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Saturday, 9 June '12 – Trois Montagnes (anti-clockwise) from Hornsby with 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn  -  ETR 12:20pm

Start 200m NW of Hornsby station from 8:20am for 73km loop.  

Cyclists should time their start to arrive at 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn at 9:25am. 
WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861  John aka Auckland, Jane aka NeoLuddite, Jean aka ChiliDog, are starting from Hornsby at 8:20am. 
If you think you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn' which is forecast, but alas not for Sunday, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add you

Snapshot:
Start from 200m NW of Hornsby station cycling North up Old Pacific H'way, to 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn.  Thence 11km retracing to turn right at Berowra Waters Rd to Nth Galston for lunch at Andy's Cafe.  Return via Galston Gorge.
 SagStops:
1st       Red Herring Café                     -    9:25am    (30 min)

2nd      Berowra Waters punt             -   10:45am    (10 min)

NoshStop:

1st       Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston         -  11:20am     (25 min)

KOM climbs:
 1st climb:     Brooklyn Rd large aluminium light poll to 20m before Pie in the Sky entrance - 3.85km

2nd climb:    150m West of Berowra Waters punt to Koppers Log Berrilee - 3.40km

3rd climb:     cement Bridge at Galston Gorge to 50m before Bus Shelter -  3.4km

1st Leg: Hornsby to Red Herring Café Brooklyn  -  26km  - 65 min

Rollout Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] by 8:20am cycling 500m Nth up Jersey St, L into Wharf Rd for 60m, R [at traffic lights] onto Pacific Highway and cycle Nth on Pacific Highway passing Berowra station 8:40am, Cowan station 8:50am and Pie in the Sky Cafe at 9:05am.  After passing Pie in the Sky Cafe descend almost to water level, R turn into Brooklyn Rd for 3.2km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn from 9:25am. 

2nd Leg: Red Herring Café, Brooklyn to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston  -  33km - 85 min (agg 59km)

9:55am return for 11km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters Punt at 10:30am for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) during ride on the punt. 

Or continue south and return to Hornsby car park [52km] 11am. 

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia we take 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's Cafe from 11:20am.

 

 

3rd Leg: Andy's Cafe to Hornsby 14km - 30 min (agg 73km)

11:45am commence return home continuing South along Galston Rd to the large roundabout at Galston, Left to descend and scale Galston George passing familiar Hornsby Heights' bus shelter.

Continue 3km to Hookham's Corner and right for 2km to Jersey St, Hornsby - ETR 12:20pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Ř   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

Ř   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

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

Last Sat's 'beat the rain' Hornsby to Brooklyn return  -  52km  -  4 starters

Karen and Clint (in these pics with Auckland and Bank Teller) rode with Muggs a few times a few years ago.  By chance, Phil met Karen at PitS a few weeks' ago, when Karen said that they would try and 'become more disciplined'.  This morning they joined us, and the calibre of conversation was a tad more intellectual than many Muggs' cafe chats.  Consensus was that with Australia having the lowest consumption tax rate in the world, and the highest 'on-line' GST exemption rate in the world, Australia should -

(i)          increase its GST rate from the floor price of 10% (half that of Britain and two thirds that of NZ) that John Howard adopted 'to get it in' to 15%, and remove a few inefficient taxes; and

(ii)         reduce the current threshold for 'on-line' purchases from $1,000 to $100 to close an unfair loophole (which is cruelling traditional retailing) where shoppers have to contribute to the fiscal purse by paying GST, but The Haves do not when purchasing 'on-line'. (The UK charges import VAT on all goods purchased over the internet over AUD26, and over AUD59 for gifts. Canada charges HST on purchases over $20 and $60 for gifts.  No country has a consumption tax exemption for 'on-line' purchases which is greater than $100, except Australia.  Why are we so different to all other countries?)