Bangalore Bicycle championship Race 2 details

[Jagannath Moorthy]

Folks,

The details for Round 2 of the Bangalore Bicycling Championship are here

http://groups.google.co.in/group/Bangalore-bikers/web/bangalore-bicycle-championship-race-2

An important note, there will be a nominal entry fee for this round. The reason is that there is an expense of approximately 1500 rupees (petrol for support cars, water, refreshments supplies etc) for the organization of the race. There is also a plan to procure some stopwatches for accurate time measurement (one time cost). We're planning to split the expenses among all the participants, it will work out to roughly 50 bucks per head.

We had a fantastic response to the first round and this one promises to be even better with 56 registrations so far. Even if you're not riding, please do come forward to volunteer or just cheer the participants.

regards

jagan

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hi Jaggan, all the organising looks fantastic, great going.

Kust one pointabout the text ok the forum:

1. The dead end at the end of 9.83 km IS Idli Point, not the turn TO idli point. Just to avoid any confusion.

Vivek

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[Mahesh Srinivas]

Jagan,

I would like to volunteer for this race. I am a photographer, so I can
certainly help out with those duties, but I would also be happy to
help in any other way I can.

Thanks,
Mahesh
+91-98457-98896

On Jun 22, 6:32 pm, Jagannath Moorthy <jaganm1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> The details for Round 2 of the Bangalore Bicycling Championship are here
>

> http://groups.google.co.in/group/Bangalore-bikers/web/bangalore-bicyc...

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hi Jaggan, Vasu and all other organizers and volunteers,
Firstly, once again you guys have done a really awesome job, it was a
fantastic day. I know that many of us have been dreaming of things
like this happening, and it is amazing to be able to enjoy it now for
real. Thank you so much for all your efforts, they will go a long way
in building the foundations of a real cycling culture here in
Bangalore and in India.

Secondly, just wanted to mention "for the record" that while i was in
the lead of the race with Deepankar, Samim, Georg, and Jaleel, this
morning, I had a flat somewhere between the railway crossing and the
turn off point. After changing my tube etc... I drafted behind the
KYNKYNY Racing Qualis until Idli point, to help regain my prior
position. I realize that this may be contrary to the rules and
regulations, and may affect points, standings etc.

So anyway, great job lads, looking forward to the next event.
Vivek

[varun murthy]

Since we model ourselves on the lines of the F1 marshals, we should impose a 25 second penalty on Vivek without looking at any evidence and without using our brains.. :).. Just kidding.. I guess it should be fine, taking it to those limits would just screw up all the fun..

Volunteering today was awesome fun..Seeing 70 people start off at the same time was amazing..Seeing families also near the start off point was cool (I guess the recent mail thread on involving the entire family had some effect somewhere)..And Im sure it'll only get bigger and better from here on.. Cant wait for the next race to take place.. :)

Learnt a lot from all the volunteers today and during the planning phase..Thanks a lot everyone.. (I can hardly wait for everyones photographs and videos, it'll be totally kickass)..

--Varun

[Vasu]

Hi Vivek,

Thanks for being forthright about the drafting you did. We do not approve of it. We are not going to impose a 25sec penalty on you but we are going to drop you by one place. 

In a Time Trial drafting is a strict NO and in a race drafting behind a vehicle is also a NO. In a race you can surely do pacelining with other riders but not draft a vehicle.

@All. Please keep this in mind.

Thanks for the kind words for the race marshals Vivek.

Thanks,

Vasu.

--
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

[Vasu]

still working on this. but here is the progress report.

thanks,

vasu.

[Vasu]

Sorry folks,

will send the complete timings by tmrw evening or so. here is a unfinished sheet.

vasu

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hey, thanks!!!!

