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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Cancelled due to overnight rain and
forecast of heavier costal showers and talking with ChiliDog, Ian aka
Flash and Pacific Pete, leaving a
voice-mail with Publican, cognizant that Ann Collins
and Sig Hoffman's bad accidents were on wet surfaces
Sunday,
20 Apr '08,
7:05am
from Jersey St carpark Hornsby to St Ives carpark
for
7:30am rollout from St Ives “Whale Beach for Brunch,
Palm Beach loop, Akuna Bay cafe for Lunch”
- ETR St Ives 12:55pm
or 11:55am if you ride directly back to St Ives from Whale Beach thereby
skipping Akuna Bay
85km
(from St Ives)
up flat main
beach road - 10 min Sag Stop at Church Point
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Click on:
Risk Warnings
which warns of the dangers of cycling on
public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber
planks with gaps
-
Cycling with
Muggs is predicated upon notifying
Bank Teller if you
materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos'
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
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Ride
Organiser:
Phil Johnston
aka Scribe
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9114.6689
VOIP is starting from St Ives carpark
at 7:30am with
Jean aka ChiliDog,
Ian aka Flash.
Pete aka Pacific
is joining at
Terrey
Hills Fruit Barn
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Hardcopy
this Ride Description and spend 5 min reviewing your
BUD
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Cycle
two abreast on single lane roads at own risk, and never
ride two abreast with a unbroken centre line
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Keep well to LHS
of the road and get
off the road at Sag Stops
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Don't
cross 3 lanes of traffic at lights at McCarrs Creek Rd back onto Mona Vale Rd.
Rather return
along Larool Rd, or use the tunnel under Mona Vale Rd
Snapshot:
7:05am rollout
Hornsby station carpark in Jersey St
(300m NW of Hornsby
station in Jersey St)
to
St Ives car park on Mona Vale Rd [opposite
Pattisons Patisserie and Stanley St. junction]
for 7:30am rollout for 6.5km to
Terrey
Hills Fruit Barn
Sag Stop (3 min).
Descend McCarrs Creek Rd
to Church Point
Nosh Stop (10 min).
L
into
Mona St
into Barrenjoey Rd for 8.5km up main beach road
and turn R into Whale Beach
Rd - 35km] arriving from 9:25am.
Return along
Barrenjoey Rd to top of Avalon golf course,
L
for
3km back-road thru The Serpentine returning to
Barrenjoey Rd at Sth
Bilgola Beach with
[64km]
at
Akuna Bay Café at 11:30pm
- ETR St Ives 12:55pm.
SagStops:
1st:
Terrey Hills Fruit Barn
(3 min)
from 7:50am
2nd: Church Point
from
8:20am
3rd:
Serpentine
lookout
Bilgola Beach
(10 min) at 10:15am
NoshStops:
1st:
Whale Beach
Café (30
min) from
9:25am
for cyclists who ride Barrenjoey Rd
2nd:
Akuna Bay café (30
min) from 11:30am
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Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark -
10km -
25 min
7:05am
cycle
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Early on Sunday morn' the following route
has low road traffic which
follows the street signs to St Ives:
*
L down Pacific H'way for 800m
*
L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
*
Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
*
R into Eastern Rd for 700m
*
L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
*
Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
* Right into Memorial Ave
for 500m,
*
Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m.
If cycling from St Ives back to Hornsby at
the tail of this ride, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride
invitation is recommended.
1st
Leg:
St Ives to
Church Point -
20km - 35 min
7:30am cycle -
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E along Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km;
-
L
[opposite
Forest Way - at
Terrey
Hills Fruit Barn]
into Myoora Rd and take a
1st Sag Stop
(3 min)
- don't cluster at Sag Stop,
rather spread thin to get well to LHS of Myoora Rd;
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Ahead
along Myoora Rd
for 300m;
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Ahead into
Larool Rd for 2.9km
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R into Booralie Rd for
300m passing Terrey Hills shops and roundabout;
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L to McCarrs Creek Rd descend
2.2km into the park -
to the V
(dual entrances
to the park);
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R fork
and pedal 2.8km descending McCarrs Creek Rd
to
McCarrs Creek
bridge;
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Ahead
5.5km along
McCarrs Creek Rd
to Church Point [20km] at 8:05am
2nd Sag Stop (10 min);
2nd Leg
-
Church Point to Whale Beach -
flat route up
the main beach road - 15km - 45 min
8:15am -
-
East
twds Mona Vale for 3½km - road becomes Pittwater Rd past Cabbage Tree Rd (on
RHS)
to Darley
St -
500m short of Mona Vale shops;
-
Left
into Darley St for 700m;
-
Left
into Barrenjoey Rd for 9km
-
SignPost R into Whale Beach Rd
and ascend/descend for 2.4km to The Strand Rd for 50m to Brekkie
1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at
9:30am [30km]
at
Whale Beach Cafe at top of Surf Rd - 50m before beach.
