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Sunday, 3 July, from -

*        St Ives between 8:15am and 8:30am; or
*        Hornsby between 8:30am and 8:45am,

to Mt White, Kariong, Woy Woy Rd:

*      return via Ettalong ferry to Palm Beach and cycle to St Ives -  122km  -  ETR  3:20pm; or 

*      catch train at Woy Woy to Hornsby station                             -   72km  -  ETR  1:06pm

       and cycle to St Ives                                                                -   80km  -   ETR 1:30pm

  • No trackwork on Central Coast line between Woy Woy and Hornsby

  • All cyclists should target arriving at 1st Nosh Stop of Mt White at 10:10am. 
    *       If you are slow, start at 8:15am from St Ives or 8:30am from Hornsby;  and
    *       If you are fast, start by 8:30am from St Ives or 8:45am from Hornsby.

  • Ride Organiser:  Phil Johnston -  9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Cycle two abreast at own risk.  Keep well to LHS on single lane roads

  • Get off the road at Sag Stops

  • Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for Public Liability cover in case another Mugg sues you for riding negligence

Nosh Stops:
 1st:         Mt White Road Warriors Cafe                                 -  30 min
2nd:       Woy Woy waiting for train to Hornsby                   -   25 min

             or Ettalong ferry to Palm Beach                             -   35 min
Sag Stops  
1st:       Wiseman's Ferry/Gosford roundabout                     -    5 min 
 2nd:      Kariong Shell garage                                             -   10 min
 King of the Mountain climbs
 1st:       Cherro Rd to 2nd Mt White sign  300m before cafe      7.55km
2nd       100m past Mooney Mooney bridge to KOM                3.60km

1st Longer Leg: St Ives to Mt White Road Warriors Cafe - 42km (105 min)

Rollout St Ives car park on Mona Vale Rd (opposite Stanley St and Pattersons Patisserie) between 8:15am and 8:30am (depending on your ride speed) to arrive at Mt White Road Warriors Cafe at 10:10am for 1st Nosh stop - 30 min. 

 

    Dir

 Street name km Destination agg km Ride time
    R Mona Vale Rd 0.8 Pentecost Ave 0.8 0:02
R Pentecost Ave 1.6 Boomerang Ave 2.4 0:06
A Boomerang Ave 0.5 Easton Rd 2.9 0:07
R Easton Rd 0.5 Bangalla Ave 3.4 0:08
L Bangalla Ave 1 Millewa Ave 4.4 0:11
A Millewa Ave 0.7 Alexandra Pde 5.1 0:13
A Alexandra Pde 1.3 Pattison Ave 6.4 0:16
L Pattison Ave 0.15 Leonard St 6.6 0:16
A Leonard St 0.3 Pacific H'way 6.9 0:17
R Pacific H'way 1.8 Galston Rd 8.7 0:21
A Pacific H'way 1.1 Belmont Pde. Bobbin Hd 9.8 0:24
A Old Pacific H'way 8.5 Berowra Waters Rd. 18.3 0:44
A Old Pacific H'way 0.2 Berowra station 18.5 0:44
A Old Pacific H'way 4.0 Cowan station 22.5 0:54
A Old Pacific H'way 3.8 Pie in the Sky 26.3 1:03
A Old Pacific H'way 3.9 Brooklyn Rd 30.2 1:08
A Old Pacific H'way 4.1 Cherro Point Rd 34.3 1:18
A Old Pacific H'way 7.9 Mt. White Road Warriors café 42.2 1:41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Shorter Leg:  Hornsby to Mt White Road Warriors Cafe - 35km (90 min)

Rollout Hornsby car park (200m Nth of Railway Hotel in Edgar St) between 8:30am and 8:45am (depending on your ride speed) to arrive at Mt White Road Warriors Cafe at 10:10am for 1st Nosh stop - 30 min. 

 

Second Leg:  Mt White Road Warriors cafe to Kariong Shell garage - 19.2km (52 min)

10:40am -

  • R  Nth up Old Pac H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange; 

  • R  East to Gosford “Scenic Route”, remaining on Old Pac H'way, to intermittent sounds of chirping Bellbirds, crossing Mooney Mooney creek 4.1km later;

  • climb 6.1km and take a Sag Stop (3 min) at the Wisemans Ferry/Gosford roundabout at Somersby Industrial Estate - keeping well to LHS; and

  • R Sth for 700m on Wisemans Ferry Rd, then L gradually ascending for 1.4km Old Pac H'way arriving at familiar Kariong Shell garage at 10am for Sag Stop (10 min).

