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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
Sunrise 5:32am
Monday, 1 Oct
'12,
6:35am from
Hornsby
(101km) or 7:05am from
St Ives car park
(84km) via Eric's "backroads" thru Duffy's Forest, thence clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay for Brekkie at Church Point - return via
Warriewood, Wakehurst Parkway/Forest Way - ETR St
Ives 11:00am or Hornsby 12:00pm
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Snapshot
Hornsby station carpark
6:35am or
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd [opposite
Pattisons Patisserie
and Stanley St. junction]
for
7:05am rollout. After our
12km Duffy's Forest "Backroads" out/back, we drop down to Akuna Bay
CLOCKWISE. Upon completing the circle back to McCarrs Creek timber bridge, hook left and drop down to
Church Point Café for
1st Nosh Stop
from
10:00am (30 min) [48.3km
from St Ives] adjacent to the water’s edge.
Then cycle N/E twds Mona Vale, before taking a right into Cabbage Tree Rd thru Warriewood,
thence West up Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives [84km - ETR 11:00am]
or Hornsby
[101km - ETR 12:00pm]
following a coffee at St Ives. |
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser,
Phil Johnston
aka
Bank Teller
0434 715.861
is starting from St Ives at 7:05am along with
Jane aka
Neo-Luddite,
Martin
aka Architect,
Tony
aka Yorkshire,
Richard aka
Sloth,
Bill aka
Glasgow, Tony aka
Publican,
David aka TreeHugger,
David aka CricketTragic, and
Pete aka CampyAficionado
. Syd aka NewChum is joining us at the Terrey Hills FruitBarn at
7:20am.
If you are 80% sure of starting at either Hornsby or St Ives,
e-mail Scribe and he will add you to this violet 'who', 'when', 'where' - so you
don't turn-up at one of the optional start spots and find you are on ya
Pat Malone.
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Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd -
8km -
25 min
6:35am
cycle
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Early on Sunday morn' the following route
has low road traffic which
follows the street signs to St Ives:
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L down Pacific H'way for 800m
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L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
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Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
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R into Eastern Rd for 700m
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L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
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Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
* Right into Memorial Ave
for 500m,
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Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m.
If cycling from St Ives back to Hornsby at
the tail of this ride, due to increased traffic after church, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride
invitation is recommended.
1st Leg: St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd, via Duffy's Forest, Akuna Bay, Church Point
Cafe -
39.8km - 95 min
7:05am:
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Mona Vale Rd | 0.0 |
St Ives car park |
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L |
Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
Myoora Rd |
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L |
Mona Vale Fruit Barn |
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1st Sag Stop |
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L |
Myoora Rd |
2.9 |
Tepko Rd |
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L |
Tepko Rd |
0.3 |
Booralie Rd | |
L |
Booralie Rd | 5.5 |
"U" turn at end Booralie Rd |
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U |
Booralie Rd |
5.7 |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd to Thai Restaurant |
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2nd Sag Stop |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
1.5 |
"V" entrance to park |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
3.9 |
Cottage Point Rd |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
1.7 |
Illawong Bay |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
2.1 |
Akuna Bay | |
A |
McCarrs Creek Rd | 3.3 |
T' West Hd Rd & McCarrs Creek Rd |
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R |
West Head Rd |
1.6 |
McCarrs Creek Bridge |
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L |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
5.3 |
Church Point Café |
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Church Point Cafe |
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1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) from 8:40am |
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2nd Leg: Church Point to Narrow Bean Cafe, 10 Waterloo St, Narrabeen - 36km
- 95 min (agg 75.8km) |
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9:10am remount to return up McCarrs
Creek Rd or continue to Narrabeen Cafe
and then Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd loop back to St
Ives |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
3.8 |
Cabbage Tree Rd on RHS |
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R |
Cabbage Tree Rd /Samuel St |
2.5 |
Mona Vale Rd |
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A |
Ponderosa Pde/ McPherson St |
1.9 |
Warriewood Rd |
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R |
Warriewood Rd |
0.3 |
Pittwater Rd |
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A |
Harwood Place |
0.1 |
Hunter St |
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L |
Hunter St |
0.1 |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
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R |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
1.3 |
Ocean St | |
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Ocean St | 2.3 |
Waterloo St |
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L |
Ocean St |
0.9 |
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Waterloo St | 0.1 |
Pittwater Rd |
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R |
Pittwater Rd |
0.3 |
Wakehurst Parkway |
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L |
Wakehurst Parkway |
9.9 |
50m before French's Forest Rd |
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LHS of Rd 50m before lights |
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4th Sag Stop
(5 min) |
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R |
French's Forest Rd / Naree Rd |
1.0 |
Forest Way |
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R |
Forest Way |
5.4 |
Mona Vale Rd |
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L |
Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
St Ives car park
- ETR 11:00am |
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86.2 |
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4th
Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km -
30 min
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11:30am -
L
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Mona Vale Rd
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0.9
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Pentecost Ave
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R
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Pentecost Ave
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2.0
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Ku'ring'gai
Ave
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Boomerang St
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0.7
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Eastern Rd
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Eastern Rd
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0.7
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Bangalla St
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Bangalla St
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1.0
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Millewa St
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R
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Millewa St
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1.4
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F3 Overpass
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Alexandra Pde
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1.5
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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L
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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0.5
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Pacific H'way
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R
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Pacific H'way
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0.8
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Coronation St
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R
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Coronation St
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0.3
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Jersey St
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L
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Jersey St
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0.1
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Hornsby car park - ETR 12:00pm
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Risk
Warning
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Take
Care descending to Illawong Bay. About 1.5km past Cottage Point Rd
is a hard RH switch-back, known as The Wall, which has claimed
several cyclists, including Siggy aka SmilingAssassin who was carted out in an
ambulance
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
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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
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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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Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
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Climb Stats
and Pics from 2012 'Tour
de Conquer' - 4 Sept to 22 Sept '12
Planning for 2013 Tour de Conquer
for
under $5,000 (ALL inclusive) if you
book an Early Bird flight before end Jan '13
Tour de
Macarthur C/W rap-up - 94.4km - 3 riders
Seems to defy physics, but we seemed
to be riding into a STRONG headwind, or side wind for 90% of yesterday's
toughish
94.4km route with two nasty lumps.
The over night rain had
cleared by our 8am start, but blustery, SWW winds replaced it.
Andrew aka TugBoat,
Phil aka BankTeller and
David aka
CricketTragic 'pigging out' at a beaut cafe at Camden where
the pies and cakes almost rival Cobbitty Cafe.
Back at Mt. Annan carpark post ride
Bank Teller
30 Sept '12 |
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