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Sunday, 22 Jan '17, Cinque  Montagnes clockwise from Nth Turra’ by 7am  –  94km     ETR 12:25pm -  1st Nosh Stop Andy's Cafe, Arcadia from 8:25am 

Route:

Nth Turra’, Bobbin Hd, Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters punt, Pie in the Sky, Bobbin Hd, Nth Turra’

Start:

500m past Burns Rd in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra; or

Nosh Stops:

Andy's Cafe, Arcadia                  30 min
Pie in the Sky                             30 min

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861 [1st Responder], Jane aka NeoLuddite [2nd Responder], Bazza aka BackPacker [3rd Responder], Matt aka HenryFordOnSpeed [4th Responder], Jean aka ChiliDog [5th Responder], are starting from Nth Turra’ at 7am.

 John aka Auckland and wife, Amy, [6th & 7th Responders],  [2nd Responder], Kev aka TexDubbo [3rd Responder], Tony aka Yorky [4th Responder], Chris aka Recalcitrant BankTeller [8th Responder], are starting from  with Tony aka Publican
APOLOGIES:   

Syd aka MotorMechanic and Melvyn aka AnotherBusDriver are again flying the flag for Muggaccinos by riding the annual 'Sydney to the Gong' ride this Sunday.    Bill aka Glasgow [4th Responder], The Three Little Pigs [5th, 6th & 7th Responders],

If you think you are >80% of joining us, logically contingent upon a fine morn', can you e-mail Scribe and he will add ya in the above.

1st Leg: Nth Turra' 31km (85 min) to Andy's Cafe, Arcadia

Park in Valley Park Cres carpark on LHS (700m past Burns Rd) in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra to rollout by 7am from outside the Corner Cafe, for down/up Bobbin Head, arriving 1st Sag Stop (5 min) Kalkari Reserve after 9.9km.  Thence 4km along Bobbin Head Rd. 
Left
into Belmont Pde. [becomes Royston Rd]
hugging Asquith Golf Course on LHS. 
Join
Pacific Highway after R into Baldwin St and cross over railway line at Asquith train station, then veer R at traffic lights continue SW on Pacific Highway and shortly R into Galston Rd and pedal twds Hornsby Heights.

NNW thru Hornsby Heights and descend to Galston Gorge and climb 3km to Crosslands Rd. Then left for 1.1km and Right at roundabout into Arcadia Rd for 4km to Wylds Rd and 100m further on Andy's Cafe, Arcadia for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) arriving from 8:25am. 

2nd Leg: Andy's Cafe, Arcadia  to  Pie in the Sky - 30km (90 min)

8:55am pedal Nth along Galston Rd/Arcadia Rd which changes to Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee, where a few km later after passing the familiar Koppers Log KOM descent to picturesque Berowra Waters for our 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) - ride on the punt. 
After another familiar climb, take a 3rd Sag Stop
(10 min) under cover at Former Pool Shop, before re-entering the Old Pacific H'way from Berowra Waters Rd. at 9am and cycle N past Cowan station and Pie in the Sky before descending to 'U' turn at Brooklyn Rd before climbing 3.85km back to Pie in the Sky at 10:25am for our 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min).

3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Nth Turra' shops - 31km (90 min)

10:55am commence return home Sth down Old Pacific H'way enter Bobbin Head to Nth Turra' shops - ETR 12:25pm.

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"

St Ives to Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe, ride to Woy Woy  -  80km  -  8 riders

New Years Day ride 2016 from Sutherland to Wollongong, then climbed Mt. Keira, then caught train to Waterfall -  91km  -  8 riders

George aka Englishman and Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller  rode 120km.  Andrew aka TugBoat and Eric aka PapaBear rode back from Wollongong to Sutherland. 

Jane aka NeoLuddite, Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller, Eric aka PapaBear (from his best side), Lea aka SlowLea and Lois aka LoisLane

Terry aka Navigator pontificating after scaling Artillery Hill to Gibraltar Rock and then cycling south down the RNP to Ruby's Cafe Bulli

Enjoying glorious sunshine at Ruby's Cafe Bulli after 45km from Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark

Andrew aka TugBoat, Eric aka PapaBear, George aka Englishman and Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller back at Nth Wollongong Harbour after scaling Mt Keira

BankTeller handed his phone camera to Tugboat for the above pic

Hornsby to Windsor, via Pitt Town Rd - return via Cattai Ridge Rd  -  4 cyclists  -  93km

Good to see Grant aka BeanCounter back in the saddle.  It was his first ride in six months - He would have slept hard that night

 

Pics from Boxing Day 'Quatre Demi Sommets'  -  79km  -  8 riders

  

Pics from 9th Annual Emu Plains up Old Bathurst Rd, Springwood, Richmond ride -  93km  -  6 riders

 

Above "Selfie" wont go viral on YouTube unless perhaps in the "horror category"

PapaBear and TugBoat celebrating scaling the "SuperSteep" Old Bathurst Rd at the Bowaga Ave KOM

The first nasty climb is Old Bathurst Rd.  The equally precipitous decent is down from Yarramundi Lookout

Outside the familiar 1st Nosh Stop at The Subway at Springwood

The Yarramundi Lookout at where the below pics evidence that the Nepean Catchment is "Chockers" with H2O.

Pics from last Sunday week's 'Hornsby to Mt White to Woy Woy' -  67km  -  7 crew

Eric aka PapaBear cycled back doubling his ride - "I have to train for the Audax!"

It was good to see John aka BakerBoy join our ride at Mt White.

Last Sunday's Duffy's Forest, West Head & Akuna Bay  -  75km -  10 riders

 

Outside the Thai Restaurant Sag Stop after riding Eric's lumpy 'backroads route' of Duffy's Forest/Terrey Hills

Why would RMS (nee RTA) have a 60km p/h sign on the final descent to the West Head Lookout followed 90 metres later by a 35km p/h yellow sign when the below 'negatively cambered corner' has evidenced a welter of push bikes and motor bikes have Come a Cropper all too often with disastrous injuries?  One cyclist, Jhonnie Blampied, spent three months in a coma after coming off at this infamous Blackspot on 3 Sept. '03.

250 metres after the 35km p/h sign is the above 15km p/h sign

Bank Teller    1 Jan '15