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Sunday, 9 Feb '14 - Hornsby station Jersey St carpark  7:10am for Quatre Montagnes  1st Leg to Mt White Village Store, Mt White  
+     Return directly to Hornsby  -  ETR 11:50am  
-  71km
+     OR  return via Berowra Waters,
Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston & Galston Gorge
 -  87.7km  -  ETR 12:35pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser:  Bank Teller 0434 715.861 [1st Responder], Tony aka Yorky [2nd Responder], John aka Auckland and wife Amy [3rd Responder], Kev aka TexDubbo [4th Responder], Syd aka MotorMechanic [5th Responder],  John aka BakerBoy, are starting at 7:10am from Hornsby station carpark. David aka CricketTragic, Tony aka Yorky, Barry aka BackPackerJane aka NeoLuddite, Mervyn aka AnotherBusDriver, Scott aka PatternMaker

APOLOGIES:

Jean aka ChiliDog is contributing to the 'public coffers' this Sunday.  John aka BakerBoy is 'working bee' at the arboretum.

If you think you are >80% of joining us, could you please e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya moniker in here.

Nosh Stops:
1st       
Mt White Village Store, Mt White, Mt White    from 8:45am       (30 min)
2nd     
Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston                                from 11:15am     (30 min)
King of the Mountain climbs:
1st   
   Cherro Point Rd to 15m past Mt White sign               7.55km
2nd     
Berowra Waters to Berrilee                                      3.50km
3rd     
Galston Bridge to Hornsby Heights Bus Stop             3.2km

1st Leg:  Hornsby station Jersey St carpark N/W side of station due Nth to Mt White Village Store, Mt White - 35km -  95 min

7:10am rollout for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 8:45am. 

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston  -  38.3km - 120 min

9:15am:

South down Old Pacific H'way for 24km to Berowra

R into Berowra Waters Rd for 6km to Berowra Waters ferry and 1st Sag Stop (10 min) waiting for Ferry

Ahead scaling to 3.5km to Koppers Log KOM at Berrilee

Ahead along for 6.8km to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) from 11:15am.

3rd Leg:  Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston to Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter - 10.7km - 35 min

11:45am:
Sth 4km along Galston Rd to Galston Roundabout
Left East 4.6km dropping to Galston Gorge timber bridge
Ahead climbing 3.3km to
Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter 2nd Sag Stop (5 min) arriving 12:20pm.

4th Leg:  Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter to Hornsby station carpark - 3.7km - 10 min

12:25pm:
Left East 2.9km to Hookham's Cnr.

Right into Pacific Highway for 1.1km to Hornsby station carpark - ETR 12:35pm.

Risk Warning

Ø   Do not cycle over the metal girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you if you try to cycle over any of the longitudinal steel beams.

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"

Syd aka MotorMechanic is now the 5th Mugg rider to purchase the same flight ticket to Milan, Italy for Tour Italia this August which includes 30kgs luggage

MotorMechanic has booked a two person bungalow at same camp ground in Colfosco.  Tour Italia informs that Bank Teller has sourced a second apartment in Bormio for 500 Euro for our 7 days in Bormio which can accommodate up to 4 adults.  Scott aka Patternmaker will concur that it won't be available for long as it took a LOT of searching to find our first apartment 'cause we are there in peak Summer season.  So if you would like to share these two apartments, thereby securing a cheap deal, and climb for up to 18 climb days with Muggs 'burgeoning contingent', contact Syd or Bank Teller pronto.

Bank Teller's pics of Hornsby for Tour de Wisemans Ferry, return via Cliftonville, Stone House Café Maroota, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Galston Gorge  -  118km  -  12 riders

Above pics at Wisemans Ferry after 49.7km from Hornsby

Above five pics at Maroota Stone House cafe after 71km where we got white table cloth treatment.
Bank Teller rec'd an email on Wed 5 Feb from Amy G_ymer, Tenant/Cafe Mgr, informing that she was closing her occupancy this Saturday, because the Owner/Landlord refused to expend monies to achieve Compliance determined by Local Council.  This is a real shame because Amy was an exceedingly zealous/fervent Tenant/Cafe Mgr.  

Three Hombres (Eric aka PapaBear, Tony aka Yorky and Kev aka TexDubbo) again conquered annual 200km Audax Alpine Classic, fortuitously on a 'cooler' Summer's day. 

Muggs patrons will be invited to attend Bright 'in force' next Aust Day Jan '15. long w'end to witness Eric aka PapaBear 'clock-up' his 20th consecutive 200km Audax Alpine Classic, whereupon PapaBear earns a commemorative Audax T-shirt.

Bank Teller's pics of  Hornsby, Mt White, Peats Ridge, Yarramalong - "Iron Horse” home from Wyong train station  -  94km -  6 riders

We came across a Red Chook at Mt. White that wasn't afraid of "any dumb human"

Bank Teller    2 Feb '14