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Sunday, 18 July '21 8:45am from Ayres Rd/Mona Vale Rd, Nth St Ives, 9am Terry Hills Fruit Barn, Duffy's Forest, C/W Illawong Bay and Akuna Bay - Thence backtrack to avoid 3.3km of busy McCarrs Creek Rd - 53km - ETR 12:15pm
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WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Michael aka
GoodMorningVietnam
[4th Acceptor],
plans to meet us at
Terry Hills Fruit Barn at
Alan aka PharLap [5th Acceptor] is cycling from home and will meet us along Booralie Rd in Duffy's Forest. John aka Auckland, Tony aka Publican , George aka Englishman, Jean aka ChiliDog, Chris aka Recalcitrant BankTeller, John aka EarlyRetiree, Bazza aka BackPacker APOLOGIES: If you are 80% confident of starting, contingent upon being greeted by a fine morn', e-mail Scribe and he will add your moniker above - so you don't turn-up at one of the optional start spots and find you are on your Pat Malone. |
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Snapshot:
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1st Leg: Ayres Rd/Mona Vale Rd, Nth St Ives, Terry Hills Fruit Barn, Duffys Forest to Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant Sag Stop - 20.5km - 60 min
8:45am - * N/E along Mona Vale Rd for 4.9km, * L at Terry Hills Fruit Barn into Myoora Rd and take a 1st Sag Stop (3 min) from 9am,* Ahead 3km along Myoora Larool Rd, * L into Tepko Rd (75m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m, * L into Booralie Rd, 'n pedal 6km on a flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course and rifle range to Duffy's Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows), * L into a 'No Thru Rd' about 300m before end of Booralie Rd and cycle a C/W loop back onto Booralie Rd and retrace eventually passing Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre, thru roundabout and take 2nd Sag Stop (5 min) from 9:45am outside former Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant at top of McCarrs Creek Rd - muster on RHS of white road line under tree cover. 2nd Leg: Thai Restaurant via Illawong Bay to Akuna Bay - 13km (agg 33.5km) - 40 min
9:50am - * 1.1km down McCarrs Creek Rd, * ahead along General San Martin Drive passing Cottage Point Rd (on LHS), Illawong Bay and arriving Akuna Bay around 10:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min). 3rd Leg: Akuna Bay to Ayres Rd/Mona Vale Rd, Nth St Ives - 19.5km (agg 53km) - 75 min11am, retrace anti-C/W along General San Martin Drive again passing Illawong Bay and Cottage Point Rd (on RHS) to the V juncture with McCarrs Creek Rd. Thence cycle 1.1km up McCarrs Creek to Mona Vale Rd. Re-enter Mona Vale Rd via the tunnel under Mona Vale Rd. Or wait at traffic lights and R into Mona Vale Rd for 4.9km to Ayres Rd/Mona Vale Rd, Nth St Ives from 12:15pm.
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Risk
Warning Ø Expend 5 min studying your street directory 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 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 -
(iii) cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the
coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
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 -
Ø
Cycling
without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
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" |
Galston Bus Shelter to Riverstone, via Rouse Hill and Withers Rd. Return via Vineyard, Scheyville National Park, up the malicious/malovent Cattai Ridge climb, thence back to Galston - 64km - 4 riders
Click on 'Relive', then the Right Arrow therein, to view yesterday route thru Google Earth.
Then click on: View interactive route > and move around the screen with your right mouse key, to evidence a further application of Google Earth
Eric from his best side
Eric paying attention, but Ann is not. Pete is like a five year old happy with his marvie ice-cream
The troika back at Galston shops now focused appearing 'in high spirits, lucid and cognisant', even though it had been a
tough ride due to many short sharp ascents.
But our Roller Coaster ride couldn't have been overtly tough, as an old fellow just shy
of 80 years, PapaBear, cycled well over 100km having started
from his St Ives digs and returning back to 'em.
