Its been more of a cycling than motor biking for last month or so .. somehow cycling has interested me! Last time i went to Iskcon on my bicycle .. and this time it was a trip to some unexplored part of Bangalore.
I am a part of a team Cycl-on which is a bunch of cycling enthusiasts coming together and exploring their limits to cycling, testing out their threshold and at the same time enjoying every bit of it! Same is the case with me as I remember telling my colleague that i wont be able to join them for Big Banyan ride .. but then had a great experience riding to Iskcon!
This weeknd it was rather an unplanned route, we just followed one direction and reached Sarjapur! So 6:00am was the start time from BTM Udupi Garden. Needless to say, we were half an hour late to start .. but thats ok if u are going to ride at ur own leisure pace! :) Oh ya.. thats wat we did .. and thats wat we planned! a so called Fun Ride across Bangalore.
(courtesy: Raghu)
Charles, Jagdeesh, Preran and me from BTM and Abhijeet, Raghu coming from Jaynagar, we were 6 of us enjoying the smooth down hill 1+km route which takes you
to SilkBoard. Everyone just thinking about what would be to ride here on or way back! :)
Our first stop was just after Sarjapur circle which means we covered pretty good distance before halting. Jagdeesh had some bike problems as it needed air .. We continued on the same way till we encountered a railway crossing. Me and Abhijeet saw the train pass by and hence knew why all vehicles are stationary. Our other fellows simply reached the spot and had no clue why the traffic was! :) But soon realised it actually was a crossing. Ok then .. time for a snap and we were on the railway tracks!
We had this question in our minds! "How should we find .. how much distance we have travelled?" .. but Charlie ..with Chacha Chowdhary's brains came up with this ... "Ahh .. no probs .. I will google it once i m home" ;-) ... oh Yaa and Raghu actually did it for us! Its 60km .. right Raghu?
For some reason, Charles was desperate to go Aishwarya Sanskriti Resideny, i guess the name says it all! :-) But instead we reached a place some 3 kms from Sarjapur and our friend, our Guru Brijesh asked us to follow a route which would take us through beautiful green fields .. but it meant we still tested our own limits :) Yes u r correct ... we took a longer route on our way back and we headed towards Marathalli where Abhijeet and I almost took the Whitefield way but soon realised we are better off if we go directly to Marathalli! Changed our route and headed towards Marathalli. What we saw was so relaxing .... a big slope, a long stretch and we were a bunch of happy folks ... but what followed was not expected! We had to soon cross a flyover which drained us to the core! :-)
Soon to Marathalli and this was the first real chance of having our breakfasts! We were just on a bottle of water, Glucon-D and Nariyal Paani for last 3 hours! But with the feeling that 'Delhi abhi Door nahi' we continued from Marthalli junction to Sarjapur Circle. This was the most difficult stretch for me .. not for the kind of road but for the amount of energy i had in store. Also this was the stretch where we had split. Some riding at their own speeds, some halting for a drink and I had to reach on time. Speed dead slow but i continued to pedal until i reached Sarjapur Circle, stopped their for sometime. This was the most satisfying stretch for me. With no energy in me .. i found a little water in my bottle and i remembered my conversation with Preran .. "yaar .. thoda paani to apne bag me hona chahiye .. pata nahi kab jaroorat pad jaaye .. aur agar koi sath nahi hua to?" .. and thats wat had happened! ;-)
Started again and had some pace now .. decided to stop only at SilkBoard. But with Silk board approaching, i was desperate to reach home and continued in the same swing. The moment i saw BTM signal i was desperate to reach it .. but had to really struggle to reach the place. Slowly but surely I reached the place from where we started in the morning. It was exactly 10:50am and thanks to Charles plan .. I was at home on time ..
A great ride .. which started as a fun ride but really tested us on our way back and am sure Preran will agree with me? right Preran? :) Had a great time with the group and was also introduced to new folks in office. Who would have imagined two people introducing each other while riding on bicycles .. but thats what it is and thats what Cycl-on does as it brings all the people of similar interests together.
Great ride guys .. and looking forward to many more! ;-)
