     Muggaccinos.com  The Bullsheet   Sunrise 6:11am    BOM Weather Forecast    Ride Postponed One Week due to 'No Other Acceptors'

Sunday, 26 Jan '25 7:40am from Hornsby Carpark cycling north up Old Pac H'way. After 8.5km, Left into Beaumont Rd (at Mt Ku'ring'gai) for 1.75km out and 1.75km back, with another 800m by including Gundah Rd on the LHS on the return leg. Then Left at traffic lights and cycle north thru Berowra to Cowan General Store & Cafe for 1st Nosh Stop from 8:55am.
Return south taking a Left into Bobbin Head Rd and ride 4km to Kalkari Reserve, then descend 3.2km to Bobbin Head bridge for coffee at picturesque Bobbin Inn Café overlooking the water.
Then scale back up to Asquith golf course for left back to Hornsby Carpark - 49km - ETR 12:05pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka Scribe [1st Acceptor] 0434 715.861; [2nd Acceptor], [3rd Acceptor]. [4th Acceptor] are starting from Hornsby Carpark @ 7:40am and cycling due Nth to our Nosh Stop at Toast's, Cowan General Store & Cafe from 8:55am.

APOLOGIES:
Pete aka CampyAficinado - family duties
David aka OnceAnIronMan - under the thumb
Ann aka ToothFairy - a late scratching
Eric aka PapaBear - supervising house painting by Brigetta
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 (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, 21st Jan '24 Ayres Rd, Nth St Ives to West Head and back - 44km - 3 riders

Sunday, 8 Oct '23 - Hornsby, Galston Gorge, Berrilee, Berowra Water and return - 46km - 6 riders

Speed was on over the 1st Leg via Galston Gorge to 1st Nosh Stop at Water Vista Cafe Berowra Waters, as evident on a few faces incl BankTeller. All except BankTeller reversed the route, adding a third climb, due to a serious motor bike accident 400m up Berowra Waters Rd (on the East side) that halted the punt for about 80 mins in toto.

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