      Muggaccinos.com   The Bullsheet     Sunrise 5:55am

Sunday, 12 Jan '25

*    7:30am from Nth Turramurra Carpark on Bobbin Head Rd via Bobbin Head to Red Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Pier arriving 9:40am. Thence ride back to Nth Turra Carpark on Bobbin Head Rd - 76km - ETR 12:05pm.
*   7:50am from Hornsby Carpark to enter Bobbin Head Park at Asquith Golf Course and meet riders starting from Nth Turra' at peak of the B.H. climb at Kalkari Reserve Visitors Centre to then cycle to Red Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Pier arriving 9:40am. Thence ride back to Hornsby - 62km - ETR 11:20am.

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka Scribe [1st Acceptor] 0434 715.861, David aka OnceAnIronMan [2nd Acceptor]; Ann aka ToothFairy [3rd Acceptor], Eric aka PapaBear [4th Acceptor], Elfi Rapp [5th Acceptor] are starting from Hornsby Carpark at 7:50am and cycling into Bobbin Head bound for Kalkari Reserve Visitors Centre.

Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller [5th Acceptor] and George aka Englishman [7th Acceptor] are starting from Turramurra station at 7:35am and meeting 'en route' twds Red Herring Cafe, Brooklyn Pier.

Terry aka Navigator [6th Acceptor] plans to ride from his home, leaving about 6:30am and glide through Nth Turra about 7:20am to 7:40am. Likely return from Brooklyn via Hornsby..
        are starting from Hornsby Carpark and cycling into Bobbin Head bound for Kalkari Reserve Visitors Centre to meet riders that start from Nth Turra'.

APOLOGIES:
Pete aka CampyAficinado,
If you think you are >80% of joining us, contingent upon a fine morning, can you e-mail Scribe and he will add ya moniker.

Risk Warning

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 a metre clearance. If you can't, or are passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly "passing your inside" or words to that effect.

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"

Click on 'Relive' to view last Sunday's above local 54.4km ride 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.

Sunday, 9 Jan '22, Tallawong, Windsor, Richmond, up the nasty climb to Yarramundi Lookout, Springwood, Mitchells Pass, Penrith - 66km - 5 riders

BankTeller clocked The Ton after adding in cycling to Nth Sydney station and from Wynyard station over the Harbour Bridge, 'cause the trains on the Harbour Bridge were OFF.

It will be mandatory on future Muggs' rides on the M2 and M7 to stop your bicycle (come to a HALT) immediately prior to each 'off-ramp', eg Windsor Rd, so as to enjoy unimpeded vision of when it is entirely safe to cross back onto the M2 or M7 from the off ramp, because you could be real dead, real fast without clear vision of approaching vehicles that expect cyclists to know better.

Click on 'Relive', then the Right Arrow therein, to view our BankTeller's above 96km route yesterday in a Google Earth video.

Then click on: View interactive route > and move around the screen with your right mouse key, to evidence a further application of Google Earth

Our initial Sag Stop at Windsor on a coolish, occasionally dampish morn', especially thru Cornwallis.

Sunday, 27 Sept - Hornsby via Berowra Waters to Glenorie Chicken Shop. Thence return via Galston Gorge to Hornsby - 52km - 7 riders.
Although a few crew cycled a LOT further.

Pete aka CampyAficinado wasn't going to stop chomping on his whatever burger. Although Bill aka Glasgow and George aka Englishman desisted sipping on their mild, legal drug, and Eric aka PapaBear managed to take a breath.
Meanwhile recalcitrant/erstwhile Jean aka ChiliDog pondered the utility of preachings that he had missed Eric aka PapaBear sermonize from the mount to his brethren an Extremist Religious Sect.
Or are Muggs merely compliant sheep? Because we can't stop Eric gospelizing on the Sabbath, so just put up with it. And pretend to be interested.

Midweek ride - Thurs 1st Oct - Nth Wollongong up Mt. Kiera, along the ridge, down Mt. Kembla, returning to Nth Wollongong - 33km - 5 riders

Evident in the above image, the maximum gradient was 16.8 degrees shortly prior to the cafe. It claimed PapaBear and BankTeller who each walked about 110m

Click on 'Relive', then the Right Arrow therein, to view our Mt Kiera ascent 'n back in Google Earth.

Then click on: View interactive route > to evidence a further application of Google Earth