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9am Sunday, 25 Aug '24 from Hornsby Uno Montagnes clockwise (54km) - 1st Nosh Stop Water Vista Cafe Berowra Waters after 22.5km - arrive from 10.10am

Main Route:	Hornsby, Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters punt, Cowan Cafe, Hornsby
Starts:	300m Nth of Hornsby Stn West side, Jersey St.
Nosh Stops:	Water Vista Cafe, Berowra Waters 30 min Cowan General Store & Cafe 30 min

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser: Phil aka BankTeller 0434 715.861, Ann aka ToothFairy, David aka OnceAnIronman, Jean aka Chilidog, Terry aka Navigator, Matt aka MotorMan are starting from Hornsby at 9am.
If you think you are >80% of joining us, can you e-mail Scribe and he will add ya in the above.

1st Leg: 9am Hornsby left into Beaumont Rd (at Mt Ku'ring'gai) for 1.8km out and 2.3km back by including the out/back on Gundah Rd on the return leg, thence north and descend to Water Vista Cafe, Berowra Waters - 22.5km - ETR 10:10am

2nd Leg: 10:40am climb East from Water Vista Cafe back up to Berowra, then Nth 3.7km to Cowan General Store & Cafe - 9km - ETR 11:50am
3rd Leg: 12:20am Cowan General Store & Cafe south back to Hornsby including Kalkari Reserve - 22.5km - ETR 1:30pm

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 (i.e.. 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 (i.e. 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"

Sunday 18 Aug - Hornsby or Berowra to Saddles Restaurant (900k Nth of The Old Road Cafe, Mt White nee Road Warriors Cafe, nee Mt White Village Store) and back - 70km or 50km - 4 riders

                       After having climbed from the Hawkesbury River and still 9km from Saddles Restaurant is ToothFairy gaining on the chap on the eBike?

                                                                         David found time to smile at the cameraman.

                        The chap who graciously took the below two pics of us at Saddles Restaurant at BankTeller's behest would never get a job as a photographer.

Click on 'Relive' to view (in Google Earth) BankTeller's shorter route from Berowra returning to Mt. Colah last Sunday.

Monday Hornsby to Mt White and return - 70km - 9 cyclists

Click on above 'Relive' image to view BankTeller's shorter route last Sunday - in Google Earth. Then click on the 'Right Arrow' therein.
Then click on: View interactive route > and drag the route with your mouse to evidence a further application of Google Earth

Scribe's wrap-up of Somersby Bellbirds - 128km - 11 cyclists

Eight crew completed the arduous 128km anti-c/w loop with three of them Jane aka Neo-Luddite, David aka CricketTragic and Ron aka Draftsman registering their longest Muggs rides. The burgers at Somersby General Store were half the price of the rip-off joint, Bayview Marina, and the service from two young staff was 1st Class. Another three cyclists (Navigator, CampyAficionado and Whippet) turned-around at Mt White.

If it wasn't the foggiest morning ever for a Muggs' ride, it was amongst the murkiest, with the final three clicks to Mt White a veritable "pea-souper". Scribe's 'scientific noggin" reckoned it was due to the volcano blurting ash in Iceland, but the credence to his theory suffered some rebuke when the fog mysteriously lifted north of Mt. White. Scribe retorted such deriding criticism, "Guys it is a long way from Iceland to Somersby".

Above 'n below pics from Mt White after 35.5km

Above 'n below pics from Somersby General Store after 60km

Management at Somersby General Store was offering tantalizing "matured" Freebies, but BankTeller declined.

Martin aka Architect, Pete aka Pelvis and Trevor aka Tornado had already departed PitS when the above five arrived there on a balmy Autumn arvo after 107km

Scribe 18 Apr '10