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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Sunrise 6:12am
Sunday,
18th Jan
'15,
7:05am from
Hornsby to St Ives 7:30am
for "Bushlands route thru Terrey Hills and
Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay, ride
initial lumpy 2km in/out of Cottage Point, for Brekkie at Church Point -
return up McCarrs Creek Rd - ETR St
Ives 11:25am - 70km or Hornsby 12:20pm - 88km
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434 715.861
[1st Responder],
Pete aka
CampyAficinado
[2nd Responder],
Bill aka Glasgow
[3rd Responder],
Jane aka
NeoLuddite,
[4th Responder], Ann
aka
ToothFairy
[5th Responder], are starting from St Ives at 7:30am.
Barry aka
BackPacker,
There may not be any
starters from Hornsby.
APOLOGIES:
John aka
Auckland's email sent 8 Jan:
"Micro
tears of ligaments in my foot – out of action for circa
10 weeks. Will start responding to your weekly emails
after 'hopefully' hiking in NZ in about 12 weeks time."
See
The Bullsheet
'Tour de Victorian Alps
for the dozen or so Muggs who will be riding from Bright Vic the
following week.
If you are 80%
confident of joining this ride, predicated upon a fine morn',
please let Bank Teller
know and he will add you moniker above.
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Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd -
8km -
25 min
7:05am
cycle
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Early on Sunday morn' the following route
has low road traffic which
follows the street signs to St Ives:
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L down Pacific H'way for 800m
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L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
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Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
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R into Eastern Rd for 700m
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L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
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Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
* Right into Memorial Ave
for 500m,
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Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m.
If cycling from St Ives back to Hornsby at
the tail of this ride, due to increased traffic after church, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride
invitation is recommended.
1st Leg: St Ives, via Bushlands
route thru Terrey Hills/Duffy's Forest to
Sag Stop at Thai Restaurant - 18km - 55 min
7:30am
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* E
along Mona Vale
Rd for
6.7km,
* L
[opposite Forest Way - at
Terrey Hills Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and
take a
1st Sag Stop
(3 min)
at least 60m down
Myoora Rd,
* Ahead
1.1km along
Myoora Rd
passing the Golf Driving Range
on LHS,
* L
into
Aumuna Rd at dangerous roundabout (ask Martin aka Architect) for 550m -
initial steep descent, then big climb,
*
R into Coonawarra Rd for 200m
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L into Cooyong Rd for 300m
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R into Boona Rd for 400m
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L into Tooronga Rd for 1.2km
* L
into Booralie Rd for 2km
* "U"-
turn at the dead-end of
Cow Corner –
NOTE: turn around as soon as you see faster cyclists returning.
Continue past Terrey Hills
neighbourhood shopping centre, thru roundabout and take
2nd Sag Stop
(5 min) from
8:25am
outside
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
at top of
McCarrs Creek Rd -
muster off the road.
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3rd Leg: Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
via clockwise
entrance to Akuna Bay loop, 2km into Cottage Point Rd (and
back out), thru Illawong Bay/Akuna Bay, right at 'T' junction,
left at McCarrs Creek Rd to
Church Point
Cafe
- 31km -
80 min
8:30am -
* Descend McCarrs Creek Rd
* Ahead down Liberator
General San Martin Drive (left hand/clockwise entrance to Akuna Bay),
* Left into Cottage Point Rd
for initial 2km of Cottage Point Rd to crest with views down
each side to bays - Sag Stop
* Return 2km out of Cottage
Point Rd
* Left back into
Liberator General San Martin Drive
passing thru Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, up to 'T' junction for
Sag Stop,
* Right 1.3km down McCarrs Creek
Rd crossing timber bridge,
* Left into McCarrs Creek Rd
5.3km
Church Point
Cafe
arriving from 9:50am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 mins)
4th
Leg:
Church Point
Cafe back up McCarrs Creek Rd
to St Ives - 20.5km -
65 min
Depart 10:20am arriving
back at St Ives for 2nd Nosh Stop at Pattisons Patisserie (25 min)
from 11:25am.
4th
Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km -
30 min
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11:50am -
L |
Mona Vale Rd
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0.9 |
Pentecost Ave
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R
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Pentecost Ave
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2.0 |
Ku'ring'gai
Ave |
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A
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Boomerang St
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0.7 |
Eastern Rd
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R
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Eastern Rd
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0.7 |
Bangalla St
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L
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Bangalla St
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1.0 |
Millewa St
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R
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Millewa St
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1.4 |
F3 Overpass
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A
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Alexandra Pde
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1.5 |
Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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L
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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0.5 |
Pacific H'way
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R
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Pacific H'way
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0.8 |
Coronation St
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R
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Coronation St
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0.3 |
Jersey St
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L
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Jersey St
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0.1 |
Hornsby car park - ETR 12:20pm
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Risk
Warning
Ř
Take
Care descending to Illawong Bay. About 1.5km past Cottage Point Rd
is a hard RH switch-back, known as The Wall, which has claimed
several cyclists, including Siggy, so take that hard right-hander slowly,
particularly if the road is damp
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.
Ř
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
Ř
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
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Cycling with
Muggs is predicated upon notifying
Bank Teller if you
materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos'
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Ř
Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
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Nth Turra' for Cinque
Montagnes - 94km - 6 riders
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BankTeller had to abandon
his ride after 12km due to a broken spoke.
Pics from
annual New Year's
morn' ride to Nth Wollongong and back thru RNP - 7 riders
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PapaBear and
Andrew aka
TugBoat rode 'there and back' for 110km
A tad difficult to work out "Who-is-who"
in above pic at Ruby's Cafe, Bulli Beach after 45km on a Veritable
Corker of a new Year's morn'. But easier in below pic.
Nth Wollongong train station was again Chockers with teenagers travelling to Central for a Music festival.
They were all in good spirits and 'stone cold sober'.
Given that the average age was 16, that is comforting.
If you have 'Deepish
Pockets' and don't want them lightened
Bank Teller
beseeches each rider to again read
Muggaccinos'
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
and speak up with gusto at a forthcoming Nosh Stop if you disagree
with any clause therein, because by you accepting the weekly Bullsheet 'Ride
Invitation' you are agreeing to the lawful obligations therein, and should a
fellow rider, or other third party, be seriously injured due to your
negligence, your pockets might be materially lightened because pursuant to -
* Regulation 15 of the NSW Road Rules 'a
bicycle is a vehicle'; and
*
Regulation 17
of the NSW Road Rules,
'a rider is a driver'.
Ipso facto, the same laws of negligence apply when cycling your bike,
as when driving your jalope.
Below
is an extract of the final bullet point in the
(further) above
Risk Warning:
Ø
When passing a
fellow Mugg, always provide at least a metre clearance and call out
loudly as you approach an upcoming rider "Passing your right", so
s/he can drift to their left to allow you even more clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "Passing your inside" or
"Passing your left".
Below is the pertinent extract from
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Cycling protocols:
(x)
As
a
Ride Participant, I –
(j)
will give as much warning time as possible to enable a rider immediately
ahead to give me more clearance when passing him/her by calling-out
LOUDLY -
* "Passing your right"
to warn an up-coming
Ride
Participant, if I am passing
closer than 1˝
metres on their RHS; or
* "Passing your inside"
or "Passing your left" if I need to pass an upcoming rider
on their LHS;
BankTeller
12th Jan '15 |
