Muggaccinos.com  The Bullsheet   Sunrise 6:24am    If the weather out West is clearer than due North, we may agree to ride to Riverstone via Cattai Ridge/Withers Rd or to Windsor

Participant cyclists are starting at least 30 seconds apart and will maintain Social Distancing both on the bike and at Nosh Stops

8am Sunday, 7 May '20 - Hornsby station Jersey St carpark for Quatre Montagnes to Mt White Village Store, Mt White  
+  
Return via PitS to Hornsby  -  ETR 12:30pm  -  70km
+   OR  return via Berowra Waters, Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston & Galston Gorge  -  87.7km  -  ETR 1:30pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser, Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller  0434 715.861 [1st Acceptor], Eric aka PapaBear [2nd Acceptor], Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller  [3rd Acceptor], Jean aka ChiliDog [4th Acceptor], Jane aka NeoLuddite [5th Acceptor], are starting from Hornsby from 8am. 

APOLOGIES:

Ann aka ToothFairy , Pete aka CampyAficinado,

If you think you are >80% of joining us, contingent upon being greeted by a fine morn', can you e-mail or 'phone Scribe

Nosh Stops:
1st       
Mt White Village Store, Mt White             from 9:30am           (30 min)
2nd     
Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston                         from 12:05pm         (25 min)

1st Leg:  Hornsby station Jersey St carpark N/W side of station due Nth to Mt White Village Store, Mt White - 35km -  100 min

8am rollout for 1st Nosh Stop at Mt White Village Store (30 min) from 9:45am. 

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston  -  38.3km - 125 min (agg 73.3km)

10:15am 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 (25 min) from 12:20pm.

 

3rd Leg:  Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston to Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter - 10.7km - 30 min (agg 84km)

12:45pm 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 1:15pm.

 

4th Leg:  Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter to Hornsby station carpark - 3.7km - 10 min (agg 87.7km)

1:20pm. Left East 2.9km to Hookham's Cnr.

Right into Pacific Highway for 1.1km to Hornsby station carpark - ETR 1:30pm.

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   Descend Les Montagnes real slow on wet or damp roads.

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"

Hornsby, Galston Bus Shelter, Windsor, Kurrajong, Richmond train - 115km - 7 riders, although Ann aka ToothFairy and Pete aka CampyAficinado only cycled 63km (Galston/Windsor/Galston) and Bank Teller 79km

Above three pics from adjacent to Thompsons Square, Windsor

Thence some of us got lost cycling to Richmond via Freemans Reach and ended up at Kurrajong.

St. Ives, Duffy's Forest, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, St. Ives - 69km - 6 riders

 

Regrouping at the T juncture after scaling from Akuna Bay

Pristine blue skies at Bayview Marina cafe

Good Friday, 30 Mar, Sutherland to Otford, thence cycling up The Wall (20% gradient for initial 800m) to Helensburgh, thence north to Sutherland along Old Princes H'way - 63km - 4 riders

Nth Turra', Berowra Waters, GG, Nth Turra - 81km - 4 riders

OLD PICS:  Nth Turra' for Cinque Montagnes clockwise, first stop Andy's Cafe  - 7 riders - 84km for The Three Little Pigs who didn't 'squib it'

Matt and BankTeller rehydrating (no half measures) at Berowra - late Jan '17

Mr Owl is on patrol!!!

St Ives, Duffy's Forest, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, Church Point  - 68km  - 4 riders

 

Bank Teller    7 Feb '16