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The Bullsheet SUNRISE:
5:23¼am
Sun,
13 Dec 2020 - Duo
Montagnes clockwise
- 59km - Only Nosh Stop is
Berowra Waters Marina Fish Cafe
from 9am when it opens
Start
8am
from Hornsby car-park
and ride the 8km out/back along Sommerville Rd, but skip the 2.5km steep
descent down to Crosslands Reserve and the 2.5km back out, thence Galston Gorge
and lumpy route to
Berowra Waters Marina Fish Cafe
- 59km
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ETR 10:50am |
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
7:15am
from
Hornsby station carpark:
Ride
Organiser: Phil
aka
BankTeller
0434
715.861
[1st Acceptor],
Eric aka
PapaBear
[2nd Acceptor],
Barry aka
BackPacker
[3rd Acceptor] are
starting at 7:15am.
APOLOGIES:
Pete aka CampyAficinado
has family commitments
Ann
aka ToothFairy is hiking in
Launceston
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1st Leg:
Hornsby
to
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe, incl Sommerville Rd but not Crosslands
Reserve - 41.3km 1st Leg - 105 min
Rollout 8am
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.
* 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 9:45am.
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2nd
Leg:
Berowra Waters Marina
Cafe
to
Hornsby
- 18.5km (agg 59.8km) - 75 min
10:15am take ride on the punt and
climb
4km riding 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
Hornsby
at 11:30am.
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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 -
(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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Annual Christmas Eve Emu Plains to Springwood up Nasty Old
Bathurst Rd, thence Nth to Richmond and onto Tallawong Metro station -
81km - 3 riders
BankTeller close to death at the apex
of the Old Bathurst Rd climb where sections were +15%
The above data included a train from
Tallawong Metro
to Epping station
Relaxing in Springwood
Above 'n below pics of Yarramundi Lookout on
a dry day
Hornsby to Woy Woy, via Mt White - 65km - 5
riders
Pete aka CampyAficinado is admiring some poor large fish
on sale
We were joined at Fisherman's Wharf by Ann's brother who
hails from The Lakes District in England
Hornsby to Mt White - 70km - 5 riders
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.
BankTeller's
'no-doze' kicked in over the 19km from PitS to win the final sprint.
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'.
Presently, the Prime Minister of England, Chancellor of Germany and Prime
Minister of NZ are women, so is the Premier of NSW and Qld.
We might not have endured two World Wars, with 71m fatalities, had women taken
control a hundred years ago.
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
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Scribe
22 Dec
2019 |
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