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Sunday 11 July '10 - Hornsby station Jersey St carpark 8:35am for 1st Leg to Calga, then returning to Mt White Village Store for 1st Nosh Stop
Return
directly to Hornsby  -  84km  -  ETR 1:05pm  (Galston Gorge is closed during July for road works)

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller is in USA.

Jane aka Neo-Luddite, David aka CricketTragic, Pete aka Yamaha, Martin aka Architect, Pete aka Pelvis, Jean aka ChiliDog, BakerBoy ChiliDog, KayakMan and PacificPete are starting from Hornsby at 8:35am

If you think you are >80% of joining this ride, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya moniker above

Nosh Stops:
1st       
Mt White Village Store                                    from 10:40am        (30 min)
2nd      Pie in the Sky                                                  from 11:50am  
      (25 min)

1st Leg:  8:35am Hornsby station Jersey St carpark due Nth to Calga, then return to Mt White Village Store - 48.5km -  125 min

1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:40am. 

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km (64.6km) - 40 min

11:10am descend Old Pacific H'way, cross Brooklyn Bridge over Hawkesbury River, pass Brooklyn Rd and ascend 3.9km for 2nd Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky [25 min] from 11:50am.

 

3rd Leg:  Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km (84km) - 50 min

12:15pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way taking Right fork at Asquith, continuing along Old Pacific H'way - ETR Hornsby  1:05pm.

Risk Warning
Ø   Do not cycle over the metal girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you if you try to cycle over any of the longitudinal steel beams.
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"

Rap-up of Tour de Palm Beach - 10 cyclists -  79km from St Ives and 96km from Hornsby

Above 'n below pics at Church Point on a pristine, albeit chilly mid-Winter's morn'

Approaching Whale Beach

Views of Palm Beach in mid-Winter

Jane aka NeoLuddite and Jenny aka C2S powerful pleased to have arrived at Palm Beach General Store after 40km

Above 'n below shots (from The Serpentine Lookout) of the majestic blue pacific with secluded Bungan Beach Headland in the backdrop

Harry aka KayakMan returning past Cottage Point - as he's never seen him before

Bank Teller    4 July '10