a)       Longer Route cycling from Turramurra  station Rohini St car park via M2 to Marayong, Riverstone, Vineyard by following rail line to Windsor and main drag to Richmond – 55.4km

1st Le   Start between 7:00am and 7:10am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead 1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights and take Muggs' regular route to Windsor by tracing the rail line from  Marayong passing thru Riverstone, Vineyard to Windsor and then along the main drag to Richmond

Short    Shorter Route catching train from Seven Hills station: Turramurra station Rohini St car park via M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Richmond station – 22.4km:
 

            Rollout between 7:55am and 8am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead 1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights.
Ahead 700m along Prospect Highway to Seven Hills station on LHS, enter via Terminus Rd.  Quickly buy a snack and catch 9:20am train for 38 min journey to Richmond arriving 9:58am.

2nd Leg:  Richmond, Yarramundi, Springwood -  26km

9:58am alight train and exit Richmond station:

Arrive at Springwood at 11:20am for 30 min Nosh Stop.

3rd Leg: Springwood, Mitchell Pass, Emu Plains station - 16.2km

Remount 11:50am and descend the mountain avoiding Great Western H'way except for 800m section when we cross it, including a beaut one-way section along Mitchells Pass to -
*        Emu Plains station for half hourly train at 3 and 33 min past hour - arriving Blacktown station 22 and 52 mins past hour; or
*        Penrith station for half hourly train at 7 min and 37 min past hour - arriving Blacktown station 22 and 52 mins past hour:

4th Leg: Alight train at Blacktown station at 12:52pm and cycle to Turramurra station carpark - 27km

• Ahead into Boys Ave 200m,

• R into Second Ave for 400m,

• L into Sunnyholt Rd for 800m,

• R into Sackville Rd for 1.2km

• Ahead in Lucas Rd for 1.4km

• L into Prospect H'way for 400m

• Ahead at Johnson Ave traffic lights into Abbott Rd/M2 (take extreme car as lots of traffic proceed leftish along the Prospect H'way, and one of those Red Necks could wallop ya!) for 15.6km,

• L at Optus Tower at crest (1.6km after passing thru 400m tunnel) down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,

• Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km

• R into Pacific H'way for 250m

• Left into Rohini St for 200m

• Left into Turramurra station carpark.

ETR Turramurra station 2:15pm.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Somersby Bellbirds - 21 cyclists - 127km

 

Hugh, I.T. Nerd, Bank teller, Trev, Michael, The Kaiser, Pimpernel, BeanCounter, Miner 'n Bruce

TugBoat, Pacific (at rear) Architect, Pimpernel, Trev 'n DishPig

Tornado (at rear), Bruce, Pimpernel, BeanCounter 'n Miner	On an "thankfully" o'cast day, Muggs exceeded 20 cyclists for the first time since the annual Boxing Day ride to "Mt White 'n back" over 2 years ago when 30 cyclists attended, ostensibly as there was no other ride for cycling tragics.  Alas, only two girls amongst us - Caroline aka Princess and Tara aka Social Scientist.  Samurai, Guy aka Lawyer (who returned after doing a few ocean swims on recent Sundays, incl the 2.3km Palm Beach to Whale Beach last Sunday), BeanCounter, 'Miner, Bruce, Caroline and Tara turned around at Mt White. The rest of us continued north to Somersby, where the burgers were again magnifique, albeit we lost two as Arno and Todd continued onwards.  The rest of us were happy to 'put up the feet' for 30 mins. TugBoat hasn't lost his thirst for clocking new KOM Climb Times, pushing past such luminaries as Arno and Todd on the climb from Mooney Mooney bridge to the KOM. ToothFairy and John aka Auckland return next Sunday, shortly followed by Matt aka Printer following the Tasmanian Ride which starts this w'end.
Nothing much RONG with that!!!	Some cyclists like their biddon at the rear - climbing out of Mt White
Bank Teller likes Diet Coke at a steam, warmish Pit Stop	Pics from Somersby after 71km, where the burgers are beaut

 

Scribe   4 Feb '07