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Saturday, 2 June '12 – Trois Montagnes (anti-clockwise) with 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn

Start 200m NW of Hornsby station from 8:15am for 73km loop.  ETR 12:15pm

All cyclists should time their start to arrive at 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn at 9:20am. 
WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861  John aka Auckland, Jean aka ChiliDog, John aka BakerBoy, Trev aka Tornado are starting from Hornsby at 8:15am. 
If you think you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn' which is forecast, but alas not for Sunday, can you e-mail Scribe, and he will add you

Snapshot:
Start from 200m NW of Hornsby station cycling North up Old Pacific H'way, to 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn.  Thence 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                     -    9:20am    (30 min)

2nd      Berowra Waters punt             -   10:40am    (10 min)

NoshStop:

1st       Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston         -  11:15am     (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 8:15am 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 8:40am, Cowan station 8:50am and Pie in the Sky Cafe at 9:05am.  After passing Pie in the Sky Cafe descend almost to water level, R turn into Brooklyn Rd for 3.2km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn from 9:20am. 

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

9:50am return for 11km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters Punt at 10:30am for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) during ride on the punt. 

Or continue south and return to Hornsby car park [52km] 11am. 

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia we take 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's Cafe from 11:15am.

 

 

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

11:40am 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 12:15pm.

 

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.

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"

Scribe's rap-up El Tour de Wiseman's Ferry, and dreaded Cliftonville Hill  -  8 riders  -  117km


Our 1st Sag Stop at the bus stop at Galston Shops


A familiar landmark about 15km Nth of Galston on Old Northern Rd


McFarland is buried here - 19.1.1871  - 143 years ago
Pete aka Pacific found a Hawkesbury Valley webpage which explains the unfortunate demise of Thomas McFarland after he was employed by The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser and also the 'Pilot Newspaper' (refer 3 February edition, p. 3) "but was discharged from both on account of intemperate habits."  Those "intemperate habits" will get you every time 'cause seemingly Thomas died of dehydration in mid-summer after a heavy session on the squirt.  The Hawkesbury Valley webpage provides links to four newspapers, incl the SMH, where Thomas's sad demise scored an article.  Bank Teller could die tomorrow from inebriation, and his "unfortunate demise" wouldn't crack a mention in any newspaper.  Perhaps it was so widely reported, 'cause McFarland went the way of many a  journo.



Don't know if Rosie's 'Bush Bites' at Wisemans is under new management, however, the burgers were beaut and the service first class  - worth the 50km 1st Leg alone


Above four pics along River Rd snapped by Jean aka ChiliDog on his new thingamee


The view from Cliftonville Lodge was serene, pristine and tranquil until those silly boats, driven by PetrolHeads, passed thru and disturbed the majesty of a corker late Autumn morn'


 

Data from David's Garmin extracted by Strava shows that at 220m into the dreaded Cliftonville climb the gradient was 22.4%, which means 'the rise over run' is 22.4 metres in every 100 metres cycled.  No wonder you are 'all tuckered out, but feeling rather chipper' when you finally get to the Stone House Cafe



Ranks had thinned at the Stone House Cafe, Nth Maroota

Bank Teller   22 May '12