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The Bullsheet
Sunrise 7:01am
Sunday, 24 June '12 - Tour
de Windsor,
Richmond, Hawkesbury Heights, Springwood, Mitchells Pass,
Penrith train to Seven Hills, cycle M2 alternate 125km - ETR Turra
3:20pm
Or return via
Pitt Town Rd to Hornsby 50.1km (91km) or Turramurra 55.9km - ETR
Hornsby 1:55pm or Turra' 2:10pm
-
8:15am
Turramurra station
carpark for
124km route
via
Browns Water Hole, (8:35am
from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield), Epping Rd, Pembroke St, M2
alternate route,
Old Windsor Rd and Windsor Rd for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min) from 10:20am
-
8:50am
Turramurra
station carpark
for
91km
Shorter Route with 22.4km via
Browns Water Hole, (9:05am
from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield), Epping Rd, Pembroke St,
M2
alternate route/Abbott Rd/Prospect Highway
to
Seven Hills train station to
aboard
9:48am
train
arriving Windsor 30 mins later at 10:19am (reducing 1st Leg
to Windsor by 27km) (Let
Scribe
know if you want to ride this abridged route,
otherwise you might be the only cyclist in Turra' carpark approaching 8:45am)
-
8:10am Hornsby
station carpark for 43km to Windsor via Galston
Gorge and Cattai Ridge Rd arriving
10:20am for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min)
- see bottom
Ø below
Then at 11:05am onto
Richmond, up Yarramundi
to Springwood to 2nd Nosh Stop at Springwood, thence descend
Mitchells Pass
to -
* Emu Plains train to Blacktown
station; or
* Penrith train to Seven Hills
Thence
M2
alternate route, Browns Water Hole,
Kissing Point Rd -
ETR Turramurra 3:20pm
Ø If driving from Inner West,
park at most Northerly Point in Vimiera Rd Marsfield 200m South of M2 to join ride
Ø
Hardcopy these directions,
expend
10 min studying the street map
to familiarize with the below
and bring on Sunday
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE
Ø Ride
Organiser: Phil Johnston aka
BankTeller 0434
715.861,
John aka Auckland,
Tony aka Yorkshire, Pete
aka CampyAficinado
are starting at
8:25am
from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield carpark and riding the below 'M2 alternative
route'. Pete says "I
will be a starter for out to Windsor, a cup of coffee, a sticky bun and a
Chin Wag, then return directly."
"Ø John aka BakerBoy
is alighting the 8:05am train from Hornsby and cycling down the highway and
right into Kissing Point Rd around 8:20 to arrive
8:30am
at Vimiera Rd, Marsfield carpark
Ø
Jean aka ChiliDog
plans to again meet us at the bus shelter at Cnr Epping Rd and Vimiera Rd at
8:40am.
Ø
David aka CricketTragic is meeting us 100m into
steepish Pembroke St after we enter it from
Epping Rd at 8:45am.
If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above
and let
John aka Auckland
know as he'd prefer to ride from Hornsby at 8:10am if there are any other
Hornsby starters.
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Snapshot:
Long Route:
1st Leg start 8:15am from
Turramurra station
carpark
via
3.7km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole (8:35am
from Vimiera Rd, carpark Marsfield), Epping Rd, Pembroke St, M2
alternate 'backroads' route by up Ray Rd,
right onto Pennant Pde, Left onto North Rocks Road as explained below,
thence
onto Windsor Rd.
Or
Shorter Route to Windsor using train from Seven Hills: Start
Turramurra station 8:50am for 24km to Seven Hills station (3.7km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole,
Vimiera Rd, Epping Rd, Pembroke St, 17km on M2 alternate
'backroads' route/Abbott Rd/Prospect Highway) to catch
Seven Hills train
at
9:48am
arriving Windsor at 10:29am.
Then pedal 1km Nth to Thompson Square.
