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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Sunrise
5:38am
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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St Ives to Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe, ride to Woy Woy - 80km
- 8 riders
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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.
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Jane aka NeoLuddite,
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller,
Eric aka PapaBear
(from his best side),
Lea aka SlowLea
and
Lois aka LoisLane
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Terry aka Navigator
pontificating after scaling
Artillery Hill to Gibraltar Rock and then
cycling south down the RNP
to
Ruby's
Cafe Bulli
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Enjoying glorious sunshine at
Ruby's Cafe
Bulli after 45km from Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark
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Andrew aka TugBoat,
Eric aka PapaBear,
George aka Englishman
and
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller
back at Nth Wollongong Harbour after scaling Mt Keira
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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
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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
9th Annual Emu Plains up Old Bathurst Rd,
Springwood, Richmond ride - 93km - 6 riders
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Above "Selfie" wont go viral on
YouTube unless perhaps in the "horror category"
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PapaBear
and
TugBoat
celebrating
scaling the "SuperSteep" Old Bathurst Rd at the Bowaga Ave KOM
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The first nasty climb is Old Bathurst Rd. The equally
precipitous decent is down from Yarramundi Lookout
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Outside the familiar 1st Nosh Stop at
The Subway at Springwood
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The
Yarramundi Lookout
at where the below pics evidence that the Nepean Catchment is "Chockers"
with H2O.
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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.
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Last Sunday's Duffy's Forest, West Head & Akuna Bay - 75km -
10 riders
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Outside the
Thai Restaurant Sag Stop
after riding Eric's lumpy 'backroads route' of Duffy's Forest/Terrey
Hills
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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.
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250 metres after the 35km p/h sign is the above 15km p/h sign
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Bank Teller
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