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Sunday, 29 Jan '12Trois Montagnes (anti-clockwise) including 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn:

200m NW of Hornsby station from 7:05am for 73km.  ETR 11:05am

All cyclists should time their start to arrive at 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn at 8:30am. 

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861 is swimming the annual 2.7km Palm Beach to Whale Beach Big Swim and therefore riding the Sat ride from St Ives thru Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay, for Brekkie at Church Point.
David ala CricketTragic, Jean aka ChiliDog, Pete aka CampyAficinado and John aka BakerBoy are starting from Hornsby. 
If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add ya.

This Sunday, Eric aka PapaBear is riding his 18th consecutive 200km Audax Alpine Classic from Bright Vic.

Snapshot:
Start from
200m NW of Hornsby station cycling North up Old Pacific H'way, to 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, BrooklynThence 11km retracing to turn right at Berowra Waters Rd to Nth Galston for lunch at Andy's Cafe.  Return via Galston Gorge.
SagStops:
1st      
Red Herring Café                     -   8:10am    (30 min)

2nd      Berowra Waters punt             -   9:45am    (10 min)

NoshStop:

1st       Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston         -  10:25am     (25 min)

KOM climbs:
1st
climb:     Brooklyn Rd large aluminium light poll to 20m before Pie in the Sky entrance - 3.85km

2nd climb:    150m West of Berowra Waters punt to Koppers Log Berrilee - 3.40km

3rd climb:     cement Bridge at Galston Gorge to 50m before Bus Shelter -  3.4km

1st Leg: Hornsby to Red Herring Café Brooklyn  -  26km  - 65 min

Rollout Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] by 7:05am cycling 500m Nth up Jersey St, L into Wharf Rd for 60m, R [at traffic lights] onto Pacific Highway and cycle Nth on Pacific Highway passing Berowra station 7:30am, Cowan station 7:40am and Pie in the Sky Cafe at 7:55am.  After passing Pie in the Sky Cafe descend almost to water level, turn into Brooklyn Rd for 3.2km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn from 8:10am. 

2nd Leg: Red Herring Café, Brooklyn to Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston  -  33km - 85 min (agg 59km)

8:40am return for 11km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters 9:20am for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) during ride on the punt. 

Or continue south and return to Hornsby car park [52km] 9:50am

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia we take 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's Cafe from 10:05am.

 

 

3rd Leg: Andy's Cafe to Hornsby 14km - 30 min (agg 73km)

10:30am 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 right for 2km to Jersey St, Hornsby - ETR 11:05am.

 

Risk Warning
Ø   Do not cycle over the metal girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, 'cause you may come down hard if you opt to cycle off the ferry, like many before have.
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"

Bank Teller's pics of Aust. Day's Dampish Ride to Wyong  -  4 cyclists  -  98km

The Weather Gods looked encouraging when we crossed the Hawkesbury River.   Pete was riding a new prototype with double front and double rear wheels, and also a second helmet.

And we were still hopeful of 'slipping under Hughie's radar' when we reached Mt White where only two different motor bikes passed up, but one passed us twice.  Jean actually enjoyed yesterday's ride, but you wouldn't know it from the above UnHappySnap

Holy Shit didn't it bucket down somethin' horrible from about 3km Nth of Mt White 'til we reached the Corrugated Cafe, Peats Ridge. We met up with Rich aka Sloth (who was riding the route in reverse) at Yarramalong General Store, but the pic from Scribe's cheapo old phone didn't 'take' well enough

Returning from Wyong train station après 98km, where The Tough Got Going

Bank Teller's pics of Hornsby, Windsor, 37km Wilberforce, Ebenezer, Sackville loop, Windsor train to Riverstone for different route back - 116km - 11 crew

Tony aka Yorkshire and Kevin L. slipped behind after Kevin 'had a flat' around Galston.  However, they followed the beaut 37km Wilberforce, Ebenezer, Sackville loop out thru the verdant boondocks and caught back up with Scribe and PacificPete at Riverstone station who were Carbo/Caffeine Loading in a local cafe.


Galston Gorge at either end and a drop down to sea level across the Windsor Plains and lower Hawkesbury


The straight bit after 79km was our train ride from Windsor to Riverstone for a very different route home, because the latter part of return routes often loose their enjoyment

Bank Teller   22 Jan '12