Climb to Mt White.  Continue elevating to Peats Ridge.  Descend to Spencer after 70km.  Climb back out of Spencer.  Climb up and descend Bumble Hill.  18km flat stretch to Wyong  - 129km

About 5 years ago, Guy aka Lawyer, ended up in North Shore Spinal Unit requiring surgery on his neck after pulling up quickly due to an oncoming vehicle getting close, whereupon a subsequent Muggs' rider, Greg aka ArchitectToo, clipped Guy's pedal and they both took nasty falls. 

Two years ago, on the final leg to Hornsby, Tony aka Yorkshire, ended up in RNSH after being slow to react to Kevin aka TexDubbo and David aka MountainGoat  breaking upon seeing a red traffic light signal ahead.  Tony acknowledged that he was slow to react and upon seeing Kev's imposing rump, coming up real rapid, Tony instinctively slammed on the brakes and cart-wheeled over the handle bars, with the inevitable Noggin going gyro head-first into the tarmac, smashing his helmet, which may have otherwise ended in brain damage.  Fortunately, after RNSH trauma unit (in Emergency) doing chest, shoulder and neck X-rays, head CT scan, and abdominal ultrasound, and blood tests, all within 2 hours of admission, Tony was released within 6 hours.  Tony was told that he was the third cyclist that day in Emergency. Bank Teller understands that Tony was at least one bike length behind TexDubbo. 

Over three years ago, at the behest of the Editor of Push On, Jenni G_rmley, Bank Teller researched Regulation 126 “Keeping a safe distance behind vehicles” of the NSW Road Rules 2008, namely whether a bicycle rider (designated as a vehicle under Regulation 15) is required to travel at a safe distance behind another cyclist.  Jenni published his findings in “Is riding in a bunch illegal?”.  No one has ever disputed his assertions therein, that cyclists are braking the law when not riding at a distance whereby a cyclist can pull up to avoid hitting a vehicle ahead. 

As night follows day, a cyclist ahead will successfully litigate a cyclist behind who cannons into him/her which causes the cyclist ahead to suffer a serious injury, unless the cyclist ahead has agreed to the cyclist behind drafting him/her.

For this reason Ride Participant Liability Acknowledgment includes:

Hence, if you are riding with Muggs and you -

a)          draft within one bicycle length of a rider ahead for more than 20 seconds and you do not seek permission to draft that rider, and you cause the rider ahead, or another rider(s), to suffer a serious injury(ies), you had better have reliable third party public liability insurance with a lot of zeros in the liability amount; or

b)          agree for another rider to draft within one bicycle length of your rear wheel, and you cause the rider behind, or another rider(s), to suffer a serious injury due to not warning them of a pending obstruction, you had better have reliable third party public liability,

especially if the person(s) that your negligence causes to be seriously injured is/are self-employed with three kids, a wife at home and a huge mortgage, and they are unable to continue working in that profession and suffer a future income loss.