That's not too bad at all, you are a very kind set of Marshals we got ourselves here :)

I was expecting to be disqualified completely (which I was prepared to gracefully accept) but was going to request the "king of the tube change" title for the event :)
4th is awesome, congrats on the podium Georg, I'll get you next time ;)

Regards

Vivek

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[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hey there Rushi,
thanks for being frank, we can always count on you for that and its
great. I agree with you completely, Vikram Nats too had a flat and I
know he didnt approve of the pacing and he and others are of course
right. The truth is I dont really care for the points or the standings
right now. I had trained hard for this race and was just too
frustrated to be dropped because of the flat when I was doing great up
in front. I also totally expected to be disqualified when I decided to
pace the car for a stretch.
Anyway, I had the ride of my life, performed better than I ever have,
and have proven enough to myself to be more than satisfied. This
racing is really important to me as it is to a lot of you I am sure,
and I really dont want to start an unpleasant thing here. So I will
happily stand out of this event, no points, no standings, just an
awesome ride for me and I'm happy :)
To the Organisers, please make sure you remove me, or this discussion
will continue and become a big issue, we'd all rather focus on the
positives.

I think its great if we really tighten up on all the rules, make them
clear and implement them without exception,
this makes it easier for all Marshals and Participants.
Congrats to all those who finished yesterday and thanks again for the
awesome race.
best regards
Vivek

[rushi]

Hm, now that you post to the whole group, I'll stop being frank :)

I understand your pain about getting a flat and dropping from the
head. But isn't that part of why bicycle racing is such a great sport?
You deal with what life dishes out to you. Way up there with sailing,
another of those great sports for exactly that reason; you're at the
mercy of the elements. Dura Ace chains break, the best of your forks
crack, and you don't ever win Paris-Roubaix because it happens
consistently only to you. And sometimes you win a tour because your
race mechanic saw you fall, jumped off the car, and got the spare bike
ready even before you even got up (Giro this year).

Not to take anything away from you personally, dude. But it's the
nature of the sport. And that's why most of us love this business so
much :)

On Jun 29, 8:59 am, Vivek Radhakrishnan <themudoff...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Well put, and I totally agree, thus my mail :)
V


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[knmurthy]

All,
Congradulations to everyone on this great event
Thoroughly enjoyed the ride
Cheers
Murthy

[Rohan Kini]

hey Vivek,
 no worries - no more on this topic.

yup - if folks like to, we can have tighter rules next time :) the race marshals are already working on this aspect.

The main idea of this event was to have a ton of fun and get folks a little competitive (looks like both the goals were met, the second one a bit too seriously.) But with folks training for these events, all this does count.

good race guys - there are a ton of pictures, writeups, a spanking new site etc etc all coming out the next few days.

After loads of fun, a long climb, and some good moments at the top of Nandi - lets chills, take all this in and remember the fantastic time we had.

an article on this should come in DNA tomorrow.

~ ROhan
@ http://blog.bumsonthesaddle.com
awesome cycling group: http://bangalorebikersclub.com

[Ragz]

Hi Vasu,

I notice that my timings are not recorded. This is #77 Raghu my timing
was 2 hrs 31 minutes don't remember the seconds. I had tracked this on
my watch. Apprecaite if you could include this. (Full name is Raghuram
Krishnan - 9845051064)

Regards
Raghu

On Jun 28, 11:02 pm, Vasu <mr.b.mis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> still working on this. but here is the progress report.
> thanks,
> vasu.
>

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Jagannath Moorthy <jaganm1...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Folks,
>
> > The details for Round 2 of the Bangalore Bicycling Championship are here
>

> >http://groups.google.co.in/group/Bangalore-bikers/web/bangalore-bicyc...

> > An important note, there will be a nominal entry fee for this round. The
> > reason is that there is an expense of approximately 1500 rupees (petrol for
> > support cars, water, refreshments supplies etc) for the organization of the
> > race. There is also a plan to procure some stopwatches for accurate time
> > measurement (one time cost). We're planning to split the expenses among all
> > the participants, it will work out to roughly 50 bucks per head.
>
> > We had a fantastic response to the first round and this one promises to be
> > even better with 56 registrations so far. Even if you're not riding, please
> > do come forward to volunteer or just cheer the participants.
>
> > regards
> > jagan
>
> --
> Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
>

> Race_to_Nandi_Results.xls
> 32KViewDownload

[Balu]

Tho' I was not part of the race and turned up like an hour late, it
was fun being offered bananas on the way :)
Great going guys... and yes you need to make the "cash box" bigger and
brighter!

Balu

[Stanzin Tsephel]

Congratulation to all and thanks to the organisers.

