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Sunday 12 Feb '17 – Cinque Montagnes (anti-clockwise) - 1st Nosh Stop Red Herring Café, Brooklyn:

*    Nth Turramurra shops carpark from 7:10am     99km     ETR 12:30pm; or                                               
*    200m NW of Hornsby station from 7:50am        72km     ETR 11:50am

Cyclists should time their start to arrive at 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn Wharf at 8:55am. 

If you are 80% confident of joining this ride, predicated upon a fine morn', please let Bank Teller know by e-mail by 5pm Sat.

Pursuant to Division 5 of the Civil Liabilities and Personal Responsibility Act (NSW) 2002, any Invitee cyclist that decides to accept a Ride Invitation (such as that contained in this Bullsheet) to participate in a Dangerous Recreational Activity needs to inform the Inviter in writing before attending the Ride.  The alternative to notifying the Inviter by email by 5pm the day before the ride that he/she intends to participate is for the Inviter to re-introduce his former Ride Sign On Sheet which Bike North and other BUGs assiduously use to mitigate Inviter risk.

Snapshot:
Separate starts from Nth Turramurra shops or 200m NW of Hornsby station cycling North up Old Pacific H'way, to 1st Nosh Stop at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn.  Thence 11km retracing to turn right at Berowra Waters Rd to Nth Galston for lunch at Andy's Cafe.  Return via Galston Gorge and Bobbin Head.
SagStops:
2nd      Berowra Waters punt             -   10:20am    (10 min)

NoshStop:

1st       Red Herring Café                     -    8:50am    (30 min)

2nd      Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston         -  10:45am    (25 min)

KOM climbs:
1st climb:      50m past Bobbin Head bridge, "60km Max Speed" sign, to Kalkari Reserve sign - 3.25km

2nd climb:     Brooklyn Rd large aluminium light poll to 20m before Pie in the Sky entrance - 3.85km

3rd climb:      150m West of Berowra Waters punt to Koppers Log Berrilee - 3.40km

4th climb:      cement Bridge at Galston Gorge to 50m before Bus Shelter -  3.4km

5th climb:      "60km Max Speed" sign 15m after Old Stone Toilet Block SE side of Bobbin Head bridge to "60km Max Speed" sign 50m before Toll Booth at Nth Turra entrance -  3.95km

¨       Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [100km] 
Rollout 7:10am from Nth Turramurra village car park (700m NNE of Burns Rd) in Valley Park Cres (little road off to the left of Bobbin Head Rd opposite the Corner Café on LHS) for 37km leg to Red Herring Café Brooklyn, passing Kalkari Reserve after 10.2km. 4 clicks later, R into Pac Highway at lights after passing Asquith Golf Course. Then due Nth on Old Pacific Highway.

¨       Shorter Ride - Three Hills [74km] 
Rollout 7:50am from Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] cycling 500m Nth up Jersey St, L into Wharf Rd for 60m, R [at traffic lights] onto Pacific Highway and cycle Nth on Old Pacific Highway to Brooklyn Rd where you turn right and cycle 2.8km to Red Herring Café.

Both groups pass Berowra station 8:20am, Cowan station 8:30am and Pie in the Sky Cafe at 8:40am.  After passing Pie in the Sky Cafe descend almost to water level, R turn into Brooklyn Rd for 3.2km for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Red Herring Café, Brooklyn from 8:50am. 

9:20am return for 11km and R into Berowra Waters Rd for flattish section before descending to picturesque Berowra Waters 10:15am for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) during ride on the punt. 

Or continue south and return to either Hornsby [52km] or Nth Turra’ [75km] car parks. 

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia, take 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's Cafe Arcadia from 10:45am.

11:10am commence return home continuing South along Galston Rd to the large roundabout at Galston, Left to descend and scale Galston George passing familiar Hornsby Heights' bus shelter.

Continue 3km to Hookham's Corner and either -

¨       R       2km to Jersey St, Hornsby car-park - ETR 12pm; or

¨       L       2.5km up Pacific H'way to Asquith station, then off-road to Royston Ave thru backstreets of Asquith, R in to Ku'ring'gai Chase Rd, Ahead into Bobbin Head Rd for 15km to Nth Turramurra car park on Bobbin Head Rd - ETR 12:40pm.

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 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.