MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 17 March 2018 Total distance: 311 Kilometers Start Time: 5:30 am 17 March 2018 Return Time: 10:00 pm 17 March 2018 With: Rohit Bidkar Altitude Profile: Kanteerava Stadium - Bellur Cross - Melukote - Srirangapatna - Ramanagar - Kanteerava Stadium Two weeks had flown since the Mangaluru 600 and I was looking for opportunities to ride. I was happy to see that a new route was announced for the 300 km brevet by Bangalore Randonneurs. The ride was to Melukote, a temple town in Mandya district with a couple of beautiful sightseeing options. The plan is to ride and to be able to visit these places if possible. As I have been to Melukote earlier, there is an enthusiasm to ride to the Kalyani and the Raya Gopura as these will add only 5 additional kilometers to the route. I replaced the chain on the road bike and it was ready to be ridden, however, after washing the MTB I was tempted to try this ride on the MTB. The more I looked at the MTB, the stron...

Date: 3 March 2018 - 4 March 2018 Total distance: 602 Kilometers Start Time: 4:00 am 3 March 2018 Return Time: 7:00 pm 4 March 2018 With: Raghu Nandan (first 60 kilometers), Venkatesh Anbazhagan (from 280 kilometers till the end) Altitude Profile: Mangaluru - Puttur - Sullia - Madikeri - Kushalnagar - Mysuru - Kushalnagar - Madikeri - Sullia - Puttur - Mangaluru February 2018 was a bad month with respect to cycling. I was unable to ride as I was playing hockey on all the weekends with an unexpected run in the tournament wherein we ended up winning the tournament. However, the cost of winning was steep as I sustained injuries right from the first match and by the end of the tournament I was left with a tear on the right and left hamstring muscles in addition to various inflammations on the fingers and bruises on the knees. I have recovered well on the right hamstring, however the left hamstring is still dicey and taking its time to recover. In betw...