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7:00am Sunday, 27 Nov '11 - Hornsby to Windsor, back-roads to Richmond for Choo Choo to Riverstone, cycle back thru Galston Gorge - 105km - ETR 1:40pm

Hornsby, Galston Gorge, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Freemans Reach, Richmond Lowlands, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston Gorge, Hornsby

1st Leg  -  Hornsby to Windsor  -  43km  -  105 min:

Rollout 7am Hornsby station carpark, Left into Galston Gorge to Galston shops arriving 7:40am.
Ahead along Mid Dural Rd, R into Old Northern Rd, L into Cattai Ridge Rd, ahead Scheyville Rd arriving The Bridge Cafe, Macquarie Square, Windsor 8:45am for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min).

2nd Leg  -  Windsor to Richmond  -  20.5km  -  65 min (agg 63.5km):

9:20am thru Freemans Reach, Kurmond, Richmond Lowlands arrive Richmond station at 10:25am to catch the half hourly service 16 min and 46 min past the hour (at 10:46am) for a 17km (46 min) train journey to Riverstone arriving 11:32am.

 

Dir

Road name

Distance

Next road

L

Bridge St

0.2

Freemans Reach Rd

A

Freemans Reach Rd

6.2

Gorricks Lane

R

Hibberts Lane

1.8

Kurmond Rd

L

Kurmond Rd

1.6

Terrace Rd

A

Kurmond Rd

6.8

Slopes Rd

L

Slopes Rd

3.4

Crooked Lane

R

Crooked Lane

0.6

Bells Line Rd/Kurrajong Rd

L

Bells Line of Rd/Kurrajong Rd

2.0

Old Kurrajong Rd

L

Old Kurrajong Rd

0.6

Old Kurrajong Rd

R

Old Kurrajong Rd

0.8

Francis St

L

Francis St

0.7

East Market St

R

East Market St

0.2

Richmond Station to catch half hourly service at 16 min or 46 min past the hour for 46 min ride to Riverstone

3rd Leg  -  Riverstone to Galston  -  23km  -  70 mins (agg 88.5km):

11:35am ride nth up Garfield Rd East, Right into Windsor Rd, Left into Nelson Rd/Edwards Rd, Left into Annangrove Rd, Right into Kenthurst Rd, Left into Old Northern Rd, Right into Galston Rd arriving Galston shops at 12:45pm for 2nd Nosh Stop (20 min) at Galston cafe.

4th Leg  -  12km  -  35 min (agg 100.5km):

1:05pm ahead East along Galston Rd arriving Hornsby carpark 1:40pm.

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
 Ride Organiser Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller  0434 715.861 is starting from Hornsby station carpark @ 7am with John aka BakerBoy, Jean aka ChiliDog, David aka CricketTragic, and John aka Auckland.   Tony aka Publican and Pete aka CampyAficionado are meeting us at Galston shops at 7:40am.
 If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya.

Risk Warning
 Ø    Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø    Expend 5 min studying your street directory for the 2nd (Common) Leg from Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old Northern Rd left into Cattai Ridge Rd, Scheyville Rd to Windsor

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"

Bank Teller's rap-up of Quatre Montagnes  -  16 crew -  88km

On what was a très chaud week-end, with Sat perhaps plus chaud, two crew turned in impressive performances.  On Sat, Jean aka ChiliDog rode a 200km Audax Qualifier and David aka CricketTragic clocked-up 67km thru The Gorge and up from Berowra Waters.  Both joined us yesterday, with David completing the 88km scheduled route and Jean joining the throng who took the 'short-cut' back to Hornsby, 'cause seemingly Squaw Chores were beckoning.

This Old Brown Duck fell apart crawling up the final climb from G.G.  Me conjectures that he allowed the hubris of a fast pace to induce him to earlier belt up to PitS, only to collapse at the final hurdle.  How could a day that seemed pleasantly crisp at Mt White, warm-up so fast a few hours later.

This Sunday, we head out to Windsor/Richmond as the '7 day forecast' is for showers all week and a 26o max on Sunday.  Plan B is a Beachie Ride to West Head and Warriewood ride should by Thurs night it seem that the weather gurus had got it RONG. 

The verdant, bucolic, Grassy Knoll is looking very green green.

Bank Teller   20 Nov '11