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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet Sunrise
6:47am
Sunday, 25 May
'14 -
8:00am
Hornsby
station
carpark
to Windsor via Pitt Town Rd. Return via Cattai Ridge Rd and
Berowra Waters ferry - 105km - ETR
2:15pm
Route can be shortened by -
* 8km if you return via Galston Gorge, in lieu of Berowra
Water; or
* 24km if you drive to
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops
and meet
us there at 8:40am.
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser, Phil aka
Bank Teller 0434 715.861
[1st Responder], Bill aka
Glasgow
[2nd Responder],
Tony aka Yorky
[3rd Responder],
Pete
aka AnotherBeanCounter [4th Responder],
John aka Auckland
[5th Responder],
David aka
MountainGoat
[6th Responder], are starting at
Hornsby
station
carpark @
8:00am
APOLOGIES:
Jane aka
Neo-Luddite,
Dave aka CricketTragic,
Terry
aka Navigator
Pete aka
CampyAficionado
If you think you are >80% of joining us, please e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above.
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1st Leg:
Rollout 8:00am
from
Hornsby station
carpark to Windsor, via Galston Gorge
8:40am,
Sth down Old Northern Rd,
R into Wyoming Rd,
Kenthurst Rd and Pitt Town Rd
arriving
Macquarie Square Windsor at 10:30am for 1st Nosh Stop
(30 min)
- 50km - 150 mins
Dir |
Street "in" |
km |
|
Street "to" |
Nth |
Jersey St |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Bridge Rd |
L |
Bridge Rd |
0.25 |
0.75 |
Old Pacific H'way |
R |
Old Pacific H’way |
0.8 |
1.55 |
Galston Rd |
L |
Galston Rd |
7.05 |
8.60 |
Galston Gorge bridge |
A |
Galston Rd |
3.3 |
11.9 |
Crosslands Rd |
L |
Galston Rd |
1.05 |
12.95 |
Galston |
L |
Galston Rd |
0.45 |
13.4 |
Mid Dural Rd |
R |
Mid Dural Rd |
1.9 |
15.3 |
Old Northern Rd |
L |
Old Northern Rd |
2.5 |
17.8 |
Wyoming Rd |
R |
Wyoming Rd |
0.7 |
18.5 |
Langford/Davey Rd |
L |
Langford/Davey Rd |
1.6 |
20.1 |
Derriwong Rd |
L |
Derriwong Rd |
0.5 |
20.6 |
Wirrabarra Rd |
R |
Wirrabarra Rd |
0.6 |
21.2 |
Pellit Lane |
R |
Pellit Lane |
0.2 |
21.4 |
Kenthurst Rd |
|
1st Sag Stop |
|
|
50m short of Kenthurst Rd |
R |
Kenthurst Rd |
4.5 |
25.9 |
Pitt Town Rd |
L |
Pitt Town Rd |
12.9 |
38.8 |
Neich Rd |
A |
Neich Rd |
0.85 |
39.65 |
Scheyville Rd |
L |
Scheyville Rd |
4.8 |
44.45 |
Old Stock Route Rd |
L |
Old Stock Route Rd |
1.9 |
46.35 |
Wolseley Rd |
R |
Wolseley Rd |
1.2 |
47.55 |
Havelock St |
L |
Havelock St |
0.4 |
47.95 |
Old Hawkesbury Rd |
R |
Old Hawkesbury Rd |
0.4 |
48.35 |
Pitt Town Rd |
L |
Pitt Town Rd |
0.5 |
48.85 |
Windsor Rd |
R |
Windsor Rd |
1.5 |
50.35 |
Macquarie St |
A |
Macquarie St |
0.2 |
50.55 |
Macquarie Place |
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1st Nosh Stop |
Macquarie Place |
The Bridge
Cafe - 35 min |
2nd Leg:
11:10am return via Cattai Ridge,
Arcadia/Bay Rd to
Berowra Waters Marina Café - 37km
- 95 min - agg 88km
Dir |
Street "in" |
km |
|
Street "to" |
R |
Macquarie St |
0.2 |
50.75 |
Windsor Rd |
A |
Windsor Rd |
1.75 |
52.50 |
Pitt Town Rd |
L |
Pitt Town Rd |
0.5 |
53 |
Old Hawkesbury Rd |
R |
Old Hawkesbury Rd |
0.4 |
53.4 |
Havelock St |
L |
Havelock St |
0.4 |
53.8 |
Wolseley Rd |
R |
Wolseley Rd |
1.2 |
55 |
Stock Route Rd |
L |
Old
Stock Route Rd |
1.9 |
56.9 |
Scheyville
Rd |
R |
Scheyville
Rd |
0.5 |
57.4 |
Dural
Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd |
R |
Dural/Cattai Ridge Rd |
5.7 |
63.1 |
75m
past Halcrows Rd |
A |
Dural/Cattai Ridge Rd |
9.3 |
72.4 |
Old
Northern Rd |
R |
Old
Northern Rd |
0.6 |
73 |
Wylds
Rd |
L |
Wylds
Rd |
1.6 |
74.6 |
Arcadia
Rd |
L |
Arcadia
Rd/Bay Rd |
10.3 |
84.9 |
Berowra
Waters |
|
2nd
Nosh
Stop |
Berowra Waters |
Marina Café
-
35 min from 12:45pm |
3rd Leg:
1:20pm ascend
Berowra
Waters Rd, right
into Pac H'way to Hornsby - 17km (55 min) - agg
105km |
L |
Ascend Berowra
Waters Rd |
4.3 |
89.2 |
Berowra
Waters KOM - shop |
R |
Berowra
Waters Rd |
1.8 |
91 |
Cnr Berowra.
Waters
Rd & Pac H'way. |
R |
Old
Pacific H'way |
9.8 |
100.8 |
to Hornsby station
- ETR 2:15pm |
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Risk
Warning
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Expend
5 min studying your street
directory for the 3km section from Right into
Wyoming Rd
(from old northern Rd) to Kenthurst
Rd
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 our 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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Last Sunday's Sackville Ferry to Windsor,
return Cattai Ridge & Galston Gorge -
111km - 8 cyclists
Barry aka
BackPacker,
Tony aka
Yorkshire,
Phil aka
Scribe,
Bill aka
Glasgow,
Lea aka
SlowLea, Chris
aka RecalcitrantBankTeller
rolled out of Hornsby a few
mins après the scheduled start time of 7:55am. We met
Syd aka
MotorMechanic
at Galston and
David aka
TreeHugger at Windsor. Golly, 68km via the boondocks
of the Sackville Ferry, was a long way to get to Windsor, but marvelous
cycling country with lots of horses, sheep and cows, but no alpacas or
goats.
Syd aka
MotorMechanic
and
Scribe 'dragged
the chain'
a tad getting back, but
a few of our faster rides, notably
Tony aka
Yorkshire,
Bill aka
Glasgow
and Chris
aka RecalcitrantBankTeller
caught up with
Scott aka PatternMaker
who had been taking a dose of 'self-prescribed torture' by
completing 10
ascents from Crosslands Reserve to the Entrance Gate (scroll to
bottom of
Scott aka PatternMaker)
being the
equivalent of scaling the
48 switchbacks up
Stelvio from Prad which 6 Muggs will be riding this August
on
Tour de Italia.
Heaven forbid, an Action Shot!!! - somebody cycling a
bicycle |
Bank Teller
19 May '14
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