 

Third legs from 11:40am:

Either:    Kariong Shell garage to Ettalong ferry - 18km (42 min) to catch 12:30pm ferry to Palm Beach

Dir Street name km Destination agg km Ride time
      Kariong Shell Garage 61.6 3:12
  R Woy Woy Rd 11.7     Rawson Rd/level crossing 73.2 3:38
R Rawson Rd 0.4 Ocean Beach Rd 73.6 3:39
R Ocean Beach Rd 1.6 Gallipoli Ave 75.2 3:43
L Gallipoli Ave 0.5 Memorial Rd 75.7 3:44
R Memorial Rd 2.7 Karingi St 78.4 3:51
L Karingi St 0.5 Ocean View Rd 78.9 3:53
A Ocean View Rd 0.4 Ferry Rd 79.3 3:54
R Ferry Rd 0.1 Ettalong Wharf 79.4 3:54

 

Or:    Kariong Shell garage to Woy Woy station - 13km (30 min) to catch train back to Hornsby

 

Dir Street name km Destination agg  km Ride  time
      Kariong Shell Garage 58.6 3:12
 R Woy Woy Rd 11.7       Rawson Rd/level crossing 70.2 3:38
R Rawson Rd 0.2 Railway St 70.4 3:39
L Railway St 1.2 Woy Woy station 71.6 3:43

·     express at 12:02pm arrive Hornsby at 12:36pm; or

·     all stops at 12:27pm arrive Hornsby at 1:06pm; or

·     express at 1:02am arrive Hornsby at 1:36am; or

·     all stops at 1:27am arrive Hornsby at 2:06pm.

 

Fourth Leg:   Either from Palm Beach to St Ives   -  43km -  110 min -  ETR 3:10pm                    

Dir Street name km Destination agg  km leg times  Ride  time
  2nd Nosh Stop   Ettalong ferry to Palm Beach   35 4:45
R Barrenjoey Rd 4.0 The Serpentine 83.4 12 4:57
L The Serpentine 0.7 Bilgola Head Lookout 84.1 1 4:58
  3rd Sag Stop   Bilgola Head Lookout    10 5:08
L The Serpentine 2.0 Barrenjoey Rd 86.1 5 5:13
L Barrenjoey Rd 5.0 Darley St 91.1 12 5:25
R Darley St 0.7 Pittwater Rd 91.8 2 5:27
R Pittwater Rd 1.4 Bayview Marina 93.2 4 5:30
A Pittwater Rd 2.1 Church Point 95.3 6 5:36
R McCarrs Creek Rd 5.3 McCarrs Creek Bridge 100.6 13 5:49
L McCarrs Creek Rd 2.9 dual entrance to park 103.4 12 6:01
A McCarrs Creek Rd 7.9 Booralie Rd 111.3 23 6:24
R Booralie Rd 0.2 Myoora Rd 111.5 1 6:25
L Myoora Rd 3.9 Mona Vale Rd 115.4 9 6:33
R Mona Vale Rd 6.5 St Ives carpark 121.9 15 6:48
    121.9 St Ives carpark 121.9 308 6:48

 

 

Fourth Leg:   Or from Hornsby station at 1:06pm to St Ives  -  8km  -  1:30pm

 

Dir Street name km Destination agg  km leg times  Ride  time
      Coronation St  Hornsby station 71.6   3:43
L Old Pacific Highway 0.3 Traffic Lights at By-Pass 71.9 1.0 3:44
A Old Pacific Highway 0.7 Leonard St/Pattisons Ave Hor. 72.3 3.0 3.46
L Leonard St/Pattisons Ave Hor. 0.3 Alexandria Pde/Millewa Ave 72.6 0.7 3:47
L Alexandria Pde/Millewa Ave 2.9 Bangalla St 75.5 6.6 3:54
L Bangalla St 0.7 Eastern Rd 76.2 1.8 3:56
R Eastern Rd 0.3 Brentwood/Boomerang Ave 76.5 0.8 3:57
L Brentwood/Boomerang Ave 2.1 Mona Vale Rd 78.6 5.5 4:03
L Mona Vale Rd 0.7 St Ives car park 79.3 2.0 4.05

