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Sunday, 8 Aug '10, Brunch at Pearl Beach - Old Rattler home from Woy Woy -  option to add 26km by alighting at Hawkesbury River Station, Brooklyn and cycling via PitS to Hornsby carpark
*     7:30am from Nth Turramurra carpark       -                98km    -        ETR  2:24pm; or 

*    7:40am from Hornsby carpark             -  86km*  -   ETR  2:04pm; or 

*    7:55am from Berowra                         -  75km    -   ETR  1:53pm

 

All cyclists should target arriving at Mt White Café 1st Sag Stop at 9:10am.  If you are slow start early.  If ya fast, start by above times final start times.

*         Extend ride to 112km by alighting All-Stops train at Hawkesbury River station (Brooklyn) and cycling back to Hornsby via PitS.

Nosh Stops:
 Mt White Village Store                                                    9:10am     -   30 min

Kariong Shell garage                                                   10:35am     -   10 min
Fish Shop at Pearl Beach                                             11:35am     -   35 min


Sag Stops:   
1st:         Wiseman's Ferry/Gosford roundabout                 10:25am     -    5 min
2nd:         Kariong Shell garage                                    10:40am     -  10 min 
 

King of the Mountain climbs
 1st:       Cherro Rd to 2nd Mt White sign  KOM                  7.55km

2nd       100m past Mooney Mooney bridge to KOM           3.60km

WHO, WHERE, WHEN
Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller  0434 715.861, David aka CricketTragic, Tony aka Publican, Ron aka Draughtsman  PacificPete, Jane aka Neo-Luddite, Harry aka KayakMan, Peter aka Yamaha, Bazza, Pete aka AnotherBeanCounter, Peter aka CampyAficionado, Jean aka ChiliDog and John aka BakerBoy are starting from Hornsby station carpark.  Richard aka Sloth  plans to start at Berowra station apres alighting the 8:10am which would land him at Mt Whote around 9:15am, 'cause Richard is faster than most.


If ya think you are 80% certain, e-mail Bank Teller, and he'll add ya to this list

Longer 1st Leg:  Nth Turramurra to Mt White Road Warriors Café - 46km (95 min)

Park in Nth Turramurra shopping centre 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 47km leg to Mt White.  Rollout by 7:20am.  1st Sag Stop at Kalkari Reserve after 9.9km.

Shorter 1st Leg:  Hornsby to Mt White Village Store - 35.5km (90 min)

¨           Rollout by 7:40am from Hornsby train station car park [70m N of the Railway Hotel in Jersey St – N/W side of train station] for 500m Nth then L and 20m later R at lights onto Pacific H'way; or

¨           commence by 7:55am (before the convoy to jump a head-start) on Old Pacific H'way opposite Berowra train station carpark.

Continue N up Old Pacific H'way to 1st Nosh Stop from 9:10am (30min from 1st arrivals) at Mt White Village Store.

 

Second Leg:  Mt White Village Store to Kariong Shell garage - 19.2km (55 min)


9:40am -

  • R Nth up Old Pac H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange around 10:00am; 

  • R East to Gosford “Scenic Route”, remaining on Old Pac H'way, to intermittent sounds of chirping Bellbirds, crossing Mooney Mooney creek 4.1km later;

  • climb 6.1km and take a 2nd Sag Stop (5 min) at the Wisemans Ferry/Gosford roundabout at Somersby Industrial Estate - keeping well to LHS; and

  • R Sth for 700m on Wisemans Ferry Rd, then L gradually ascending for 1.4km Old Pac H'way arriving at familiar Kariong Shell garage at 10:35am [55.3km] for Sag Stop (10 min).

 

Third Leg: Kariong Shell garage to Pearl Beach Park - 18km (50 min)

10:45am -

  • Initially flattish S/Eth along Woy Woy Rd, thence down the hill past Phegans' Bay twds Umina Beach.  After approx 12.5km from the Shell Garage

  • R into Rawson Rd for 100m and cross train tracks at level crossing;

  • Ahead on Rawson Rd for 450m to Ocean Beach Rd;

  • R into Ocean Beach Rd for 3km;

  • R into Sydney Ave as it veers L for 100m;

  • R into Hobart Ave for 200m;  

  • L into Mt Ettalong Rd for about 3km;  

  • At the Sth. end of beautiful Umina Beach, Mt Ettalong Rd changes to Patonga Drive.  Climb past "Mt Ettalong Lookout" for a further 1km.

  • L into Pearl Beach Drive for 1.75km to unspoiled, but expensive Pearl Beach [heaps of Filthy Rich “near deads” and WOOFS (Well Off Older Folks) driving Bentleys 'n Mercs] for

    • 2nd Nosh Stop (35 min) from 11:35am [76km] at Pearl Beach Park. (If you in a hurry, limit your lunch at Pearl Beach to 10 mins and high-tail it the 9.9km back to Woy Woy to aboard the 12:23pm All Stops.)

Fourth Leg: Pearl Beach to Woy Woy station - 9.9km (25 min) - arrive at Woy Woy station for -

*         12:58pm 'Express' to Hornsby station; or

*         1:23pm 'All Stops' to Hawkesbury River Station

12:10pm -

  • L  into Pearl Beach Drive retracing our path out of Pearl Beach up a mother of a hill along (gorgeous view of Pearl Beach on RHS) for 1.75km;

  • R  back onto Patonga Drive/Mt Ettalong Rd for 3km;

  • R  into Hobart for 200m;

  • L  into Sydney Ave for 150m;

  • L  into Ocean Beach Rd for 3.5km; and

  • R  into Railway St for 500m to Woy Woy station arriving around 1:08pm:

·     express at 11:58pm arrive Hornsby at 12:34pm; or

·     all stops at 12:23pm arrive Berowra at 12:53pm and Hornsby at 1:04pm; or

·     express at 12:58pm arrive Hornsby at 1:34pm; or

·     all stops at 1:23pm arrive Berowra at 1:53pm and Hornsby at 2:04pm; or

·     express at  1:58pm arrive Hornsby at 2:34pm; or

·     all stops at 1:23pm arrive Berowra at 1:53pm and Hornsby at 2:04pm; or

 ETR Berowra 1:52pm.   ETR Hornsby 1:34pm.   ETR Turramurra  2:24pm.

Risk Warning
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.

Ř    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

Ř    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

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

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

 

Scribe's rap-up of Tour de Wisemans Ferry, the dreaded Clifton Hill, Stone Souse Cafe and Andy's Cafe, Arcadia  -  16 cyclists - 119km

Above 'n below pics from Hornsby carpark start on a clear, slightly above ave temp late Winter's morn'.

Above 'n below pics of the Glenorie pick-up point for wosses like PacificPete

Pete aka Yamaha did a "Uie' at Glenorie 'cause reputedly Squaw Chores were beckoning, assuring us that he won't pull that excuse again.

David aka CricketTragic (LHS above) straight off the plane from France where he scaled famous mountains like Col de Tourmalet and Alpe du Huez

On The Road Again to Cliftonville via the scenic but lumpy River Road

 

 

 

Below three pics of a few of us who pulled-in at Andy's Cafe Arcadia 'cause we were knackered, and not looken fwd to the final climb from The Gorge

A good day had by all - except that it was a tough 119km route, made a lot tougher at Cliftonville

 

Scribe    1 Aug ‘10