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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet Sunrise
6.09am No
trackwork on the Western train line this w'end
7:30am Sunday, 3 April
'16
- Hornsby to Windsor, back-roads to Richmond for Choo Choo to Riverstone,
cycle back thru Galston Gorge -
93.5km - ETR 1:40pm
Hornsby, Galston Gorge, Cattai Ridge, Windsor, Cornwallis, Richmond Lowlands, Richmond train to Riverstone, Galston
Gorge, Hornsby
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser Phil aka
Bank Teller
0434 715.861
[1st Responder],
Eric
aka
PapaBear
[3rd Responder], Bazza
aka BackPacker
[4th Responder],
Tony aka Publican ,
[5th Responder]
AnotherBeanCounter
[6th Responder],
David aka TreeHugger
[7th Responder],
Jean aka
ChiliDog,
,[8th Responder],
are starting
from
Hornsby station carpark
@ 7:30am
Pete aka
CampyAficinado [2nd
Responder] is starting from the Windsor Rd entrance to the M2
(NB:
M2 is closed to cyclists between Pennant Hills Rd and Windsor Rd)
............
is
meeting us at
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops
at 8:15am.
George aka Englishman,
Chris aka
RecalcitrantBankTeller,
Bill aka
Glasgow,
John aka
Auckland,
,
APOLOGIES:
Ann aka ToothFairy is hiking/trekking in Japan.
Tony aka Yorky
only 50/50 due to his daughter visiting from Brisbane.
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 - 115 min:
Rollout 7:30am
Hornsby
station carpark, Left into Galston
Gorge to
Bus Shelter opposite Galston shops arriving 8:15am.
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 9:35am for
1st Nosh Stop (35 min).
2nd Leg - Windsor to
Richmond train
station - 13.5km -
45 min (agg 56.5km):
10:10am thru
Cornwallis and
the Richmond Lowlands arrive
Richmond station at 10:45am to catch the half hourly service 16 min and 46 min
past the hour (at 10:46am) for a 17km (24 min) train journey to Riverstone
station arriving
11:10am.
3rd Leg - Riverstone
to Galston - 26km - 85 min (agg 81.5km):
11:15pm 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 12:40pm for
2nd Nosh Stop
(20 min) at Galston delicatessen.
4th Leg - 12km
- 40 min (agg 93.5km):
1pm ahead East along Galston Rd arriving
Hornsby carpark 1:40pm.
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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 |
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 Hornsby to Woy Woy and train back -
62km
- 5 riders
Bank Teller
28 March '16
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