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Sunday, 26 May '13 Tour de Wisemans Ferry, return via Cliftonville, Stone House Café Maroota, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd:

* 117km by 8:10am from Longest start spot Hornsby carpark - ETR 2:25pm

* 99.2km at 8:35m from Longer start spot Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - ETR 1:55pm

* 94km at 8:40am from Short start spot at Galston shops - ETR 1:40pm

* 84km at 9:00am from Shortest start spot Glenorie Village Shopping Centre, Old Northern Rd - ETR 1:40pm

Above 4 Start times should conjointly arrive at Wisemans Ferry at 10:10am

WHO, WHERE, WHEN
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller is starting from Hornsby carpark with John aka BakerBoy, Tony aka Yorkshire, Jean aka ChiliDog, ~~The Three Amigos,~~ David aka CricketTragic, John aka Auckland, Bill aka Glasgow.
Presently, no one is starting from Porters Scenic Lookout, Dural and meeting us at the Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old Northern Rd.

Presently, no one is meeting us at Galston shops.

Perhaps the further below Risk Warning should incl. to "wear an extra layer on the early descent of 'The Gorge' which we don't ride for 7 weeks from mid-June to early-Aug, cause it isn't pleasant when the fingers start hurting and the toes go numb.

If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail Scribe and he will add ya in the above.

Nosh Stops:
1st Cafe in Wisemans Ferry 10:15am 30 min
2nd Stone House Café Maroota 11:55am 20 min

1st Longest Leg: Hornsby station car-park via Galston Gorge to Cafe in Wisemans Ferry - 50.5km - 125 min

*    Rollout by 8:10am from Hornsby carpark Nth up Jersey St for 500m,

*    L into Bridge Rd 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,

*    R Nth for 700m on Old Pacific H’way,

*    L at lights into Galston Rd for 5km to Galston Gorge noisy timber bridge,

*    Ascend for 3km to Crosslands Rd,

*    L for 1.1km to main roundabout

*    Ahead 600m into Mid Dural Rd for 1.9km to Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old Northern Rd (13km) at 8:48am.

*    R 36.5km up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:15am

1st Longer Leg: Porters Scenic Lookout Dural to Cafe in Wisemans Ferry - 41km - 100 min

8:35am cycle 41km due Nth up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:15am.

1st Short Leg: Galston shops to Cafe in Wisemans Ferry - 39km - 95 min

Park outside Galston Village shops on LHS when driving West.

8:40am meet cyclists who started at Hornsby.
* Ahead 600m into Mid Dural Rd for 1.9km to Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old Northern Rd (13km) at 8:48am.

* R 36.5km up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:15am

1st Shortest Leg: Glenorie Village Shopping Centre to Cafe in Wisemans Ferry - 30km - 75 min

Park in Glenorie Village Shopping Centre (2½km Nth of Cattai Ridge Rd). Rollout due north by 9:00am because the other two ride groups will cycle faster Nth up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 10:15am.

2nd Leg: Wisemans Ferry to Stone House Café, Maroota - 21.5km - 70 min

10:45am West along scenic River Rd for 13.8km to Cliftonville Lodge Resort with a 1st 390m gravel section and a 2nd 190m gravel roadway which hasn't fazed any cyclist on previous rides.

Upon arriving at Cliftonville Lodge on your RHS, make a hard left and cycle seriously steep 970m and then Roly Poly for a further 7km to Wisemans Ferry Rd.
Left along Wisemans Ferry Rd 500m to Stone House Café Maroota for 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) from 11:55am.

3rd Leg: Stone House Café, Maroota to Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - 38.1km - 95 min

12:20pm Right SW along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 12km to Halcrows Rd.

Left along Halcrows Rd for 8.1km to Cattai Ridge Rd;

Ahead along Cattai Ridge Rd for 8km to Cnr Cattai Ridge Rd and Post Office Rd.

Cyclists who parked at -

* Glenorie shops should turn Left into Post Office Rd for 2km for a short-cut to their cars - ETR 1:40pm.

* Porters Scenic Lookout Dural should proceed 3km to Old Northern Rd;

Right into Old Northern Rd for 200m passing Bus Stop;

Ahead South 7.4km down Old Northern Rd to Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - ETR 1:55pm.

If cycling back to Hornsby via Galston Gorge, Left into Mid Dural Rd to Galston Village shops and another 13km to Hornsby - ETR Hornsby 2:25pm.

Couple of nasty lumps in the above 117km Elevation Profile, with the standout being the 950m climb from Cliftonville Camp Park (after 64km) to the 'end of the hard part' which has a few bits approaching 20^o
Data from David's Garmin extracted by Strava shows that at 220m into the dreaded Cliftonville climb the gradient was 22.4%, which means 'the rise over run' is 22.4 metres in every 100 metres cycled.

Risk Warning
Ride single file all the way up Old Northern Rd, and keep well to LHS because some cars drag big speed boats on wide trailers
Never cycle two abreast on a single lane road with an unbroken centre line, 'cause RTA deems those sections provide inadequate visibility for a motorist to overtake a vehicle ahead
Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
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.

Risk Management which warns of the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps and cycling much slower on downhills on wet roads etc

Last Sunday's Sackville ferry to Windsor, return home Cattai Ridge - 111km - 8 cyclists

Barry aka BackPacker, David aka CricketTragic, Tony aka Yorkshire and John aka Auckland rolled out of Hornsby about 5 mins après the scheduled start time of 7:55am. They met Pete aka Pacific and Ann aka ToothFairy at Galston shops. David aka TreeHugger and Steve left Porters Lookout at 8am (20 mins ahead of schedule) and waited at Cnr of Cattai Ridge Rd and Old Northern Rd for 25min. Seemingly, David and Steve would have left that corner a hair's breath before the above 6 crew turned left into Cattai Ridge Rd.