Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

Sunday, 29 Dec - Tour de Windsor:

i)             Turramurra @ 6:40am via M2 - 98km - ETR 12:55pm; or

ii)           Dural @ 7:20am via Pitt Town Rd - 66km - ETR 11:20pm

 

Ø    Ride contact is Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm

Ø    Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø  Expend 10 mins studying your UBD/Gregory's to familiarize with the below

Ø  Don't leave your brain at home on battery-recharge, 'cause this is a complex ride

Ø  Ride two abreast on single lane roads, particularly during Sackville loop, at own peril

Ø  Get off the road at Sag Stops

Ø  Cycling without Public Liability cover is as stupid as driving without 3rd Party - join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected

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 tight" etc

Ø  Don't ride with Muggs if your tyres are crap or your gears don't work, 'cause the Peloton isn't fond of gettin' pulled-up

Snapshot:
Both start groups meet-up at 1st Nosh Stop in Macquarie St Windsor from 8:50am.   By 9:30am, all return via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie; thence either -
 *    to Dural (66km) - ETR 11:20pm; or 
*    L to Galston, Hornsby, Turra' (99km) - ETR 12:55pm.

a)       Two alternate 1st Legs to Windsor
i)        1st Leg: from Turramurra station to Windsor – 48.5km:
 Rollout at 6:40am up Rohini St to Pac H'way and descend Kissing Point Rd. to Browns Waterhole, M2 to Riverstone, Mulgrave, Windsor [47.5km] where we meet cyclists that started from Dural for our 1st Nosh Stop (40 min) from 8:50am protected by the hot sun on eastern side at Aldo's Pizza in Macquarie St [historic Thompson Square] off George St. Windsor.

Detailed instructions of Turra' to Windsor:
Cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd and commence step descent shortly crossing Comenarra Parkway at lights and proceed to end  of Kissing Point Rd.  Take R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway may flood) followed by a short steep climb to M2.  We pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Passing 2 on and 2 off roads, we cycle 15kms to where Old Windsor Rd meets Abbott Rd and continue straight along Abbott Road.  R into Johnson Avenue at lights for Sag Stop (5 min).  1.1km later L into Vardys Rd. at the roundabout, crossing Sunnyholt Rd at the lights. 
Approaching Marayong Station we cycle under the railway bridge and L at roundabout and 75m later pull-up with Marayong Station 50m in front of you  Sag Stop (5 min).  We then L to climb onto Railway Road bridge, effectively heading N beside the railway line until Quakers Hill station where, after we reach the Give Way sign, L, then a R and R again, to take you onto the bridge over the railway line onto Quakers Hill Parkway.  A few hundred metres on, L onto Hambledon Rd.  Soon L again onto Walker Street (through housing estate) at "T" junction L onto Burdekin Rd and follow this around - it becomes Railway Terrace.  Follow railway line to Schofields and continue to Riverstone along Railway Tce.
At Riverstone station do a quick R and L and follow the railway line on your LHS.  Riverstone Parade will take us to Vineyard Station.  At Vineyard station road veers to the R.  Take Wallace Rd - the first street immediately to your L. 
Follow the railway along and Wallace Rd will end at a "T" intersection.  Cycle over a level railway crossing on your L, and take Railway Rd first on your R and remain on it until Mulgrave Station where we R onto Mulgrave Rd and follow until you reach Windsor Rd.  Turn L onto Windsor Rd, and follow it 3km to Windsor.

 

ii)    1st Leg: from “Hills Tourist Info Centre” car-park (656B Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 - on LHS just after "Porter Scenic Lookout" and before Dural Country Club) to Windsor 35km:
7:20am -

  • L cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,

  • L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,

  • L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km, 

  • L into Derriwong Rd for 500m, 

  • R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m, 

  • R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,

  • R into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,

  • L into Pitt Town Rd for 13.9km, 

  • Ahead into Neich Rd for 700m, 

  • L into Scheyville Rd for 4½km, 

  • L into Stock Route Rd for 2km, 

  • R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km, 

  • L into Havelock Rd for 500m,

  • R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,

  • L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m, 

  • R into Windsor Rd for 1.6km to Windsor,

where we meet the Turra’ contingent at 8:50am for our 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at Aldos Pizza or Kate's Place Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.

b)       2nd Leg: Return to either start point via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie, thence to Dural or Galston/Hornsby/Turra'

By 9:30am  -

  • S along Windsor Rd for 1.6km, 

  • L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,

  • R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,

  • L into Havelock Rd for 500m,

  • R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,

  • L into Stock Route Rd for 2km,

  • R into Scheyville Rd for 5km (don't R at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further),

  • R into Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km,

  • R into Old Northern Rd cycling S,

 

  • The Turra’ crew after 800m turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to GreenShades Café for a 2nd Nosh Stop (35 min) [80.5km] at 11:20am.  Thence, at 11:55am its down/up the Gorge with a Sag Stop (5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter [88km], thence onto to Hornsby, where we short-cut along the east side of the rail line. ETR Turra’ 12:55pm [97.6km].

  • The Dural contingent continues S along Old Northern Rd for 4.5km with an ETR of 11:20am at Dural Tourist Info Centre [66km].

 

Scribe's rap-up of Boxing Day, 26 Dec, Mt White return - 100km

 

With Whippet 'n Annie Oakley commencing from Hornsby, only MudGuards, Bank Teller, ToothFairy 'n Navigator rolled out of Turra', together with two visitors from Johannesburg, John 'n Larry, who are undergoing a flying reconnaissance visit to Sydney and Brisbane to determine which would be a better town to migrate to.  As noted in Chores 'n Crew, these two from JohBurg, can really hammer on a tandem.  Muggs' has got the artillery to match 'em, but alas a lot of 'em were AWOL today.

 

 

Mt White was like a Ghost Town with barely a handful of 250s 'n 500s; akin to Dodge City after Marshall Wyatt Earp had incarcerated all the 'cussed cowboys'.  After the hard 50km 1st Leg slog, Navigator had stopped his perennial whinging 'n whining about all the rich food he'd stuck down his gob the day before, that "I really shouldn't have".  Dead-set Terry was like a broken record back at Turra' pre-ride.  It was as though he felt if he'd confessed his sins for over-indulging the day before, all would be forgiven. Truth was, we couldn't care how much he'd pigged-out!

 

With Pie in the Sky closed, we opted for coffee at Cowan where hostess, Sharon, didn't disappoint with her brew.

 

 

Denis, aka MudGuards, [2nd left above] has a new carbon fibre frame, and his Mavic rims ain't got no mud flaps, but his moniker for his previous misdemeanor, has stuck.

 

Only ToothFairy and Phil returned to Turra' at 12:10pm with 100km completed at 23.5km which ain't bad for 'a couple of old trundlers', but the unseasonally cool morn' ha rendered 'taming the ton' by midday a lot easier.  Navigator, Whippet, MudGuards 'n Oakley headed for Hornsby.

 

The Scribe     24 December 2002