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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet Sunrise
5:49am
Sunday, 2 Feb
'20 -
7am
Hornsby
station
carpark
to rustic, bucolic Riverstone - via Galston Gorge 7:25am and Withers Rd. Return via
Scheyville National Park, Cattai Ridge Rd,
Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston
and Galston Gorge - 91km from Hornsby - ETR
12:20pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
..... are strating from
Hornsby station carpark
at 7am.
Ride
Organiser
Phil
aka BankTeller
0434 715.861 [1st Acceptor],
Ann aka ToothFairy
[2nd Acceptor],
Pete aka CampyAficinado [3rd
Acceptor],
Eric aka
PapaBear
[4th Acceptor],
are starting from
Galston Bus Shelter
at 7:20am.
John aka Auckland
and
Ron aka Draughtsman
Matt aka
Printer,
Chris aka
RecalcitrantBankTeller, ,
Barry aka Backpacker
,
Pete aka Pelvis
and
Kerry
aka Miner and wife Maureen,
Jane aka NeoLuddite,
Jean aka
ChiliDog
APOLOGIES:
If you think you are >80% of joining us,
contingent upon a fine morn', please e-mail
Scribe,
and he will add you above. |
1st Leg:
Rollout 7am
from
Hornsby station
carpark to
1st Nosh Stop at
Riverstone,
Galston Bus Shelter 7:20am, Sth down Old Northern Rd,
Right into Wyoming Rd,
Kenthurst Rd and Withers Rd
arriving
Riverstone cafe opposite train station at 9am for 1st Nosh Stop
(35 min) - 42km - 140 mins |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd
exit onto Jersey St |
0.1 km |
Left onto Bridge Rd |
0.7 km |
Right onto Pacific Hwy |
0.8 km |
Left onto Galston Rd -
1st Sag
Stop -
Galston
Bus Shelter around
7:25am
after the
SlowerBrigade have moved on |
1.4 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Mid Dural Rd |
12.2 km |
Left onto
Old
Northern Rd |
14.5 km |
Right onto Wyoming Rd |
17.4 km |
Left |
17.5 km |
Left onto Wyoming Rd |
17.6 km |
Left onto Langford Rd |
18.2 km |
Continue onto Davey Rd |
19.2 km |
Left onto Derriwong Rd |
20.1 km |
Right onto Wirrabara Rd -
at The
BigDipper |
20.5 km |
Right onto Pellitt Ln -
2nd Sag
Stop - 40m before Kenthurst Rd around 7:50am |
21.2 km |
Right onto Kenthurst Rd |
21.5 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Annangrove Rd |
22.6 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bannerman Rd
- 3rd
Sag Stop - 60m before Bannerman Rd |
24.8 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
turning Right onto Glenhaven Rd |
26.9 km |
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Samantha Riley Drive |
27.8 km |
Right onto Foxall Rd -
4th Sag
Stop - 60m before Cnr with Withers Rd |
28.3 km |
Left onto Withers Rd |
30.0 km |
Left onto Annangrove Rd |
35.0 km |
Right onto Windsor Rd/Metroad 2 |
35.7 km |
Left onto Guntawong Rd |
36.2 km |
Turn right onto Clarke St |
38.3 km |
Left onto Garfield Rd East |
39.9 km |
Right onto Riverstone Parade |
41.9 km |
1st
Nosh Stop
(35 min)
at Riverstone cafe (opposite station) from 9:20am
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2nd Leg:
9:55am return via Scheyville Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Wylds Rd to
Andy's Cafe Arcadia - 32km - 75 min -
agg 74km |
Continue 4km West on Riverstone
Parade to Bandon Rd |
45.4 km |
Right into Bandon Rd |
45.9 km |
Continue onto Chapman Rd |
46.2 km |
Right onto Commercial Rd |
47.0 km |
Slight left onto Menin Rd |
47.5 km |
Left onto Boundary Rd |
49.1 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
Left onto Old Pitt Town Rd
5th Sag
Stop - 60m into Old Pitt Town Rd |
49.9 km |
Right onto Scheyville Rd |
53.6 km |
Right onto Dormitory Hill Rd |
55.2 km |
Left onto Midson Rd |
56.2 km |
Right onto Cusack Rd
6th
Sag Stop - 60m into Cusack Rd |
56.5 km |
Left onto Boundary Rd |
57.1 km |
Right onto Cattai Ridge Rd
7th
Sag Stop - 60m before Cattai Ridge Rd |
60.5 km |
Right onto Old Northern Rd |
73.1 km |
Left onto Wylds Rd |
73.9 km |
2nd
Nosh Stop (25 min) at
Andy's Cafe,
Nth Galston from 11:10am
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75.5 km
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3rd Leg
11:35am return via Galston Gorge to Hornsby -
13.6km
- 45 min - agg 90.1km - ETR 12:20pm
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Right onto Arcadia Rd |
75.5 km |
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Galston Rd |
79.0 km |
Right to stay on Galston Rd |
80.1 km |
Right onto Pacific Hwy |
89.3 km |
Left onto Bridge Rd |
90.0 km |
Right into jersey St Hornsby carpark - ETR 12:20pm
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90.1 km
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Risk
Warning
Ø Stay
well apart from other riders after we turn "Right onto Wirrabara Rd -
at The
BigDipper"
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Expend
5 min studying your street
directory for the 3km section from Right into
Wyoming Rd
(from old northern Rd) to Kenthurst
Rd
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 a metre clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing our inside" etc
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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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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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Hornsby, Galston, Sackville Ferry, Windsor, Annangrove Rd Galston -
117km - 5 riders
Pete aka
BeanCounter and
Ron aka
Draughtsman
started from Hornsby at 7am.
Ann aka
ToothFairy,
Pete
aka CampyAficinado
and
BankTeller
started from Galston Bus Shelter at 7:35am, thereby reducing the route
to a more 'manageable' 91km.
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Muggs Annual Boxing Day 'catch-up" ride from Hornsby, Sommerville
Rd, Galston Gorge, Crosslands Rd, to Berowra Waters cafe. Thence
back to Hornsby - 53km - 14 cyclists
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PapaBear
met us at
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
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The familiar Berowra Waters punt
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Annual Christmas Eve Emu Plains to Springwood up Nasty Old
Bathurst Rd, thence Nth to Richmond and onto Tallawong Metro station -
81km - 3 riders
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BankTeller close to death at the apex
of the Old Bathurst Rd climb where sections were +15%
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The above data included a train from
Tallawong Metro
to Epping station
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Relaxing in Springwood
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Above 'n below pics of Yarramundi Lookout on
a dry day
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Hornsby to Woy Woy, via Mt White - 65km - 5
riders
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Pete aka CampyAficinado is admiring some poor large fish
on sale
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We were joined at Fisherman's Wharf by Ann's brother who
hails from The Lakes District in England
St Ives, Duffy's Forest, Bayview
Marina - 56.7km - 7 riders, although four of 'em cycled
a further 15km, plus some nasty climbs.
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St Ives to Akuna Bay - Climbing out both ways (2
climbs) - 65km - 4 riders
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We enjoyed the company of a
visitor Rajiv aka 4 Wheel Drive Tourer who hails from Penrith
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