 

Look forward for next event.

 

Cheers

Stanzin

 

[Nagaraj]

Hari (don't know the last name) came all the way from Hyderabad to
participate in the event!!. He came to Bangalore on Sat. evening and
he would have flown away this morning to Hyderabad. That is some
enthusiasm. Smaller wheels are a big plus on uphills is what I
realised with my Brompton :-)

Cheers
Nagaraj

On Jun 29, 10:12 am, Stanzin Tsephel <ladakh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulation to all and thanks to the organisers.
>
> Look forward for next event.
>
> Cheers
> Stanzin
>

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hi everyone,

Great Job this...... The racers, the marshalls et al. Mind blowing.
Been cycling over 25 years now. Never been so touched. Brings tears to
my eyes. Keep up the enthusiasm, train and ride hard. We are on our
way to  making champions. There is no looking back..... CHEERS!!!!!!!

Samim

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

The last message was from Samim, but came only to me by mistake, so I
have forwarded ot to you all
v

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[Jagannath Moorthy]

Folks,

       The fact is that Vivek was not even in the top 10 at the bottom of the hill. But the proverbial "red mist" had already descended as he shouted out his number ("69 with a f****g puncture) to the marshall. He rode like a man possessed thereafter, as he overtook atleast 7-8 very strong riders on the climb. I think that is the stuff we should be talking about after a while, not who finished where. the rules/points are all incidental.

regards
jagan

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Vivek Radhakrishnan <themud...@gmail.com> wrote:

[M I T R]

Organisers & Volunteers
Never attended such a well organised private event of this scale,
specially with no sponsors, no race fees..I was blown by the gesture
of waiving the race fee...and am super impressed by the concept of
"contributions only" way of funding the event....for the race, for the
breakfast...WOW!

A few words on my excitement and challenge of this amazing Nandi Race:
Am a newbie to this group and to cycling....you can't imagine how
excited I was to take part in this ride...wanted to take this opp to
meet the group in person and celebrate exactly my 2nd week into
cycling....skipped a trip with wife and kids to visit in-laws in
Mysore..maneuvered a few sneer/jeers by wife...and on raceday
struggled to get up at 5am without wify around to shake me awake...
(the fear of missing the event woke me up atleast 4 times between
midnight and 5AM)...finally when I was all set with stuff in the
car..house secured...I was devastated to find my front tyre
FLATTTTT....being absolutely new to cycling neither do I know the art
of repairing a puncture nor did I have the tools/patch...just could
not believe & accept that I would have to miss out...luckily a had a
friend with the exact same bike I have...lives near Hebbal...against
all thoughts..called him atleast 10 times from 5.30am with no response
and a big guilt of disturbing his family/kids that early...did not
give up...drove to his house...and managed to get through a few metres
before his gate...convinced him, apologised heavily...took his bike
and raced in my car to CCD...reached only at 6.45...

Then just 5 minutes into flag off....I felt like a jerk and struggled
to keep myself from laughing loudly at myslef...yes...in just the
first 5 minutes...I was already the last rider....with hardly anyone
in sight atleast a couple of KMS ahead....I just could'nt believe that
the group had just vanished...man....did I do a stupid thing...will I
reach any of the support points...befoe they decide no one's
coming...hhahah...even the locals were telling me to go
faster...taunting me am last....

BUT...I finsihed...thanks to all the support of many fellow riders -
though they could get the opp to encourage me only on their way
back ;).....special thanks to the monkeys who left back a few bananas
for me...the volunteers at the support points who had a marthon wait
every time and never gave up on me...the encouragement from non-
participants Balu & Nagaraj-who started cycling with me during the
early climb...and his interesting tit bits...which for a few turns
helped me forget the struggle I was going through.....

Finally the great chat up with some of you guys...

In the end...shall I say I was the the most benefited on RaceDay...yes
I choose to think thataways...

