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Sunday, 22 May, by 8am from St Ives for "Brunch at Warriewood" - return via Wakehurst Parkway - 94km - ETR 1:20pm

  • Cyclists should target arriving 1st Nosh Stop at West Head 9:50am (BYO nibbles, 'cause the greenies closed the McChucks with the awesome view of Lion Island).  If you are slow, start early.  If ya fast, start by above times.

  • Ride Organiser:   Phil Johnston  4998.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday.

  • DON'T cycle 2 abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line

  • Get well off the road at Sag Stops.

  • Road cycling may be dangerous with cyclists and 3rd parties getting killed or badly injured each year.  Membership of Bicycle NSW provides $20m Public Liability cover if you injure a fellow Mugg or motorist. 

  • If you cause an accident to another Mugg or 3rd party, you could lose your personal assets.  Or conversely, if you are badly injured by another cyclist, you might litigate the negligent cyclist.  If you regularly park your butt on a bicycle seat, and if you aren't a member of a cycle racing club, join Bicycle NSW or Bike Vic or check your household insurance policy which might cover for 3rd party beyond your front fence or you might be able to add extensive 3rd party coverage to your household policy el cheapo.

Rollout from St Ives car park between 7:50am and 8am for Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (1st Nosh Stop – pack nibbles), Church Point, Warriewood (2nd Nosh Stop).  Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way - ETR St Ives 1:20pm.

SagStops:

1.      Mona Vale Fruit Barn                                           (3 min)
2.      Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant                                  (3 min)

3.      Cabbage Tree Rd                                                 (3 min)

4.      Cnr Frenchs Forest Rd and Wakehurst Parkway (10 min)
NoshStops:

1st:    West Head from 9:45 (15 min)

2nd:   Warriewood Beach cafés from 11:25am (35 min)

KOM Climbs:

NIL

 

1st Leg: St Ives to West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41km - 113 min
 Depart St Ives car-park between 7:50am and 8am depending on your ride speed:

  • E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km;

  • L [opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and take a fleeting Sag Stop (3 min);

  • 3km along Myoora Larool Rd until Tepko Rd which is 70m before Booralie Rd;

  • L into Tepko Rd (70m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m;

  • L into Booralie Rd and pedal like "shit out of Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);

  • "U" turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner – slower cyclists must turn around as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to return via same route and pull up under shady tree [left of the white road line] 150m past Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre [opposite Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant] for a Sag Stop (3 min) - if you are slow, feel free to continue on to West Head;

  • Down McCarrs Creek Rd enter Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to "V" (dual entrances to the park);

  • R at the "V" anti-clockwise and descend to McCarrs Creek;

  • L over bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture (Akuna Bay Marina is 2.8km on LHS);

  • Ahead 12km along West Head Rd to the headland.

Pack lots of nibbles, ‘cause we take our 1st Nosh Stop (15 min) from 9:45am for a snack and a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue peninsula - Pittwater/Lion Island stuff.

2nd Leg: West Head to Warriewood - 28km - 71 min
 10:00am -

  • Return 12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,

  • Ahead descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek bridge [55km],

  • L into McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina and pulling up 50m before Cabbage Tree Rd (or immediately after turning,

  • R into Cabbage Tree Rd for Sag Stop from 10am - lift bike off the road above gutter (5 min) (Bayview Golf Course will be on both L and R);

  • Ahead for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,

  • R into Warriewood Rd 200m later crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg L, then R] which leads to views of Blue Pacific overlooking majestic Warriewood Beach [around 11:20am - 69 km] for 2nd Nosh Stop (35 min).

 

A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.  Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.  Sunrise Milk Bar, on the Cnr, makes grouse burgers.

3rd Leg: Warriewood beach cafés to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 26km - 84 min

 

11:55am -

  • Sth adjacent to the coast for 2km - initially along Sydney Rd which becomes Ocean St;

  • R into Malcolm St for 50m;

  • L into Lagoon St for 1km;

  • R into Waterloo St for 300m; 

  • R into Pittwater Rd for 100m crossing bridge over Narrabeen Lakes;

  • veer L into Wakehurst Parkway for a toughish 9.9km (initially flat past Narrabeen Lakes thence a constant climb) for Sag Stop from 11:55am (5 min) approaching crest of climb under shade of trees 100m prior to traffic lights at French Forest Rd or at the lights, so long as you get off the road; 

  • R into French Forest Rd at lights for 800m;

  • R into Rabbett St for 200m decent;

  • L into Adams St for a 200m "real tough" grind/climb;

  • R onto Forest Way for 5.3km; and

  • L into Mona Vale for 6.2km to St Ives.

ETR 1:20pm - 94km.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Windsor, Richmond, Springwood 'n Mitchells Pass - 123km - 9 starters

Bank Teller, BeanCounter, Heineken, TugBoat, Lynda, Yamaha, KoalaBear 'n Navigator gathered in Johnson Ave after a helter skelter pursuit over the M2/Abbots Rd where Scribe snagged a flat.  Mark must have taken this pic, 'cause LongHaul is the only one in the below snap from Macquarie Square Windsor after 48.5km who isn't in the above Happy Snap.

 

 

Up at Springwood after 81km 'twas a tad cooler, so we moved inside the Old Poste Office Cafe Springwood for lunch consisting of yummy jumbo milk shakes in old fashioned Milk Bar glass servers 'n stainless steel tumblers (none of the cardboard carton stuff), and various cheese melts, whereupon lunch collectively scored a 10 out of 10 from all of us.  Following which we vamoosed down Mitchells Pass, caught a train from Penrith station to Seven Hills and cycled east along the M2 and Kissing Point Rd back to BaseCamp.  That 60m @ +18 degrees up the final bit of Kissing Point Rd is always a dog after returning from Windsor.  And the 3.7km from Browns Waterhole up to the Pacific H'way plays havoc with you ave speed.

Annie's pics of a few familiar faces at the CycleOps 12 hour race at Eastern Creek last Sunday

                  

     Don't know how many clicks Ros clocked-up in her 3 crew team          Kaza entered the solo event and cycled the entire 12 hours, completing 312km

     

                       Glenn also entered as a solo and clicked over 390km          Matt was also in a 3 man team, but don't know who may Ks he registered

                       

Scribe   15 May '05