[Announce] Anchetty 200 BRM: June 1 6AM

[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

Here's the announcement you all have been waiting for. The IISc
Randonneurs is happy to announce the Anchetty-200 BRM.

Date: June 1 2013 , 6AM
Start Location: IISc Centenary Gate (New BEL Road)

For complete details please see the IISc Randonneurs' webpage here:
https://sites.google.com/site/iiscrando/2012-brevets/june-2013-anchetty-200

Online registrations are now open, and will close automatically on
Wednesday, 29th May 6PM.
https://brevetmgr.appspot.com/brevet/june2013-anchetty/


P.S> Pending medals:
Those who have not collected medals during the last medal ceremony can
collect at the end point of this brevet. Please let us know by email
latest by Wednesday 29th if you want to do so. See our medals policy
here: https://sites.google.com/site/iiscrando/rules-and-regulations/medals-policy

~Abhijit

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Borrowing from the TFN tagline of 2010, mostly downhill

Regards

Chiddu

~Abhijit

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[Jagannath Moorthy]

How can it be all downhill as we're starting and finishing at Bengaluru?

On Monday, May 20, 2013, Chidambaran Subramanian wrote:

Borrowing from the TFN tagline of 2010, mostly downhill

Regards

Chiddu

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Abhijit Kshirsagar <abhij...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's the announcement you all have been waiting for. The IISc
Randonneurs is happy to announce the Anchetty-200 BRM.

Date: June 1 2013 , 6AM
Start Location: IISc Centenary Gate (New BEL Road)

For complete details please see the IISc Randonneurs' webpage here:

june 2013 anchetty 200 | iiscrando

Online registrations are now open, and will close automatically on
Wednesday, 29th May 6PM.
https://brevetmgr.appspot.com/brevet/june2013-anchetty/


P.S> Pending medals:
Those who have not collected medals during the last medal ceremony can
collect at the end point of this brevet. Please let us know by email
latest by Wednesday 29th   if you want to do so. See our medals policy

here:  medals policy | iiscrando

~Abhijit

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[Chidambaran Subramanian]

I had the same thought during TFN 2010. If you prepared to ignore the uphill parts, then it is downhill :)  Honestly, this ride will not be too trivial, there will be a few non-trivial climbs.

Regards

Chiddu

[piyush kaul]

 The climbs indeed are non-trivial :)

[Ravindra BR]

they are non trivial but if you ignore you see only downhill

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[Ramey]

Revisit the map,you just can't ignore 1303m climb in baking sun(8:30am to 5:00pm), by the time folks reach anchetty it would be noon and anchetty to Denki climb its is going to be hellish in afternoon-i'm sure for avg rider for climbing 23+km in noon will easily gulp down 3hours..,

ain't wet-blanketing, be prepared its not going to downhill ride.

[Ravindra BR]

anchetti to denki is densely completely covered with trees

[Sandeep]

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Ravindra BR <ravind...@gmail.com> wrote:

anchetti to denki is densely completely covered with trees

Having been there twice in the last one month, can say that at around noon and a little after, one will not get any shade for most of this part of the ride.

[Hari Krishna]

Weather forecast predicts a cloudy and possibly rainy weather starting from may 29. Source: Dept of Meteorology 

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Ramey <rame...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Sanath Kumar S D]

is that road-bike-able? or only mtbs can do?

Regards,

Sanath
+ 91 988 019 4896

[Hari Krishna]

Anchetty-denkanikottai is definitely roadbikeable. The road to Anchetty had a few bad patches sometime back. 

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Both these gentlemen seem to be saying the truth. Its shaded for the most  part , the only place where you won't find shade is on the road

:)

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[Uday]

Hari, you're too optimistic. Out Met Dept said it will continue to rain for 2 more days.

[Hari Krishna]

Uday, I saw an animation which showed a huge cloud over Bangalore about 10 days from now.

[S Chidambaran]

At the end of the day, its an awesome ride.Whether you complete it in 13:30 hours or not, its just worth it doing this route. Do your best, don't focus on the timing. Just do the ride for its sake, and you'll feel rewarded. If you take longer, don't worry, you would have just discovered a really good route ( The adjectives I have in mind sound much better than 'pretty good'- but I don't want to oversell here - I do recognize that others may not love this route as much as I do)

Regards
Chiddu

[Anish Shetty]

awesome Chiddu. I really liked the way you described it. I was thinking whether to do it or not. But by just seeing these 4 lines i am more than determined to do the route. I ll be there.

