MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 15 August 2015 Total distance: 301 Kilometers Start Time: 3:00 am Return Time: 11:00 pm With: - Altitude Profile: Koramangala – Kanakpura – Malavalli - Mysore Mysore – Mandya – Ramanagar – Koramangala I dwindled with the thought of going to Shiva Ganga hills or Savandurga and doing a combination of cycling and trekking. However, came across the Bangalore brevets and read about the ride to Vellore being 400 kilometers and then the ride to Mysore being 300 kilometers within 24 hours. The maximum distance that I have cycled in a day is the 238 kilometers that I covered from Bangalore to Kadur on Day 1 of the Goa ride. The desire to better this mark was fueled by reading about the Bangalore Brevet rides. Very tempted to do the Vellore ride, however, opting for the Mysore ride. I will attempt the 300 kilometer ride before trying the 400 kilometer one. Two routes are available to go to Mysore, one through Kanakpura and the other through Mandya. Here again I a

Date: 9 August 2015 Total distance: 97 Kilometers Start Time: 4:50 am Return Time: 1:30 pm With: Priya & Gaurav Altitude Profile: It started off as a trip to Nandi Hills again. After considering Shiv Ganga and Savandurga, we decided that we would try Nandi Hills only since Gaurav had not been there. Cycles were rented and we picked them up on Saturday. Gaurav and Priya went for a small warm up ride as well. None of us were able to wake up on time and instead of the 4:00 am start we woke up at 4:00 am, thanks to Priya who managed to wake all of us. We got ready and left at 4:50 am. It was cold and windy. We went through the city albeit at a slow but constant speed and took a break after we crossed the Hebbal flyover. It was 6:00 am. Saw a lot of cyclists mainly on road cycles crossing us at pretty high speeds. After a 10 minute break we resumed the ride. Climbed the flyover and by the time we reached the Yelahanka air force base, Priya and Gaurav were struggl