Got robbed on top of Nandi hill yesterday !!

Nalla P Konar

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:19:50 AM1/10/11

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Dear all,
Now that i have your attention due to the subject line :) Its not as serious as it sounds :)
We bunch of riders (Venkat, Akshay P, Krishnan, Durgesh and Nishita) rode to Nandi top and we were taking pictures in front of Nandi arch celebrating our PB (Personal Best) timings.
My bike was leaning on the wall opp. to arch on the roadside. I noticed monkeys lurking around and i just commented out to one saying dont mess with my bike.
Little did i knew that this will provoke it, while clicking pics, when it was my turn and i wanted to pose with my bike, i turn around and saw one monkey (dont know whether same one i had spoken too).. happily opening zipper of my BOTS saddle bag and stealing three gatorade sachets from it.
I yelled and ran towards it but too late, this bugger had happily escaped. :(

I tried to sweet talk it by saying "Jai bajrang bali", "Jai siya ram" but the notorious fellow didnt budge and was happily ripping apart the sachet with its paws and eating the powder.

Sharing here as warning for bikers, beware of monkeys, they have tasted gatorade and will be energetic and targetting future bikers. :)

Pic of the convict is attached for reference :)

Ride safe, have a great day and week ahead.

Rgds,
Nalla.
Member of Cleated Warriors - Bangalore Bicycle racing team
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Sreepathi Pai

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:28:24 AM1/10/11

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To designers of BOTS saddle bags (and others too):

Please make them monkey proof ;)

I can see the marketing brochures now: "Monkey Proof: Tested at Nandi!"

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R Venkatachalam

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:34:48 AM1/10/11

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Lol, good one. Rohan _ are u reading this?

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Ashwatha Matthur

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:36:02 AM1/10/11

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Phew - the subject line scared me!

And Nalla, even though I am sorry for your loss, I can't help admiring the monkey :-)

Akshay Prabhu Gaonkar

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:59:08 AM1/10/11

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LOL!! This episode was a welcome respite from the hardships of
climbing Nandi. Thanks Hanuman ji :P :P

Sudhir P

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Jan 10, 2011, 2:58:57 AM1/10/11

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I can foresee the day when the monkeys pounce on us when we are huffin and puffin up the hills, to steal goNads and powerbars from our jersey pockets!

-sud

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sathish k

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Jan 10, 2011, 3:05:00 AM1/10/11

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For once I thot the monkeys pounce on us and take our cycles & start pedaling!! :-)

Regards
Sathish.K
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Sudhir P

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Jan 10, 2011, 3:18:42 AM1/10/11

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On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:35 PM, sathish k <k.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:

For once I thot the monkeys pounce on us and take our cycles & start pedaling!! :-)

I guess they would have done that too! Thank god, they need a different frame size :)

Rohan Kini

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Jan 10, 2011, 8:55:43 AM1/10/11

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hahaha

If we make it monkey proof how will you guys open it ;)

But good tag line :) Definitely need to use it. Lol

Was planning to call the next incarnation of the BOTS saddle bag a 'wedgie'

BOTS + Wedgie = very corny

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