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The Bullsheet
Sunrise 5:38am
Sunday, 15 Dec '13 - "Brunch at Warriewood" -
return
via Powder Works Rd and Mona Vale Rd
* 6:55am from
Hornsby Jersey St carpark
- 106km
- ETR Hornsby 1:15pm
* 7:25am
rollout from
St Ives
carpark
- 87km
- ETR St Ives 12:30pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
............................... are starting from
Hornsby Jersey St carpark
at 7:05am.
Ride Organiser, Phil Johnston aka
Bank Teller
[1st Responder], Matt aka Printer [5th Responder] and
Tony aka Yorky
[4th Responder] are starting from
St Ives carpark at
7:25am.
,
Jane aka
NeoLuddite,
Alan aka PharLap,
Barry aka
BackPacker
,
David aka
TreeHugger
,
Bill aka Glasgow,
Peter aka
AnotherBeanCounter
Kev aka TexDubbo
Trev aka Tornado
[3rd Responder]
plans to meet up at the Terrey Hills Fruit Barn
after 6km.
Syd aka MotorMechanic
[2nd Responder] is riding from his home and meeting us at West Head.
APOLOGIES:
John
aka Auckland
is back from USA but buried in work.
Jean aka
ChiliDog
is driving a Govt. bus 'to keep the wolves from the door'.
David aka
CricketTragic
is in
Newcastle.
John aka
BakerBoy is recovering from
dislocating his shoulder whilst mountain biking.
David aka
MountainGoat is
back riding Centennial Park to recover endurance and confidence after busting a leg when David 'bingled on his bike'.
If you think you are 80% confident to start,
subject to being greeted by a fine morning, please e-mail
BankTeller
and he will add you above.
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SNAPSHOT
Rollout from
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark, Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (Sag Stop – pack nibbles),
Church Point, Warriewood (Nosh Stop).
Return Powder Works Rd & Mona Vale Rd.
SagStop:
1.
Terrey Hills
Vale Fruit Barn
(5 min)
2.
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
(5 min)
NoshStops:
1st:
West Head
Lookout (15 min)
2nd:
Sunrise Cafe overlooking
Warriewood Beach (35
min)
3rd:
Pattisons Patisserie
(20 min)
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1st Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to
St Ives carpark - 9km -
25 min
6:55am
cycle:
Early on Sunday morn' the following route
has low road traffic which
follows the street signs to St Ives:
*
Left down Pacific H'way for 800m
*
Left into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
*
Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
*
Right into Eastern Rd for 700m
*
Left into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
*
Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
* Right into Memorial Ave
for 500m,
*
Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m - arriving 7:20am.
2nd
Leg: St Ives carpark
via Duffys Forest to
West Head Lookout - 41km - 115 min
(agg 50km from Hornsby)
Depart St Ives car-park 7:25am:
-
E along Mona Vale Rd
for
6.2km;
-
L
into
Myoora Rd
passing
Terrey Hills
Fruit Barn at 7:45am;
-
3km along Myoora Larool Rd until
Tepko Rd which is
70m before Booralie Rd;
-
L into
Tepko Rd (70m short
of Booralie Rd) for
400m;
-
L
into Booralie Rd
and pedal like "shit out of
Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course
and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);
-
"U"
turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner –
slower cyclists must turn around
as soon as they see lead cyclists returning
past Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre, thru
roundabout and take
2nd Sag Stop
(5 min) from
around 8:10am
outside
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
at top of
McCarrs Creek Rd -
muster off the road;
-
Left down McCarrs Creek
Rd
and enter Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V" (dual entrances to the park);
-
R
at the
"V"
anti-clockwise and descend
to
McCarrs Creek;
-
L
over small timber bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture
(Akuna Bay Marina is
2.8km on
LHS);
-
Ahead 12km
along West Head Rd to
West Head Lookout.
Pack lots of nibbles,
‘cause we take our
Sag Stop (15
min)
from 9:20am
for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue
peninsula.
