BIG Nandi Ride on Aug 1!
Sreepathi Pai
BBC. This ride is aimed at *first-timers* who haven't climbed Nandi
ever!
If you can make it, please ride! Prakash is riding. And tires and
tubes willing, I will be riding too!
<http://groups.google.co.in/group/bangalore-bikers/web/sunday-august-1st-2010-nandi-hills>
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Sreepathi Pai
Nirmal
Gr8 news..some memories recalled. What abt sending an iisc contingent. Am in.
Nirmal
Abhijit Kshirsagar
Abhijit K
Sreepathi Pai
The big group is setting off from Columbia Asia Hebbal at 6.30AM. We
can also meet them there.
That's about 8km from the Institute I think, about 30min of riding.
So, 5.45 Reporting Time. C-Mess.
Note: Prakash and I are now served by mini-pumps, so any Dunlop valve
people must carry a pump (which I can supply).
Can someone who's a member of BBC modify this page to put this info
up? List us as 12.
<http://groups.google.co.in/group/bangalore-bikers/web/sunday-august-1st-2010-nandi-hills?pli=1>
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Sreepathi Pai
Poovaiah MP
Poovaiah MP
Centre For Electronics Design and Technology
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
gokul
On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, Poovaiah MP <mp.poova...@gmail.com> wrote:
> who are the tentative 'in'ers?
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>
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> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Sreepathi Pai <sree...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay, here's the plan:
>
> > The big group is setting off from Columbia Asia Hebbal at 6.30AM. We
> > can also meet them there.
> > That's about 8km from the Institute I think, about 30min of riding.
>
> > So, 5.45 Reporting Time. C-Mess.
>
> > Note: Prakash and I are now served by mini-pumps, so any Dunlop valve
> > people must carry a pump (which I can supply).
>
> > Can someone who's a member of BBC modify this page to put this info
> > up? List us as 12.
>
> > <
Sreepathi Pai
2. Prakash
3. Nirmal
4. Gokul
5. Sreepathi
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Poovaiah MP <mp.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> who are the tentative 'in'ers?
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Sreepathi Pai
gaurav bansal
i know one more person bhawani shankar who will be goin too...
Bhawani Shankar Leelar
BShankar
(Bhawani Shankar Leelar)
Poovaiah MP
Sreepathi Pai
> No I'm not in... There is a family function on sunday (the reason for me
> being silent in the thread). But it would be great fun for all the new
> fellows. I'll join you guys for the other ride later.
I kinda realised that since you were not participating, nevertheless I
thought that putting your name down might make you magically appear :D
Anyways, lots of rides to look forward to this year!
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Sreepathi Pai
Prithayan Barua
i am thinking of joining this ride. This will be my first long
distance ride.
But i have a simple hercules thriller cycle .
Is it advisable to for me to join the race, being a first timer with a
simple cycle ?
On Jul 30, 12:42 pm, Sreepathi Pai <sree...@gmail.com> wrote:
Poovaiah MP
hi!
i am thinking of joining this ride. This will be my first long
distance ride.
But i have a simple hercules thriller cycle .
Is it advisable to for me to join the race, being a first timer with a
simple cycle ?
There is no race here... it is just a big ride... hercules thriller? i dont suggest that.. try to get someone's photon
On Jul 30, 12:42 pm, Sreepathi Pai <sree...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Poovaiah MP <mp.poova...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > No I'm not in... There is a family function on sunday (the reason for me
> > being silent in the thread). But it would be great fun for all the new
> > fellows. I'll join you guys for the other ride later.
>
> I kinda realised that since you were not participating, nevertheless I
> thought that putting your name down might make you magically appear :D
>
> Anyways, lots of rides to look forward to this year!
>
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> Sreepathi Pai
Prithayan Barua
Poovaiah MP
Sreepathi Pai
> How was the ride??
As you must have already read on BBC, it was *AWESOME*.
Firstly, the weather was really really good. Nandi was covered in
clouds at the top, though by the time I climbed, that was no longer
the case.
Lots of bicyclists! Lots of bicycles! :D
Prakash rode up and down thrice with timings of 35/42/37!
Nirmal and I exorcised the ghosts of our last Nandi climb by climbing
up to the top riding. I finished my climb in 1.5 hrs (mostly 10kmph),
with long enjoyable breaks in between (the weather was that good!), in
the pattern base-5-3-2-.-1-.-.- where dots indicate midplace stops,
while numbers are stops at km-posts. I think Mandya must have tuned up
the legs, since the ride was *much* easier than I was expecting.
We came back via Doddaballapur, instead of the NH-7, and while
Doddaballapur road is still the aggressive mess it was, the village
road was incredibly pleasant as before. Imagine riding through
vineyards with the smell of ripe grapes in the air!
Also, Prakash's suggestion to use ORR after Hebbal was excellent
allowing us to have a pleasant ride back to campus.
Gokul, Gaurav and Bhavani, our first time riders have had a incredibly
tough initiation, congrats to them for riding with us!
6hrs of riding at 20kmph *including* the climb :D
And I must add a note of thanks to Yogesh Rao who came up with the
idea of this trip and organized it so beautifully, Mr. Bhaskar Rao and
Brig. Vijay for breakfast, lunch and support! And of course, BBC for
the excellent forum!
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Sreepathi Pai
gokul
http://picasaweb.google.com/116911111987510094958/NandiBicycleRideAugust12010Sunday02
I shot some shaky videos too.
I haven't put it up online since it's not so interesting. I could give
them in a pen drive if you want.
If you really want me to put them up on youtube i could try.
On Aug 2, 10:57 am, Sreepathi Pai <sree...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sreepathi Pai
>
> Good one.
> So Prakash is riding for Rabobank is it ?!
> And who s that kid in the 'Yellow jersey' ?
He's a cargo cult cyclist.
He believes if he wears the right stuff, he will automatically cycle :D
P.S.: That being said, the btwin shorts are *excellent* for prevention
of chafing.
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Sreepathi Pai