Thanks

Anish

[Abhijit K]

Hi all,

We have processed all payments received until 23th May. Riders whose payments have been received by us should have got an automated email from us.
If you are paying by direct deposit to account please ensure that the name of the depositor is given, else there is no way we know who paid.

Please email us directly on rando[DOT]iisc[AT]gmail if you have paid on or before 22 May 2013 but not got an email.

Regards,
~Abhijit

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[Jagannath Moorthy]

Hi,

      The rules mention that the reflective vest is mandatory. I recall reading earlier that it is available at SP Road, however, does anyone know if you can purchase it in the south/east side (Silk Board to Whitefield) of Bangalore. I'd like to avoid a multi-hour trip if I can.

regards

jagan

[Darshan Bildikar]

I picked up one from BOTS yesterday

[Yateesh Kumar]

Try rr u should get it...

[T Ashok]

To all doing the Anchetty 200 this Sat : 

The cue sheet in the website @88.8KM states "TR towards Jawalgiri. At this intersection you will find DCC bank". 

During my practice ride last weekend, noticed that the DCC back has moved from that spot. At this point, you will find a Govt Office (Block development office).

Ashok

[S Chidambaran]

This is at Thali?

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Stay on the Main Road as it turns left, past an orange coloured house with blue doors

-- I think this is the 1st time I have seen such an instruction on a cue-sheet. A single house with specific colours is a landmark :) 

71.8	20.5	TL	Turn left on the bypass towards Attibele. On the left there is a yellow board saying “Attipalli 11KM”, and “Hosur 4km”

-- At this point when you take a left, on the left corner, there is an eatery 'Ramakrishna Lunch Home' I think this would be a good time to take a break before you dash the final 35 km.

177.5

2.5

SO

Pass by TVS factory on right, then cross the border back into Tamil Nadu

 

I think we cross into Karnataka from TN

[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Chidambaran Subramanian
<chi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stay on the Main Road as it turns left, past an orange coloured house with blue doors
> -- I think this is the 1st time I have seen such an instruction on a cue-sheet. A single house with specific colours is a landmark :)

You won't miss it... :)

> 177.52.5SO Pass by TVS factory on right, then cross the border back into Tamil Nadu

> I think we cross into Karnataka from TN

Whoops! Fixed that...
~Abhijit

[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

Hi all,

Another batch of payments processed - all payments received till 27th May 2013.

As before, riders whose payments have been received by us should have

got an automated email from us.
If you are paying by direct deposit to account please ensure that the
name of the depositor is given, else there is no way we know who paid.

Please email us directly on rando[DOT]iisc[AT]gmail if you have paid

on or before 26 May 2013 but not got an email.

[Abhijit K]

Reminder:  Registrations close at 6PM on Wednesday, 29th May!

For those who have registered but not paid yet - Don't leave it for the last minute.
We will not accept payments after Thursday 30th May 6PM.

~Abhijit

[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

Update: We have 5 reflective vests which you can buy at the start. Pls
email if you want one, FCFS.

Abhijit

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[Soney Mathew]

All 5 vests are gone ...

Any one has a clue where to get these reflector vests and how much it will cost in bangalore ?

[Hari Krishna]

80 bucks at SP road or 800 bucks at Decathlon

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[Promise Gangani]

RR Madhiwala - 150/- ( reflector vests)

[Bharath Vram]

Damn!

I missed the deadline to register

IISc guys, is there a way to register now?

Thanks & Regards

Bharath V Ram
 

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[Soney Mathew]

"Also, please write your jersey number on two sheets of A5-size paper,
and affix them to your bicycle. One sheet facing the front, and
another sheet facing the left-hand side."

Can anyone share a snap or guideline on the alternatives for this ? or a better idea ?

noob Questions...

How will this survive a slight drizzle ?

Will there be too much wind resistance due to sticking this on the front ?

How abt I stick it on clothing ? or write using Marker pen ?

[Hari Krishna]

Print it on paper with a laser printer, put it in a cover and zip-tie to the bike. Life is so simple!

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[Gokul D]

On 5/30/13, Soney Mathew <soney....@gmail.com> wrote:
> "*Also, please write your jersey number on two sheets of A5-size paper,**

> and affix them to your bicycle. One sheet facing the front, and

> **another sheet facing the left-hand side*."