2nd Leg is
challenging 31km to Richmond, thence SW up Hawkesbury Heights to
Yarramundi
Lookout, thence further West
for 2nd Nosh Stop at Springwood.
3rd Leg is 16km descent of scenic Mitchells Pass to Emu Plains
station to catch train back to Blacktown
station
(or Penrith station to Seven Hills).
4th Leg is 24km cycle
from Seven Hills back to Turra' station
- ETR 4:15pm.
Nosh Stops:
(i) Thompson Square, Windsor (35 min) from
10:20am
(ii)
Aroma Cafe Springwood
(30 min) from 12:20pm
(iii) Train from -
* Emu Plains to Blacktown station for 19 min; or
* Penrith station to Seven Hills station for 25 min.
KOM Climbs:
Shaws Creek Bridge to veer R sign approaching
Hawkesbury Heights Lookout
4.1km
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a)
Longer Route from
Turramurra station
Rohini Street carpark
departing 8:15am
for 45.4km 'M2 alternate route' to Windsor - 115 min:
* R Sth 200m up Rohini St
to traffic lights on Pacific H'way
* R 200m
W on Pacific Highway to traffic lights
* L
Sth down Kissing Point Rd for 3km - very steep early
* Ahead SW thru Browns Water Hole for 700m -
caution steep decent with sharp
turns
* R W
thru 30m tunnel under the M2
* L SW
into Vimiera Rd for 20m to meet-up with other cyclists who parked at Vimiera Rd
Sag Stop (3 min).
* Ahead SSW along Vimiera Rd for 700m
* R W
into Epping Rd for 1.3km
* Ahead W into Pembroke St at traffic lights for 100m
* R NW
into Essex St for 300m
* L W
into Chester St for 150m
* R N
into Cambridge St and follow signs into/thru Beecroft Rd bus/rail underpass for
400m to Kandy Ave
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Below directions from Kandy Ave, Epping to Windsor |
Leg km |
Total km |
Ahead along Kandy
Ave for |
0.4
|
0.4
|
Cross Beecroft Rd
and ascend Ray Rd which is opposite for |
1.9
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2.3
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At the
roundabout, turn Right into Pennant Parade for |
0.6 |
2.9
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Turn left into
North Rocks Rd to Pennant Hills Rd for |
0.7 |
3.8
|
Ahead on North
Rocks Rd for |
2.1 |
5.9
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Ahead onto
Barclay Rd for |
1.5
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7.4
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Continue onto
Renown Rd where there is a
Big Dipper
for |
1.1
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8.4
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Continue straight
onto Park Rd |
0.2 |
8.6
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Turn right onto
Cook St |
0.4 |
9.0
|
At the
roundabout, turn left onto Cross St for |
0.4
|
9.4
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At the
roundabout, ahead on Jindabyne Ave for |
0.4
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9.8
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Turn right onto
Henry St for |
0.4
|
10.2
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Left onto Edward
St for |
0.6
|
10.8
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Turn right onto
Old Northern Rd for |
0.7
|
11.5
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Turn left onto
Excelsior Ave for |
1.9
|
13.4
|
Turn right on to
Excelsior Way for |
0.1
|
13.5
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Turn right onto Windsor
Rd to junction of Old Windsor Rd for |
6.4 |
22.0 |
Turn right remaining on
Windsor Rd for |
15.9 |
37.9 |
to Windsor
for 1st
Nosh Stop (35 min)
from approx 10:20am at 'Thompson
Square' Windsor. |
Shorter
Route
catching train from Seven Hills station:
Turramurra
station
Rohini St
car park
via above explained new access onto M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to
Windsor station – 22.4km -
65 min:
Rollout 8:50am
and follow above directions in blue
background but rather than veer r onto M7, hook L and straighten for
another 3km to where the M2 becomes Abbott Rd which is at traffic lights with Johnson
Ave.
