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The Bullsheet
Sunrise in 6:25am
Wednesday, ANZAC Day, 25th Apr '12 by 7:30am from
St. Ives
carpark for "Brunch at Warriewood" -
return
via Wakehurst Parkway -
94km
- ETR 12:40pm
WHO, WHEN, WHERE
Ride
Organiser: Phil Johnston
aka
BankTeller
0434
715.861
David
aka CricketTragic,
NewChum Chris C,
Eric aka PapaBear,
Richard aka Sloth
Jane aka
Neo-Luddite,
Jean aka ChiliDog,
David aka
CricketTragic,
Pete aka
CampyAficionado,
Ron aka Draughtsman,
Tony aka Publican,
Barry aka Bazza
are starting by 7:30am
from
St. Ives carpark.
If ya want to join us, e-mail
Bank Teller
and he will add your moniker above.
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Rollout from St Ives car
park
for Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (1st Nosh Stop – pack nibbles),
Church Point, Warriewood (2nd Nosh Stop).
Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way.
NoshStops:
1st:
West Head (15 min)
2nd:
Sunrise Cafe overlooking
Warriewood Beach (35
min)
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1st
Leg: St Ives to
West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41km - 105 min
Depart
St Ives
carpark by 7:30am
depending on your ride speed:
-
E along Mona Vale Rd
for
6.2km;
-
L
into
Myoora Rd
passing
Forest Way - at
Terrey Hills
Vale Fruit Barn;
-
3km along Myoora Larool Rd until
Tepko Rd which is
70m before Booralie Rd;
-
L into
Tepko Rd (70m short
of Booralie Rd) for
400m;
-
L
into Booralie Rd
and pedal like "shit out of
Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course
and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);
-
"U"
turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner –
slower cyclists must turn around
as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to
via same route Terrey Hills neighbourhood shops;
-
Left into McCarrs Creek
Rd immediately passing
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
and entering Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V" (dual entrances to the park);
-
R
at the
"V"
anti-clockwise and descend
to
McCarrs Creek;
-
L
over small timber bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture
(Akuna Bay Marina is
2.8km on
LHS);
-
Ahead 12km
along West Head Rd to our 1st Sag Stop at
West Head.
Read below
Risk Warning about a dangerous
'Blackspot'.
Pack lots of nibbles,
‘cause we take our
Sag Stop (15
min) from
9:15am
for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue
peninsula and
The
Greenies blocked the proposed McChucks on
the headland.
2nd
Leg: West
Head to Warriewood - 28km - 70 min
9:30am
-
-
Return
12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,
-
Ahead
descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek small timber bridge [55km],
-
L
into
McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina to
Cabbage Tree Rd,
-
R into Cabbage Tree Rd
from 10:55am with Bayview Golf Course on
LHS);
-
Ahead
for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses
Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,
-
Ahead into Ponderosa Pde veering Left
becoming McPherson St for 2km to
Warriewood Rd
-
R
into Warriewood Rd 200m crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic
lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg
L, then
R]
which leads to views of Blue Pacific
overlooking
majestic
Warriewood Beach
[around 10:40am -
69km]
for Nosh Stop (35 min)
at the
Sunrise Cafe.
A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is
immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.
Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.
Sunrise
Cafe, on the
corner makes grouse burgers.
3rd
Leg:
Warriewood
beach cafés to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 26km - 85 min
11:15am -
R
into
Malcolm St for 50m;
ETR 12:40pm -
94km.
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Risk
Warning
Blackspot Warning.
The road section approx 250m prior to the West Head Lookout veers
awkwardly to the right. It is narrow with very little camber to
enable cyclists to hold the narrowing corner.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 5 bad accidents when
inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spun off
to the LHS. One cyclist remained in a comma for 3 months.
Descend to the West Head Lookout slowly and warn others to do likewise.
RTA, which is responsible for West Head Rd, has been negligent in ignoring my
Three Letters
dated 11 Jan 08,
8 Feb 08 and 29 March ’08 and
Annexure
to -
a) straighten approx 200m of that road
section by widening on the RHS,
b) build up the camber on the LHS, and
c) provide dedicated "Cyclists SLOW DOWN"
signage.
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"
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Rap-up
of
“Quatre
Demi
Montagnes”
– clockwise from Hornsby
–
83km
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We only had 4 starters yesterday cause 6 were out at
the annual Blayney to Bathurst 120km ride/race. Our initial decent along
Sommerville Rd and the steep 2.5km bitumen trail to Crosslands Reserve (where
the below pics were snapped) was beaut. Golly it was foggy which added to
the serenity, and we were all careful to take the precipitous descent slowly and
well apart from one another. After the '4km out/4km back' look-see along
Crosslands Rd, we turned right along Bevans Rd for a new rural route through
East Galston (as shown above) which was muchly enjoyed.
RideWithGPS quotes a max
elevation out of Crosslands Reserve as 14.5%.
Strava quotes 30.2% at
360m into the climb from Crosslands Reserve in the dedicted climb
description called
‘Somerville climb’
which is ridiculous, as no
cyclist can climb at 30.2% with
gearing greater than 1 : 1.1. When I move the cursor over the same section
at the start of the climb out of
Crosslands Reserve
on Strava's entire route
elevation profile, I see 17.4% as the max. Ipso facto, Strava is
unreliable.
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