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CAN'T RIDE MOTHERS DAY  -  Saturday, 8 May '10 – Trois Montagnes (anti-clockwise)  -  1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn:

*      Nth Turramurra shops carpark from 7:45am               100km    ETR 12:50pm; or 
*    200m NW of Hornsby station from 8:05am                    73km    ETR 12:20pm

Cyclists should time their start to arrive at 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn Wharf at 9:05am
WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861, David aka CricketTragic, Harry aka KayakMan, PacificPete, Peter aka CampyAficionado and Jane aka Neo-Luddite are starting from 200m NW of Hornsby station at 8:05am.  Terry aka Navigator  is riding from Ryde via Bobbin Head to meet us at the Brooklyn Wharf @ 9:05am.
 If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya name above

Snapshot:
Separate starts from Nth Turramurra shops or 200m NW of Hornsby station cycling North up Old Pacific H'way, to 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn.  Thence 11km retracing to turn right at Berowra Waters Rd to Nth Galston for lunch at Andy's Cafe.  Return via Galston Gorge and Bobbin Head.
 SagStops:
 1st               Berowra Waters punt              -  10:15am    (10 min)

NoshStop:

1st               Red Herring Café                      -   9:05am    (30 min)

2nd              Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston         -  11:25am    (25 min)

KOM climbs:
 1st climb:      50m past Bobbin Head bridge, "60km Max Speed" sign, to Kalkari Reserve sign - 3.25km

2nd climb:     Brooklyn Rd large aluminium light poll to 20m before Pie in the Sky entrance - 3.85km

3rd climb:      150m West of Berowra Waters punt to Koppers Log Berrilee - 3.40km

4th climb:      cement Bridge at Galston Gorge to 50m before Bus Shelter -  3.4km

5th climb:      "60km Max Speed" sign 15m after Old Stone Toilet Block SE side of Bobbin Head bridge to "60km Max Speed" sign 50m before Toll Booth at Nth Turra entrance -  3.95km

1st Leg: Nth Turra' 37km or  Hornsby to Red Herring Café Brooklyn for 1st Nosh Stop  -  26km  -  70 min

¨       Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [100km] 
Park in Nth Turramurra village car park (700m NNE of Burns Rd) in Valley Park Cres (little road off to the left of Bobbin Head Rd opposite the Corner Café on LHS) for 37km leg to Red Herring Café Brooklyn.  Rollout 7:45am passing Kalkari Reserve after 10.2km. 4 clicks later, R into Pac Highway at lights after passing Asquith Golf Course. Then due Nth on Old Pacific Highway.

¨       Shorter Ride - Three Hills [74km] 
Rollout Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] by 8:05m cycle 500m Nth up Jersey St, L into Wharf Rd for 60m, R [at traffic lights] onto Pacific Highway and cycle Nth on Old Pacific Highway to Brooklyn Rd where you turn right and cycle 2.8km to Red Herring Café.

Both groups pass Berowra station 8:30am, Cowan station 8:40am and Pie in the Sky Cafe at 8:55am.  After passing Pie in the Sky Cafe descend almost to water level, R turn into Brooklyn Rd for 3.2km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn from 9:05am. 

2nd Leg: Red Herring Café, Brooklyn to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston 33km - 85 min

9:35am return for 8km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters 10:15am for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) during ride on the punt. 

Or continue south and return to either Hornsby [52km] or Nth Turra’ [75km] car parks. 

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia we take 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's cafe from 11:25am.

 

 

3rd Leg: Andy's Cafe to either Nth Turramurra 28km - 70 min or  Hornsby 13km - 30 min

11:50am commence return home continuing South along Galston Rd to the large roundabout at Galston, Left to descend and scale Galston George passing familiar Hornsby Heights' bus shelter.

Continue 3km to Hookham's Corner and either -


¨       R       2km to Jersey St, Hornsby - ETR 12:20pm; or

 

¨       L        2.5km up Pacific H'way to Asquith station, then off-road to Royston Ave thru backstreets of Asquith, R in to Ku' ring' gai Chase Rd, Ahead into Bobbin Head Rd for 15km to Nth Turra' shops on Bobbin Head Rd - ETR 12:50pm.

Risk Warning
 Ø   Do not cycle over the metal girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, if you opt to cycle off the ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you.
 Ø   Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø   Expend 5 min studying your street directory for this route, if you haven't ridden it before

Ø   Don't ride two abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line and descend corners on wet roads as though you are skating on ice

Ø   When passing a fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance.  If you can't, or are passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside" etc

Some forms of cycling are dangerous.  An ave of 36 Australian cyclists have been killed annually since 2000.  95% of these fatalities occur on the road. 

Other cyclists in Australia break bones and incur nerve impairment from falling off their bikes in accidents. 

A cyclist could fall from his/her bike, inter alia, due to -
(i)      being hit by a car or another cyclist; or
(ii)     encountering a pothole;

(iii)    cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
(iv)    getting their bicycle wheel caught in a gap in a timber bridge.

A negligent cyclist could -

(a)    be litigated by a seriously injured cyclist, or 3rd party (ie. a woman pushing a pram on a footpath or a car driver) under common law where the damages could exceed $500,000; and

(b)    lose his/her home if he/she did not have public liability insurance which covers their negligence whilst on a push bike.

A negligent cyclist who did not have personal injury insurance (ie self-employed without income protection cover) could struggle to meet regular outgo commitments.

A seriously injured cyclist could be awarded damages which a negligent cyclist could not afford to pay if the negligent cyclist -
(I)     did not have public liability insurance cover; and/or
(II)    did not possess valuable assets.

Ø   Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
 join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected

Ø   Click on: Risk Management which warns of 'inter alia', the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps

Ø   Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"

Scribe's rap-up of Tour de Greater Sydney  -  124km  -  11 cyclists

Mid-Autumn is occasionally characterized by fog followed by a corker of a day, and today was no exception with heavy mist, vapor, miasma, murkiness, "call it what you like, but it was on occasions powerful difficult to see ahead and for passing motorists to see you."  Fortunately, the miasma lifted about five clicks from Windsor as evident in the below snaps.

Above 'n below pics at The Bridge Cafe après 48km from Turra' station

The climb from the South Richmond Flats to Yarramundi Lookout is only 3.45km, but Golly Gosh there are a few nasty bits at the start.

John aka BakerBoy and Terry aka Navigator at Yarramundi Lookout

 CampyAficionado and David aka CricketTragic at Yarramundi Lookout

Terry aka Navigator,  Bank Teller  and  John aka BakerBoy at the Yarramundi Lookout

John aka BakerBoy and Terry aka Navigator at Penrith station

Bank Teller guarding bikes 'en route' to Seven Hills station with only 24km to ride

David aka CricketTragic, Bank Teller and CampyAficionado back at Turra' station post-ride with Jane taking the Happy Snap

 

Bank Teller    2 May 2010