3rd
Leg:
Whale Beach to
Palm Beach to
Akuna Bay
Café - 28.7km
- 75 min
10:00am
-
-
Nth on Whale Beach
Rd/Florida Rd/PalmBeach Rd for 3km hugging the coastline to Palm Beach -
-
L Sth
onto Barrenjoey Rd for
5.6km passing
Avalon
Golf Course on RHS;
-
SignPost
L into The Serpentine for
3km adjunct into/out of Bilgola Beach which avoids a tight section of
Barrenjoey Rd and
provides a stunning view south from
Serpentine
lookout
Bilgola Beach
4thSag Stop
(10 min) at 10:25am;
-
Ahead along
The Serpentine
down to/up from
Bilgola Beach;
-
L
back onto Barrenjoey Rd for 2km passing Newport Beach and climb a short humdinger
up Newport hill and take
5thSag Stop
(10 min) -
lift your bike over the gutter and get off the
busy 3 lane road;
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Ahead
1.5km and passing Bungan Beach on LHS, and approach Mona Vale;
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R back into Darley St for 700m (wait
until it is safe to cross over to R lane);
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R into
Pittwater
Rd for 8.5km to Church Point to McCarrs Creek bridge;
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R into
West Head Rd for 1.5km to "T" intersection;
-
L
into Liberator General San Martin Drive for 2.8km to
Akuna Bay Café for
2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) from 11:15am.
4th
Leg:
Akuna Bay to St Ives - 20.3km - 58 min
At 11:45am final leg -
-
West
for 8.1km along Liberator General San Martin Drive passing
Illawong Bay,
Cottage Point Rd, park entrance toll-both to "V" juncture
at McCarrs Creek Rd,
-
Ahead
for 2.2km to the apex
of
McCarrs Creek
Rd;
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R into
Booralie Rd for 200m;
-
L into
Myoora Rd for 3.3km;
-
R into Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km to
St. Ives car-park
:
* ETR St Ives 12:45pm
- 85km; or
* ETR St Ives 11:55am - 81km if
you skip Akuna Bay and that Nosh Stop.
NOTE:
When almost back at St Ives, after
climbing to the apex of McCarrs Creek Rd, either take the tunnel under Mona Vale
Rd or retrace along Larool Rd to
Terrey Hills Fruit Barn and R at lights onto Mona Vale Rd.
Don't
enter Mona Vale Rd at lights at McCarrs Creek Rd, as motorists coming from the coast are doing 80+
clicks and aren't impeded by the traffic lights granting us access to
Mona Vale Rd.
Finale Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km (agg 111.5km) -
29 min
1:15pm -L
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Mona Vale Rd
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0.9
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Pentecost Ave
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R
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Pentecost Ave
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2.0
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Ku'ring'gai
Ave
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A
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Boomerang St
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0.7
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Eastern Rd
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R
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Eastern Rd
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0.7
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Bangalla St
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L
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Bangalla St
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1.0
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Millewa St
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R
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Millewa St
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1.4
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F3 Overpass
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A
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Alexandra Pde
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1.5
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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L
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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0.5
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Pacific H'way
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R
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Pacific H'way
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0.8
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Coronation St
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R
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Coronation St
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0.3
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Jersey St
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L
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Jersey St
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0.1
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Hornsby car park - ETR 1:45pm
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Bank Teller's rap-up of Cinque
Montagnes anti-c/w - 5 crew - 93km
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Gene, Rex
aka Pimpernel,
Grant aka BeanCounter
and BankTeller
at PitS
apres 43km
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Guy aka Lawyer
caught us on the final leg from
Andy's Cafe
Bank Teller
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