16th
annual King of the Mountain Challenge
Climb 12 KOM Climbs in the Southern Highlands
Camp at Berry Showground between Wednesday
17th and Sunday 22nd Nov ‘21
Muggaccinos.com invites you to camp at scenic Berry Showground @ $12 per
tent p/n (with no booking req’d) or book a room in a motel and cycle over
some/all of the 5 days the bestest cluster of
tough climbs in NSW - nestled around pristine Kangaroo Valley and verdant
Kiama. Or cruise the flatlands along the
marvellous Illawarra coastline.
Utilising Berry
Showground as a home base enables cyclists to catch the quaint local train
service to Bombaderry, Kiama and Albion Park Rail on
3 of the 9 days to climb 6 of the below 12 KOM Climbs in the Illawarra Climb Region.
1. Woodhill Mountain
from Berry
2.
3. Tourist Rd up Bellawongara Mountain to Cambawarra
Mtn Lookout Cafe
4. Cambawarra
Mountain from Bomaderry
5. Cambawarra
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. Fountaindale Rd up
Saddleback Mountain
12. Barrengarry Mountain
to Fitzroy Falls
Rides commence from Berry on the other 4 days to climb remaining
5 KOM Climbs.
If you have concrete quads you might scale the above Climbs on
a double 52/39 chain ring, so long as you have a 28 on your rear cassette. However, a triple chain-ring or compact 50/34
front crank is recommended.
Muggaccinos 1st
Commandment is:
“Hills are your
friends, and mountains are your mates.”
Flatter day rides on quiet roads SW of
No bookings at Berry Showground req’d and only $12 per night per tent camping fee -
20m council swimming pool is 100m from Berry Showground campsite.
Berry is a showpiece of the Southern Highlands with lots of things
to do, people to see, places to go and pubs to visit, when not cycling its marvelous mountains.
Not every cycle enthusiast can get days off work in early Nov, so
approx 30% of attendees will drive down early Saturday morning to Kiama station
for final two days of climbing – 5 climbs.
It is 2 hrs drive from the
Contact Phil Johnston 0434 715.861 or ScribePJ@bigpond.com if you would like to be added to the 15th
King of the Mountain Challenge Attendance Schedule
in The Bullsheet. If at the 11th hour you have to
bail-out, no worries, ‘cause there is always next November.