Route Details : Akuna Bay and Church Point
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Ride Name | Akuna Bay and Church Point | Distance | 80 | Grade | Hard | RDI | 86.4 (metres climbed = 1080) Calculate your REE | Usual Start | Eastwood Station, East side | Usual Pace | fast | Coffee Stop | Usually at Bayview | Features | Hills, great bush and coast scenery in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Waterside at Church Point | Suitability | This ride is for fit and experienced riders | Short Description | Ride via de Burghs Br, Pymble, Terrey Hills, Akuna Bay, Church Pt (coffee). Return via Turramurra. Fast pace. | Full Description | This ride is one of our harder rides. The regroups are far apart. You should be fit, skilled on hills and competent to fix any minor breakdowns that occur. This ride uses roads which are narrow and not marked with cycle lanes and you should be competent with traffic passing nearby. At the times we run the rides the traffic levels are generally low.
We start at the east side of Eastwood Station. Ride via Vimiera Road and De Burghs bridge to Pymble, under the Pacific Highway and climb up to St Ives for a possible pick up point in the car park near Stanley Street about 45 minutes after the start time. (Be there because we won't wait for you.) We continue along Mona Vale Rd to Terrey Hills and then descend clockwise through Akuna Bay followed by a 3km climb up to the West Head Road. From the top we descend to Church Point and then on to coffee and cake at Bayview. After coffee we start to head back the way we came. We regroup at the Thai Restaurant at Terrey Hills after the testing 8km ascent! We have easier running along Mona Vale Rd to St Ives (unless we cop the regular head wind) and then cross to Turramurra and down to Eastwood via Browns Waterhole. We aim to average at least 25km/hr for the entire distance. This ride is suitable for strong riders on road bikes or lighter flat bar bikes setup for fast road travelling. Two water bottles and snacks are strongly recommended. Total elapsed time is about 4.5 hours including regrouping and coffee stop. |
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