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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet Sunrise
5:43am
Sunday, 24 Sept
'17 -
7am
Hornsby
station
carpark
to Riverstone via Galston Gorge and Withers Rd. Return via
Scheyville Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd,
Andy's Cafe Arcadia
and Galston Gorge - 90km - ETR
1:40pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser
Phil
aka BankTeller
0434 715.861 [1st Acceptor],
Pete aka CampyAficinado
[2nd Acceptor],
Matt aka
Printer,
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller,
Jane aka NeoLuddite,
are starting at
7am from
Hornsby station carpark.
Chris aka
RecalcitrantBankTeller
[3rd Acceptor],
is starting 20 mins
later from
Hornsby station carpark,
'cause he likes to sleep in.
Tony
aka Publican, ,
Jean aka
ChiliDog
John aka Auckland
and
David aka
MountainGoat and
Ron aka Draughtsman
John aka
BakerBoy
Pete aka Pelvis,
Barry aka
Backpacker,
Eric aka
PapaBear
APOLOGIES:
If you think you are >80% of joining us,
contingent upon a fine morn', can you e-mail
Scribe
and let him know
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1st Leg:
Rollout 7am
from
Hornsby station
carpark to
Riverstone, via Galston Gorge, Sth down Old Northern Rd,
Right into Wyoming Rd,
Kenthurst Rd and Withers Rd
arriving
Riverstone cafe opposite station at 9:20am for 1st Nosh Stop
(35 min) - 42km - 140 mins |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd
exit onto Jersey St |
0.1 km |
Left onto Bridge Rd |
0.7 km |
Right onto Pacific Hwy |
0.8 km |
Left onto Galston Rd -
1st Sag
Stop - bus shelter opposite Galston shops |
1.4 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Mid Dural Rd |
12.2 km |
Left onto Old Northern Rd |
14.5 km |
Right onto Wyoming Rd |
17.4 km |
Left |
17.5 km |
Left onto Wyoming Rd |
17.6 km |
Left onto Langford Rd |
18.2 km |
Continue onto Davey Rd |
19.2 km |
Left onto Derriwong Rd |
20.1 km |
Right onto Wirrabara Rd -
at The
BigDipper |
20.5 km |
Right onto Pellitt Ln -
2nd Sag
Stop - 60m before Kenthurst Rd |
21.2 km |
Right onto Kenthurst Rd |
21.5 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Annangrove Rd |
22.6 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bannerman Rd
- 3rd
Sag Stop - 60m before Bannerman Rd |
24.8 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
turning Right onto Glenhaven Rd |
26.9 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Samantha Riley Drive |
27.8 km |
Right onto Foxall Rd -
4th Sag
Stop - 60m before Cnr with Withers Rd |
28.3 km |
Left onto Withers Rd |
30.0 km |
Left onto Annangrove Rd |
35.0 km |
Right onto Windsor Rd/Metroad 2 |
35.7 km |
Left onto Guntawong Rd |
36.2 km |
Turn right onto Clarke St |
38.3 km |
Left onto Garfield Rd East |
39.9 km |
Right onto Riverstone Parade |
41.9 km |
1st
Nosh Stop
(35 min)
at Riverstone cafe (opposite station) from 10:20am
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2nd
Leg: 10:55am return via Scheyville
Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Wylds Rd, to Andy's Cafe (85 mins)
from 12:20pm
(25 min) - 33km (agg 75.5km) |
Continue 4km West on Riverstone
Parade to Bandon Rd |
45.4 km |
Right into Bandon Rd |
45.9 km |
Continue onto Chapman Rd |
46.2 km |
Right onto Commercial Rd |
47.0 km |
Slight left onto Menin Rd |
47.5 km |
Left onto Boundary Rd |
49.1 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
Left onto Old Pitt Town Rd
5th Sag
Stop - 60m into Old Pitt Town Rd |
49.9 km |
Right onto Scheyville Rd |
53.6 km |
Right onto Dormitory Hill Rd |
55.2 km |
Left onto Midson Rd |
56.2 km |
Right onto Cusack Rd
6th
Sag Stop - 60m into Cusack Rd |
56.5 km |
Left onto Boundary Rd |
57.1 km |
Right onto Cattai Ridge Rd
7th
Sag Stop - 60m before Cattai Ridge Rd |
60.5 km |
Right onto Old Northern Rd |
73.1 km |
Left onto Wylds Rd |
73.9 km |
2nd
Nosh Stop (25 min) at Andy's Cafe from 12:20pm
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75.5 km
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3rd Leg
12:45pm return via Galston Gorge to Hornsby -
14.6km
- 55 min - agg 90.1km - ETR 1:40pm
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Right onto Arcadia Rd |
75.5 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Galston Rd |
79.0 km |
Right to stay on Galston Rd |
80.1 km |
Right onto Pacific Hwy |
89.3 km |
Left onto Bridge Rd |
90.0 km |
Right onto Jersey St
Hornsby carpark - ETR
1:40pm
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90.1 km
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Risk
Warning
Ø Dismount and walk over two short
timber bridges on Pitt Town Rd which have claimed a few Muggs
previously as there are gaps that will swallow your wheels
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Expend
5 min studying your street
directory for the 3km section from Right into
Wyoming Rd
(from old northern Rd) to Kenthurst
Rd
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 our inside" etc
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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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Nth Turra' via Bobbin Head,
thence Berowra Waters, thence G.G., then Bobbin Head back to Nth Turra - 3
riders - 72km
Alas, Just after Justine and CampyAficinado
started from Hornsby, Justine's rear derailleur cable snapped. Rather than
ride on in the same rear cog, being still able to change her front derailleur,
Justine 'piked-out'. As it turned-out, Trumpeter had booked her
bike in a local bike shop for the day after "...cause my rear derailleur wasn't
smooth, like it should be." It pays to "look under the bonnet"
occasionally, particular if gears or brakes are becoming clunky.
BankTeller's front gear cable snapped last week. It took him three
hours to change the inner cable and 15 mins to clean up the greasy mess that he
made. He would be faster next time.
Golly, we held our tummies in 'un-noticeably' at the
Bus Shelter at the apex of the climb from G.G timber bridge
Annual
Mother's Day 'Special' -
71km -
5 starters
Berowra Waters Cafe after 30km
We met
Arno aka Heineken waiting for the 'punt'
Scribe
10
May 2015
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