How did it start : Got a mail from Roahn on Bangalore Biking Club (BBC) about the ride to Savandurga on sunday (09/03/2008). I suggested if we can do it on sunday as we have runs organized by RFL/Hash on sundays. Rohan tried his best but looks like there were more takers for Sunday rides that saturdays ... However i was ditermined to not to miss either the ride or the run, so shot a mail on BBC about the ride on saturday. I got confirmations from Kuldeep and Donald (Of TDH fame). Friday evening i left early from office to pick-up my new-road-bike.
Difficult to get-up early:
We had decided to meet @ hebbal by 5AM. I thought it may not take more than 1 hr so planned to wake-up at 3 and start by 4. But by the time i started it was 4:15 and i had 45 mins to cover 32KMs (Which i discovered later). Well i had no option to paddle as fast as possible on my new beast. By the time i was @ KR-puram 4:45 i got a call rom Kuldepp that they have reached. Well, that was a chock to me that i will have complete the rest of the 14K in 15 mins mostly uphills. So i tried my best and was there by 5:17 .. and guess what i covered 32K in 1:02Hr.
Nice Slow and Easy Ride:
Noticed that Navdeep had also joied us, and we were 4 now. We started ... and i started slow on road-bike which was faster than otheres :-) ... On the way saw the sun-rise.
We were there @ the foot-hills by 7:20 ... Had break-fast and Navdeep was down .. he said he cant as his leg was aching. He offered me his MTB and chose to stay back. I was happy, because on the road-bike it would have been difficult to clib-up. Well, we starte and initially and F2R3 (Front Gear @ 2 and Rear Gear @ 3) ... That was fine.. later we were @ F2R1 and towards the end we were @ F1R1 yahh.. the garnny gear (As per Roahan) ..
We reached there in one hour ...
On the way back it was fun ... and @ the base we all said that for the kind of High that we get while coming back it was worth climbing-up.
Coming Back:
We decided to go to Dewanahalli and take a bus from there ..., we started and after around 10k Navneet had a flat. I told to my-self that now the ride is successful :-) .. We repaired it. Went ahead and just near Devanhalli he had a flat again, this tim he borrowed Donalds Tube and used that. Finally we reached the bus-stop and waited for the bust tom come. Bus came full of ppl, we pushed our bike on top and me and Navdeep climbed up to tie our bikes to the bus cariier .
We stayed there for 15mins ... that was funnnnnnm....
We stayed there for 15mins ... that was funnnnnnm....
And the boring bus journey ended and KR Market @ 1:20 from where rode back home and rached @ home @ around 2PM
Stats:
Fun Meter : 100KMPH :-)
Averge speed : No Meter/GPS .. Sorry!
Max speed : 65KMPH .. we gueeswd .. while coming back from hill
Total ride distance : 120 K (For me)
This was fun .. Have a look @ the snaps @
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awesum!
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