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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet Sunrise
6.36am
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7:40am
Sunday, 22 Feb
'15
- Hornsby to Windsor, back-roads to Richmond for Choo Choo to Riverstone,
cycle back thru Galston Gorge -
102km - ETR 2:25pm
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 - we will be 'Out
West'.
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser Phil aka
Bank Teller
0434 715.861
[1st Responder],
Pete aka
CampyAficinado [2nd
Responder],
Tony aka Yorky [3rd
Responder],
George aka Englishman [4th Responder],
Chris aka
RecalcitrantBankTeller [5th Responder],
are starting
from
Hornsby station carpark
@ 7:40am
John aka
BakerBoy,
Pete aka CampyAficionado,
Bill aka
Glasgow,
John aka
Auckland,
,
Bazza
aka BackPacker,
Kev aka TexDubbo,
APOLOGIES:
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 7:40am
Hornsby
station carpark, Left into Galston
Gorge to
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops arriving 8:20am.
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 9:25am for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min).
2nd Leg - Windsor to
Richmond train
station - 22.5km -
65 min (agg 65.5km):
10:00am thru
Freemans Reach,
Kurmond, Richmond Lowlands arrive
Richmond station at 11:05am to catch the half hourly service 16 min and 46 min
past the hour (at 11:16am) for a 17km (24 min) train journey to Riverstone
station arriving
11:40am.
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Dir |
Road name |
Distance |
Next road |
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L |
Bridge St |
0.2 |
Freemans Reach Rd |
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A |
Freemans Reach Rd |
6.2 |
Gorricks Lane |
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R |
Hibberts Lane |
1.8 |
Kurmond Rd |
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L |
Kurmond Rd |
1.6 |
Terrace Rd |
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A |
Kurmond Rd |
6.8 |
Slopes Rd |
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L |
Slopes Rd |
3.4 |
Crooked Lane |
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R |
Crooked Lane |
0.6 |
Bells Line Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
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L |
Bells Line of Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
2.0 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
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L |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.6 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
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R |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.8 |
Francis St |
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L |
Francis St |
0.7 |
East Market
St |
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R |
East Market
St |
0.2 |
Richmond
Station
to catch half hourly service at 16 min or 46 min past the hour for
24 min
ride to Riverstone station |
3rd Leg - Riverstone
to Galston - 26km - 75 min (agg 90.5km):
12:10pm ride north 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 1:25pm for
2nd Nosh Stop
(20 min) at Galston cafe.
4th Leg - 12km
- 40 min (agg 102.5km):
1:45pm ahead East along Galston Rd arriving
Hornsby carpark 2:25pm.
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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 |
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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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Pics
from
"Coastal Clockwise Loop" - 84km -
9 riders
A blury pic at St Ives carpark pre 'rollout'
We tried out a recently re-packaged cafe at Narrabeen and the service was 'tops'
Bank Teller
16 Feb '15
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