Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet Sunrise 5:50am Warning: Skip final leg to PitS if U R concerned about motor bikes or are feeling knackered from heat
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Sunday, 6:30am or 6:50am, 27 Jan '19, Quatre Montagnes clockwise from Hornsby car-park – 86.3km ETR 11:55am |
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE: .......... are starting at Hornsby at 6:30am and descending to Crosslands Reserve. At 6:50am, due to the forecast heat, Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller 0434 715.861 [1st Acceptor], Pete aka CampyAficinado [2nd Acceptor], Jean aka ChiliDog [3rd Acceptor], Jane aka NeoLuddite [4th Acceptor], take off from Hornsby. Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller [5th Acceptor] (back from the Sth Aust heat) is starting 10 or 15 mins later and will catch us up. APOLOGIES: .... are starting from Hornsby at 7:10am, and riding Sommerville Rd, but NOT descending to Crosslands Reserve.
Bill aka Glasgow, , Barry aka BackPacker,
and Amy,
David aka TreeHugger,
Lea aka SlowLea. , [2nd Acceptor],
Tony
aka Publican
[3rd Acceptor],
John aka Auckland
[4th Acceptor],
PrincessCaroline
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David's GPS registered 17.9% at the final short ascent to the crest from Crosslands Reserve |
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1st Leg: Hornsby to Berowra Waters Marina Cafe - 46.3km 1st Leg - 130 min Rollout 6:50am 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. * R into Somerville Rd at traffic lights and pedal 4km on undulating, wide residential road to narrow entrance of Crosslands Reserve.
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* R into Somerville Rd for 4.1km to Galston Rd * R back into Galston Rd and descend 4.5km to Galston Gorge timber bridge. * Climb 4km to Crosslands Rd. * Right into Crosslands Rd for 3.3km to dirt road. * Return 3km and Right 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 (30 min) at Berowra Waters Marina Cafe arriving from 9:00am. |
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2nd Leg: Berowra Waters Marina Cafe to Pie in the Sky - 21km (agg 67.3km) - 65 min 9:30am take ride on the punt and climb 4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup at 2nd 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 10:35am for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min). 3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19km (agg 86.3km) - 50 min 11:05am commence return to Hornsby south down old Pacific H'way - ETR 11:55am. |
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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 eg. "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 -
(iii) cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the
coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
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 -
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Cycling
without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
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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With a Highland Mist 'dripping' at Mt White
at 7:10am, we opted to avoid the drop to Galston Gorge, but rather head Nth on
the Old Pac H'way.
Muggs two Audax Alpine Classic Reps
Annual New Year's Day ride from Sutherland to Nth Wollongong - 59km - 4 riders, although three riders cycled some more clicks
Hard to identify 'who' is 'whom' in above pic, so PhotoShop brightened it up
New Year's Eve ride to Mt. White - 70km - 4 riders
BankTeller, ToothFairy, Glasgow and PapaBear at Pie In The Sky
Ann aka ToothFairy recently returned from cycling 7,320km thru seven countries (listed above). Ann cycled 360km in the initial three days. Her longest day was 180km. Most participant riders rode two or three countries, but only two riders cycled the entire route, both ladies.
Within 50 years, women will be ruling the world, and
males will be reduced to the role of the 'male bee'.
Immediately before the 6.7km climb up Mt. White is Cherro Point Rd on the RHS. Muggs riders have collectively cycled past Cherro Point Rd over 2,000 times over the last 21 years. Today BankTeller wandered into the 1.7km Cherro Point Rd and took a few pics.
Hornsby, Berowra Waters, Galston Gorge, Bobbin Head, thence backroads to Hornsby - 61km - 3 riders It was a pristine, late Winter morn', although the Saturday traffic was appreciable greater and less friendly. The variety of food in the Galston Gourmet Deli and their prices are 'beaut'.
Next time we will sit in the Bus Shelter, cause it was hard standing back up for Ann and BankTeller. Nth Turramurra via Bobbin Head to Mt, White and return - 92km - 9 riders, although Jean aka ChiliDog 'bailed-out' at Pie in the Sky
Bank Teller 30 Aug '15
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