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Tuesday, 28 Dec - Tour de Windsor:
i) Turramurra @ 6:45am via M2 - 98km - ETR 12:25pm; or
ii) Dural @ 7:25am via Pitt Town Rd - 66km - ETR 11:10am
Ø Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Expend 10 min 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 route
Ø Ride two abreast on single lane roads at own peril
Ø Get off the road at Sag Stops
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 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
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Snapshot:
Sag
Stops:
Nosh
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KOM Climbs: |
a)
Two alternate 1st Legs to Windsori) 1st Leg: from Turramurra station to Windsor – 48.5km:
Rollout at 6:45am 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 (35 min) from 8:45am [if dampish] at a café in Macquarie St [historic Thompson Square] off George St. Windsor.
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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. 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. 900m later L onto Hambledon Rd. 750m later L again into Bali Drive (through housing estate) at "T" junction R into Walker St and 600m L into Burdekin Rd and follow this for 600m veering R when 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
"Porter Scenic Lookout"
(Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 -
on LHS)
to Windsor
35km:
7:25am
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L cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,
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L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,
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L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,
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R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,
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R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,
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R into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 13.9km,
Ahead into Neich Rd for 700m,
- L into Scheyville Rd for 4½km which then veers L and changes its name to Old Stock Route Rd,
Ahead across large crossing with Saunders Rd and follow Old Stock Route for 1.9km,
L into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
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R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
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R into Windsor Rd for 1.6km to Windsor,
where we meet the Turra’ contingent at 8:45am for our 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) in a 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'
9:20am -
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S along Windsor Rd for 1.6km, |
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m, |
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R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m, |
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L into Havelock Rd for 500m, |
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R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km, |
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L into Stock Route Rd for 2km, |
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R into Scheyville Rd for 5km (don't R at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further), |
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R into Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km, |
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R into Old Northern Rd cycling S, |
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The Turra’ crew after 800m turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to Galston Park for a 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) [80.5km] from 11:10am. Thence, at 11:35am its down/up The Gorge with a Sag Stop (5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter [88km], whereupon onto Hornsby, where we short-cut along the east side of the rail line to Turra' station. ETR Turra’ 12:25pm [97.6km]. |
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| The Dural contingent continues S along Old Northern Rd for 4.5km with an ETR 11:10am at Porter's Lookout [66km]. |
Scribe's rap of annual Boxing Day sortie to Mt White - 97km - 25 cyclists
HillMonster, Samurai, Tornado, Denis, Heineken, Kaza, Printer, Lynda, KoalaBear, GungHo, Tony, Vamoots, Princess Caroline
Road Warriors' Cafe Mt White was closed due to renovations, so we had the deck area to our lonesomes. Didn't notice that garbage bin overhanging PapaBear's noggin when I took this pic.
Yamaha 'n Samurai, ToothFairy, KoalaBear 'n Heineken.
Rich aka GingHo (see story below), a good shot of a 4 be 2, Rick aka HillMonster 'n Dennis
PitS on a peaceful day
Another shot from PitS with Richard aka Wayfarer centre screen in the sunnies
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With the backdrop of high powered motor bikes at Pie in the Sky, you could think that tyro Rich is gloving-up to ride one of em. This rookie immediately got labelled GungHo, 'cause Rick had only owned his bike for 3 weeks and hadn't cycled more than 30km in any one ride. Scribe happened to enquire as Rick passed Scribe ascending to Kalkari Reserve on Boxing Day, "Are you riding on your own?" to which Rich responded, "Yes". Bank Teller immediately invited Rich to join Muggs' 20 strong throng. The above pic evidences he did, and rather than his planned 30km loop from his Turra' digs to Mt Colah, he ended-up clocking 100km, and he reckoned to Kaza that momentarily during his 4th climb from Bobbin Head to Nth Turra', he was pondering the merit of his exuberance. But by the time GungHo had pulled into Nth Turra' shops, the pain of that 4km climb had slipped to his back-burner. |
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Scribe 24 Dec '04