>
> Can anyone share a snap or guideline on the alternatives for this ? or a
> better idea ?
> noob Questions...
> How will this survive a slight drizzle ?

Print both on one A4 sheet, laminate the sheet, cut in half into two A5 sheets.

> Will there be too much wind resistance due to sticking this on the front ?

Unfortunately yes. An A5 sheet has an area of 0.031 square m and when
normal to its plane is along the direction of motion, it's drag
coefficient would be really high, and from this drag equation
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_equation) you can see it would be
quite draggy.

> How abt I stick it on clothing ? or write using Marker pen ?

You could try folding it into an airfoil (make sure the number is
still visible from the front), which would give you some lift -
helpful on the climbs. Although, you should check with brevet rules if
it is legal, I heard even aero_bars_ are frowned upon.

[Soney Mathew]

Thanks . They charged me 140.

On Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:04:46 UTC+5:30, Promise Gangani wrote:

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Do we really have 100+ registrations? What is the final confirmed number?

https://brevetmgr.appspot.com/brevet/june2013-anchetty/registrations/

Wow!

Chiddu

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[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

Some additional info for riders:

0. Registration and reporting: There is a large turnout expected for
this brevet. Please reach the start point early (by 5AM) if you want
to start the ride on time. At the start you need to:
a. Sign the waiver
b. Collect your card
c. Get your bike checked and the card stamped

1. Terrain: The route has some steep climbs and descents. Ensure that
your bicycle is in good condition - especially the wheels and brakes.
Ride with utmost caution on the descents and keep your speed under
control at all times. Watch out for cattle on rural roads.

2. As far as possible, avoid riding alone. Parts of the route
(Maralwadi to Thalli, Jawalagiri to T.Soolagunta and Anchetty to
Denkanikottai) go through protected forests, marked by boards. Even
though there are no reports of animals on these roads, be attentive at
all times.

3. After Thalli you need to take right to go towards Jawalagiri. Do
NOT go straight out. At this point (88.75) there is a BDO office, and
an eatery called Sri Ramanivas (Pure Veg). If in doubt ask for the
road to Jawalagiri. See the cue sheet page (http://goo.gl/eZ1to) for
geo tagged photos of the route.

4. Secret Controls may be placed along the route to ensure that riders
follow the cue sheet. Secret controls will not be timed for this
event.

5 In case you do have to abandon the brevet, please inform the
organizers. Avoid riding on the forest roads after dark. From Thalli
you can take a bus to Harohalli and from Anchetty you can take a bus
to Hosur or Denkanikottai.

6. The end control is at an ATM. If you do not see our volunteers,
take a slip and wait there. If you would like a commemorative medal at
the end you will need to pay Rs 375 in cash at the end control.


Hope you have a good ride!

~Abhijit

For
The IISc Randonneurs

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

How's the road condition man? Road-bikeable, etc?

BTW , from Thali, you do get buses to Anekal going through to Bangalore - not sure how frequent they are.

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

In my opinion, its mostly roadbikeable but it is a pain with roadbikes on this route. Some of the steep sections may not be banked properly, even if the road is supah-smooth (which I believe, is not)

And last time , 50+ people went on this route , 2 people broke some bones. 

And yes, many parts of this route will have little or no cell phone coverage, so take adequate precautions. 

Regards

Chiddu

[Jagannath Moorthy]

Are you coming on MTB or road bike?

[S Chidambaran]

MTB

Regards
Chiddu

[Mrinal Kumar]

Guys u are scaring me out. This is my first one and i dont wanna come with a broken bone. Hehe

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Actually both sections where riders had a fall are not part of this route. But the route still has steep sections. 

[Jagannath Moorthy]

Is there a place to park my car near the start? I was planning to ride but given the rains, would want to avoid getting drenched before the brevet starts and may drive up to the venue

[puneeth rao]

Opposite to starting venue there is street u can find some parking spots!! If not 80 ft road opposite to college!!

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Keeping in mind that that the end point is in South Bangalore. So you have to commute 20km in peak traffic to your car in the evening. 

Chiddu

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:48 PM, puneeth rao <puneet...@gmail.com> wrote:

Opposite to starting venue there is street u can find some parking spots!! If not 80 ft road opposite to college!!

[Hari Krishna]

Breaking bones isnt as scary as it sounds/looks.

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Mrinal Kumar <mrina...@gmail.com> wrote: