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The Bullsheet
Sunrise 5:37am
Sunday, 9 Dec '12 - Tour
de Windsor,
Richmond, Hawkesbury Heights, Springwood, Mitchells Pass,
Penrith train to Seven Hills, cycle M2 alternate 125km
(119.6km) ETR Turra' 2:10pm
Or return via
Pitt Town Rd to Hornsby 50.1km (91km) or Turramurra 55.9km - ETR
Hornsby 1:55pm or Turra' 2:10pm
-
6:45am
Turramurra station
carpark for
124km route
via
Browns Water Hole, (7:00am
from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield), Epping Rd, Pembroke St, M2
alternate route,
Old Windsor Rd and Windsor Rd for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min) from 9:10am
-
6:55am Hornsby
station carpark for 43km to Windsor via Galston
Gorge and Cattai Ridge Rd arriving 8:50am for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min)
Then at 9:35am 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 2:40pm
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,
,
Tony aka Yorkshire, are starting at
7:00am
from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield carpark and riding the below 'M2
alternative route'.
Ø
Jean aka ChiliDog
is meeting us at the bus shelter at Cnr Epping Rd and Vimiera Rd at
7:10am.
Ø
David aka CricketTragic is meeting us 100m into
steepish Pembroke St after we enter it from
Epping Rd at 7:15am.
Ø
Scott aka
PatternMaker is riding from his Seven Hills 'digs', and plans to
meet us at the
intersection of Old Windsor Road & Windsor Road around 8:40am
APOLOGIES
John aka BakerBoy
is still
camping at South West rocks.
John aka Auckland
is holidaying in his 'native' NZ.
Pete
aka CampyAficinado
can't get a 'leave-pass' cause 'the other half beckons'
If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', please e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above
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Snapshot:
Long Route:
1st Leg start 6:45am from
Turramurra station
carpark
via
3.7km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole (7:00am
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.
2nd Leg is
challenging 31km to Richmond, thence SW up Hawkesbury Heights to
Yarramundi
Lookout, thence further South/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 3:10pm.
Nosh Stops:
(i) Thompson Square, Windsor (35 min) from
9:10am
(ii) Springwood
Subway (30 min) from 11:40am
(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 6:45am
for 45.4km 'M2 alternate route' to Windsor - 115 min - ETR 8:40am:
* 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
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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
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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
(read
Risk Warning below) |
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
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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
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10.2
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Left onto Edward
St for |
0.6
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10.8
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Turn right onto
Old Northern Rd for |
0.7
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11.5
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Turn left onto
Excelsior Ave for |
1.9
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13.5
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Turn right onto Windsor
Rd at lights 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 9:10am at 'Thompson
Square' Windsor. |
2nd
Leg:
Windsor
to Richmond,
Yarramundi,
Springwood
-
31km - 85 min (agg 76.4km)
9:45am: |
|
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 |
Springwood
Subway |
|
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 1:30pm and cycle to Turramurra station
carpark - 27km - 80 min
(agg 119.6km)
- ETR Turramurra station 2:50pm
-
Ahead into Boys Ave 200m,
-
R into Second Ave for 400m,
-
L into Sunnyholt Rd for
800m,
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R into Sackville Rd for
1.2km
-
Ahead in
Lucas Rd for 1.4km
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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,
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Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km
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R into Pacific H'way for 250m
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Left into Rohini St for 200m
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Left into Turramurra station
carpark.
ETR Turramurra station 2:50pm -
119.6km
(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
2:40pm
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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.
After veering left off North
Rocks Rd into Barclay Rd there is a very steep descent in
Renown Rd,
followed by an equally steep climb. It is vital that on the steep
climb that you drop down thru your gears rapidly, as you may find that
you can't manage the gear you are in and you can't release your shoe
from its cleat to pull up, whereupon you eventually fall off. So
as you rapidly ascend, drop to your lowest gear early, rather than after
it is too late.
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.
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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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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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Thumbnail pics ('cause we got to think "small
is OK") of Muggs' involvement with 2012 Critical Mass ride over the
Sydney Harbour Bridge to North Sydney 'noodle mart' to protest humans
trashing our planet for future generations by gouging everything we can get our
hands on - Don't worry
about the cows farting, 'cause "UN
warns permafrost is melting" which will release massive methane
deposits
Colourful pics of Critical Mass's 2012 ride from Hyde Park to Nth Sydney
'noodle mart' which includes a 'team' pic of Muggs
Scribe's
pics of Terrey Hills, West Head, Akuna Bay - 9 riders - 77km
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Above pic evidences "no one paying
attention"
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Full concentration
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relaxing at Akuna Bay after an interesting
visit to West Head where Ernst & Young jerseys dominated in
pursuit of riding with "Cadel"
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Scribe
2 Dec
'12 |
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