Click on: Pete aka Yamaha, Sean aka Smurf and Lindy at Dunc Grey Veladrome on Sunday 26 June

 

 

Scribe’s rap-up of 2nd Cinderella Century, Sunday 26 June  - WASHED OUT WITHOUT A BALL BOWLED
Subtitled "I was inspired by Jan and Lance, the way they got back on"

 

 

Twasn't surprising after a night of steady rain that no femmes arrived at North Turramurra.  Ruth Walshe, who 'phoned Phil aka  Bank Teller last Thurs and said that her and two of her girlfriends would like to participate, 'phoned early this morn' to say that they would take a raincheck, 'cause they were apprehensive about cycling down mountains on wet roads.   Ruth's concern proved to be a prophetic omen.

 

 

 

On schedule of 8:30am Bank Teller and Koala Bear headed out from Nth Turra' on a misty, moist o'cast morn' and met Whippet, Arno, Adam and Ann-Marie on the trail.  The puddliest puddles were at Nth Turra' and around Berowra.  We got dumped on with short bursts either side of Mt. White.  But fortunately it remained dry at both Nosh Stops.

 

On his return to Nth Turra', Bank Teller took a nasty spill on a greasy wet road about 100m from the bottom on his descent to Bobbin Head bridge.  A green Toyota Starlet decided to shortcut thru the first dog leg right - 70m from the bridge - on the driver's ascent from Bobbin Head bridge (or the last dog leg left from Bank Teller's viewpoint).  Whereupon Bank Teller was confronted by a green Starlet on his side of the road.  Bank Teller swerved further to the LH side of his lane and lost his traction and came down on his left hip and slide quite a ways into the stationary Starlet which came to a halt on Bank Teller's side of the road.  It irritated Teller that the driver hadn't made any material effort to swerve back to his own side of the road, because Teller would have continued to slide on his left hip, and not hit the Starlet.  The driver and his passenger were Indians in their late 20s.  The driver was transfixed and non coherent, meaning he didn't say anything.  His female passenger was rationale and wanting to assist Bank Teller who exclaimed as he got up with the Starlet still on his side of the road, "Why didn't you take that corner on your side of the @#%&ing road?" 

 

Bank Teller was remarkable restrained, probably because he was pleased that nothing appeared to be broken ........................... on his bike.  And for a change no bones were sticking out.  Nonetheless the Teller still placed considerable emphasis on the penultimate word in his above request.  Phil was also glad that no other Muggs were with him as he took the descent noticeably slower than he has done on many a dry day when the competitive adrenalin is flowing and the ego fuels a GungHo, devil-may-care, self-belief.

 

Inspired by Jan and Lance's gutsy displays in the 2003 TdeF, as seen in "Hell on Wheels" when they immediately re-mounted, and reasonably confident that nothing was broked, after a few mins Bank Teller remounted, and cautiously rode up the other side back to North Turra'.  He even smiled at the genuinely concerned female passenger, because the driver was still flummoxed in shock.

 

Perhaps it was a good call from Ruth for her, and her two girlfriends, to take a raincheck, 'cause it is infinitely harder swerving to miss a twerp cutting the corner into your side of the road on a downhill on a wet road, even if you are travelling about two thirds the speed you would be on a dry day.

 

NB:    In June 1997 on an early morn' midweek ride with Nurse Sara (one of the founder nurses of Muggaccinos), early into the ride Bank Teller didn't notice a garbage truck parked outside the St Ives Showground.  The Teller with his head down plugging east up that testy ascent in pursuit of a fast away Sara, ploughed into the stationary truck.  It was one of those big metal garbage trucks which are hard to see when you are head-down slogging up an incline.  But they sure aren't hard to feel.  Fortunately Teller was only pedalling at about 15km p/h because that hill always flattens him.  Dazed and befuddled, Bank Teller remounted and rode onto Church Point to put the Nose Bag on, and thence back to St Ives.  That night about 9pm after a hectic day at the office, and with both hands swollen, he had some x-rays at Sydney Hospital which revealed three small bones broked in his hands which kept him off the bike for 6 weeks.  So he'd better wait a while before giving the thumbs up that nothing got broked today.  But there sure is a nasty looking bruised contusion on his hip which cushioned his 20m slide into the wheel of the Starlet.

 

The Scribe     26 June  2005