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The Bullsheet
Sunrise 6:45am
Sunday,
4th Mar
'18,
7:10am from
Hornsby Jersey St carpark
or
7:40am from
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd
for Eric's
"Bushlands route thru Terrey Hills and
Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay, ride
initial lumpy 2km in/out of Cottage Point to the lookout, for Brekkie at Church Point -
return up McCarrs Creek Rd - ETR St
Ives 11:35am - 70km or Hornsby 12:10pm - 89km
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka BankTeller
0434 715.861
[1st Acceptor],
Justine aka
Trumpeter
[2nd Acceptor], Pete aka
CampyAficinado
[3rd Acceptor],
John aka ChiliDog [4th Acceptor],
are starting from St Ives at 7:40am.
Barry aka
BackPacker,
Jane aka
NeoLudditeJohn aka Auckland
[3rd Acceptor],
Tony aka
Publican
[4th Acceptor],
,
Bill aka Glasgow,
,
Ann
aka
ToothFairy
,
APOLOGIES:
If you are 80%
confident of joining this ride, predicated upon a fine morn',
please let Bank Teller
know
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Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd
- 9km - 30 min
6:40am
cycle
the following route which has low road traffic which
follows the street
signs to St Ives:
*
L down Pacific H'way for 800m
*
L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
*
Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
*
R into Eastern Rd for 700m
*
L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
*
Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
*
Right into Memorial Ave for 500m,
*
Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m.
If cycling from St Ives back to
Hornsby at the tail of this ride, due to increased traffic after
church, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride
invitation is recommended.
1st Leg: St Ives, via Bushlands
route thru Terrey Hills/Duffy's Forest to
Sag Stop at Thai Restaurant - 18km - 55 min
7:40am -
* E
along Mona Vale Rd for
6.7km,
* L
[opposite
Forest Way - at
Terrey Hills
Fruit Barn] into
Myoora Rd and take a
1st Sag Stop
(3 min)
at least 60m down
Myoora Rd,
* Ahead
1.1km along
Myoora Rd
passing the Golf Driving Range on LHS,
* L
into Aumuna Rd at dangerous roundabout (ask Martin aka
Architect) for 550m - initial steep descent, then big climb,
*
R into Coonawarra Rd for 200m
*
L into Cooyong Rd for 300m
*
R into Boona Rd for 400m
*
L into Tooronga Rd for 1.2km
* L
into Booralie Rd for 2km
* "U"-
turn at the dead-end of
Cow Corner – NOTE: turn
around as soon as you see faster cyclists returning. Continue past
Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre, thru roundabout and take
2nd Sag Stop
(5 min) from
8:35am
outside
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
at top of McCarrs Creek Rd -
muster off the road.
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3rd Leg: Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
via clockwise
entrance to Akuna Bay loop, 2km into Cottage Point Rd (and
back out), thru Illawong Bay/Akuna Bay, right at 'T' junction,
left at McCarrs Creek Rd to
Church Point
Cafe
- 31km -
80 min
8:40am -
* Descend McCarrs Creek Rd
* Ahead down Liberator
General San Martin Drive (left hand/clockwise entrance to Akuna Bay),
* Left into Cottage Point Rd
for initial 2km of Cottage Point Rd to crest with views down
each side to bays - Sag Stop
* Return 2km out of Cottage
Point Rd
* Left back into
Liberator General San Martin Drive
passing thru Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, up to 'T' junction for
Sag Stop,
* Right 1.3km down McCarrs Creek
Rd crossing timber bridge,
* Left into McCarrs Creek Rd
5.3km
Church Point
Cafe
arriving from 10:00am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 mins)
4th
Leg:
Church Point
Cafe back up McCarrs Creek Rd
to St Ives - 20.5km -
65 min
Depart 10:30am arriving
back at St Ives for 2nd Nosh Stop at Pattisons Patisserie (25 min)
from 11:35am.
4th
Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km -
30 min
11:40am -
L
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Mona Vale Rd
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0.9
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Pentecost Ave
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R
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Pentecost Ave
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2.0
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Ku'ring'gai
Ave
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A
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Boomerang St
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0.7
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Eastern Rd
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R
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Eastern Rd
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0.7
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Bangalla St
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L
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Bangalla St
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1.0
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Millewa St
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R
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Millewa St
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1.4
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F3 Overpass
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A
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Alexandra Pde
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1.5
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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L
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Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
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0.5
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Pacific H'way
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R
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Pacific H'way
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0.8
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Coronation St
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R
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Coronation St
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0.3
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Jersey St
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L
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Jersey St
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0.1
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Hornsby car park - ETR 12:10pm
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Risk
Warning
Ø
Take
Care descending to Illawong Bay. About 1.5km past Cottage Point Rd
is a hard RH switch-back, known as The Wall, which has claimed
several cyclists, including Siggy who was carted off in an ambulance, so take that hard right-hander slowly,
particularly if the road is damp
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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If you have 'Deepish
Pockets' and you don't want them lightened
Bank Teller
beseeches each rider to again read
Muggaccinos'
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
and speak up with gusto at a forthcoming Nosh Stop if you disagree
with any clause therein, because by you accepting the 'Ride Invitation' in the weekly Bullsheet, you are agreeing to the lawful obligations therein, and should a
fellow rider, or other third party, be seriously injured due to your
negligence, your pockets might be materially lightened because pursuant to -
*
Regulation 15 of the NSW Road Rules 'a
bicycle is a vehicle'; and
*
Regulation 17
of the NSW Road Rules,
'a rider is a driver'.
Ipso facto, the same laws of negligence apply when cycling your bike,
as when driving your jalopy.
Below
is an extract of the final bullet point in the
(further) above
Risk Warning:
Ø
When passing a
fellow Mugg, always provide at least a metre clearance and call out
loudly as you approach an upcoming rider "Passing your right", so
s/he can drift to their left to allow you even more clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "Passing your inside" or
"Passing your left".
Below is the pertinent extract from
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Cycling protocols:
(x)
As
a
Ride Participant, I –
(j)
will give as much warning time as possible to enable a rider immediately
ahead to give me more clearance when passing him/her by calling-out
LOUDLY -
* "Passing your right"
to warn an up-coming
Ride
Participant, if I am passing
closer than 1½
metres on their RHS; or
* "Passing your inside"
or "Passing your left" if I need to pass an upcoming rider
on their LHS;
31 Jan 16 - Trois Montagnes - 9 cyclists -
75km
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Pete aka
CampyAficinado wanted a picture of his thumb at
Brooklyn Pier Cafe
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Tony aka
Publican 'Humored the Heathen' with an infantile
thumbs-up
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3rd Jan '16
-
Nth Turra' for
Quatre
Montagnes - 70km - 6 riders (The
below four riders, plus Bill aka
Glasgow and
BankTeller)
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Our initial Sag Stop at
Kalkari Reserve after climbing from Bobbin Head bridge
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On the Berowra Waters punt on a misty morning which because
"Mistier"
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New Years Day ride 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
![](../../Rides_Stuff/22_Sunday_rides/maps/Turramurra/ELEVATION-EmuPlains_Old_BathRd,Spring,%20Richmond,%20SevenHills,M2.gif)
The first nasty climb is Old Bathurst Rd. The equally
precipitous decent is down from Yarramundi Lookout
![](../../Rides_Stuff/22_Sunday_rides/maps/Turramurra/EmuPlains_Old_BathRd,Spring,%20Richmond,%20SevenHills,M2.gif)
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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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BankTeller
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