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Sunday, 6 Aug '17, Somersby "Bellbirds" clockwise:

*     7:40am from Hornsby    map      124km  ETR Hornsby 3:20pm

*     7:55am from Berowra   map      103km  ETR Berowra 3:00pm

*     8:05am from Cowan      map      95km   ETR  Cowan  2:50pm

All cyclists should target arriving at 9:15am at Mt White Village Store for 1st Nosh Stop - 30 min

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller [1st Responder] 0434 715.861 is starting from Berowra station carpark) at 7:55am with John aka Auckland and wife, Amy, riding their tandem [7th & 8th Responders].

Pete aka CampyAficinado visiting from Armidale [2nd Responder]  Jean aka ChiliDog [3rd Responder], Syd aka MotorMechanic [4th Responder], Terry aka Navigator [5th Responder], Tony aka Yorkshire [6th Responder], ,  David aka CricketTragic and  are starting from Hornsby station carpark @ 7:40am. 
 Pete aka CampyAficinado and Terry aka Navigator are turning back at Mt White - the former has a  'l o n g' drive back to Armidale with his 'good wife' that arvo.  

APOLOGIES:
 John aka BakerBoy who rode last Sunday has volunteer work with his local Rotary Club this Sunday at their arboretum.


 If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe and he will add your moniker above.

Nosh Stops:
1st    Mt White Village Store                      from  9:15am           30 min 

2nd   United Gas Peats Ridge                    from  10:45am          10 min
3rd   Mt White Village Store                      from  12:40am          30 min

4th    Pie in the Sky                                   from   1:50pm           30 min


 King of the Mountain climbs:
 1st     Cherro Point Rd sign to 20m past 2nd Mt White sign                                           7.55km
 2nd    Brooklyn Rd aluminium light poll to 10m before entrance to Pie in the Sky        3.85km

Hornsby to Mt White Village Store - 35km - 95 min

Park in Hornsby street side car-park 80m Nth of Railway Hotel in Jersey St - N/W side of Hornsby station. 

Rollout from 7:40am, -

  • Nth up Jersey St for 500m,

  • L for 20m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 34.5km for 1st Sag Stop  (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe from 9:15am.

OR park in Berowra station carpark to Mt White - 24km - 65 min

Nth up Old Pacific Highway from 7:55am to beat the marauding throng by a few mins for 24km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe from 9:15am.

 

OR park in Cowan station carpark to Mt White - 20km - 52 min

Nth up Old Pacific Highway from 8:05am to beat the marauding throng by a few mins for 20km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Mt White Road Warriors' Cafe from 9:15am.

 

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Peats Ridge - 21km - 60 min (56km from Hornsby)

Depart Bikie Hangout by 9:45am -

  • Nth along Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga;

  • L into Peats Ridge Rd for 15km continuous, gradual climb for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) at United Gas Peats Ridge or the Corrugated Cafe across the street arriving from 10:45am.

3rd Leg:  Peats Ridge to Mt White - 33km - 90 min (89km from Hornsby)

Depart Bikie Hangout by 11:10am -

  • NEE along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to "off-ramp";

  • Left up "off-ramp" and Right along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m passing Somersby General Store

  • R along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to large Roundabout at juncture with Old Pacific H'way for Sag Stop (5 min) off-the-road from 11:40am;  

  • R into Old Pacific Highway for 6.5km to Mooney Mooney Creek bridge;

  • Ahead on Old Pacific Highway for 4.3km to Calga Interchange;

  • L on Old Pacific Highway for 6.2km to Mt White for 3rd Nosh Stop from 12:40pm (30 min).

4th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16km - 40 min (105km from Hornsby)

1:10pm descend Old Pacific H'way, cross Brooklyn Bridge over Hawkesbury River, pass Brooklyn Rd [103km] and ascend 3.9km for 4th Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky (30 min) from 1:50pm.

 

5th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km - 60 min (124.3km from Hornsby)

2:20pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

  • pass Cowan [111km] around 2:50pm

  • pass Berowra [115km] around 3:00pm, and

  • return to Hornsby, taking R fork at Asquith, continuing along Old Pacific H'way [125km] at 3:20pm.

 

 

Risk Warning
 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 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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2.     We haven't descended Galston Gorge or Bobbin Head since mid June 'cause "too cold".  We will be starting our rides lots "dropping down/up them" now that it is warming up, starting with 'Tour de Wisemans Ferry and Cliftonville' on 25 Aug

3.     Pics from Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe, thence cycle to Woy Woy  -  74km  -  8 crew

 

Lion Island in the background on a 'Corker' of a late Winter's morn'

Eight of us at the Mary Byles Lookout, McMasters Beach
 

 

Last Sunday's route map, although we all 'piked-out' on the final 27km from Brooklyn to Hornsby, via PitS.

 

Bank Teller   11 Aug 2013