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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet Sunrise
5:49am CANCELLED
DUE TO FORECAST RAIN
Sunday,
7:20am,
20 Sept
'15,
Quatre Demi
Montagnes clockwise from Hornsby car-park –
86.3km ETR 12:20pm
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Main
Route:
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Hornsby,
Somerville Rd,
Crosslands Reserve, Galston Gorge,
Crosslands Rd, Bevans Rd,
Bayfields Rd, Berowra Waters from punt, Brooklyn
Rd to
Brooklyn Wharf, thence return to
Hornsby
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Starts:
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300m Nth of Hornsby Stn
West side, Jersey St.
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Nosh
Stops:
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Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
30 min
Pie in the Sky
30 min
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434
715.861
[1st Responder],
Jane aka NeoLuddite
[2nd Responder],
John aka Auckland
[3rd Responder],
Ann aka ToothFairy
[4th Responder],
Tony
aka
Publican
[5th Responder],
Bill aka Glasgow, , Barry aka BackPacker,
David aka TreeHugger,
are
starting from
Hornsby
at 7:20am.
APOLOGIES:
If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail
Scribe
and he will add ya in the above.
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17.9% at the final short ascent to the crest from Crosslands Reserve |
1st Leg:
Hornsby
to
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe - 46.3km 1st Leg - 125 min
Rollout 7:20am
Hornsby car-park 100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey
St
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Nth up Jersey St for 500m,
*
L into
Bridge Rd
40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,
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R and pedal
700m Nth; and
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L at lights into Galston Rd and cycle
4.1km
NNW twds Hornsby Heights.
*
R into
Somerville Rd at traffic lights and pedal 4km on undulating, wide residential
road to narrow entrance of Crosslands Reserve.
*
Descend
narrow, steep bitumen pathway 2.5km to
Crosslands Reserve at creek level for 1st
Sag Stop (10 min).
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Return up precipitous, steep narrow pathway 2.5k.
* R
into Somerville Rd for
4.1km
to Galston Rd
* R back into Galston Rd and descend
4.5km to Galston Gorge timber bridge.
* Climb 4km to
Crosslands Rd.
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Right into
Crosslands Rd for 3.3km to dirt road.
* Return 3km and Right into Bevans Rd for
700m.
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Left into Knights Rd for 850m
* Right into
Bayfields Rd for 1.7km which veers Right into Blacks Rd for 900m to familiar
Arcadia Rd which becomes Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee, where
a few km later after passing the familiar
Koppers Log
KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our
1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) at
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe arriving
from 9:25am.
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2nd
Leg:
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
to
Pie in the Sky
- 21km (agg 67.3km) - 65 min
9:55am take ride on the punt and
climb
4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup
at 2nd
Sag
Stop (5 min)
under cover at
Former Pool Shop, before
3km later turning
Left from Berowra Waters Rd. into
Old Pacific H'way and cycle Nth past
Cowan station and
Pie in the Sky
and descend to Brooklyn Rd
where we 'U turn' cycle 3.85km
back up to
Pie in the
Sky
at 11:00am
for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min).
3rd
Leg:
Pie in the Sky
to
Hornsby - 19km
(agg 86.3km) - 50 min
11:30am commence return
to
Hornsby south down old Pacific H'way
- ETR 12:20pm.
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Risk
Warning
Ø Do not cycle over the metal
girders on the ramp at the Berowra Waters ferry, if you opt to cycle off
the ferry, 'cause you will come down hard, like many before you.
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 at least a metre clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing 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 Trois
Montagnes
anti-c/w to Red Herring Café,
Brooklyn. Return via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge.
- 75km -
7 riders
Alas, Bank Teller forgot to take any Happy Snaps at the
Red
Herring Café at Brooklyn on the wharf, but the
following seven riders attended on a delightful blue sky day:
Jane aka NeoLuddite, Bill aka Glasgow,
Tony aka
Publican,
Terry
aka Navigator,
Phil
aka BankTeller,
Ron aka Draughtsman,
Pete aka
AnotherBeanCounter
Bank Teller
13 Sept
15
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