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Sunday,
19 June, Somersby "Bellbirds" Peats Ridge anti-clockwise:
* By 8:20am Hornsby 125km - ETR Hornsby
3:45pm
* By 8:40am Berowra 103km - ETR Berowra
3:15pm
Or turnaround at Mt White - 71km round trip from Hornsby - ETR 12:20pm
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All cyclists should target arriving at 1st Nosh Stop at Mt White at 9:50am. If you are slow, start early. If ya fast, start by above times.
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If driving to Berowra, take 2nd off-road from Freeway, and turn R into Old Pacific H'way to nearby Berowra
The hypertext at "Sun" in "Rides Calendar 2004 - Apr to Jun" adjacent to 19-Jun-05 is an Altitude Profile for this ride - we commence at Hornsby at 150m above sea level, drop to almost sea level when crossing Hawkesbury River and ascend to 300m around Peats Ridge
Ride Organiser;: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm
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Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
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Ride in single file on single lane roads which have an unbroken centre line, 'cause a RedNeck might clip ya!
Nosh Stops:
1st Mt White Village Store from 9:50am (30 min)
2nd Somersby General Store from 11:35am (30 min)
3rd Pie in the Sky from 2:25pm (20 min)
Sag Stops:
1st Roundabout to Kariong from 11:05am (5 min)
2nd MidCoast Petroleum from 12:35am (10 min)
3rd Mt White Village Store from 1:35pm (5 min)King of the Mountain climbs:
1st Cherro Point Rd sign to 20m past 2nd Mt White sign 7.55km
2nd 300m past Mooney Mooney Bridge to KOM 3.65km
3rd Brooklyn Rd aluminium light poll to 10m before entrance to Pie in the Sky 3.85km
1st Leg: Hornsby to Mt White Bikie Hangout - 35.5km - 87 min
Park in Jersey St Hornsby street-side car-park 80m Nth of Railway Hotel - N/W side of Hornsby station.
Rollout between 8:05am and 8:20am depending on your speed, -
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N up Jersey St for 200m,
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L for 30m to traffic lights;
R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, where the Berowra contingent will commence ahead of the marauding/encroaching Peloton opposite Berowra station from 7:40am, for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe.
2nd Leg: Mt White to Somersby General Store - 24.5km (60km) - 70 min
10:15am -
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Nth up Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange
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R twds Gosford along the "Scenic Route" for 4.3km to Mooney Mooney Creek
Ahead uphill for 6.5km to "Wisemans Ferry / Gosford Roundabout" for Sag Stop (5 min) off-the-road
L into Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to Somersby General Store (4372.1269ph) for a 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) - good burgers.
3rd Leg: Somersby General Store to Peats Ridge - 9.5km (70km) - 25 min
By 11:55am -
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L along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m
L down "on-ramp" along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to MidCoast Petroleum for Sag Stop [5 min] from 12:35pm.
4th Leg: Peats Ridge to Mt White - 20.6km (90km) - 50 min
12:40am -
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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 [10 min] from 1:30pm.
5th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km (106km) - 41 min
1:40pm 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 [25 min] from 2:10pm.
6th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km (125.5km) - 60 min
2:35pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -
pass Berowra [115km] around 3:15pm, and
return to Hornsby, taking R fork at Asquith, continuing along Old Pacific H'way [125.5km] at 3:45pm.
Scribe's rap-up of Sat 11 June Tour de Royal National Park - 11 starters - 95km
Unsure why, but the Waratah Park carpark was chockers last Sat morn'. Perhaps the car owners were all in swimming at the Sutherland Pool complex or on push bikes, 'cause we saw some big Peloton bunches, albeit not in the park. After 44km we pulled-in at the Stanwell Park cafe, except Ange 'n Pete.
Pete aka Gobbler, Ange, Firey, Koala Bear, Bank Teller, Samurai, Brenda aka Widget, Pete aka Rummager, Moots 'n Kaza
After this Nosh Stop, Gene and Phil, who had chores a beckoning, high-tailed it back to the carpark to complete a 75km hit-out. The remainder, incl Pete 'n Ange, visited Gyrie and Bundenna Beaches and got dumped-on big time at Bundenna.
Bank Teller's rap-up of Sunday 13 June, Tour de Richmond Lowlands - 89km - 11
| It's never too late to teach an old dog new
tricks. Today, Bank Teller had to learn heaps of new
'smarts' pronto, 'cause he performed the Pilot role on Lindy's
inaugural outing with Muggs. Lindy has represented Australia a
few times in disabled Olympics in various parts of the world, as Lindy
doesn't see that well. But she sure didn't take long to twig
that her latest Pilot was in need of a few tips on how to start and
not to wobble, not to mention
teaching him to stop crunching big gears, and spin in lower chain-rings. Bank Teller also had to contend with a racing gear ratios with 39 / 23 being Lindy's lowest gear. Fortunately, today's ride is perhaps the flattest ride in Muggs' calendar, 'cause whilst a tandem goes real fast on a big downhill 'n can power along the flats, they still die on the hills. Things didn't get off to a flash start 'cause when Bank Teller was adjusting his seat height on Lindy's tandem pre-ride at the edge of the M2, he snapped a M6 screw. Fortunately, two mechanics Yamaha and Gene (RHS) were nearby and quickly leant how to not only remove the snapped fragments, but also identify a spare screw on Yamaha's bike that could be used to platform Scribe's bum. |
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Samurai, Lindy 'n Paul on the train to Windsor after 22km leg along the M2 where we could have caught the 9:10am, instead of waiting for the scheduled 9:29am, 'cause for once the peloton didn't have to wait for Bank Teller.
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Upper left pic - Lindy, Scribe,
Linda 'n Pete on the train from Richmond back to Seven Hills after 70km.
Upper right pic - Phil 'n Lindy rolling out of the bus terminal at Seven Hills station after 70km. LH pic - Greg S similarly in a canter departing the bus terminal. Below pics - Samurai "before" 'n "after".
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Scribe 'n Lindy on the M2 on the final leg
Scribe 13 June 2005