Wow!
M I T R (MAnsoor)

On Jun 29, 2:32 pm, Jagannath Moorthy <jaganm1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
>        The fact is that Vivek was not even in the top 10 at the bottom of
> the hill. But the proverbial "red mist" had already descended as he shouted
> out his number ("69 with a f****g puncture) to the marshall. He rode like a
> man possessed thereafter, as he overtook atleast 7-8 very strong riders on
> the climb. I think that is the stuff we should be talking about after a
> while, not who finished where. the rules/points are all incidental.
>
> regards
> jagan
>

> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Vivek Radhakrishnan <themudoff...@gmail.com

> > Vivek- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[varun murthy]

Glad to meet the face behind MITR (MTR) and the 12 hour ride.. :)

--Varun

[Vasu]

Folks,

a) Not getting time to work on the sheet in one shot. Having a limp really slows your life big time.

b) Dont want to keep everyone waiting to see the timings.

c) Sending the same sheet as and when I work more on this.

d) The col 'Difference' tells you the time gap between the first guy to finish and you. The col 'Interval' is supposed to tell you the time gap between the guy in front of you to pass the intermediate points and you.

vasu

[Vasu]

Latest numbers with Intermediate 1 timings.

@Vivek Radhakrishnan - I found two 69's. One was with a group and one that was same as the timing of Celine. I am sure the second one was Rushi because I know for sure he was waiting for the super mom. So he did indeed shout 69 at stops as he had said he will do.

@Navrung: didnt you say your number at the stops ??

@All of BBC: the sheet is still incomplete.

vasu

[Rohan Kini]

good job Vasu.
Dont worry - if anyone is in a hurry, they can chip in do the sheet themselves and post it back on the group :)

[Vasu]

Folks,

latest numbers with Intermediate 2 timings.

Thanks,

vasu

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Vasu <mr.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

[jaleel]

"SPEED THRILLS BUT KILLS" but i was over thrilled in the race:) :)

[Adi]

My first ever ride was awesome and thanks so much to all the
volunteers, organizers and guyz who gave me company on and off thru
the route. I was so damn happy and relieved to have finished the
race :D
Hari ( the guy from Hyderabad) and me were among the last ones to
reach the top and we were so glad to see the guys still waiting
patiently for us and officially end the race. I am sure they were
equally as thrilled as we were.
It was indeed a great experience and and it only got better with so
many new acquaintances i had a chance to make.

Happy Biking !!
Cheers,

Adi

[nilesh dhumal]

@ Jaleel

"SPEED THRILLS BUT KILLS" but i was over thrilled in the race:) :)

No that's Wrong Jaleel "SPEED THRILLS BUT THE SUDDEN STOP KILLS" haha So dont stop or it will kill you!!! hahahah!!!

Nelly

[Rajat Agrawal]

My slice and dice based on the latest timings released by Vasu.
Shows intermediate and final positions, position gain/loss and section times.

Currently sorted on "Finish Time", it can be easily sorted on other columns. There are 4 hidden columns used to convert the textual time to excel time and I suggest that you leave those hidden.

Information is as is and may contain errors, please fix or point out any discrepancies and I will fix them when I get time.

As per the data, unless there is some mistake (Vasu is the official timekeeper so his word will be final when the final timesheets are released):
"King Of The Hills" is Siddaraju with a mind boggling time of 19 minutes 36 seconds.

Cheers
Rajat Agrawal

[Rajat Agrawal]

Forgot to add split panes....

-Rajat

[varun murthy]

Wow!!! Nice work and nice initiative.. We wanted to do all this an release an official timesheet but you guys are awsome..

Thanks a lot dude.. :)

[Sudhir P]

suggested correction: I know that Manoj Bhat (reg no.93, currently drowned at the bottom with many question marks) finished just behind me. Maybe half a minute or somethin. So his final timing should be ~1:47'30". And as of Siddaraju being King of the hill, i guess his int 2 timing might have been wrongly noted. As there's a huge drop in position when he's at int2 (around 29 places). Which implies i overtook him by a huge margin by the time he reached the base. After which he zupped past to the top. And as far as i remember, i never overtook siddaraju. (how i wished i could though!)

Anyway, Vasu's words are final. So trying to speak as much before his final verdict is uttered :)

Absolutely awesome job guys.

-Sud

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[Sameer Shisodia]

Phew. Was in total awe and dumbstruck etc - and was beginning to have a huge issue with cycling as a hobby overall - can't manage 8kms in 19mins on regular-commute-roads  themselves :)

70+ would've been an awesome sight racing towards N-top!

