MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 24 September 2016 Start Time: 4:15 am End Time: 1:30 pm From: Koramangala, Bangalore To: Makalidurga Distance: 136 kilometers Altitude Profile: The weekend was on and I did not have anything to do on Saturday, so I decided to go for a ride. I floated the idea to the group and got a positive response from Madhusudan, however, he had time constraints and said that he would be able to accompany me for half the ride. We decided to start at 4:30 am, however the location was not yet fixed. I dabbled between Shiva Ganga and Kolar Gold Fields, however, Kolar was going to be 200 kilometers for the round trip and hence decided to go with Shiva Ganga which would be 120 kilometers for the round trip with a small hike up the hill. I was not able to sleep and was up by 3:00 am although I had set the alarm for 3:30 am. I got ready and made some last minute adjustments to the cycles and waited till 4:00 am to give Madhusudan his wake-up call. The wake-up call confirmed

Date: 10 September 2016 - 12 September 2016 Total distance:  515 Kilometers Start Time:  4:45 am 10 September 2016 Return Time:   5:00 pm 12 September 2016 With: - I had done the 200KM Brevet organised by the Bangalore Randonneurs under a temporary registration number. The ride did not reflect in the list of rides done by me and as such I did not want to take a risk for the SR application and wanted to complete a 200KM brevet before the window closed. The closest place doing a 200 KM brevet was Mysore and the ride was scheduled on 11 September 2016. The added incentive was that the ride was to Kodagu, a location that I have wanted to go to but have not managed to get there as yet. Since the ride was starting from Mysore, I decided to ride to Mysore the day before the ride and to ride back the day after the ride making it a round trip. The only hiccup was that the Kaveri issue had cropped up and there were a lot of protests happening through Bangalore and the Kaveri belt.