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Tuesday, 29 Dec '15 - 7am Hornsby station carpark to Windsor via Pitt Town Rd.  Return via Cattai Ridge Rd and Berowra Waters ferry - 105km  -  ETR 1:05pm
Route can be shortened by -
*       8km if you return via Galston Gorge, in lieu of Berowra Water;  or
*       24km if you drive to
Bus Shelter start spot opposite Galston shops and meet us there at 7:40am.

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:
Ride Organiser, Phil aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861 [1st Responder],  Eric aka PapaBear [2nd Responder], Jean aka ChiliDog [3rd Responder], Tony aka Yorky,  Bill aka Glasgow,  Pete aka AnotherBeanCounter, John aka Auckland,  David aka MountainGoat  are starting at Hornsby station carpark @ 7am.

APOLOGIES:

Jane aka Neo-Luddite,

Terry aka Navigator
Pete aka CampyAficionado

If you think you are >80% of joining us, please e-mail Scribe and he will add ya in the above.

1st Leg: Rollout 7:00am from Hornsby station carpark to Windsor, via Galston Gorge 7:40am, Sth down Old Northern Rd, R into Wyoming Rd, Kenthurst Rd and Pitt Town Rd
arriving
Macquarie Square Windsor at 10:30am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) -  50km  -  150 mins

Dir

Street "in"

km

 

Street "to"

Nth

Jersey St

0.5

0.5

Bridge Rd

L

Bridge Rd

0.25

0.75

Old Pacific H'way

R

Old Pacific H’way

0.8

1.55

Galston Rd

L

Galston Rd

7.05

8.60

Galston Gorge bridge

A

Galston Rd

3.3

11.9

Crosslands Rd

L

Galston Rd

1.05

12.95

Galston

L

Galston Rd

0.45

13.4

Mid Dural Rd

R

Mid Dural Rd

1.9

15.3

Old Northern Rd

L

Old Northern Rd

2.5

17.8

Wyoming Rd

R

Wyoming Rd

0.7

18.5

Langford/Davey Rd

L

Langford/Davey Rd

1.6

20.1

Derriwong Rd

L

Derriwong Rd

0.5

20.6

Wirrabarra Rd

R

Wirrabarra Rd

0.6

21.2

Pellit Lane

R

Pellit Lane

0.2

21.4

Kenthurst Rd

 

1st Sag Stop

 

 

50m short of Kenthurst Rd

R

Kenthurst Rd

4.5

25.9

Pitt Town Rd

L

Pitt Town Rd

12.9

38.8

Neich Rd

A

Neich Rd

0.85

39.65

Scheyville Rd

L

Scheyville Rd

4.8

44.45

Old Stock Route Rd

L

Old Stock Route Rd

1.9

46.35

Wolseley Rd

R

Wolseley Rd

1.2

47.55

Havelock St

L

Havelock St

0.4

47.95

Old Hawkesbury Rd

R

Old Hawkesbury Rd

0.4

48.35

Pitt Town Rd

L

Pitt Town Rd

0.5

48.85

 Windsor Rd

R

 Windsor Rd

1.5

50.35

 Macquarie St

A

 Macquarie St

0.2

50.55

Macquarie Place

  1st Nosh Stop Macquarie Place The Bridge Cafe - 35 min

2nd Leg:  10:05am return via Cattai Ridge, Arcadia/Bay Rd to Berowra Waters Marina Café  -  37km  -  95 min -  agg 88km

Dir

Street "in"

km

 

Street "to"

R  Macquarie St 0.2 50.75 Windsor Rd
A  Windsor Rd 1.75 52.50 Pitt Town Rd
L Pitt Town Rd 0.5 53 Old Hawkesbury Rd
R Old Hawkesbury Rd 0.4 53.4 Havelock St
L Havelock St 0.4 53.8 Wolseley Rd
R Wolseley Rd 1.2 55 Stock Route Rd
L Old Stock Route Rd 1.9 56.9 Scheyville Rd
R Scheyville Rd 0.5 57.4 Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd
R Dural/Cattai Ridge Rd 5.7 63.1 75m past Halcrows Rd
A Dural/Cattai Ridge Rd 9.3 72.4 Old Northern Rd
R Old Northern Rd 0.6 73 Wylds Rd
L Wylds Rd 1.6 74.6 Arcadia Rd
L Arcadia Rd/Bay Rd 10.3 84.9 Berowra Waters
  2nd Nosh Stop  Berowra Waters Marina Café  -  30 min from 11:40am

3rd Leg:   12:10pm ascend Berowra Waters Rd, right into Pac H'way to Hornsby  -  17km (55 min) -  agg 105km

L Ascend Berowra Waters Rd 4.3 89.2 Berowra Waters KOM - shop
R Berowra Waters Rd 1.8 91 Cnr Berowra. Waters Rd & Pac H'way.

R

Old Pacific H'way

9.8

100.8

to Hornsby station  -  ETR 1:05pm

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Warning
Ø   Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø   Expend 5 min studying your street directory for the 3km section from Right into Wyoming Rd (from old northern Rd) to Kenthurst Rd

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 our 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 Boxing Day 'Quatre Demi Sommets'  -  79km  -  8 riders

  

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   26 Dec '15