Rgds,
Sameer

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Sudhir P <sudhirp...@gmail.com> wrote:

And as of Siddaraju being King of the hill, i guess his int 2 timing might have been wrongly noted. As there's a huge drop in position when he's at int2 (around 29 places). Which implies i overtook him by a huge margin by the time he reached the base. After which he zupped past to the top. And as far as i remember, i never overtook siddaraju. (how i wished i could though!)

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[Sameer Shisodia]

Phew. Was in total awe and dumbstruck etc - and was beginning to have a huge issue with cycling as a hobby overall - can't manage 8kms in 19mins on regular-commute-roads  themselves :)

70+ would've been an awesome sight racing towards N-top!

Rgds,
Sameer

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Sudhir P <sudhirp...@gmail.com> wrote:

And as of Siddaraju being King of the hill, i guess his int 2 timing might have been wrongly noted. As there's a huge drop in position when he's at int2 (around 29 places). Which implies i overtook him by a huge margin by the time he reached the base. After which he zupped past to the top. And as far as i remember, i never overtook siddaraju. (how i wished i could though!)

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Guys Sidda is my KYNKYNY Racing team-mate, and as much as I would like to think that he did the climb in 19.36, I don't believe it. I think there is a single digit error that was made at Int-2, and that he actually took 29.36. 

According to me he came in 13th not 9th, being the 1st MTB I think. However if the decision is final about his timing and position, wooohooo, go KYNKYNY go!

Vivek

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[sriram.bmsce]

ahh..
i was standing and remember sidda being noted down in my sheet very clearly..although he seemed fast,but its next to impossible that he has finished the climd in 19 min..
so the blame directly falls on me or there could be error in noting down his time at the top...anyways vasu and me are goin to check and set the record straight...until then
kynkyny racing team u fellas keep celebrating..;-)
Best
Sriram

[prashanth selvaraj]

Siddaraju and I were cycling together before he went ahead on the climb. And then I caught up with him just as we reached the top, saw him finish, and I finished 30 seconds after him (my chain slipped out at the last turn, thanks for cheering me on marshals! Great job with the whole race too). When we were climbing, he did mention that he had given the wrong number at checkpoint 2.
I'd be really happy if he finished in 19.36 minutes though, which would mean I took only 20! Something to brag about on my second attempt at Nandi...hehe.

Prashanth

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Vivek Radhakrishnan <themud...@gmail.com> wrote:

[sriram.bmsce]

hey prashant...
wow whoo hoo,,you saviour..ahh radhakrishnan i stand vindicated..;-))..good try haah to frame me..better luck next time bro..;-)
so i think we should give the same time to siddaraj as prashant..-30 seconds...
vasu hope u reading this..?!
Sriram

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Who ever made the handy mistake gets a beer from me :)

V

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[Rajat Agrawal]

Unless there was a mistake in transferring the written record to the digital form, I guess the best option would be to ignore the incorrect Int. 2 timing. This would of course prevent calculation of the section time, its definitely not the end of the world!! ;) The final times in any case are all clear.

The main idea behind the intermediate timings is to give a more granular view into the performances, the position gain/loss makes the data more dynamic and fun (at least to me).

I think that the organizers did a fantastic job of keeping things under control; noting and keeping track of 60*3 - 180 records in dynamic conditions is easier said than done... Superb effort guys.

I believe it might be a good idea to throw some technology at the time-recording process to make data collection simpler and collation faster. It would be real nice to be able to announce positions, section timings, racers in transit, dropouts and other data in real-time at the finish point. With a little help from the right set of mobile tech and software I believe it might actually be possible without the need for spending any kind big money.

-Rajat

[Nitin Dahra]

I think it will be worth to get cycling bibs made like it was in
duathlon. These can be returned after every race and used in next.
It will reduce the error probability and would be a lot easier on race
marshalls too.

2009/6/30 Rajat Agrawal <rajata...@gmail.com>:

[Rohan Kini]

I was speaking to the RFL guys about getting timing chips - like what they had at the sun feast 10K race. They were looking at similar tech.
they said its goign to cost Rs 500 per chip :)

[Rohan Kini]

actually - some race marshal (not sure who) had a good idea - we get to keep our numbers for the rest of the season (2009)

Which means each biker can take all the time in the world and make a nice bib for himself/herself, keep it with themselves and use it for every race.

