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Sunday, 8 May, Yarramalong for lunch - "Iron Horse” home from Wyong :

*    Between 7:35am and 7:45am from Nth Turramurra       - 105km    -     ETR 2:55pm

*    Between 8:15am and 8:25am from Hornsby                    - 92km    -     ETR 2:36pm

*    Between 8:30am and 8:40am from Berowra                   - 81km    -     ETR 2:57pm

*    Or cycle back from Mt White to Hornsby                         - 71km    -     ETR 1pm Nth Turra'
All cyclists target arriving at 1st Nosh Stop - Road Warriors' Cafe, Mt. White at 9:50am
Extend route by 8km by turning left (3km before Wyong station) into Hue Hue Rd for 11km to quaint Wyee station where trains depart at 23 min after the hour and stop at Wyong, Berowra and Hornsby stations.

  • No trackwork on Northern, North Shore, Newcastle or Gosford train lines

  • A train from the Northern line (West Ryde, Epping, Normanhurst etc) arrives at Hornsby at 8:14am

  • Ride Organiser:  Phil Johnston - 9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Cycle two abreast on single lane roads at own risk, and NEVER with an unbroken centre line. 

  • Keep well to LHS and get off the road at Sag Stops

  • Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for $20m Public Liability cover in case you cause an serious accident and another Mugg sues you for riding negligence

 

Park at Nth Turramurra carpark from 7:30am, cycle via Bobbin Head with 1st Sag Stop after 9.9km at Kalkari Reserve.
Or park at Hornsby station car-park from 8:05am - 80m Nth of Railway Hotel in Jersey St - N/W side of Hornsby station to rollout from 8:05am passing Berowra station from 8:25am.  Starters from Berowra commence from 8:30am and cycle due Nth up the Old Pacific H’way.  Nosh Stops at Mt White and Yarramalong General Store to catch -
 *      All Stops 71min train home from Wyong at 1:55pm (2:55pm) - returns to Hornsby at 3:06pm (4:06pm); or
*       Express at 1:37pm (2:37pm) returns to Hornsby at 2:36pm (3:36pm).  
 SagStop         Midcoast Petroleum, Peats Ridge                                10 min
 SignPost        Springs Rd turn to Bumble Hill                      
 NoshStops:
 1st:                 Mt White Road Warriors' Café from 9:50am                  30 min
2nd:               Yarramalong General Store  from 12:20pm                   30 min
KOM climbs:
 1st Climb:       Cherro Point Rd to 2nd Mt White sign                          7.55km
 2nd Climb:      Yarramalong Rd to Bumble Hill KOM                          3.75km  

 

1st Leg - 3 start options: 
Nth Turra' to Mt White - 47km - 105 min

Park in car-park on LHS of shops in Bobbin Head Rd - 700m Nth of Burns Road. 

Rollout from 7:35am, -

  • Nth up Bobbin Head Rd for 9.8km to Kalkari Reserve 1st Sag Stop - 5 min,

  • Ahead 4km to Pacific H'way; and

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 29km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe.

 

OR  Hornsby to Mt White - 35.5km - 82 min

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

Rollout from 8:15am, -

  • Nth up Jersey St for 400m,

  • L for 20m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe.

OR  Berowra station carpark to Mt White - 24km - 65 min

Nth up Old Pacific Highway from 8:30am for 24km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe.

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Peats Ridge - 21km - 57 min

Depart Bikie Hangout by 10:20am -

  • Nth along Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga;

  • L into Peats Ridge Rd for 15km continuous, gradual climb for Sag Stop (10 mins) at Midcoast Petroleum, Peats Ridge from 11:15am.

 

3rd Leg:  Peats Ridge to Yarramalong - 17km - 55 min

Re-mount 11:25am -

  • Nth along Peats Ridge Rd for 300m;

  • L into George Downs Drive crossing Wisemans Ferry Rd at Central Mangrove and continue 8.7km NNW;

  • R into Springs Rd for a Sign Post, thence 2.5km East twds Bumble Hill, then it becomes Greta Rd for 2km up Bumble Hill, then 3.4km descent of Bumble Hill cautiously;

  • R for 30m to 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) for brunch at Yarramalong General Store from 12:15pm.

