Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

[Scheduled "Yarramalong Valley  - Iron Horse ride' is jettisoned due to rail track work on Central Coast line this w'end]

Sunday, 8 Sept, Somersby "Bellbirds" Peats Ridge anti-clockwise:
*  7:50am Hornsby 125km - ETR Hornsby 3:15pm
*  8:20am Berowra 103km - ETR Berowra 2:50pm

Or turnaround at Mt White for a 71km round trip from Hornsby

  • Ride Leader  Phil Johnston - 9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Cycle two abreast at own risk.  Keep well to LHS

  • Get off the road at Sag Stops

  • Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for Public Liability cover in case another Mugg sues your arse for riding negligence

  • Some cyclists start at Berowra - take 2nd off-road from Freeway

  • Let Phil know if you are commencing from Hornsby

  • 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 tight" etc

  • Bring small notes or gold coins for Nosh Stops

  • Don't ride with Muggs if your tyres are crap or your gears don't work, 'cause the Peloton is gettin' pulled up unnecessarily

 

1st Leg: Hornsby to Mt White Bikie Hangout - 35.5km

Park in Jersey St Hornsby street-side car-park 80m Nth of Railway Hotel - N/W side of Hornsby station. 

Rollout BY 7.50am, -

  • N up Jersey St  for 200m,

  • L for 20m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, meeting the Berowra contingent opposite Berowra station at 8:20am, for 1st Nosh Stop (from 9:20am for 30 min) at Mt White Village Store.  The service sucks, and the coffee is terrible, so don't buy it unless you want to pedal hard to catch up.

 

2nd Leg: Mt White to Somersby General Store - 24.5km

9:50am -

  • Nth up Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange

  • R twds Gosford along the "Scenic Route" for 4.3km to Mooney Mooney Creek

  • Ahead 6.5km to "Wisemans Ferry / Gosford Roundabout"

  • L into Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to Somersby General Store (4372.1269ph) for a 2nd Nosh Stop (from 11:05am for 30 min) - good burgers.

 

3rd Leg: Somersby General Store to Peats Ridge - 9.5km

 

11:35pm -

 

  • L along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m

  • L down "on-ramp" along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to MidCoast Petroleum for Sag Stop [from 12:10am for 10 min].

 

4th Leg: Peats Ridge to Mt White - 20.6km

12:20pm -

  • Sth down Peats Ridge Rd for 14.5km to Calga Interchange

  • L (at "Scenic Road" sign to Brooklyn) and continue 6.1km returning to Mt White Village Store for Sag Stop [from 1:10pm for 10 min].

 

5th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km

1.20pm descend Old Pacific H'way, cross Brooklyn Bridge over Hawkesbury River, pass Brooklyn Rd [103km] and ascend 3.9km for 3rd Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky [from 2:pm for 35 min].

 

6th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km

2:45pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

  • pass Berowra [115.5km] around 2:50pm, and

  • return to Hornsby [125.5km] at 3:15pm.

 

Bank Teller's rap-up of Sunday, 1 Sept, Brooklyn Pier 'n back - 82km, 5 starters

 

For the 3rd week on the trot, Sat has been a corker 'n Sunday a dog.  This morn' was another shocker with overcast, fast moven' skies - you guessed it, a force 10 gale comin' from the South Pole.  But somehow thankfully it remained "mostly dry".

 

With 5 Muggs soaken up the sun, cycling in the Bicycle Qld "Bundaburg to Brisbane" ride, Whippet in the ski-fields, Sputnik in Russia, Widget with her noggin' hidden under the covers, and Darren at home doing squaw chores, we only attracted 5 crew from Turra', with Ray joining us approaching Brooklyn.

 

 

Brooklyn Pier around 10:40am, after 41 clicks via Bobbin Head where a strong tailwind assisted the Pac H'way leg Nth.  L to R Malvern Star, Princess of Monaco, Papa Bear (in senior statesman form), Smiling Assassin, Catherine and BigGears.  The Flash and Kiwi are shooten the breeze back left. Teller was holding the picture machine.

 

 

40 mins later after a slog into the wind to a forlorn PitS.  L to R The Flash, PapaBear (showing his best side), Caroline, Ray, Malvern Star, 'n BigGears.

 

Around 1:30pm, after Caroline had peeled-off at Berowra, four tuckered-out troops, soldiered back to Turra' mostly dry with 82.6km under the belt.  

Kiwi won the "most improved" after seconding -

  • Rolf to fix her front derailleur (so the her chain would stop coming off), and 

  • Siggy to adjust her rear derailleur (so it worked properly for the first time since she bought the bike).  

 

A merit award goes to BigGears for carrying Julie's Black Mac up a couple of hill, which Kiwi has promised to jettison from her cycle kit-bag, just as soon as her brand spankers, schmickers Ground Effects fluro yellow jacket arrives from the-other-side-of-the-ditch.

 

The Scribe    2 Sept 2002