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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Sunrise 6:15am
Ride the flat route to Duffy's Forest, if you
don't have very low gearing.
Sunday,
15 Oct
'17,
7:05am from
St Ives car park
(76km) via Eric's "backroads" thru Duffy's Forest, thence clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay for Brekkie at Church Point - return via
Warriewood, Wakehurst Parkway/Forest Way - ETR St
Ives 11:00am - 75.8km
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Snapshot
7:05am rollout
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd [opposite
Pattisons Patisserie
and Stanley St. junction]. After our
12km Duffy's Forest "Backroads" out/back, we drop down to Akuna Bay
CLOCKWISE. Upon completing the circle back to McCarrs Creek timber bridge,
turn right and drop down to
Church Point Café for
1st Nosh Stop
from
10:15am (30 min) [48.3km
from St Ives] adjacent to the water’s edge.
Then cycle N/E twds Mona Vale, before taking a right into Cabbage Tree Rd thru Warriewood,
thence West up Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives [76km - ETR 11:00am]
for a coffee at St Ives. |
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser,
Phil Johnston
aka
Bank Teller
0434 715.861
[1st Responder],
Justine aka Trumpeter
[2nd Acceptor], Tony aka Publican
[3rd Acceptor],
Jean aka
ChiliDog
[4th Acceptor]
are starting
from St Ives at 7:05am.
Jane aka
Neo-Luddite
APOLOGIES:
Eric aka
PapaBear
returns from Europe on 3 Nov. to saddle up for his 22nd Audax Alpine
Classic. Eric is older 'n slower, so the jury is out.
If you are 80% confident of starting,
contingent upon being greeted by a fine morn', please
e-mail Scribe and he will add your
moniker above - so you
don't turn-up at one of the optional start spots and find you are on ya
Pat Malone.
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1st Leg: St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd, via Duffy's Forest, Akuna Bay, Church Point
Cafe -
39.8km - 100 min
7:05am:
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Mona Vale Rd | 0.0 |
St Ives car park |
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Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
Myoora Rd |
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L |
Mona Vale Fruit Barn |
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1st Sag Stop |
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L |
Myoora Rd |
2.9 |
Tepko Rd |
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L |
Tepko Rd |
0.3 |
Booralie Rd | |
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Booralie Rd | 5.5 |
"U" turn at end Booralie Rd |
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U |
Booralie Rd |
5.7 |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd to Thai Restaurant |
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2nd Sag Stop |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
1.5 |
"V" entrance to park |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
3.9 |
Cottage Point Rd |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
1.7 |
Illawong Bay |
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A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
2.1 |
Akuna Bay | |
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McCarrs Creek Rd | 3.3 |
'T' junction
at Cnr West Hd Rd & McCarrs Creek Rd |
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R |
West Head Rd |
1.6 |
McCarrs Creek Bridge |
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L |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
5.3 |
Church Point Café |
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Church Point Cafe |
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1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) from 8:55am |
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2nd Leg: Church Point to St
Ives - 36km
- 95 min (agg 75.8km from St Ives |
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9:25am remount to return up McCarrs
Creek Rd or continue to Narrabeen Cafe
and then Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd loop back to St
Ives |
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A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
3.8 |
Cabbage Tree Rd on RHS |
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R |
Cabbage Tree Rd /Samuel St |
2.5 |
Mona Vale Rd |
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A |
Ponderosa Pde/ McPherson St |
1.9 |
Warriewood Rd |
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R |
Warriewood Rd |
0.3 |
Pittwater Rd |
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A |
Harwood Place |
0.1 |
Hunter St |
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L |
Hunter St |
0.1 |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
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R |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
1.3 |
Ocean St | |
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Ocean St | 2.3 |
Waterloo St |
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L |
Ocean St |
0.9 |
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Waterloo St | 0.1 |
Pittwater Rd |
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R |
Pittwater Rd |
0.3 |
Wakehurst Parkway |
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L |
Wakehurst Parkway |
9.9 |
50m before French's Forest Rd |
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LHS of Rd 50m before lights |
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4th Sag Stop
(5 min) |
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R |
French's Forest Rd / Naree Rd |
1.0 |
Forest Way |
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R |
Forest Way |
5.4 |
Mona Vale Rd |
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L |
Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
St Ives car park
- ETR 11:00am - 25 min Nosh Stop |
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75.8 |
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Risk
Warning
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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 aka SmilingAssassin who, 14 years ago, was carted out in an
ambulance
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
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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
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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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Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
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Hornsby to Wyong last
Saturday - 93km - 5 riders
Alas, three Muggs in the above two pics at Mt. White
piked-out and took the shorter option to Woy Woy, 'cause Justine's partner, the
father of her three sprightly Nippers, wanted to snavel a bargain at Aldi.
Golly gees!!!
Only two of the five starters from Hornsby made it to Wyong train
station and they seem chuffed.
The chap in the below pic at Mt. White that takes pleasure when
"holding court at Muggs
Nosh Stops with
loud noises coming out of his head (and someone appears to be listening intently
to his ramblings), returns next week from three months deepening his carbon
footprint in Europe.
Eric aka PapaBear acknowledges that he is 'under done' and old,
but can still keep up with
BankTeller.
Hornsby to Mt. White last
Saturday - 70km - 3 riders
Apart from Eric, Jane and BankTeller, and a
black dog, there were not of life at Mt. White yesterday. We picked-up a
head wind on the return home, particularly from PitS.
Please provide to
BankTeller (non binding)
indicative attendance dates for
13th Berry KOM Challenge (7½ weeks away -
52 sleeps), if you would like to
join the 'merry throng', so
BankTeller can updated the
Indicative Attendance Schedule.
Pics from Tour de Macarthur
C/W
- Sat, 5 Oct - 94km including scaling Old
Razorback up the old-road - 4 riders
George aka Englishman, Andrew aka TugBoat
and
Eric aka PapaBear
in above pic at
Simply Delicious Cafe,
Picton
An 'action shot'
Our 2nd Nosh Top was at
Cobbitty Café Patisserie,
Cobbitty
amidst brill sunshine |
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Scribe
9 Oct
2017 |
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