This Ride is based on the popular BN Ride, "Footloose in the Foothills", which is a clockwise loop from/to Windsor. This ride adds Windsor access from and to Metro stations, mainly via backroads (total 37km). Leaders may choose to expedite that access via Windsor Rd shoulder or SUP. Starts at the outermost Metro station, Tallawong, and uses backroads through semi-rural and some new suburbia to Mulgrave (12km). Then 2km on shoulder of busy Hawkesbury Valley Way, passing through Windsor then shoulder & park path to Richmond. We divert north to the lowlands of grass farms and polo fields. Sealed roads, but some dodgy surface in places. Then North Richmond (coffee after 33km?), and into the mountain foothills, a mixture of farms and bush. Undulating quiet-ish country roads, peaking at 200M altitude before Kurrajong, with cafe options. Then east on a pleasant 10km ridgeline, before descending to Freemans Reach, more lowland grass farms, and into Windsor and lunch options after 75km.. We then head to nearby McGraths Hill and use various backroads and moderate roads on the opposite side of Windsor Rd versus earlier, through semi-rural and new suburbia: Oakville, Box Hill and Nelson, to Rouse Hill. More food options, plus optional viewing of architecture-award winning town centre. The ride, or riders, could end at Rouse Hill Metro Station, missing the pleasant 4km wind-down on flat parkland paths to the next Metro station, Kellyville. Riders who parked at Tallawong can return there via Metro (two stops from Kellyville) or ride back some 2km from Rouse Hill via Schofields Rd SUP. There are rail-bail options early and late. That train (from Richmond terminus) stops at Schofields, which is 4km from Tallawong Metro via SUP. This ride suits fit road cyclists who are OK with fast cars sometimes passing close in countryside.
Modified route to avoid "the big hole" roadblock at Cornwallis:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47713059
Distance: 98.00
Elevation Change: 888
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Risk warning
As a participant in this dangerous recreational activity, you may be exposing yourself to a significant risk of
harm. Bike North, the ride organisers and leaders wish to warn you of the risks and hazards that are an
inherent part of cycling, and to take care to prevent putting yourself, your fellow participants and/or others
into danger. By registering for this ride, you accept the warning as to risk, and you agree to ride in a safe
and responsible manner and to obey all Australian Road Rules.
Keeping us COVID-safe
- Registration for Bike North rides is compulsory. Walk-ins will not be permitted to join a ride.
- Physical distancing of 1.5 metres should be observed where possible.
- All riders are encouraged to bring hand sanitizer.
- Riders must not attend if sick, have Covid-19, influenza or symptoms of any communicable disease.
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