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The Bullsheet Sunrise
5.39am
Fine dry day
forecast
7:00am
Sunday, 24 Nov
'13
- Hornsby to Windsor, back-roads to Richmond for Choo Choo to Riverstone,
cycle back thru Galston Gorge -
102km - ETR 1:40pm
Hornsby, Galston Gorge, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Freemans Reach, Richmond Lowlands, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston
Gorge, Hornsby
(No
trackwork on the Western train line this w'end) Weather
forecast is for chance of a coastal show around midday, when we will be 'Out
West'.
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser Phil Johnston aka
Bank Teller
0434 715.861
[1st Responder],
Kev aka TexDubbo
[2nd Responder],
David aka
CricketTragic
[3rd Responder],
are starting
from
Hornsby
station carpark
@ 7am
with
John aka
BakerBoy,
Pete aka CampyAficionado,
Bill aka Glasgow,
John aka Auckland,
Tony aka Yorky,
Bazza
aka BackPacker,
Syd aka
MotorMechanic and Bro. Mervyn are
meeting us at
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops
at 7:40am.
APOLOGIES:
John Langley: "Phil, I am in the USA picking up our new tandem".
If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail
Scribe,
and he will add ya.
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1st Leg - Hornsby to
Windsor - 43km - 105 min:
Rollout 7:00am
Hornsby
station carpark, Left into Galston
Gorge to
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops arriving 7:40am.
Ahead along Mid Dural Rd, R into Old Northern Rd, L into Cattai Ridge Rd,
ahead Scheyville Rd arriving
The Bridge
Cafe, Macquarie Square, Windsor 8:45am for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min).
2nd Leg - Windsor to
Richmond
- 21.5km -
65 min (agg 64.5km):
9:20am thru
Freemans Reach,
Kurmond, Richmond Lowlands arrive
Richmond station at 10:25am to catch the half hourly service 16 min and 46 min
past the hour (at 10:46am) for a 17km (46 min) train journey to Riverstone arriving
11:32am.
Dir |
Road name |
Distance |
Next road |
L |
Bridge St |
0.2 |
Freemans Reach Rd |
A |
Freemans Reach Rd |
6.2 |
Gorricks Lane |
R |
Hibberts Lane |
1.8 |
Kurmond Rd |
L |
Kurmond Rd |
1.6 |
Terrace Rd |
A |
Kurmond Rd |
6.8 |
Slopes Rd |
L |
Slopes Rd |
3.4 |
Crooked Lane |
R |
Crooked Lane |
0.6 |
Bells Line Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
L |
Bells Line of Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
2.0 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
L |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.6 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
R |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.8 |
Francis St |
L |
Francis St |
0.7 |
East Market
St |
R |
East Market
St |
0.2 |
Richmond
Station
to catch half hourly service at 16 min or 46 min past the hour for 46 min
ride to Riverstone |
3rd Leg - Riverstone
to Galston - 26km - 75 mins (agg 90.5km):
11:35am ride nth up Garfield Rd East, Right into Windsor Rd,
Left into Nelson Rd/Edwards Rd, Left into Annangrove Rd, Right into Kenthurst Rd, Left into Old Northern Rd,
Right into Galston Rd arriving Galston shops at 12:45pm for
2nd Nosh Stop
(20 min) at Galston cafe.
4th Leg - 12km
- 35 min (agg 102.5km):
1:05pm ahead East along Galston Rd arriving
Hornsby carpark 1:40pm.
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Risk
Warning
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Expend
5 min studying your street
directory for the
2nd (Common) Leg from Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old
Northern Rd left into Cattai
Ridge Rd, Scheyville Rd
to Windsor
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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2013
10th Berry KOM rides, pleasantries, cemetery and 'potholes' pics
Phil's recent article in 'Push On'
On-line neglected to mention to bring ya Macintosh to Berry -
Annual
Pilgrimage to Southern Highlands for Passionate Hill Climbers – ‘Tour de Conquer
Italia’ next August
Muggs Tour de Canberra - early April '14 again staying at
Victor Lodge
B&B Guesthouse, Kingston
Back in the Olden Days'
several Muggs made the annual pilgrimage to ride the former 150km Fitz's Challenge
route. Last year,
Jane aka NeoLuddite
completed the below 165km (newer) route
from Stromlo Forest Park.
Five weeks ago
Matt aka Printer
completed it with
Eric aka PapaBear
completing the tougher 208km Fitz's Epic.
Bank Teller
is conducting Muggs'
Tour de Canberra,
from Friday 4th April '14 to Monday 7th April (two weeks prior to Easter long
w'end) again staying three nights at
Victor Lodge
B&B Guesthouse, Kingston
and riding the above route,
but starting/finishing from Cotter Reserve to
'déjà vu" scale the
Dreaded Fitz's Hill 'up, up, up' to Glendale Crossing to the Rendezvous Creek
turnaround
- 132km out 'n back. It will be a "Kultural Experience"
as we will visit several of the Touristy Hangouts (Australian
War Memorial,
National Portrait Gallery,
Questacon,
National Art Gallery,
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House,
Mount Ainslie Lookout,
Lake Burley Griffin).
Bank Teller
18 Nov '13
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