Weekend ride - 06Feb - Sarjapur Rd, Whitefield, Hoskote, Malur, Bagalur, Sarjapur Rd
Pankaj C
I am planning to do this ride with a few friends tomorrow morning.
Details below.
When: 6:30 AM, Saturday, 06Feb
Start Point: ORR-SarjapurRd junction
Route: Sarjapur Rd -> Left turn to Whitefield -> Hoskote -> Right turn
to Malur -> Bagalur -> Sarjapur and back.
Total distance: around 120 kms
Support: None. Please be self sufficient.
Please let me know if anybody will like to join.
Revert with your mobile number if you are interested.
Cheers
Pankaj
Ashwatha Matthur
I will join you guys. Are you taking Sarjapur road and turning left towards Varthur to get to Whitefield? If yes, I would like to join you guys just after Varthur (near Prestige Ozone, where the road from Sarjapur meets the Varthur Rd, immediately after the Varthur lake). I am guessing you should reach there around 7.15?
I haven't done 100+ km rides before, so depending on how I feel, I might turn back from Hoskote / Malur.
My number is 97390 03057. I will be riding an MTB.
thanks,
Ashwatha.
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Pankaj C
Great. Yeah we should reach your place around 7:15 AM.
I will call you up upon reaching there.
I am on a road bike but my other friends are on MTB.
Cheers
Pankaj
On Feb 5, 10:15 am, Ashwatha Matthur <ashwat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pankaj,
>
> I will join you guys. Are you taking Sarjapur road and turning left towards
> Varthur to get to Whitefield? If yes, I would like to join you guys just
> after Varthur (near Prestige Ozone, where the road from Sarjapur meets the
> Varthur Rd, immediately after the Varthur lake). I am guessing you should
> reach there around 7.15?
>
> I haven't done 100+ km rides before, so depending on how I feel, I might
> turn back from Hoskote / Malur.
>
> My number is 97390 03057. I will be riding an MTB.
>
> thanks,
> Ashwatha.
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Pankaj C <pankaj.chuladh...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I am planning to do this ride with a few friends tomorrow morning.
> > Details below.
>
> > When: 6:30 AM, Saturday, 06Feb
> > Start Point: ORR-SarjapurRd junction
> > Route: Sarjapur Rd -> Left turn to Whitefield -> Hoskote -> Right turn
> > to Malur -> Bagalur -> Sarjapur and back.
> > Total distance: around 120 kms
> > Support: None. Please be self sufficient.
>
> > Please let me know if anybody will like to join.
> > Revert with your mobile number if you are interested.
>
> > Cheers
> > Pankaj
>
> > --
> > biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> > are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details- Hide quoted text -
>
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biggfoot
I'll also join you guys tomorrow. I'm on an MTB. My number is: Nine
Zero Zero 88 01010
@Ashwatha: Are you heading to Varthur from Old Airport Road? I stay
near Kasturi Nagar so I can join you near HAL main gate and then we
can proceed together. Do let me know so that we could decide an
appropriate time.
- Sagar
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Johnny Jacob
> Hey Pankaj,
>
> I'll also join you guys tomorrow. I'm on an MTB. My number is: Nine
> Zero Zero 88 01010
>
> @Ashwatha: Are you heading to Varthur from Old Airport Road? I stay
> near Kasturi Nagar so I can join you near HAL main gate and then we
> can proceed together.
Heya biggfoot ..
I'm on a MTB and would like to come for this ride. I'm on windtunnel
road (off airport road)
Where is this HAL main gate ? (sorry .. just moved to this area)
(Double 9 Double 0 One 1 Six One Double 7 2 )
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biggfoot
Once you exit Wind Tunnel Road to join Old Airport Road, take a right
and head in the direction of the Old Airport. Once you pass the Old
Airport entrance keep proceeding till you reach a signal. There is a
bus-depot on the right hand side and also you might see a couple of
Volvos parked here.
Or better see this link :)
HAL Main gate is opposite to the spot marked B :)
- Sagar
On Feb 5, 7:09 pm, Johnny Jacob <johnnyja...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > --
> > biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> > are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details
Johnny Jacob
At what time we should be meeting at HAL main gate ?
Thanks.
- Johnny
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Ashwatha Matthur
we can start from HAL main gate at 6.30.
--Ashwatha.
Pankaj C
Varthur road junction after Varthur Lake.
i guess the place is also known as Ramagondanahalli.
We should reach there are around 7:15 AM.
You guys can reach me on 9 six 20 two 0 1785. I have Ashwatha's
number.
It will be great if you guys can meet up and come together.
Cheers
Pankaj
On Feb 5, 9:59 pm, Ashwatha Matthur <ashwat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sagar / Johnny,
>
> we can start from HAL main gate at 6.30.
>
> --Ashwatha.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Johnny Jacob <johnnyja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sagar,
>
> > At what time we should be meeting at HAL main gate ?
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > - Johnny
>
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:10 PM, biggfoot <vibhutesa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey Johnny,
>
> > > Once you exit Wind Tunnel Road to join Old Airport Road, take a right
> > > and head in the direction of the Old Airport. Once you pass the Old
> > > Airport entrance keep proceeding till you reach a signal. There is a
> > > bus-depot on the right hand side and also you might see a couple of
> > > Volvos parked here.
