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Muggaccinos.com
The Bullsheet
Participant cyclists
are starting at least 30 seconds apart and will maintain Social Distancing
both on the bike and at Nosh Stops
Sunday,
31 May '20 - Tour de Windsor, Freemans
Reach, Richmond. Train to Riverstone. Cycle
back to Galston or Hornsby:
Hornsby car-park rollout
7:45am via Galston Gorge. Or
Galston Bus
Shelter @ 8:30am,
Cattai Ridge Rd, Scheyville Rd,
arrive Windsor 10am for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min).
Thence anti-C/W loop via Freemans Reach,
Kurmond Rd
to Richmond for
train to Riverstone.
Cycle back to Galston via Garfield East
Rd.
* 104km
from Hornsby - ETR 2:55pm
* 81km from Galston - ETR 1:50pm
1st Nosh Stop
Macquarie Square, Windsor around 10am.
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Eric aka
PapaBear [4th
Acceptor], Chris
aka RecalcitrantBankTeller [5th
Acceptor],
George aka Englishman
[6th Acceptor],......
are
starting from Hornsby
at 7:45am or thereabouts.
Bill aka
Glasgow
[7th Acceptor],
will meet us at Windsor at 10am
1st Nosh Stop.
Ride Organiser,
Phil aka BankTeller
[1st Acceptor],
Ann
aka
ToothFairy [2nd Acceptor],
Pete aka CampyAficinado [3rd Acceptor] are starting from
Galston Bus Shelter
@ intermittently from 8:30am.
,
Jean aka ChiliDog [4th Acceptor],
,
Lea aka
SlowLea,
Barry aka Backpacker,
, ,
David aka MountainGoat
, Kev
aka TexDubbo,
Jane
aka NeoLuddite
Justine aka Trumpeter,
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APOLOGIES
David aka TreeHugger
If you
are confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', make sure that allot
a minute to e-mail
Scribe
by 5pm Friday, and he will add ya in the above, 'cause
Scribe allots a lot more time to
'jolly Muggs crew'. If your short term memory is now a struggle, when
it didn't use to fail you in the past,
watch this You Tube, so you won't look like a Silly Duffer
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1st Leg:
Hornsby street
front carpark 100m Nth of Railway Hotel in Jersey St on West side of station
to
Galston Bus
Shelter: - 11.5km approx - 45 min:
* Rollout 7:45am
from
Hornsby station carpark
Nth up Jersey St for 500m,
*
L
into
Bridge Rd
40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,
*
R Nth for
700m on Old Pacific H’way,
*
L at lights
into Galston Rd for 5km to Galston Gorge noisy timber bridge,
* Ascend for 3km to
Crosslands Rd,
* L for 1.1km
to main roundabout, then arrive
Galston Bus
Shelter by 8:30am.
2nd Leg:
Galston Bus
Shelter to Macquarie Square Windsor,
via Cattai Ridge Rd - 33.4km (45km
agg.)
90 min:
8:30am west along Mid Dural Rd, R into Old Northern Rd, L into Cattai Ridge Rd,
ahead Scheyville Rd arriving
The Bridge
Cafe, Macquarie Square, Windsor 10am for
1st Nosh Stop
(35 min).
3rd Leg - Windsor to
Richmond - 21.5km -
65 min (agg 66.5km):
10:35am thru
Freemans Reach,
Kurmond, Richmond Lowlands arrive
Richmond station at 11:30am to catch the half hourly service 16 min and 46 min
past the hour (at 10:46am) for a 17km (46 min) train journey to Riverstone arriving
12:32pm.
Dir |
Road name |
Distance |
Next road |
L |
Bridge St |
0.2 |
Freemans Reach Rd |
A |
Freemans Reach Rd |
6.2 |
Gorricks Lane |
R |
Hibberts Lane |
1.8 |
Kurmond Rd |
L |
Kurmond Rd |
1.6 |
Terrace Rd |
A |
Kurmond Rd |
6.8 |
Slopes Rd |
L |
Slopes Rd |
3.4 |
Crooked Lane |
R |
Crooked Lane |
0.6 |
Bells Line Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
L |
Bells Line of Rd/Kurrajong Rd |
2.0 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
L |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.6 |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
R |
Old Kurrajong Rd |
0.8 |
Francis St |
L |
Francis St |
0.7 |
East Market
St |
R |
East Market
St |
0.2 |
Richmond
Station
to catch half hourly service at 16 min or 46 min past the hour for 46 min
ride to Riverstone |
4th Leg - Riverstone
to Galston - 26km - 75 mins (agg 92.5km):
12:35pm ride nth up Garfield Rd East, Right into Windsor Rd,
Left into Nelson Rd/Edwards Rd, Left into Annangrove Rd, Right into Kenthurst Rd, Left into Old Northern Rd,
Right into Galston Rd arriving Galston shops at 1:50pm for
2nd Nosh Stop
(20 min) at Galston cafe.
5th Leg - Galston to Hornsby - 11.5km (agg
104km)
- 45 min:
2:10pm ahead East along Galston Rd, down/up The
Gorge, arriving
Hornsby
station carpark 2:55pm.
Risk
Warning
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.
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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
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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
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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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St Ives to
Sunrise Cafe, Warriewood 'n back - 57km - 2
riders
After a horribly, cold bleak Sat, Sunday was a blue sky 'corker',
especially at the
Sunrise Cafe
overlooking Warriewood Beach.
Michael aka GoodMorningVietnam bad farewell to BankTeller
at the start of the climb back up McCarrs Creek Rd on the return leg.
BankTeller was pleased to part company, so he could take a Nosh Stop
at Church Point, cause the pace had been on.
Click on
Relive to view last Sunday's ride in Google Earth. Then click on the 'Right Arrow' therein.
Hornsby to Mt White, thence either Woy Woy or
return - 70km - 5 riders
Five Happy Campers at Mt White, whereupon, Chris and Kali
headed back, and Ann, Pete and BankTeller rolled on to The Fish Shop
at 'Woy'
Hornsby to Woy Woy - 65km - 3 riders
You might be able to identify BankTeller, CampyAficinado
and Publican at Mt White last Sunday - a shadowy pic
This Guy or Gal was a neighbour on my recent visit to
Ningaloo Reef about 1,150km Nth or Perth.
Hornsby to Mt White, return via PitS
- 70km - 4 riders
Scribe
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