MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 24 September 2017 Total distance: 138 Kilometers Start Time: 4:00 am Return Time:  15:45 pm With: - Altitude Profile: Koramangala - Kanakpura - Koramangala The incessant rains and work had forced me to cancel rides. I had been off the saddle for 40 days and was getting frustrated that I was unable to ride. I had spent time cleaning the house which was repeatedly flooded due to the rains and when it did not rain I was spending crazy hours in the office. I did manage to be free the previous Sunday, however I was too tired to ride. It was a similar state this Sunday as well, however, I was determined to get back on the bike and restart riding. Spent some time on thinking up a location and as usual with high expectations I first explored the locations which were in excess of 400 kilometers before bringing the expectation down. I have not done a hill climb from the time I have purchased the Trek and Nandi Hills and Basavana Betta were very tempting locatio...

Date: 12 August 2017 - 16 August 2017 Total distance:  715 Kilometers Start Time: 4:00 am 12 July 2017 End Time:  5:30 pm 16 July 2017 With: -Rajkumar Khot The Independence Day weekend was approaching, as it was a long weekend the plan was to go for a cycle tour. Bangalore Randonneurs had scheduled the 1,200 km ride for this weekend, however as it was cancelled the weekend was free. Rajkumar and I planned to ride and after the initial discussion about how many days we should ride we froze on 5 days as getting the return ticket on 15 August was looking bleak since we made the plan just a few days before 15 August. By the time we finalised on the plan, the bus tickets for 15 August had already been booked on KSRTC, our preferred mode of transport. We decided to extend the ride by a day. We had 5 days and the plan was to ride to North Karnataka. I came up with a tentative plan keeping the option for the return on 15 August if tickets were available with private...