>
> > > Or better see this link :)
>
> >http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=murgesh...
> > >> > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comformore details
>
> > >> --
> > >> [johnnyjacob.org] "May you share freely, never taking more than you
> > give "
>
> > > --
> > > biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> > > are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> > > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details
>
> > --
> > [johnnyjacob.org] "May you share freely, never taking more than you give "
>
> > --
> > biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> > are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details- Hide quoted text -
Pankaj C
Then the bad patch of Hoskotte road was the last straw.
The thumb was hurting when i was applying brakes and I and my friend
decided to ride back.
There is a llittle swelling in my left hand index finger and right
hand thumb but does not look very bad.
Reached safely. Hope you guys have a nice ride.
Cheers
Pankaj
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biggfoot
Me, Johnny and Ashwatha completed the ride. Quite a scenic route this
one!
Will put up a ride report soon.
- Sagar
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Ashwatha Matthur
wish you a speedy recovery! Thanks for initiating this ride.
Thanks Sagar and Johnny for the company (and for waiting for me whenever I fell behind :-)
--Ashwatha.
biggfoot
Me, Ashwatha and Johnny met with Pankaj and his friend at Varthur.
Although we planned to meet there by 7:15am the fog today morning was
too dense for them to reach Varthur from Sarjapur so early. It was
quite a cold morning too, my hands were already frozen just riding
from Old Airport Road to Varthur :)
We started from Varthur at 7:45am or so. On way to Hoskote Pankaj had
a fall and hurt his thumb. Although he decided at the time to continue
the pain got worse by the time we reached Hoskote and he turned back.
Me, Ashwatha and Johhny carried on. For anyone else doing planning
this route, try reaching Hoskote as early as possible to avoid heavy
vehicular traffic. We couldn't reach early owing to the fog so spent
quite some time negotiating through heavy vehicles across a really
narrow bridge.
Entered Malur through Hoskote after which this was a scenic ride till
almost the end. There is plenty of tree cover till Bagalur so even
with the sun out we were quite all right. In this part of the route
the headwinds are very strong, at times strong enough to make use of
granny gears :) if on a climb.
Initially we considered going to Sarjapur via Chikka-Tirupati but
finally did the route via Bagalur instead. The ride from Bagalur to
Sarjapur gets much warmer owing to a sharp reduction in the tree
cover. Another sore-point (a minor one) is also the quality of roads
on the very border of K'Taka and TN, quite poor almost no road in
certain spots.
One thing I personally enjoyed a lot on this ride is the amount of
attention our cycles received especially from school kids. Near
Bagalur some person stopped us and asked if we were riding for a cause
or some such :) Well, if someone does gets encouraged by seeing us
cycle then yes why not? :D
Reached Sarjapur at around 12:30pm. Took the route to Varthur lake
from there and then the road straight to Old Airport Road. I continued
a lil further to NGEF layout. My cyclo-computer shows a distance of
112km approx. Our ride time (minus the delays) was around 6 hours.
- Sagar
On Feb 6, 6:01 pm, Ashwatha Matthur <ashwat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pankaj,
>
> wish you a speedy recovery! Thanks for initiating this ride.
>
> Thanks Sagar and Johnny for the company (and for waiting for me whenever I
> fell behind :-)
>
> --Ashwatha.
>
sreenu_m
Palace..
sreenu_m
On Feb 5, 10:00 am, Pankaj C <pankaj.chuladh...@gmail.com> wrote:
kanishk shukla
Found this event o Facebook too.
Last week they offered unlimited drinks for Rs. 499/- at Flambe, Koramangala. Sounds good.
Check this out...
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=291637945973&mid=1d74686G2ac076e8G5113a8bG7
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Johnny Jacob
done this myself.
This is my 1st 100km+ ride :)
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:21 PM, biggfoot <vibhut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a small ride report:
>
> Me, Ashwatha and Johnny met with Pankaj and his friend at Varthur.
> Although we planned to meet there by 7:15am the fog today morning was
> too dense for them to reach Varthur from Sarjapur so early. It was
> quite a cold morning too, my hands were already frozen just riding
> from Old Airport Road to Varthur :)
>
> We started from Varthur at 7:45am or so. On way to Hoskote Pankaj had
> a fall and hurt his thumb.
Damn those cleats ! :)
> Although he decided at the time to continue
> the pain got worse by the time we reached Hoskote and he turned back.
> Me, Ashwatha and Johhny carried on. For anyone else doing planning
> this route, try reaching Hoskote as early as possible to avoid heavy
> vehicular traffic. We couldn't reach early owing to the fog so spent
> quite some time negotiating through heavy vehicles across a really
> narrow bridge.
>
> Entered Malur through Hoskote after which this was a scenic ride till
> almost the end. There is plenty of tree cover till Bagalur so even
> with the sun out we were quite all right. In this part of the route
> the headwinds are very strong, at times strong enough to make use of
> granny gears :) if on a climb.
This road is brilliant! Would be treat for Road bikes!
> Visit www.bangalorebicyclechampionships.com for more details
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