MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 18 August 2018 Total distance: 306 Kilometers Start Time: 5:30 am Return Time: 20:10 pm With: Various riders Altitude Profile: Kanteerava Stadium - Nelamangala - Bellur Cross - Melukote - Srirangapatna - Ramanagar - Kanteerava Stadium The Melukote 300 BRM was being repeated. I had ridden this route in March 2018. Although it was going to be a repeat, I opted to ride since I wanted to keep my chances of doing a 3rd SR for the 2017-18 season open. I was looking forward to a relaxed and easy ride. Further, with the rains having filled up the reservoir's in Karnataka, I was keen on seeing the Wellesley bridge in Srirangapatna since there was news that the bridge was almost submerged. Synced up with Rohit Bidkar and headed to the start point. We made in just in time and by the time we completed the start formalities, the ride was flagged off after a route briefing. Although the plan was to ride slowly, I was riding with the group and the s

Date: 15 August 2018 Total distance: 150 Kilometers Start Time: 4:30 am Return Time: 1:00 pm With: Rohit Bidkar Altitude Profile: Koramangala - Devanahalli - Nandi Hills - Devanahalli - Koramangala Rohit Bidkar was riding to Nandi Hills on 15 August and enquired if I would like to join. I was keen to ride and having company was great. Although we knew that Nandi Hills would be very crowded we did not have an option to change the location since we had time constraints. We needed to be back in Bangalore by 1:00 pm, so we decided to ride to Nandi even though it was not a day when cyclists should be on that hill considering that it was a holiday and it would be crowded. We decided to start at 4:00 am so that we would have sufficient time to climb the hill twice and get back in time. It has been raining in the evenings, getting back by mid-day I was sure that I would get back home before the rain and was looking forward to a ride in pleasant

Date: 4 August 2018 Total distance: 152 Kilometers Start Time: 5:45 am Return Time: 2:30 pm With: - Altitude Profile: Koramangala - Yelahanka - Karahalli - Nandi Hills - Bhoganandishwara Temple - Devanahalli - Koramangala A week had passed by and I was not  very keen on riding this weekend. I was in the lazy mode and did not prep the cycle before going to bed. It was only when I woke up early that I decided to go for a ride. There was no location that I had planned and as such the only thing that I wanted to avoid was riding on Kanakpura Road as I had ridden on it the last weekend. After a small deliberation, I decided to ride to Nandi Hills as it had been a while since I had ridden to Nandi. Location was set, decided to ride the MTB again as I wanted a relaxed seating position, got things ready in which pumping air into the tires was the time consuming activity and also energy sapping as well and was ready to start at 5:45 am. It was day brea