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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
Sunrise
6:03am
Sunday, 16 Feb '20 - 7am from
St. Ives
carpark, 7:20am
Terrey Hills
Fruit Barn, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, Warriewood -
return
up McCarrs Creek Rd - 81km
- ETR 12:45pm |
WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride
Organiser: Phil Johnston aka
BankTeller
0434
715.861
[1st Acceptor], and Jane aka NeoLuddite, [6th Acceptor],
are starting at 7:20am from
Terrey Hills
Fruit Barn.
Pete aka CampyAficinado
[2nd Acceptor],
Ann aka ToothFairy
[3rd Acceptor],
Eric aka PapaBear [4th Acceptor],
Michael aka GoodMorningVietnam
[5th Acceptor],
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller
[6th Acceptor],
John aka EarlyRetiree
[7th Acceptor],are starting by
7am
from
St. Ives carpark.
CampyAficinado might turn around at
Church Point.
George aka Englishman
[5th Acceptor],
Kev aka TexDubbo
[3rd Acceptor],
Chris aka
Recalcitrant
BankTeller [4th
Acceptor],
Barry aka Bazza [6th Acceptor],
Grant aka BeanCounter ,
Lea aka SlowLea,
Matt aka
GreenMonkey,
,
,
Terry aka
Navigator,
Ron aka Draughtsman,
Tony aka Publican,
Lea aka
SlowLea,
Bill aka
Glasgow ,
,
M
Jean aka
ChiliDog,
[5th Acceptor],
[5th Acceptor],
APOLOGIES:
If you want to join us, please e-mail
Bank Teller
and he will add your moniker above. |
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Risk
Warning
Blackspot Warning. The road section approx 250m prior to the West Head Lookout veers
awkwardly to the right. It is narrow with very little camber to
enable cyclists to hold the narrowing corner.
Bank Teller has documentary evidence of 5 bad accidents when
inexperienced cyclists descended that road section too fast and spun off
to the LHS. One cyclist remained in a comma for three months.
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
Scribe'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 SLOW DOWN"
signage.
Some
forms of cycling are dangerous.
An ave of 38 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
third 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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Last Sunday
- St Ives, Duffy's Forest, Akuna Bay/Illawong Bay, St Ives - 53km - 5
riders
Our 6:50am Start and our shorted route Beat the Heat, well some of
it.
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Last Sunday
week Gordon, St Ives, Duffy's Forest, West Head 'n return - 72km - 5 riders
Oppressive humidity took its toll on BankTeller
who should have refilled his water bottle at Terrey Hills before
embarking on West Head. Fortuitously, he sourced water at the
abandoned Thai Restaurant at top of McCarrs Creek Rd. But that was after
trudging/lumbering back up McCarrs Creek Rd
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Sutherland to Bundeena,
ferry to Cronulla, cycle back to Sutherland - 55km - 7
riders
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About to rollout of the Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark on a
fine but nippy morn'
Below three pics at
Cafe Manna, Bundeena
where the meals were scrumptious
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Pete, Sarah aged 12, Linda and Samantha aged 10
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Hornsby, St Ives, Church Point, Palm Beach
ferry to Patonga Wharf, cycle to Woy Woy, train back to Hornsby - 66km - 5
riders
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Galston to Windsor, via Wiseman's Ferry Rd and
Sackville Ferry. Return Windsor Rd and Garfield East Rd - 94km - 4 starters,
Although an equipment failure shortened
Pete aka
CampyAficinado's ride considerably
It was beaut to ride an old favourite that somehow slipped off
the radar for too long. Starting at Galston makes visits out Windsor,
Richmond, Kurrajong, Maroota and Wisemans Ferry so much easier.
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Why
didn't
Bill
aka Glasgow or
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller call an ambulance for BankTeller at Windsor after he chased 'em
over the 57km 1st Leg to Windsor via Halcrows Rd, Wiseman's Ferry Rd and
Sackville Ferry Rd, thence thru Ebenezer and Wilberforce ???
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Click on
Relive
to view last Sunday's ride in Google Earth. Then click on the 'Right Arrow' therein.
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Sunday's sortie to the
Glenorie Bakery
'n back - 54km - 4 riders
(19 June '17
)
The weather started out beaut as we sailed up north
to Berowra, then hooked a left down to the punt and up the other side. In
fact, all the way to Glenorie (36km), but got seriously cold 'n overcast on our
return leg.
Only 54km, but we were all knackered après.
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The chap on the LHS,
Kevin aka TexDubbo,
a veritable uncultured Hillbilly himself, thought that BankTeller's
colourful, blue legwarmers, that he picked-up 'Brand Spankers' (not
pre-loved) at Vinnies for $4, looked 'dorky'.
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The brews 'n grub at the
Glenorie Bakery are beaut and 'fill a hole'. The joint was
'packed to the rafters' with locals that can't sleep-in on a Sunday morn', but
we sat outside to sit close to our jalopies
Scribe
3 Feb '20 | |
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