Festum Prophetae 200, 300, 400 & 600km Mixed Terrain Audax Rides Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th June 2018 Festum Prophetae or "The Festival of the Prophet" is a worldwide celebration of The Prophet, Eddy Merckx's Birthday. We will celebrate the festival with a plethora of distance options. Ride Hard. Ride Far. Honour the Prophet with Dignity and Respect! Organiser Contact Details: Tim Emslie Address: 1/22 Herbert St, West Ryde NSW, 2114 Mobile: 0417 467 814 Email: [email protected] Entry Fees: • Audax or Cycling Australia members: $6 (please bring your membership card). • Nonmembers: $16 (includes a $10 temporary membership surcharge which is required for insurance purposes). Registration: Online entry is available at: https://www.audax.org.au/portal/rides/register- calendar/885-festum-prophetae-2018 Entries close at 12:00pm on Friday 15th June 2017 Start Location: Jersey Street, Hornsby (All day street parking is available) Finish Location: 200km: Olive Bar & Grill, Florence Street (Hornsby Plaza) 300, 400 & 600km: Hornsby Police Station – 292 Pacific Hwy, Hornsby Start Time: The ride starts at 6:00am sharp. Please arrive by 5:45am for admin and light check. Please arrive ready for the lighting and reflective vest inspection. Lighting: The maximum ride time for all rides is outside daylight hours, therefore Audax lighting rules do apply. Lighting rules can be viewed on the Audax website (follow the links below). There will be an inspection prior to commencing the ride. Lighting: http://audax.org.au/public/images/stories/Documents/lightingrequirements.pdf Reflective Vest: http://audax.org.au/public/images/stories/Documents/reflectivegarments.pdf Food/water: This ride is unsupported however food and water is readily available along the route and at the control locations. Public toilets are available at the control locations. Cancellation: Should you have to cancel at the last minute, please send me a text message before the ride start. My mobile number is at the top of this document. A credit note for the full entry fee will be issued to you if you cancel any time prior to the ride start. Post Ride: Your brevet cards will be processed after the ride and then sent back to you. Therefore, when you have finished you may send the brevet card in the post (address is at the top of the document). In the event that we finish at the same time then of course you may hand the card straight to me. Terrain: The ride is a mixed terrain event so along with the usual sealed roads that we are all used to, there will also me many sections of dirt roads along the vein of the Strade Bianche one day Classic in Italy. This will certainly add an additional challenge in terms of bike handling. It would be recommended that you fit slightly wider tyres for the event for extra surface area/grip on the dirt sections. 28mm tyres would be ideal. All Rides include the monster 35km dirt ‘sector’ from Bucketty down to the small town of St Albans. As the distances increase the dirt sections get more and more epic. The dirt climb up Brush Creek Rd will certainly be the highlight of the 300km event. The 400km and 600km events also include the extremely technical dirt descent and climb through the Wheeny Creek Valley in the Wollemi National Park. The ride is certainly going to be adventure off the beaten track along some remote sections of road that most riders hopefully won’t have seen before A Note on the 600km Route: The 600km route is comprised to two large loops. The course returns back through Hornsby and is designed so that the rider has the ability to self-support. You have the option to only deviate a few hundred metres off course to return to your car to restock supplies if you plan to continue on riding through the night on the second loop. The checkpoints on the second loop are in locations with 24 hour services. Alternatively you have the option to seek accommodation in Hornsby or of course drive home and sleep in your own bed before returning to Hornsby on Sunday morning to head out onto the second loop. 200km Route Checkpoint Locations: Checkpoint Distance Covered Opening Times Jersey Street, Hornsby 0 kilometres 6:00 Kulnura 67.3 kilometres 8:14 to 10:29 Wisemans Ferry 142.4 kilometres 10:44 to 15:29 Hornsby 209.1 kilometres 12:40 to 19:30 Overview Map: The course has been mapped on Bike Route Toaster and can be found on the link provided below. From here you can download the .tcx file to be uploaded to your garmin https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27435838 Elevation Profile: Cue Sheet: Festum Prophetae - 200km Audax Ride Directions Leg (km) Total (km) START: JERSEY ST - Outside Entrance to Hornsby TAFE 0 0 L @ Bridge Rd 0.38 0.38 R @ Pacific Hwy 0.1 0.49 R @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Peats Ridge) 40.57 41.06 L @ Peats Ridge Rd 0.21 41.27 L @ George Downes Dr (dir: Central Mangrove) 15.12 56.38 CHECKPOINT: KULNURA (upon leaving continue along George Downes Dr 10.95 67.34 L @ Settlers Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 19.14 86.48 Continue On Wollombi Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 35.04 121.52 L @ St Albans Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 0.23 121.75 Ferry Crossing (Webbs Creek Ferry) 19.83 141.58 L @ St Albans Rd (dir Wisemans Ferry) 0.4 141.98 Turn Left: Head down the hill towards shops 0.33 142.31 CHECKPOINT: WISEMANS FERRY (upon leaving return back up the hill) 0.08 142.39 L @ Singleton Mills 0.2 142.8 R @ Laughtondale Gully Rd 6.3 149.1 L @ Old Northern Rd 4.8 153.9 R @ Wisemans Ferry Rd (dir: Pitt Town/Windsor) 3.9 157.9 L @ Halcrows Rd 16.7 174.6 L @ Cattai Ridge Rd (dir: Glenorie) 7 181.6 R @ Old Northern Rd (dir: Castle Hill) 8.11 189.7 L @ Mid Dural Rd (dir: Galston) 3.12 192.8 L @ Galston Rd (dir: Galston) 2.25 195.1 R @ Galston Rd (dir: Hornsby) 1.52 196.6 R @ Pacific Hwy (dir: Hornsby) 9.21 205.9 L @ Bridge Rd (dir: Hornsby) 0.68 206.5 R @ George St (dir: Hornsby) 0.2 206.7 L @ Florence St 0.72 207.5 FINISH: HORNSBY MALL - Olive Bar & Grill, Florence St (on right) 0.07 207.5 300km Route Checkpoint Locations: Checkpoint Distance Covered Opening Times Jersey Street, Hornsby 0 kilometres 6:00 Wyong 84.1 kilometres 8:46 to 11:32 Yarramalong 161.1 kilometres 11:20 to 16:40 Wisemans Ferry 244.4 kilometres 14:04 to 22:08 Hornsby Police Station 308.8 kilometres 16:16 to 2:00 (17th June) Overview Map: The course has been mapped on Bike Route Toaster and can be found on the link provided below. From here you can download the .tcx file to be uploaded to your garmin https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27435874 Elevation Profile: Cue Sheet: Festum Prophetae - 300km Audax Ride Directions Leg (km) Total (km) START: JERSEY ST - Outside Entrance to Hornsby TAFE 0 0 L @ Bridge Rd 0.43 0.42 R @ Pacific Hwy 0.1 0.53 R @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Peats Ridge) 40.56 41.18 R @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Gosford) 0.25 41.44 L @ Wisemans Ferry Rd (dir: Somersby) 10.49 51.93 R @ Dog Trap Rd 8.48 60.44 L @ Pacific Hwy 9.67 70.33 R @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Palmdale) 0.97 71.3 L @ Old Tuggerah Rd 3.83 75.12 R @ Old Maitland Rd 0.52 75.67 R @ Cobbs Rd 2.04 77.72 L @ Old Maitland Rd 0.09 77.8 R @ McPherson Rd 1.95 79.75 L @ McPherson Rd 3.23 82.98 R @ South Tacoma Rd 0.19 83.17 L @ Pacific Hwy 0.12 83.28 CHECKPOINT: WYONG (upon leaving continue along Pacfic Hwy) 0.71 84.09 R @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Toukley) 2.17 86.18 L @ Pacfic Hwy (dir: Doyalson) 2.02 88.21 L @ Minnesota Rd 1.89 90.09 L @ Sparks Rd 2.15 92.24 R @ Hue Hue Rd (dir: Wyee) 5.51 97.75 R @ Bushells Ridge Rd 3.23 100.97 R @ Gosford Rd (over Bridge) 5.71 106.7 L @ Wyee Rd 0.43 107.12 L @ Mandalong Rd (dir: Mandalong) 9.27 116.41 L @ Jilliby Rd 16.49 132.94 R @ Hue Hue Rd (dir: Wyong) 10.12 143.1 R @ Yarramalong Rd (dir: Yarramalong) 1.75 144.85 CHECKPOINT: YARRAMALONG (upon leaving continue along Yarramalong Rd) 16.19 161.1 L @ Brush Creek Rd 3.39 164.47 R @ George Downes Drive 14.91 180.04 L @ Settlers Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 7.39 187.42 Continue On Wollombi Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 35.04 223.51 L @ St Albans Rd (dir: Wisemans Ferry) 0.23 223.75 Ferry Crossing (Webbs Creek Ferry) 19.82 243.59 L @ St Albans Rd (dir Wisemans Ferry) 0.4 243.94 Turn Left: Head down the hill towards shops 0.33 244.27 CHECKPOINT: WISEMANS FERRY (upon leaving return back up the hill) 0.13 244.42 Directions Leg (km) Total (km) L @ Singleton Mills 0.2 244.61 R @ Laughtondale Gully Rd 6.3 250.91 L @ Old Northern Rd 4.8 255.71 R @ Wisemans Ferry Rd (dir: Pitt Town/Windsor) 3.9 259.64 L @ Halcrows Rd 16.7 276.34 L @ Cattai Ridge Rd (dir: Glenorie) 7 283.33 R @ Old Northern Rd (dir: Castle Hill) 8.11 291.46 L @ Mid Dural Rd (dir: Galston) 3.12 294.58 L @ Galston Rd (dir: Galston) 2.25 296.84 R @ Galston Rd (dir: Hornsby) 1.52 298.36 R @ Pacific Hwy (dir: Hornsby) 9.22 307.68 FINISH: HORNSBY POLICE STATION 1.16 308.84 400km Route Checkpoint Locations: Checkpoint Distance Covered Opening Times Jersey Street, Hornsby 0 kilometres 6:00 Wyong 84.1 kilometres 8:46 to 11:32 Yarramalong 161.1 kilometres 11:20 to 16:40 Wisemans Ferry 244.4 kilometres 14:04 to 22:08 Richmond 349.2 kilometres 17:32 to 5:04 (17th June) Hornsby Police Station 404.0 kilometres 19:22 to 9:00 (17th June) Overview Map: The course has been mapped on Bike Route Toaster and can be found on the link provided below.