 

4th Leg: Yarramalong Manor to Wyong station - 18.8km - 50 min
 By 12:40pm 18.8km flat/fast hit-out E along Yarramalong Rd into Wyong, arriving by 1:30pm to catch ($7.80 fare) –

  • 12:37pm Express 59 min to Hornsby 1:36pm; or

  • 12:55pm All-stops 71 min to Hornsby 2:06pm; or

  • 1:37pm Express 59 min to Hornsby 2:36pm; or 

  • 1:55pm All-stops 71 min to Hornsby 3:06pm.

Extend route by 8km by turning left (3km before Wyong station) into Hue Hue Rd for 11km to quaint Wyee station where trains depart at 23 min after the hour and stop at Berowra and Hornsby stations.

 

 

Scribe's rap-up of "St Ives, Church Pt, Whale Beach, The Serpentine, Akuna Bay" - 87km - 13 cyclists

 

 

Some of Muggs' regulars (incl Samurai, Yamaha, Heineken, Printer, Kaza, BeanCounter, Engineer) peeled-off 185km ride yesterday (last Sat) averaging 27.8km, as a few of 'em where partying that night and didn't fancy cycling on Sunday morn' with a skin-full.  Today's ride still jagged 13, due to a few new faces, and the return of an old face, namely Tony aka BigGears.

 

 

Peter H. has ridden only once previously with Muggs and that was the identical ride to Whale Beach last Dec.  Peter jagged the label, Knees, 'cause he has had 9 Ops on his two knees.   Pete's two knees resemble a relief map of Afghanistan after a squadron of B52 had dropped their calling cards.  There are scars going every which way as Pete has had two total knee reconstructions after separate sailing and skiing "trauma" accidents.  A "total" entails inserting new rubber bands (taken from his hamstrings) in both the medial and cruciate ligaments in both knees.  Upon chatting to Pete as to how he damaged 'em, suggests that Pete has a bent for living on the razor's edge. 

 

 

Since his first outing with Muggs, "Knees" upgraded his treadley with a Litespeed titanium.  Pete blew the rest of us away today by climbing the 21o Loombah St at the back of Clareville on, wait for it, a double chainring 39/25 gear ratio.  The aficionados of cycling will question the above representation.  However, deadset, LongHaul, Auckland 'et al' will attest that they and others, with much lower gearing, couldn't climb a veritable killer short hill which Knees climbed.  A 39 'front' chain ring and 25 'rear' chainring means that for every revolution of Pete' pedals, he revolved his wheels  1.56 times.  Scribe couldn't scale it on a 'triple' chain ring revolving his wheels only 1.15 times for every pedal revolution.  

 

 

On the return route, we pulled-in at Akuna Bay just as the 3 piece jazz band was starting-up to entertain the plethora of expensive boats moored therein - there weren't too many in the audience sprawled in the expensive courtyard timber garden furniture.  But then again, there never is at Akuna Bay.   We learnt that Pete sings in a band, or is it group?  Due to Knees empathy for fellow-performers, we hung around a tad longer than scheduled to perk-up the trio who incidentally were "good".

 

Spreadout waxing lyrical at Church Point after 20 clicks when the ambient temp was still warm.

 

 

Apologies for the blurred pic of Knees after scaling 21o Loombah St.        Auckland, Pacific and LongHaul basking in the sunshine at Whale Beach.

More of the gang spread-eagled at Whale B on a morn' that was about to become decidedly cooler.

 

"Take 2" of the same snap, 'cause we sussed we may have been too formal for the first pic.

Not long after at the Nth. Bilgola B. lookout after hooking a left into The Serpentine.

A leaner team at Akuna Bay early arvo.

 

Scribe    1 May '05