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The Bullsheet
Mother's Day Short Ride SUNRISE IS
6:39am
Sunday,
12 May
'13,
“Quatre
Demi
Montagnes”
– clockwise from Hornsby
by
7:45am
–
83km ETR 12:40pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434
715.861
is
starting
from
Hornsby at
7:45am with
Syd aka MotorMechanic,
Pete aka CampyAficinado.
APOLOGIES:
John aka
BakerBoy is recovering from
dislocating his shoulder whilst mountain biking.
Tony aka
Yorky is almost
recovered from a hernia Op.
David aka MountainGoat is
recovering from busting a leg when he 'bingled on his bike'.
If you are confident of joining us. contingent upon a fine morn', can you allot
a minute to e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above, 'cause Scribe allots a lot more.
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1st Leg:
Hornsby
station carpark to
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
-
43km
- 115 min
Rollout 7:45am
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 at 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 for 2nd
Sag
Stop
at
Crosslands KOM
(5 min).
* 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 former
Koppers Log
KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our
1st Nosh Stop
(35 min) at
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe arriving
from 9:40am.
2nd
Leg:
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
to
Pie in the Sky
- 21km
(agg 64km) - 70 min
10:15am
take ride on the punt and
climb
4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup
at 3rd
Sag
Stop (5 min)
under cover at
Former Pool Shop, before
3km later turning
Left from Berowra Waters Rd. onto
Old Pacific H'way and cycle Nth past
Cowan station and
Pie in the Sky
and descend to Brooklyn Rd
and 'U turn' cycling 3.85km
back up to
Pie in the
Sky
at 11:25am
for 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min).
3rd
Leg:
Pie in the Sky
to
Hornsby 19km
(agg 83km)
- 50 min
11:50am commence return home
Sth down Old Pacific H'way
to
Hornsby - ETR
12:40pm. |
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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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Bank Teller's rap-up
of
100km R2R annual charity ride - 4
cyclists
4 Muggs enjoyed a brill, testing rural,
bucolic, rustic 105km route with lots of horses, sheep, cows, goats, alpacas
and lamas.
David
aka TreeHugger
missed appearing in the below 'team rep
pic'. The fellowship and bonhomie evident amongst all ride
participants and the committed band of Lions Club "Vollies", along with
Rural Fire Service "Vollies", is patent. The route is the best annual
100km mass participation route, particularly thru Box Hill and Nelson with
lots of animals, paddocks and dams.
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Bank Teller
5 May
'13 |
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