3rd
Leg: West
Head to Warriewood - 28km - 75 min (agg 78km from Hornsby, agg 69km from St
Ives)
9:35am:
-
Return
12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,
-
Ahead
descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek small timber bridge [55km],
-
L
into
McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina to
Cabbage Tree Rd,
-
R into Cabbage Tree Rd
with Bayview Golf Course on
LHS;
-
Ahead
for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses
Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,
-
Ahead into Ponderosa Pde veering Left
becoming McPherson St for 2km to
Warriewood Rd
-
R
into Warriewood Rd 200m crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic
lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg
L, then
R]
which leads to views of Blue Pacific
overlooking
majestic
Warriewood Beach
for Nosh Stop (35 min)
at the
Sunrise Cafe
from 10:50am.
A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is
immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.
Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.
Sunrise Cafe, on the
corner makes grouse burgers.
4th
Leg:
Warriewood
Beach cafés via Powder Works Rd and Mona Vale Rd to St Ives - 18km -
65 min
(agg 96km from Hornsby, agg 87km from St Ives)
11:25pm -
-
Sth
adjacent to the coast for 750m - initially along Narrabeen Park Pde which
becomes Ocean St;
-
R into Walsh St for
150m;
-
L
into Collins
St for 400m;
-
R into Lake Park Rd
for 250m;
-
R (at the traffic lights) into Pittwater Rd for 100m;
-
L into Namona St for 50m;
-
R
into Oaks St for 200m;
-
L into Jackson Rd
for 400m;
-
R into Garden St for a 300m;
-
L into Bolwarra Rd (closed off street-can go up short footpath) "tough"
pinch climb for 250m; and
-
R into Powder Works Rd for 1.8km
-
L into Mona Vale
Rd for 5km to Forest Way (on LHS)
-
Ahead on Mona Vale Rd for 6.5km to St Ives - ETR 12:30pm for
Nosh Stop at
Pattisons Patisserie
(15 min).
5th Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 10km (agg 106km) -
30 min
- ETR Hornsby 1:15pm
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12:35pm
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Mona Vale Rd
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0.9
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Pentecost Ave
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R
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Pentecost Ave
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2.0
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Ku'ring'gai
Ave
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A
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Boomerang St
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0.7
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Eastern Rd
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R
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Eastern Rd
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0.7
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Bangalla St
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L
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Bangalla St
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1.0
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Millewa St
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R
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Millewa St
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1.4
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F3 Overpass
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A
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Alexandra Pde
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1.5
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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L
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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0.5
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Pacific H'way
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R
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Pacific H'way
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0.8
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Coronation St
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R
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Coronation St
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0.3
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Jersey St
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L
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Jersey St
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0.1
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Hornsby car park
- ETR 1:15pm
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Risk
Warning
Cycling Blackspot Warning.
The road section approx 300m prior to the West Head Lookout veers
awkwardly to the right. It is narrow with very little camber to
facilitate cyclists holding the narrowing roadway.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 6 bad accidents when
inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spin off
the LHS. One cyclist remained in a comma for 3 months.
Another cyclist who was heli-lifted out on Sunday 9 Nov remained in the
Spinal Unit at RNSH - Bank Teller visited him on Sat 2 Jan
'10.
Descend to the West Head Lookout slowly and warn others to do likewise.
RTA, which is responsible for West Head Rd, has been negligent in ignoring
Bank Teller's three letters
dated 11 Jan '08,
8 Feb '08 and 29 March ’08 and
Annexure
to -
a) straighten approx 200m of that road
section by widening on the RHS,
b) build up the camber on the LHS, and
c) provide dedicated "Cyclists
Descend Slowly"
signage at the top of the descent.
Also, ride single file
after turning L from Powder Works Rd into Mona Vale Rd over the 5km to
Forest Way
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
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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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Pics from Tour de Windsor, with Sackville loop
- 114km - 3 cyclists
The tough get going when the going wasn't
even tough, 'cause it was a delightful 'unhot' morn' which did, however,
warm up by mid-arvo when
Lea aka SlowLea
and
Bank Teller
completed their respective routes with
SlowLea
registering 130km and
Bank Teller
117km.
Jean
aka ChiliDog 'did a Uie" at Windsor thereby clocking
around 100km
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About 'three clicks' shy of Windsor
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Sheep on the LHS weren't interested.
But the goats on the RHS must 've thought we had some tucker, 'cause
they were approaching
Lea aka SlowLea
in hope
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And I didn't have a carrot
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An impressive tree at Riverstone station
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A local 'fatted calf'
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Verdant and bucolic out West yesterday
Bank Teller
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Dec '13 |
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