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Sunday, 15 Dec '13  -  "Brunch at Warriewood" - return via Powder Works Rd and Mona Vale Rd

*      6:55am from Hornsby Jersey St carpark   -  106km  -  ETR Hornsby 1:15pm

*      7:25am rollout from St Ives carpark         -    87km  -  ETR St Ives  12:30pm

 WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

............................... are starting from Hornsby Jersey St carpark at 7:05am.

Ride Organiser, Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller [1st Responder], Matt aka Printer [5th Responder] and Tony aka Yorky [4th Responder] are starting from St Ives carpark at 7:25am.

, Jane aka NeoLuddite, Alan aka PharLap, Barry aka BackPacker , David aka TreeHugger , Bill aka Glasgow, Peter aka AnotherBeanCounter  Kev aka TexDubbo

Trev aka Tornado [3rd Responder] plans to meet up at the Terrey Hills Fruit Barn after 6km.

Syd aka MotorMechanic [2nd Responder] is riding from his home and meeting us at West Head.

 APOLOGIES:

John aka Auckland is back from USA but buried in work.

Jean aka ChiliDog is driving a Govt. bus 'to keep the wolves from the door'.

David aka CricketTragic is in Newcastle.

If you think you are 80% confident to start, subject to being greeted by a fine morning, please e-mail BankTeller and he will add you above.

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 Powder Works Rd & Mona Vale Rd.

SagStop:

1.      Terrey Hills Vale Fruit Barn                                       (5 min)

2.      Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant                                      (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

6:55am cycle:

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

2nd Leg:  St Ives carpark via Duffys Forest to West Head Lookout - 41km - 115 min (agg 50km from Hornsby)
Depart St Ives car-park 7:25am:

• E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km;

• L into Myoora Rd passing Terrey Hills Fruit Barn at 7:45am;

• 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 past Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre, thru roundabout and take 2nd Sag Stop (5 min) from around 8:10am outside Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant at top of McCarrs Creek Rd - muster off the road;

• Left down McCarrs Creek Rd and enter 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 9:20am for a snack and a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue peninsula.

3rd Leg: West Head to Warriewood - 28km - 75 min (agg 78km from Hornsby, agg 69km from St Ives) 
9:35am:

• 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 10:50am.

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.

Also, ride single file after turning L from Powder Works Rd into Mona Vale Rd over the 5km to Forest Way
 

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"