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The Bullsheet SUNRISE:
5:43¼am Pics
from
2016 Boxing Day 'catch up'
Trois
Sommets - 19 riders - 62km
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 - 17th Annual Boxing Day 'Catch-up' - Trois
Montagnes clockwise
7:10am
from Hornsby car-park
–
63km - ETR 11:30am
Or
start 7:30am and skip the 8km on Sommerville Rd -
(4km out and 4km back)
Or
skip 2nd Nosh Stop
at
Pie in the Sky
and return
Hornsby 10:10am.
1st Nosh Stop
Berowra Waters Marina Fish Cafe from 8:35am |
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WHO, WHEN,
WHERE:
*
7:10am
from
Hornsby station carpark:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka
BankTeller
0434
715.861
[1st Acceptor],
Eric aka
PapaBear
[2nd Acceptor],
Ann aka ToothFairy [3rd Acceptor],
Brian aka Whippet,
[4th Acceptor],
Pete aka Yamaha
[5th Acceptor],
Terry aka Navigator
[6th Acceptor],
Pete aka Pelvis
[7th Acceptor],
Matt aka Printer
[8th Acceptor],
Tony aka Samurai [9th Acceptor],
Grant aka
BeanCounter
[4th Acceptor],Kerry aka Miner [6th Acceptor],
Arno aka
The
Kaiser
and Sarah
[8th Acceptor],
[10th
Acceptor],
Jane aka NeoLuddite
[13th Acceptor],
Rick Pope aka,
HillMonster,
Caroline aka
Princess,
Greg aka ArchitectToo,
John aka Auckland;
Chris aka
RecalcitrantBankTeller
[3rd Acceptor], ,
, ,
and
Bill
aka Glasgow, ,
APOLOGIES:
Tony aka
Publican
will likely be in Armidale with family.
Arno aka Heineken,
Sarah and the kids are holidaying at Pearl Beach.
Martin aka
Architect is also away on hols.
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If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail
Scribe
and he will add you in the above.
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1st Leg:
Hornsby
to
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe -
31km 1st Leg - 85 min
Rollout 7:10am
Hornsby car-park 100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey
St
*
Nth up Jersey St for 500m,
*
L into
Bridge Rd
40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,
*
R and pedal
700m Nth; and
*
L at lights into Galston Rd and cycle
4.1km
NNW twds Hornsby Heights
to Sommerville Rd on RHS.
* R into Sommerville Rd for 4km
to entrance to national Park
* 'U turn' back along
Sommerville Rd to Galston Rd
* R along Galston Rd and descend
4.5km to Galston Gorge timber bridge.
* Climb 4km to
Crosslands Rd.
*
Right into
Crosslands Rd for 800m.
* Left into Bevans Rd for
700m.
*
Left into Knights Rd for 850m
* Right into
Bayfields Rd for 1.7km which veers Right into Blacks Rd for 900m to familiar
Arcadia Rd which becomes Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee, where
a few km later after passing the familiar
Koppers Log
KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our
1st Nosh Stop
(35 min) at
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe arriving
from 8:35am.
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2nd
Leg:
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
to
Pie in the Sky
- 21km (agg 52km) - 65 min
9:10am take ride on the punt and
climb
4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup
at 3rd
Sag
Stop (5 min)
under cover at
Former Pool Shop, before
3km later turning
Left from Berowra Waters Rd. into
Old Pacific H'way and cycle Nth past
Cowan station and
Pie in the Sky
and descend to Brooklyn Rd
where we 'U turn' cycle 3.85km
back up to
Pie in the
Sky
at 10:15am
for 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min).
3rd
Leg:
Pie in the Sky
to
Hornsby - 19km
(agg 71km) - 50 min
10:40am commence return
to
Hornsby south down old Pacific H'way
- ETR 11:30am.
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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 at least a metre clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly e.g.. "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.
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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Xmas Eve, Monday 24 Dec '18
- 12th Annual
"Tour de
Old Bathurst Rd,
Blaxland, Springwood, Yarramundi, Richmond"
- 86km - 6 riders
which included Pete aka Yamaha
and his two daughters, Sarah aged 12 and Samantha aged 10
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Apologies for Scribe's below four
pics, 'cause he had Flash set to On, when he should have had Flash set to
Auto. Whereupon the flash would not have made the bright sun light even
brighter.
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Above 'n below pics at
Yarramundi Lookout which was 'wetter than wet' and 'bluer than blue'
down the valley
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Relaxing at the Richmond Record Store Cafe after scaling
the humongous Old Bathurst Rd, and then 22km Nth to Richmond.
Tiny pics from 11th annual Emu
Plains up Old Bathurst Rd to Springwood, Richmond 'n back - 4 riders
Bank Teller accidentally
deleted the pics, but managed
to find tiny thumbprints of 'em in a Windows temp file. He tried to make
'em larger, with limited success
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We returned to the Aroma Cafe in Springwood, in lieu of
Subway 'cause wees so-pis-ticated
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L.H. pic is Eric and Bill aka Glasgow
at The Yarramundi Lookout (you will have to believe me). R.H. pic is
George aka Englishman
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
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The first nasty climb is Old Bathurst Rd. The equally
precipitous decent is down from Yarramundi Lookout
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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'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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Scribe
22 Dec
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updated |
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