MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 30 September 2018 Total distance: 122 Kilometers Start Time: 4:00 am Return Time: 10:30 am With: Rohit Bidkar Altitude Profile: Koramangala - Hosur - Hoskote - Koramangala I did not have any specific plans to ride on this weekend. This was supposed to be a rest weekend since I was planning to ride to Trichy for the 400 BRM the next weekend. However, when Rohit enquired about riding on the weekend, I was open to doing a quick ride. A 100 kilometer circuit would do no harm. Not having ridden from Hosur to Hoskote, it was an opportunity to try this route. Decided on the route being Hosur - Malur - Hoskote. As we wanted to be back early decided to start early. Woke up promptly with the alarm and started the ride at 4:00 am. Rohit was waiting at Silk board junction when I reached. I was having an issue with the new chain slipping on the old cassette and although I was not keen on riding the road bike, I opted to ride it in the hope t...

Date: 22 September 2018 - 23 September 2018 Total distance: 379 Kilometers Start Time: 5:00 am 22 September 2018, 4:30 am 23 September 2018 Return Time: 3:30 pm 22 September 2018, 3:45 pm 23 September 2018 With: Alone on 22 September 2018, Rohit Bidkar on 23 September 2018 Altitude Profile: Koramangala - Kanakpura - Basavanbetta - Ramanagar - Thathaguni - Koramangala Koramangala - Kanakpura - Basavanbetta - Kanakpura - Koramangala The weekend came by quickly, however I had plans for Sunday, Saturday was the only day available for riding. Rohit Bidkar checked about riding on Sunday, however, since Saturday was the only day available for me, I had to ride alone on Saturday. I set the alarm for 3:30 am. I had to force myself out of bed at 4:00 am and got ready. 4:30 am was the preferred start time, I was able to start only at 5:00 am. The 30 minute delay was not too worrying and I got going slowly and negotiated the way out of the bad roads withi...

Date: 8 September 2018 Total distance: 600 Kilometers Start Time: 6:00 am 8 September 2018 Return Time: 9:15 pm 9 September 2018 With: Lokesh Jain, Mohan Subramanyam, Raghu Nandan Nagaraja Altitude Profile: Kanteerava Stadium - Krishnagiri - Yercaud - Krishnagiri - Yelagiri - Krishnagiri - Kanteerava Stadium It was time to ride the twin hills again, Yercaud and Yelagiri. The 600 BRM was being repeated during the season and it was an opportunity to ride this route on the MTB. The ride was scheduled for 1 September, however, I volunteered for the ride and as such was going to be doing the volunteer ride on the subsequent weekend. It was a great experience volunteering and getting a feel of the other side of the ride. Supporting 50 riders gave an insight into the difficulties of volunteering and also the joy of seeing riders pushig their limits to complete the ride. The week flew by and it was time for the ride. I was up early and reac...