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Sat, 7:50am 4 Oct '14 - clockwise "Tour de Macarthur" from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan via Menangle Park, Picton, Mowbray Park, Oakdale, The Oaks, Orangeville, Theresa Park, Cobbitty, Camden, Cawdor, Elderslie - 110km

Lots of farms, horses, cows, sheep, goats and alpacas - Even a tree thru an old Dodge truck. ETR 2:05pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861 [1st Responder], Andrew aka TugBoat [2nd Responder], Eric aka PapaBear [3rd Responder, George aka Englishman [4th Responder], ..... are starting from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan for this annual Oct long w'end ride "out West".

John aka L'Etape ~~[3rd Responder], Chris H. [4th Responder],~~ , Matt aka Printer, Anthony aka Froggy, Jane aka Neo-Luddite, David aka CricketTragic, Greg aka ArchitectToo and ~~Jean aka ChiliDog~~

APOLOGIES:

~~Kevin aka TexDubbo is skiing at Thredbo for a few weeks.~~

If ya think you are 80% certain, please e-mail Scribe, and he'll add ya epithet to this list

Early on a Sunday morn' Campbelltown is only 60 min drive from Gordon via Homebush Bay Drive. About 1km past big Roselands sign on RHS turn right onto M5. Exit M5 at 2nd Campbelltown Rd. and keep to the right hand lane on the exit ramp. Follow directions to Narellan heading NWW along Narellan Rd for 2½km. 400m after passing Mount Annan Drive on LHS turn Left into the "ramp" to Waterworth Drive. 250m later Left into Wellings Drive. 220m later Right into Fitzpatrick Rd. 150m later Right into O'Brien Rd carpark in Birriwa Reserve.

1st Leg: Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan carpark to Simply Delicious Cafe, 135 Argyle St. Picton - 34.6km - 110 min

7:50am cycle -

dir	Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan"	leg km	destination	dir	agg km	leg time	ride time
L	Fitzpatrick Rd	0.2	Wellings Drive	NNE	0.2	0.4	0.4
R	Wellings Drive	0.2	Waterworth Drive	NWW	0.4	0.4	0.8
R	Waterworth Drive	0.2	Narellan Rd	NNE	0.6	0.4	1.2
R	Narellan Rd	5.3	Kellicar St	SEE	5.9	12.0	13.2
R	Kellicar St	0.2	Tindall St	WSW	6.1	0.7	13.9
R	Tindall St	0.2	Menangle Rd	N	6.3	0.5	14.4
	1st Sag Stop		Menangle Rd			2
L	Menangle Rd / Remembrance Drive	9.8	Menangle General Store	WSW	16.05	24.0	38.4
R	Woodbridge Rd	2.2	Finns Rd	W	18.2	5.7	44.1
L	Finns Rd	2.5	Start of KOM - Finns Rd sign	NW	20.7	6.3	50.4
L	Remembrance Drive	4.9	KOM - Mt Hercules Rd sign	SW	25.7	20.0	70.4
A	Remembrance Drive	2.4	Start of KOM - Crash Zone	WSW	28.1	4.0	74.4
A	Remembrance Drive	4.0	Argyle St	SSW	32.1	10.3	84.7
A	Argyle St	1.3	Picton	SSW	33.4	3.0	87.7
	1st Nosh Stop	33.4	Simply Delicious Café			30

Arrive at Historic Picton at 9:40am for 1st Nosh Stop - 30 min at Simply Delicious Cafe, 135 Argyle St, Picton on LHS.

(Reduce 2nd Leg by 11km by taking a short cut by turning Left at 'The Oaks' and heading Sth into Montpelier Drive rather than ahead into Burragorang Rd. Montpelier Drive links back into Barkers Lodge Rd which leads to Picton.)

2nd Leg: Picton to Cobbitty Café Patisserie, Cobbitty - 46km - 120 min

Saddle-up 10:10am:

dir	Picton cafe	leg km	destination	dir	agg km	leg time	ride time
L	Argyle St	0.2	Barkers Lodge Rd	SW	33.6	1.0	88.7
R	Barkers Lodge Rd	7.0	Montpelier Rd on R	NW	40.6	17.0	105.7
A	Barkers Lodge Rd	2.4	Ferguson Rd on L	W	43.0	7.0	112.7
A	Barkers Lodge Rd	9.5	Oakdale	NNW	52.5	30.0	142.7
	2nd Sag Stop		Oakdale			2
R	Burragorang St	6.7	Silverdale Rd	SW	59.2	15.0	157.7
L	Silverdale Rd	4.5	Orangeville	NNE	63.7	6.0	163.7
R	Bobs Range Rd	6.0	Werombi Rd	ENE	69.7	15.0	178.7
R	Werombi Rd	2.5	Montpelier Rd	ENE	72.2	8.0	186.7
A	Werombi Rd	3.5	Cobbitty Rd	ESE	75.7	12.0	198.7
L	Cobbitty Rd	3.4	Cobbitty Café Patisserie	E	79.1	9.0	207.7
	3rd Sag Stop		Cobbitty Café Patisserie			30

2nd Nosh Stop (35 min) Cobbitty Café Patisserie, Cobbitty from 12:10pm.

3rd Leg: Cobbitty to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan - 31km - 80 min

Remount 12:45pm:

dir	Cobbitty Café Patisserie	leg km	destination	dir	agg km	leg time	ride time
A	Cobbitty Rd	2.4	Macquarie Grove Rd	S/E	81.5	8.0	215.7
R	Macquarie Grove Rd	4.4	Exeter St	S	85.9	16.0	231.7
R	Exeter St	0.1	Elizabeth St	E	86.0	0.3	232.0
L	Elizabeth St	0.4	Argyle St	N	86.4	1.0	233.0
A	Argyle St	0.4	Cawdor Rd	N	86.8	1.0	234.0
L	Cawdor Rd	6.8	Cawdor Rd	SSW	93.6	18.0	252.0
L	Cawdor Rd	2.1	Remembrance Drive	E	95.7	4.0	256.0
L	Remembrance Drive	5.4	Camden Bypass	N	101.1	14.0	270.0
R	Camden Bypass	5.9	Narellan Rd	NE	107.0	13.0	283.0
R	Narellan Rd	2.0	Waterworth Drive	NE	109.0	4.5	287.5
R	Waterworth Drive	0.2	Wellings Drive	SSW	109.2	0.8	288.3
L	Wellings Drive	0.2	Fitzpatrick Rd	SEE	109.4	0.5	288.8
R	Fitzpatrick Rd	0.2	Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan"	SSW	109.6	0.5	289.3
	Birriwa Reserve, "Mount Annan"	109.6			109.6	353	289

Return to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan at 2:05pm.

Risk Warning
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"

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

Hornsby to Riverstone and back - 76km - 3 starters

Ann aka ToothFairy parked her jalopy at Round Corner Dural and joined us on Kenthurst Rd. Alas, Bank Teller forgot to snap a pic at the Subway at Riverstone when ToothFairy was also riding, but managed to coerce a delightful your lass named, Bella, to snap the above pic back at Hornsby carpark post ride.

Scribe 29 Sept 2014