Blue Pacific overlooking majestic Warriewood Beach for Nosh Stop (35 min) at the Sunrise Cafe from 10:10am.

 

A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.  Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.  Sunrise Cafe, on the corner makes grouse burgers.

4th Leg: Warriewood beach cafés via Wakehurst Parkway to St Ives - 26km - 85 min (agg 104km from Hornsby, agg 95km from St Ives) 

 

10:45am -

  • Sth adjacent to the coast for 2km - initially along Sydney Rd which becomes Ocean St;

  • R into Malcolm St for 50m;

  • L into Lagoon St for 1km;

  • R into Waterloo St for 300m; 

  • R into Pittwater Rd for 100m crossing bridge over Narrabeen Lakes;

  • veer L into Wakehurst Parkway for a toughish 9.9km (initially flat past Narrabeen Lakes thence a constant climb) for Sag Stop (5 min) approaching crest of climb under shade of trees 100m prior to traffic lights at French Forest Rd or at the lights, so long as you get off the road

  • R into French Forest Rd at lights for 800m;

  • R into Rabbett St for 200m decent;

  • L into Adams St for a 200m "real tough" grind/climb;

  • R onto Forest Way for 5.3km; and

 

 

 

 

5th Leg: St Ives to Hornsby - 10km (agg 114km) - 30 min  -  ETR Hornsby 2pm

12:30pm 

Mona Vale Rd

0.9

Pentecost Ave

R

Pentecost Ave

2.0

Ku'ring'gai  Ave

A

Boomerang St

0.7

Eastern Rd

R

Eastern Rd

0.7

Bangalla St

L

Bangalla St

1.0

Millewa St

R

Millewa St

1.4

F3 Overpass

A

Alexandra Pde

1.5

Pattisons Ave/Leonard St

L

Pattisons Ave/Leonard St

0.5

Pacific H'way

R

Pacific H'way

0.8

Coronation St   

R

Coronation St   

0.3

Jersey St

L

Jersey St

0.1

Hornsby car park -  ETR 1pm

Risk Warning
1st Cycling Blackspot Warning.  The road section approx 300m prior to the West Head Lookout veers awkwardly to the right.  It is narrow with very little camber to facilitate cyclists holding the narrowing roadway.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 6 bad accidents when inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spin off the LHS.  One cyclist remained in a comma for 3 months.  Another cyclist who was heli-lifted out on Sunday 9 Nov remained in the Spinal Unit at RNSH -  Bank Teller visited him on Sat 2 Jan '10.
Descend to the West Head Lookout slowly and warn others to do likewise. 
RTA, which is responsible for West Head Rd, has been negligent in ignoring my three letters
dated 11 Jan 08, 8 Feb 08 and 29 March ’08 and Annexure to -
a)      straighten approx 200m of that road section by widening on the RHS,
b)      build up the camber on the LHS, and
c)      provide dedicated "Cyclists Descend Slowly" signage at the top of the descent.

2nd Cycling Blackspot Warning
Descend to Illawong Bay cautiously, as a few too many cyclists who were going too fast have hit The Wall, incl Siggy aka Smiling Sssassin who got carted out in an Ambo.

 

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"

Scribe's rap-up of Hornsby, Windsor, Freemans Reach, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston - 100km - 10 crew

Golly there was a lot of water out West this morn' and the paddocks look as though they will grow some feed over Summer.  It got a tad warm too.

Scribe    27 Nov '11