BankTeller attempting to get into a Happy Snap. Pete is focused on safeguarding his ice cream
Hornsby to Brooklyn 'n back - 53km - 5 cyclists
On a surprisingly sunny, pleasant morn' five old Muggs
were in no hurry to leave
Brooklyn Pier.
On the climb back up to
PitS,
Arno
aka Heineken met
BankTeller.
David aka
TreeHugger,
Campy
and
BankTeller thence chewed the fat with
Heineken
and Tony aka
Samurai 'et al' at
PitS.
Phil said to Arno, "Tony told me that he hardy cycles with your group, 'cause your group is too fast". Arno retorted, "Well if he didn't want to talk so much, he would find it easier to keep up".
Arno also said that he had visited Canberra and cycled with Todd Sowter aka I.T. Nerd who was even faster, as he cycles with an Aust Institute of Sport ride group.
Nth Turra' to Mt White 'n back - 92km - 9 riders, although four crew moseyed onto Woy Woy - 64km
Hornsby, St Ives, Church Point, Palm Beach ferry to Wagstaffe, Marie Byles Lookout, Woy Woy train to Hornsby - 74km - 4 riders
The next generation of cyclists putting the Old Folk to shame with their maneuvers
Will anyone 'pitch-in' to buy BankTeller a new pair of specs?
Adding to the pics at
Marie Byles Lookout that date back almost 20 years
Hornsby, Windsor, Richmond - train from Scofields - 74km, although ToothFairy and Auckland cycled 90km - 7 riders
Auckland, Yamaha, ToothFairy, ChiliDog and Bank Teller at Thompsons Square, Windsor after a marvelous foggy, nippy 43km from Hornsby, where there was a heck of a crowd on the terrace.
Some of our bicycles at Thompsons Square, Windsor
Annual Boxing Day 'catch-up' ride - Hornsby, Sommerville Rd, Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters, Brooklyn Rd climb ride - 74km - 12 riders
, 83 years 'young', raced BankTeller up the climb from Galston Gorge, passing each other twice. But 110 metres from the apex, Whippet, threw in a surge to claim the KOM.There was some unwanted conjecture at the Sag Stop at Cnr of Crosslands Rd and Galston Rd. from the sole who thinks he is Elvis reincarnated, ably supported by a former Printer, when BankTeller announced that Four Old Farts were going to take the flatter route to Berowra Waters, and not the lumpy backroads route scheduled in The Bullsheet. Ever 'risk averse' BankTeller was concerned that The Whippet might suffer a cardiac arrest and Publican then litigate BankTeller for negligence, upset 'cause Tony had lost his midweek riding partner.
But notwithstanding taking the easier traditional main roads route, it wasn't all smooth sailing through Galston, Arcadia and Berrilee.
BankTeller headed Brian early on the descent to Berowra Waters. But after descending past the verdant meadows with the horses, Brian passed Phil and exclaimed "Race you to the bottom."
BankTeller retorted a voluminous NO. Fortunately, Whippet eased off the accelerator. Do all of us get wiser, as we get older?
St Ives, Duffy's Forest, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, Bayview Marina St Ives - 70km - 3 riders on a HOT morn'
Apologies for Scribe's below four pics, 'cause he had Flash set to On, when he should have had Flash set to Auto. Whereupon the flash would not have made the bright sun light even brighter.
Above 'n below pics at Yarramundi Lookout which was 'wetter than wet' and 'bluer than blue' down the valley
Relaxing at the Richmond Record Store Cafe after scaling the humongous Old Bathurst Rd, and then 22km Nth to Richmond
Hornsby, Windsor, Richmond Choo Choo to Riverstone, thence Garfield East Rd, GG n back to Hornsby - 96km - 3 riders
We took an extended ride in the pristine, lush, verdant Cornwallis, Nth Richmond Lowlands trying to clock up the ton and cause the next train East was still a ways off.
Sunday, St. Ives, Duffy's Forest, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, Bayview Marina 'n back to St. Ives - 84km - 4 riders
Bank Teller 21 April '19