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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Sunrise 6am
Sunday, 26 Jan '20 - Duffy's
Forest and
West Head, return via Akuna Bay
* 7:07am from
Gordon station
-
87km
- ETR Gordon 12.40am
* 7:30am
rollout from
St Ives
carpark
- 73km
- ETR St Ives 12pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser, Phil Johnston aka
Bank
Teller [1st Acceptor],
Jean aka
Chilidog
[5th Acceptor]
are starting from Gordon station at
7:07am
PapaBear
[2nd Acceptor], Michael
aka GoodMorningVietnam
[4th Acceptor]
are
starting from
St Ives carpark
at 7:30am.
Jane aka
NeoLuddite
[3rd Acceptor]
is meeting us
at 7:50am outside the
Fruit Barn
Alan aka PharLap,
Barry aka
BackPacker
,
David aka
TreeHugger
,
Bill aka Glasgow,
Peter aka
AnotherBeanCounter
Kev aka TexDubbo
APOLOGIES:
Ann aka ToothFairy
and
Pete aka CampyAficinado
If you think you are 80% confident to start,
subject to being greeted by a fine morning, please e-mail
BankTeller
and he will add you above.
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SNAPSHOT
Rollout from East side
of Gordon station to St Ives carpark, Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (Sag Stop – pack nibbles).
Return via Akuna Bay.
SagStop:
1.
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
(5 min)
2.
West Head
Lookout (15 min)
NoshStops:
1st:
Akuna Bay
(30 min)
2nd:
Mischica Cafe,
St Ives
(20 min)
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1st Leg:
Gordon station
to
St Ives
carpark
- 7km -
23 min
7:07am
cycle via Park Ave, left
into Rosedale Rd/Sage St, left into Lynbara Ave
arriving
St Ives
carpark
at
7:30am.
2nd
Leg: St Ives carpark
via Duffy's Forest
to
West Head Lookout -
42km - 130 min
(agg 49km from Gordon)
Depart St Ives car-park 7:30am:
-
E along Mona Vale Rd
for
6.2km where we meet
Jane aka
NeoLuddite
at 7:50am outside the
Fruit Barn;
-
L
into
Myoora Rd for 2.9km to Tepko Rd
-
Left into Tepko Rd for 300m to
Booralie Rd
-
Left into
Booralie Rd for 5.4km
-
Left into
Bibbenluke Ave
for 250m, Right into Guwara Rd for 200m, Right into
Wyong Rd for 500m
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Left into Thuddeungra Rd for 600m
-
Ahead along
Booralie Rd for
4.4km to
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
Sag Stop 5 min
-
Left down McCarrs Creek
Rd
and enter Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V" (dual entrances to the park);
-
R
at the
"V"
anti-clockwise and descend
3km
to
McCarrs Creek;
-
L
over small timber bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture
(Akuna Bay Marina is
2.8km on
LHS);
-
Ahead 12km
along West Head Rd to
West Head Lookout.
Pack lots of nibbles,
‘cause we take our
Sag Stop (15
min)
from 9:40am
for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue
peninsula.
3rd
Leg:
West Head Lookout
to
Akuna Bay - 15km - 40 min -
(agg 64km from Gordon)
Depart West Head 9.55am - arrive
Akuna Bay
10:35m for
1st Nosh Stop (30 min).
4th
Leg:
Akuna Bay to
St Ives
carpark
- 16km - 55 min -
(agg 80km from Gordon)
Depart
Akuna Bay
11:05am
via Illawong Bay and Cottage Point Rd to arrive
St Ives
carpark
12 midday for
2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) at
Mischica Cafe.
5th
Leg: St Ives to Gordon station, via the main drag -
7km - 15 mins -
(agg 87km from Gordon)
Depart
Mischica Cafe
12.25pm arrive Gordon station 12:40pm.
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Risk
Warning
Cycling Blackspot Warning.
The road section approx 300m prior to the West Head Lookout veers
awkwardly to the right. It is narrow with very little camber to
facilitate cyclists holding the narrowing roadway.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 6 bad accidents when
inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spin off
the LHS. One cyclist remained in a comma for 3 months.
Another cyclist who was heli-lifted out on Sunday 9 Nov remained in the
Spinal Unit at RNSH - Bank Teller visited him on Sat 2 Jan
'10.
Descend to the West Head Lookout slowly and warn others to do likewise.
RTA, which is responsible for West Head Rd, has been negligent in ignoring
Bank Teller's three letters
dated 11 Jan '08,
8 Feb '08 and 29 March ’08 and
Annexure
to -
a) straighten approx 200m of that road
section by widening on the RHS,
b) build up the camber on the LHS, and
c) provide dedicated "Cyclists
Descend Slowly"
signage at the top of the descent.
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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Hornsby to Woy Woy, via Mt. White - 9
riders - 64km
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Visitors to Muggs are Graham He_th,
Grahame aka AnotherRuddyLawyer, Paul McKi_n, & Chris Robins_n
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Quatre Montagnes C/W - included
s Sommerville Rd - 3 riders - 62km
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Three riders at the familiar
Galston shops bus shelter
Pics from Tour de Windsor, with Sackville loop
- 114km - 3 cyclists
The tough get going when the going wasn't
even tough, 'cause it was a delightful 'unhot' morn' which did, however,
warm up by mid-arvo when
Lea aka SlowLea
and
Bank Teller
completed their respective routes with
SlowLea
registering 130km and
Bank Teller
117km.
Jean
aka ChiliDog 'did a Uie" at Windsor thereby clocking
around 100km
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About 'three clicks' shy of Windsor
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Sheep on the LHS weren't interested.
But the goats on the RHS must 've thought we had some tucker, 'cause
they were approaching
Lea aka SlowLea
in hope
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And I didn't have a carrot
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An impressive tree at Riverstone station
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A local 'fatted calf'
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Verdant and bucolic out West yesterday
Bank Teller
9
Dec '13 |
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