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15th Annual Boxing Day ride, Sat, 26 Dec '15  -  all cyclists welcome
Quatre Demi Montagnes clockwise 7am from Hornsby car-park  –  86.3km    ETR 12:05pm (skip 2nd Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky to return Hornsby 10:40am)

1st Nosh Stop Berowra Waters Marina Fish Cafe from 9am
Start 7:45am
from Hornsby if you want to skip Sag Stop at Crosslands Reserve

Main Route:

Hornsby, Somerville Rd, Crosslands Reserve, Galston Gorge, Crosslands Rd, Bayfields Rd, Berowra Waters punt, Old Pacific H'way, Brooklyn Rd to Pie in the Sky, thence return to Hornsby

Starts:

300m Nth of Hornsby Stn West side, Jersey St.

Nosh Stops:

Berowra Waters Marina Cafe          35 min
Pie in the Sky                                   25 min

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

*        7am from Hornsby station carpark at Ride OrganiserPhil aka BankTeller  0434 715.861 [1st Responder], Jane aka NeoLuddite [2nd Responder], Tony aka Samurai  [4th Responder], John aka Auckland   Grant aka BeanCounter, Rick Pope aka HillMonster, John aka L'Etape,  Martin aka Architect Trevor aka Tornado, Tony aka Publican, Brian aka Whippet, Caroline aka Princess, Pete aka Yamaha  Arno aka The Kaiser, Greg aka ArchitectToo

*        7:35am from Hornsby station carpark are Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller  [3rd Responder], Eric aka PapaBear [5th Responder], Barry  aka BachPacker ,  Kerry aka Miner and Maureen aka MinersWife,  and  Bill aka Glasgow,  David aka TreeHugger, Barry aka BackPacker, Kevin aka TexDubbo 

Arno aka Heineken [7th Responder] and Kerry aka Miner [8th Responder] are cycling back from the Central Coast and hope to meet us at Pie in the Sky

APOLOGIES

Matt aka Printer is visiting his "in-laws" at Dunnidoo this Xmas.

Terry aka Navigator is hiking in the Snowy Mtns

Ann aka ToothFairy is in Brisbane

Pete aka Pelvis is again 'Christmassing' in his native, Adelaide, 'cause he doesn't have any friends in Sydney.

David aka TreeHugger:  "Would love to be there – but will be up at the farm – have a good one."

Harry aka KayakMan: "Sorry Phil, but this 81 year old has family commitments tomorrow. I still get on the bike a few times each week, but shorter journeys these days"

If you are >80% confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', e-mail Scribe and he will add you in the above.

David's GPS registered 17.9% at the final short ascent to the crest from Crosslands Reserve

1st Leg:  Hornsby to Berowra Waters Marina Cafe  -  46.3km 1st Leg - 130 min

Rollout 7am Hornsby car-park 100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St

*    Nth up Jersey St for 500m, 

*    L into Bridge Rd 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way, 

*    R and pedal 700m Nth; and 

*    L at lights into Galston Rd and cycle 4.1km NNW twds Hornsby Heights.

*    R into Somerville Rd at traffic lights and pedal 4km on undulating, wide residential road to narrow entrance of Crosslands Reserve.

*    Descend narrow, steep bitumen pathway 2.5km to Crosslands Reserve at creek level for 1st Sag Stop (10 min).

*    Return up precipitous, steep narrow pathway 2.5k to Crosslands KOM and re-group 2nd Sag Stop (5 min).

*    R into Somerville Rd for 4.1km to Galston Rd

*    R back into Galston Rd and descend 4.5km to Galston Gorge timber bridge.

*    Climb 4km to Crosslands Rd.

*    Right into Crosslands Rd for 3.3km to dirt road. 

*    Return 3km and Right into Bevans Rd for 700m.

*    Left into Knights Rd for 850m

*    Right into Bayfields Rd for 1.7km which veers Right into Blacks Rd for 900m to familiar Arcadia Rd which becomes Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee, where a few km later after passing the familiar Koppers Log KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at Berowra Waters Marina Cafe arriving from 9:10am. 

2nd Leg: Berowra Waters Marina Cafe to Pie in the Sky  -  21km (agg 67.3km) - 65 min

9:45am take ride on the punt and climb 4km East from Berowra Waters where we usually regroup at 3rd Sag Stop (5 min) under cover at Former Pool Shop, before 3km later turning Left from Berowra Waters Rd. into Old Pacific H'way and cycle Nth past Cowan station and Pie in the Sky and descend to Brooklyn Rd where we 'U turn' cycle 3.85km back up to Pie in the Sky at 10:50am for 2nd Nosh Stop (25 min).

3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19km (agg 86.3km) -  50 min

11:15am commence return to Hornsby south down old Pacific H'way - ETR 12:05pm.

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 e.g.. "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 (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"

Pics from 9th Annual Emu Plains up Old Bathurst Rd, Springwood, Richmond ride -  93km  -  6 riders

Above "Selfie" wont go viral on YouTube unless perhaps in the "horror category"

PapaBear and TugBoat celebrating scaling the "SuperSteep" Old Bathurst Rd at the Bowaga Ave KOM

The first nasty climb is Old Bathurst Rd.  The equally precipitous decent is down from Yarramundi Lookout

Outside the familiar 1st Nosh Stop at The Subway at Springwood

The Yarramundi Lookout at where the below pics evidence that the Nepean Catchment is "Chockers" with H2O.

Pics from last Sunday's 'Hornsby to Mt White to Woy Woy' -  67km  -  7 crew

Eric aka PapaBear cycled back doubling his ride - "I have to train for the Audax!"

It was good to see John aka BakerBoy join our ride at Mt White.

Scribe   21 Dec '15