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Good Friday, 8am 22 April '12 - SSW route "Tour de Avon Dam" from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan via Camden, Razorback Mountain, Picton, Tahmoor, Bargo, Avon Dam - return backroad to Tahmoor, then along Remembrance Drive - 113km
Bank Teller will divert slower riders to nearby Nepean Dam, thereby reducing ride by 5km, but avoiding a beaut out 'n back hill in centre of below Elevation Profile.

Lots of farms, horses, cows, sheep, goats, alpacas and other critters.  But fortunately no CRAZY BUCK with big horns  -  ETR 2:55pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861
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Andrew aka TugBoat, Anthony aka Froggy, Jane aka Neo-Luddite, David aka CricketTragic, Pete aka CampyAficinado, Greg aka ArchitectToo, Terry aka Navigator and ChiliDog have committed to start from Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan for this annual Oct long w'end ride. 

If ya think you are 80% certain, e-mail Scribe, and he'll add ya to this list

 


Distance view of entire 113km route


Closer view of route from 15km to Avon Dam

Early on a Sunday morn' Campbelltown is only 60 min drive from Gordon via Homebush Bay Drive.  About 1km past big Roselands sign on RHS turn right onto M5. Exit M5 at 2nd Campbelltown Rd. and keep to the right hand lane on the exit ramp. Follow directions to Narellan heading NWW along Narellan Rd for 2½km. 400m after passing Mount Annan Drive on LHS turn Left into the "ramp" to Waterworth Drive.  250m later  Left into Wellings Drive.  220m later Right into Fitzpatrick Rd.  150m later Right into O'Brien Rd carpark in Birriwa Reserve

1st Leg:  Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan carpark to The Subway Cafe at Tahmoor  -  35km  -  95 min

8am cycle via Narellan Rd, Camden Bypass and Remembrance Drive to The Subway Cafe at Tahmoor for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 9:35am.

2nd Leg: Tahmoor to Avon Dam - 21km (agg 56.5km) - 65 min

10:05am S/E on Remembrance Drive for 21km for 1st Sag Stop (10 min) from 11:15am

 

3rd Leg: Avon Dam to Picton - 27km (agg 83.5km) - 85 min

 

11:25am return via Arina Rd and Rockford Rd to Tahmoor, thence Remembrance Drive to arrive Picton at 12:50pm for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min). 

4th Leg: Picton back to Mount Annan - 35km (agg 113km) - 95 min

1:20pm N/E on Remembrance Driveway

Ahead Old Hume Hwy for 2.1km

Ahead onto Camden Bypass for 8km

Ahead on Narellan Rd for 600m

Right onto Waterworth Drive for 120m to Birriwa Reserve Mount Annan at 2:55pm.

 

Avon Dam, completed in 1927, is the third and the largest of the four upper Nepean Dams to meet the needs of Sydney.
In 1963 it was diverted to meet the increasing needs of the Illawarra region and today supplies all of Wollongong.

 

Risk Warning
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 Bike 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"

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 eg. "passing inside" etc

 

Scribe   23 March 2012