Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet Sunrise in 5:17am
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE: Phil aka Bank Teller [1st Responder], Jane aka NeoLuddite [2nd Responder], APOLOGIES:
If you are 80% confident of riding this Sunday, subject to fine weather, email Bank Teller and he will add ya moniker above. |
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Climb to Mt White. Continue elevating to Peats Ridge. Descend to Spencer after 70km. Climb back out of Spencer. Climb up and descend Bumble Hill. 18km flat stretch to Wyong - 129km
Civil Liability and Personal Responsibility ACT (NSW) 2002, in particular Division 5 Recreational Activities, obligates the Inviter to Provide A Risk Warning to an Invitee(s) when participating in a Recreational Activity which involves a Risk of Harm Sufferable due to one or more of the Three Types Of Risks About 7 years ago, Guy aka Lawyer, ended up in North Shore Spinal Unit requiring surgery on his neck after pulling up quickly due to an oncoming vehicle getting close, whereupon a subsequent Muggs' rider, Greg aka ArchitectToo, clipped Guy's pedal and they both took nasty falls. Three years ago, on the final leg to Hornsby, Tony aka Yorkshire, ended up in RNSH after being slow to react to Kevin aka TexDubbo and David aka MountainGoat breaking upon seeing a red traffic light signal ahead. Tony acknowledged that he was slow to react and upon seeing Kev's imposing rump, coming up real rapid, Tony instinctively slammed on the brakes and cart-wheeled over the handle bars, with the inevitable Noggin going gyro head-first into the tarmac, smashing his helmet, which may have otherwise ended in brain damage. Fortunately, after RNSH trauma unit (in Emergency) doing chest, shoulder and neck X-rays, head CT scan, and abdominal ultrasound, and blood tests, all within 2 hours of admission, Tony was released within 6 hours. Tony was told that he was the third cyclist that day in Emergency. Bank Teller understands that Tony was at least one bike length behind TexDubbo. Over four years ago, at the behest of the Editor of Push On, Jenni G_rmley, Bank Teller researched Regulation 126 “Keeping a safe distance behind vehicles” of the NSW Road Rules 2008, namely whether a bicycle rider (designated as a vehicle under Regulation 15) is required to travel at a safe distance behind another cyclist. Jenni published Bank Teller's research findings in “Is riding in a bunch illegal?”. No one has ever disputed his assertions therein, that cyclists are braking the law when not riding at a distance whereby a cyclist can pull up to avoid hitting a bicycle (vehicle) ahead.
As night follows day, a cyclist ahead will successfully litigate a cyclist behind who cannons into him/her which causes the cyclist ahead to suffer a serious injury, unless the cyclist ahead has agreed to the cyclist behind drafting him/her, whereupon the cyclist ahead is obligated to alert the cyclist(s) behind of pending obstacles. For this reason Ride Participant Liability Acknowledgment includes:
(d) accept that Muggs' credo is climbing steep hills with gusto; and
i) I will not draft less than one bicycle length from the bicycle in front of me for more than 20 seconds without the agreement of the rider in front [who pursuant to sub clause (ii) below, then accepts responsibility to warn of pending obstructions (eg. glass, potholes, grids)] due to increased likelihood of wheels touching, particularly on the flats and down hills, and consequent falls where the road always wins; and ii) if I am leading a small consensual bunch, I will - + warn Ride Participants behind me, using both hand signals and loud audible warnings, of upcoming potholes, grids etc; + scream-out real loud, real fast if I need to deviate in speed or direction due to something that I see within my pathway - "like a good fly-half, I will keep my outside backs informed" Hence, if you are riding with Muggs and you - a) draft within one bicycle length of a rider ahead for more than 20 seconds and you do not seek permission to draft that rider, and you cause the rider ahead, or another rider(s), to suffer a serious injury(ies), you had better have reliable third party public liability insurance with a lot of zeros in the liability amount; or b) agree for another rider to draft within one bicycle length of your rear wheel, and you cause the rider behind, or another rider(s), to suffer a serious injury due to not warning them of a pending obstruction, you had better have reliable third party public liability with all those zeros, especially if the person(s) that your negligence causes to be seriously injured is/are self-employed with three kids, a wife at home and a huge mortgage, and they are unable to continue working in that profession and suffer a future income loss. |
Pic from Hornsby to St Ives, to
Bobbin Head to PitS 'n back
- 50km - 5 cyclists
'Cooling our heels' (staying dry) at
Pattisons Patisserie after 9km 'cause we got rained on', whereupon we opted to
ride not too fat from our jalopies at Hornsby
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6 April 2014
