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The Bullsheet
Sunrise in 6:35am
Option to take Nosh Stop
at Church Point and skip Warriewood
Sunday,
14 Aug '16, 8:30am from
St. Ives carpark for "Brunch at Warriewood" -
return via Wakehurst Parkway
-
94km
- ETR 2:25pm
WHO, WHEN,
WHERE:
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller
[1st Responder],
Jean aka
ChiliDog
[2nd Responder],
Jane ala NeoLuddite
[3rd Responder],
[4th Responder],
Pete aka CampyAficinado
[6th Responder],
are starting from St. Ives at 8:30am.
Alan
aka PharLap
[5th Responder]
plans to meet us at the
Terrey Hills
Vale Fruit Barn
at 8:55am as he intends to ride up
Myoora Rd
from his 'digs'.
Kev aka
TexDubbo,
Terry aka
Navigator,
Alan aka
PharLap,
Jane aka
Neo-Luddite,
Ron aka Draughtsman,
Tony aka Publican,
John aka
Auckland
and wife, Amy,
Jean
aka ChiliDog
Graham aka JackSprat
[4th Responder],
John and Amy
who are riding their tandem, plan to turn around after visiting the
West
Head Lookout.
APOLOGIES:
Ride
Organiser, Phil
Johnston aka
Bank Teller
0434
715.861 is offshore for 3 weeks |
If you are >80% of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', please e-mail
Scribe
and he will add you in the above.
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Rollout from St Ives car
park for Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (1st Nosh Stop
– pack nibbles),
Church Point, Warriewood (2nd Nosh Stop).
Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way.
NoshStops:
1st:
West
Head Lookout (15 min)
2nd:
Sunrise Cafe overlooking
Warriewood Beach
(35 min)
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1st Leg:
St Ives to West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41km - 120 min
Depart
St Ives carpark
by 8:30am
depending on your ride speed:
-
E
along Mona Vale Rd for
6.2km;
-
L
into
Myoora Rd
passing
Forest Way - at
Terrey Hills
Vale Fruit Barn;
-
3km along Myoora Larool Rd until
Tepko Rd which is
70m before Booralie Rd;
-
L into Tepko Rd (70m short
of Booralie Rd) for
400m;
-
L
into Booralie Rd and pedal like
"shit out of Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills
Golf Course and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);
-
"U"
turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner
– slower cyclists must turn around
as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to
via same route Terrey Hills neighbourhood shops;
-
Left into McCarrs Creek Rd immediately passing
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
and entering Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V"
(dual entrances
to the park);
-
R at the
"V"
anti-clockwise and descend
to McCarrs Creek;
-
L
over small timber bridge for 1.8km to
"T" juncture
(Akuna
Bay Marina is 2.8km on
LHS);
-
Ahead 12km along West Head Rd to our 1st
Sag Stop at
West Head from 10:40am. Read below
Risk Warning about a dangerous
'Blackspot'.
Pack lots of nibbles,
‘cause we take our
Sag Stop (15
min)
from 10:40am
for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering
blue
peninsula and
The Greenies
blocked the proposed McChucks on the headland.
2nd Leg:
West Head to Warriewood - 28km - 85 min
10:55am
-
-
Return
12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,
-
Ahead descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek small timber bridge [55km],
-
L
into McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina to
Cabbage Tree Rd,
-
R
into Cabbage Tree Rd
with
Bayview Golf Course on
LHS);
-
Ahead
for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses Mona Vale Rd at
roundabout,
-
Ahead into Ponderosa Pde veering Left
becoming McPherson St for 2km to
Warriewood Rd
-
R
into Warriewood Rd 200m crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic lights and
immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg
L, then R]
which leads to views of
Blue Pacific
overlooking
majestic
Warriewood Beach
[around 12:20pm
- 69km] for
Nosh Stop (35 min) at the
Sunrise Cafe.
A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is
immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.
Nautilus Café is about 4 shops
along.
Sunrise
Cafe,
on the corner makes grouse burgers.
3rd
Leg:
Warriewood beach cafés to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 26km - 85 min
12:55pm -
R
into
Malcolm St for 50m;
ETR 2:25pm
- 94km.
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Risk
Warning
Blackspot Warning.
The road section approx 250m prior to the West Head Lookout veers
awkwardly to the right. It is narrow with very little camber to
enable cyclists to hold the narrowing corner.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 5 bad accidents when
inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spun off
to the LHS. One cyclist remained in a comma for 3 months.
Descend to the West Head Lookout slowly and warn others to do likewise.
RTA, which is responsible for West Head Rd, has been negligent in
ignoring my
Three Letters
dated 11 Jan 08,
8 Feb 08 and 29 March ’08 and
Annexure
to -
a) straighten approx 200m of that road
section by widening on the RHS,
b) build up the camber on the LHS, and
c) provide dedicated "Cyclists SLOW DOWN"
signage.
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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9 Aug
2016
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