MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 13 September 2014 Total distance: 198 Kilometers Start Time: 5:45 am Return Time: 8:15 pm With: Madhusudhan (upto Harohalli) Altitude Profile: It started as a thought to visit a waterfall and Barachukki falls was what came to mind, which is 130 kilometers from Bangalore. I checked with Madhusudhan whether he would join and was excited when he confirmed. However, within a couple of hours he called back and said that Barachukki is too far for him and he would prefer to do Mekedatu which is 100 kilometers away. I agreed as this was also a place of which I had fond memories. Did a little reading on cycling to Mekedatu and got to know that we can take the cycle across the river and cycle to the main point. I received another call from Madhusudhan that he cannot come till Mekedatu since he had to return by 11 am. He said that he would join for a couple of hours and then I would have to proceed alone. So it was decided to leave at 5 am. I was not confident that M

Date: 6 September 2014 Total distance: 99 Kilometers Start Time: 2:00pm Return Time: 10:00 pm With: Priya & Gaurav Altitude Profile: Priya was very keen to cycle and wanted to do a day trip. Checked with Gaurav and he also agreed to come along. I wanted them to have a little practice so decided to rent two cycles on Friday itself after it was decided that we would go to Mancanabele which is approximately 50 kilometers from our residence on Saturday. Gaurav could not make it on Friday, Priya and I went for a practice ride of approximately 40 kilometers. She did it relatively comfortably. Next day, I had gone to my sister’s house, so met up with Priya and Gaurav near the Nayandahalli Flyover at 3:00 pm. Since we were riding in the afternoon, time was of essence since I wanted to make it back to the highway before dark. I pushed both of them to ride a little fast so that we could get back in time. Had a 15 minute stop near Decathlon, Mysore Road due to hea