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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
Sunday
20 June '10 200m NW
of
Hornsby station
from 8:20am – Trois
Montagnes
(anti-clockwise) - 1st Nosh Stop at
Red
Herring Café, |
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434 715.861
will be in the USA.
John aka
BakerBoy,
Jane aka NeoLuddite,
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Snapshot: NoshStop: 1st Red Herring Café - 9:30am (30 min) 2nd Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston - 11:30am (25 min)
KOM climbs: 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 |
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1st Leg:
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Shorter Ride
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Three Hills
[74km]
2nd Leg: Red Herring Café, Brooklyn to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston 33km - 90 min 10:00am return for 8km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters 10:40am 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 11:30am.
3rd Leg:
Andy's Cafe
to
11:55am 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
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Risk
Warning 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 -
(iii) cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the
coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
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 -
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Cycling
without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
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" |
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Pete's Pics of Sat 12 June Tour de Macarthur - 99.7km for the wosses, and 130km for the three who braved it out to the dam - 14 cyclists
Scribe's pics from Tour de Bulli, returning thru RNP - 105km - 12 cyclists
It was only 105km, but Golly, it was a tough 105km, not just the undulating flats and the horrendous climb from Stanwell Park up Bald Hill to Stanwell Tops, but the bloody chill in the park under the canopy of big green trees
After having survived the "refrigerated" RNP, we were greeted by the above 'n below views of the South Coast après 25km en route to Bulli
Check out the Coalcliff Bridge above
A beaut pic of the escarpment at Scarborough on a pristine Winter's morn'
Two grubs grubbing-out at SeaSalt Cafe Bulli on the Beach on a brill early Winter's morn'
Below four pics on the familiar grassy knoll at Otford Apple Pie Shop
Back at Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark post-ride, where the shadow cast in the middle of the above pic was Trev who looks remarkably slimmer which may have something to do with the setting sun being 93m miles away and low in the Western sky |
Bank Teller 14 June 2010