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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Sunday,
27 July '08,
8:05am
from Jersey St carpark Hornsby to St Ives carpark
for
8:30am rollout from St Ives “Whale Beach for Brunch,
Palm Beach loop, Akuna Bay cafe for lunch”
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85km - ETR St Ives 1:25pm
OR 12:35pm if you skip 2nd Nosh Stop via
Akuna Bay
Café
No Sag Stops at Mona Vale Fruit
Barn or Church Point in 35km 1st Leg to Whale Beach
If you are slower than the faster riders, start 10 mins
earlier at 8:20am to
arrive at Whale Beach by 10am for 1st Nosh Stop. Or enjoy a shorter 1st Nosh Stop
* Harry aka KayakMan
is cycling to St Ives from Seven Hills
* Jean aka
ChiliDog is cycling from Rozelle
* PacificPete
is cycling from Forestville, and will meet us en route
* Bank Teller is
attending the 10th anniversary mass for his late father in local catholic church
and will meet cyclists around Church Point on the return route
* Martin aka
Architect is hopeful of attending, if he shakes off a flu which has
de-railed him the last few weeks
* Peter
aka Campy Aficionado is a confirmed starter
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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
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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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Hardcopy
this Ride Description and spend 5 min reviewing your UBD
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Weaker riders,
or those without a very low gears,
may opt to ride on the main beach road
which is relatively flat, but busier.
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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:
8:05am 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 8:30am rollout
for 6.5km to Terrey Hills Fruit Barn).
Descend McCarrs Creek Rd
past Church Point.
L
into
Mona St
to Barrenjoey Rd for 8.5m up main beach road
and turn R into Whale Beach
Rd - 35km] arriving from 10:20am.
Return via Palm Beach, or shorter route back down Whale Beach Rd, 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.
SagStops:
1st:
Serpentine
Lookout
Bilgola Beach
(5 min) at 11:20am
- only for cyclists who take the shorter return route
NoshStops:
1st:
Whale Beach
Café (30
min) from
10:20am
2nd:
Akuna Bay café (30
min) from 12pm
KOM Climb:
TollBooth at Illawong Bay
past Cottage Pt Rd to TollBooth at entrance
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Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to
St Ives carpark -
10km -
25 min
8:05am
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
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L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
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Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
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R into Eastern Rd for 700m
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L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
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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 carpark to
Whale Beach Cafe
at top of Surf Rd -
35km - 85 min
8:30am
rollout - for faster cyclists - depart 15 mins earlier at 8:25am with
Bank Teller
if you are slower
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E along Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km;
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L
into Myoora Rd
opposite
Forest Way - and Terrey Hills Fruit Barn;
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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] -
the descent is slippery in wet
weather, so slow down
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East
twds Mona Vale for 3½km - road becomes Pittwater Rd past Cabbage Tree Rd (on
RHS)
to Mona
St - 500m short of Mona Vale shops;
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Left
into Mona St for 700m;
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Right into Waterview St for 700m;
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Left
into Barrenjoey Rd for 9km
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SignPost R into Whale Beach Rd
and ascend/descend for 2.4km to The Strand Rd for 50m to Brekkie
1st Nosh Stop (30 min)
from 10:00am [35km]
at
Whale Beach Cafe at top of Surf Rd - 50m before beach.
2nd
Leg:
Whale Beach to
Palm Beach to
Akuna Bay
Café - 28.7km
- 75 min
Slower cyclists should take shorter
route by retreating back down Whale Beach Rd and take a Sag Stop at
Serpentine Lookout
Bilgola Beach
10:35am
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Nth on Whale Beach
Rd/Florida Rd/Palm Beach Rd for 3km hugging the coastline to Palm Beach -
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L Sth
onto Barrenjoey Rd for
5.6km passing
Avalon
Golf Course on RHS;
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SignPost
L into The Serpentine for
3km adjunct into/out of Bilgola Beach which avoids a tight section of
Barrenjoey Rd;
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L
back onto Barrenjoey Rd for 2km passing Newport Beach and climb a short humdinger
up Newport hill;
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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;
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L
into Liberator General San Martin Drive for 2.8km to
Akuna Bay Café for
2nd Nosh Stop (20 min) from 11:50am.
3rd
Leg:
Akuna Bay to St Ives - 20.3km - 58 min
At 12:10pm final leg -
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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,
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Ahead
for 2.2km to the apex
of
McCarrs Creek
Rd;
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R into
Booralie Rd for 200m;
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L into
Myoora Rd for 3.3km;
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R into Mona
Vale Rd for 6.6km to
St. Ives car-park
:
* ETR St Ives 1:10pm
- ETR 85km for 3rd
Nosh Stop at
Pattisons Patisserie (20 mins); or
* ETR St Ives 12:10pm for 80km
ride if
you skip Akuna Bay for
2nd
Nosh Stop at
Pattisons Patisserie (20 mins).
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 and often don't grant us access to
Mona Vale Rd.
Finale Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km (agg 111.5km) -
29 min
1:30pm -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 2pm
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Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour
de Austinmer - 91km - 5 intrepid stoic cyclists
![](2008_07_20/ColedaleBridge744.JPG)
Scribe, Scott and
Jean aka ChiliDog
on
Coledale Bridge
![](2008_07_20/Austinmer745.JPG)
Three ordered Eggs Benedict, with Jean opting for a
"Mauritian favourite". Scott on RHS, who hails from Seven Hills,
was attending his 2nd Muggs' ride. Scott recently climbed
Bowen Mountain with a 39/25, so he is a mean climber.
![](2008_07_20/Austinmer746.JPG)
Jean and
Greg aka
ArchitectToo outside the
Austinmer Cafe
![](2008_07_20/Otford747.JPG)
Otford
Apple Pie Shop on a day that got cooler and
windier
Bank Teller
9114.6689
VOIP
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