[Sudhir P]

If there would be bibs, then what happens to 'we all accidentally are riding to the same place at the same time'

It will be "We all are accidentally riding at the same place at the same time. And whoa, look i also have a license plate for my cycle".

Or  "We are all friends riding together. We forget each others names often. So we use numbers instead, cos they're shorter and sweeter"

-Sud

[Vasu]

Pics from the Deccan Charger Hari Krishna, who came from hyd to participate in the event.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40002311@N06/

Also see Dipankar and Samim entering the end point.

Vasu

[Vasu]

who is this guy in the pic?? 

v

[frNZi]

That's Manoj?

wat did he do !?

On 30 June, 22:40, Vasu <mr.b.mis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> who is this guy in the pic??
> v
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Vasu <mr.b.mis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pics from the Deccan Charger Hari Krishna, who came from hyd to participate
> > in the event.
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/40002311@N06/
>
> >  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/40002311@N06/>Also see Dipankar and Samim
> > entering the end point.
>
> > Vasu
>

> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Sudhir P <sudhirpalli...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> If there would be bibs, then what happens to 'we all accidentally are
> >> riding to the same place at the same time'
>
> >> It will be "We all are accidentally riding at the same place at the same
> >> time. And whoa, look i also have a license plate for my cycle".
>
> >> Or  "We are all friends riding together. We forget each others names
> >> often. So we use numbers instead, cos they're shorter and sweeter"
>
> >> -Sud
>

> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Rohan Kini <rohan.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> actually - some race marshal (not sure who) had a good idea - we get to
> >>> keep our numbers for the rest of the season (2009)
>
> >>> Which means each biker can take all the time in the world and make a nice
> >>> bib for himself/herself, keep it with themselves and use it for every race.
>

> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Nitin Dahra <niti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> I think it will be worth to get cycling bibs made like it was in
> >>>> duathlon. These can be returned after every race and used in next.
> >>>> It will reduce the error probability and would be a lot easier on race
> >>>> marshalls too.
>

> >>>> 2009/6/30 Rajat Agrawal <rajatagra...@gmail.com>:

> >>>> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:21 PM, sriram.bmsce <sriram.bm...@gmail.com

> >>>> >>>> On Jun 30, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Sameer Shisodia <get.sam...@gmail.com

>
> >>>> >>>> wrote:
>
> >>>> >>>> Phew. Was in total awe and dumbstruck etc - and was beginning to
> >>>> have a
> >>>> >>>> huge issue with cycling as a hobby overall - can't manage 8kms in
> >>>> 19mins on
> >>>> >>>> regular-commute-roads  themselves :)
>
> >>>> >>>> 70+ would've been an awesome sight racing towards N-top!
>
> >>>> >>>> Rgds,
> >>>> >>>> Sameer
>
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[Vasu]

Folks,

After hearing both sides of the story, seeing pics and analysing timings the Race Marshals are of the opinion that not all of the intermediate timings are accurate but that of the finish line are to be taken into account. 

The ranking and points by each rider will be updated tomorrow evening. 

There are corrective measures planned to prevent such errors in the event in July. Speaking of which the next event is called 'Playing in the mud.' It was to be held on 19th of July 2009 but it (in all probability) will be pushed to 26th July. This is because a bit of work needs to be done to prepare the track for this event and also the website needs to be running. Besides, August has 5 sats so the gap would have been a bit too much if we hold the event on 19th July.

So keep riding and stay competitive.

Thanks,

Vasu

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Rajat Agrawal <rajata...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Sudhir P]

That's Manoj?

wat did he do !?

Well, he was ecstatic that he rode to Nandi on the day before his engagement! (And probably the reason why he isn't speakin up on the mailin list). And well, the awesome experience of doing nandi with his 'smuggled' GIANT.

He finished just behind me btw

[Vasu]

Have you seen page 17 of DNA, bangalore edition today??

Click here if you haven't. Then go to page 17.

Vasu