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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet SUNRISE IS
6:56am
Queens Birthday, Saturday,
8:25am,
9 June
'12,
Quatre
Demi
Montagnes clockwise
from Hornsby car-park
–
92.3km ETR 1:50pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434
715.861
Peter aka CampyAficinado, David aka
CricketTragic,
Jane aka NeoLuddite,
Tony aka
Yorkshire,
Kevin aka
TexDubbo, John aka Auckland,
John aka BakerBoy
are
starting
from
Hornsby
at 8:25am.
If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above.
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David's GPS
registered 17.9% at the final short ascent to the crest from Crosslands Reserve |
1st Leg:
Hornsby
to
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
- 46.3km 1st Leg - 130 min
Rollout 8:25am
Hornsby car-park
100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey
St
* Nth up Jersey St for 500m,
* L into
Bridge Rd
40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,
* R and pedal
700m Nth; and
* L at lights into Galston Rd and cycle
4.1km
NNW
twds Hornsby Heights.
*
R into
Somerville Rd at traffic lights and pedal 4km on undulating, wide residential
road to narrow entrance of Crosslands Reserve.
*
Descend
narrow, steep bitumen pathway 2.5km to Crosslands Reserve at creek level for
1st
Sag Stop (10 min).
*
Return up precipitous, steep narrow pathway 2.5k.
* R
into
Somerville Rd for
4.1km
to Galston Rd
* R back into Galston Rd and descend
4.5km to Galston Gorge timber bridge.
* Climb 4km to
Crosslands Rd.
*
Right into
Crosslands Rd for 3.3km to dirt road.
* Return 3km and Right into Bevans Rd for
700m.
*
Left into Knights Rd for 850m
* Right into
Bayfields Rd for 1.7km which veers Right into Blacks Rd for 900m to familiar
Arcadia Rd which becomes Bay Rd
at pastoral Berrilee, where
a few km later after passing the familiar
Koppers Log
KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our
1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) at
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe arriving
from 10:35am.
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2nd
Leg:
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
to
Red Herring Cafe,
Brooklyn Wharf
- 20km
(agg 66.3km) - 60 min
11:05am
take ride on the punt and
climb
4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup
at 2nd
Sag
Stop (5 min)
under cover at
Former Pool Shop, before
3km later turning
Left from Berowra Waters Rd. into
Old Pacific H'way and cycle Nth past
Cowan station and
Pie in the Sky
and descend to Brooklyn Rd
where we turn Right and cycle 3.2km
to Red
Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Wharf at 12:05pm
for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min).
3rd
Leg:
Red Herring Cafe,
Brooklyn Wharf to
Hornsby - 26km
(agg 92.3km) - 75 min
12:35pm commence return
to
Hornsby with 3.2km East along Brooklyn Rd, then
Sth down Old Pacific H'way
to
Hornsby
- ETR 1:50pm.
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Risk
Warning
Ø Do not cycle over the metal
girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, if you opt to cycle off
the ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you.
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 at least 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"
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Last Sat's
'beat the rain' Hornsby to Brooklyn return
- 52km - 4 starters
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Karen and Clint (in these pics with
Auckland and
Bank Teller)
rode with Muggs a few times a few years ago. By chance,
Phil met Karen at PitS a few weeks' ago, when Karen said that they would
try and 'become more disciplined'. This morning they joined us, and
I must say the calibre of conversation was more interesting than many
Muggs' cafe chats. Consensus was that with Australia having the lowest
consumption tax rate in the world, and the highest 'on-line' GST exemption
rate in the world, Australia should -
(i)
increase its GST rate from the floor price of 10%
(half that of Britain and two thirds that of NZ)
that John Howard adopted 'to
get it in' to 15%, and remove a few inefficient taxes; and
(ii)
reduce the current threshold for 'on-line' purchases from $1,000 to $100 to close
an unfair loophole (which is cruelling traditional retailing) where shoppers
have to contribute to the fiscal purse by paying GST, but The Haves
do not when purchasing 'on-line'.
(The UK charges import VAT on
all goods purchased over the internet over AUD26, and over AUD59 for gifts.
Canada charges HST on purchases over $20 and $60 for gifts. No country has
a consumption tax exemption for 'on-line' purchases which is greater than $100,
except Australia. Why are we so different to all other countries?)
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Bank Teller 3
June
'12
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