Continue ahead
700m along Prospect Highway
to Seven Hills station on LHS, enter via Terminus Rd.
Quickly buy a snack and
catch
Seven Hills train
at
9:48am
arriving 31 mins later at Windsor station at 10:19am
and pedal 1km to
Thompson Square
to meet cyclists who cycled
all the way to Windsor.
2nd
Leg:
Windsor
to Richmond,
Yarramundi,
Springwood
-
31km - 85 min (agg 80km)
10:55am: |
|
Windsor |
5.0 |
~ |
NWW |
Richmond |
|
Market St |
0.1 |
~ |
NWW |
March St |
|
March St |
0.6 |
~ |
SSW |
Bosworth St |
|
Bosworth St |
0.3 |
~ |
SWW |
Castlereagh Rd |
|
Castlereagh Rd |
4.0 |
~ |
SWW |
Springwood Rd |
|
Springwood Rd |
11.4 |
/ |
SWW |
Hawkesbury Heights
Lookout 10 min
Sag Stop |
|
Hawkesbury Rd |
9.1 |
~ |
SWW |
Macquarie Rd |
|
Macquarie Rd |
0.2 |
~ |
W |
Raymond Rd |
|
Raymond Rd |
0.1 |
~ |
S |
Aroma Café, Springwood |
|
Raymond Rd |
0.1 |
~ |
N |
Macquarie Rd |
|
Macquarie Rd |
0.2 |
~ |
SEE |
Hawkesbury Road |
|
Green Pde/Macq. Rd |
4.0 |
~ |
SEE |
Green Pde/Macquarie Rd |
|
Great Western Highway |
0.8 |
~ |
SEE |
Great Western Highway |
|
Wilson/Railway Pde |
4.4 |
~ |
SEE |
Wilson/Railway Pde |
|
Mitchells Pass |
4.3 |
\ |
E |
Great Western Highway |
|
Great Western Highway |
2.3 |
~ |
NE |
Station St |
|
Station St |
0.1 |
~ |
N |
Emu Plains station |
4th
Leg:
Alight train at Blacktown station around 1:50pm and cycle to Turramurra station
carpark - 27km - 80 min - ETR Turramurra station 3:20pm
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Ahead into Boys Ave 200m,
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R into Second Ave for 400m,
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L into Sunnyholt Rd for
800m,
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R into Sackville Rd for
1.2km
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Ahead in
Lucas Rd for 1.4km
-
L into
Prospect H'way for 400m
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Ahead at Johnson Ave
traffic lights into Abbott Rd/M2 (take extreme car as lots of traffic proceed
leftish along the Prospect H'way,
and one of those
Red Necks could wallop ya!) for 15.6km,
-
L at
Optus Tower
at crest (1.6km after passing thru 400m tunnel) down/up
Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,
-
Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km
-
R into Pacific H'way for 250m
-
Left into Rohini St for 200m
-
Left into Turramurra station
carpark.
ETR Turramurra station 3:20pm -
125km.
(If your train stops at Seven Hills
station, exit at Seven Hills station because you are immediately on
Prospect H'way/Abbott Rd/M2 - 25km - 70 min) - ETR Turramurra station
3:20pm
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Risk
Warning
Take the early steep descent of
Kissing Point Rd slowly, as one lass who rode with Peloton Racing Club had a
very nasty bingle 5 years ago, and David Hatley aka Radar
broke two collar bones, and wrote-off his carbon bike, when a lady backed-out,
and Radar's radar couldn't react in time to avoid a nasty rear-end
whack
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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Scribe's
rap-up - 8 riders - 74km
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Basking in delightful sunlight at Church Point
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More glorious sunshine at
Wagstaffe General Store
après alighting the ferry from Palm Beach where the forecast 35km p/h winds
never arrived
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Another pic at
Mary Byles Lookout
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Fish 'n Chips at
Woy Woy Fisherman's
Wharf |
Scribe
17 June
'12 |
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