Best cycle route from Whitefield to Shoolagiri

[Dennis Almeida]

Earlier I posted about cycling on AH43. This was as a means of ploting a route from Whitefield to Shoolagiri and then southwards. However I wonder if anyone has done a ride from Whitefield to Shoolagiri avoiding the major roads and, instead, take the smaller, quieter, country roads via Berigai to Shoolagiri. After that I will be heading south hopefully to Trichy, but my main problem on this cycle tour is getting out of the sprawling Bangalore metropolis on a Monday morning with as least stress as possible. I will cycling quite slowly on a fully loaded touring bike BTW. Thanks in advance for any help on this query!

[A Jaye Vigneshwar]

Hello,

I'm from Hosur and have done the Berigai Shoolagiri Route couple of times. It's very scenic and peaceful to ride.

Below is the ride in which I did ride from Shoolagiri to Berigai.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1641176299

Thanks,

Jaye

On Fri 12 Oct, 2018, 11:52 PM Dennis Almeida, <dennisa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Earlier I posted about cycling on AH43. This was as a means of ploting a route from Whitefield to Shoolagiri and then southwards. However I wonder if anyone has done a ride from Whitefield to Shoolagiri avoiding the major roads and, instead, take the smaller, quieter, country roads via Berigai to Shoolagiri. After that I will be heading south hopefully to Trichy, but my main problem on this cycle tour is getting out of the sprawling Bangalore metropolis on a Monday morning with as least stress as possible. I will cycling quite slowly on a fully loaded touring bike BTW. Thanks in advance for any help on this query!

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[Dennis Almeida]

Thanks Jaye. Your Berigai to Shoolagiri route looks just the ticket for me. Scenic, low traffic and, best of all, smooth tarmac!

Now hoping that someone else has done a similar Whitefield to Berigai (or thereabouts) ride.

[berkeleydb]

This might be late... anyway, check user 'berkeleydb' rides on Garmin Connect or Strava. (hopefully all rides are public on Strava as well.)

i have not checked where exactly Berigai is, but you should see some routes from Whitefield side, towards Sarjapur/Bagalur. if you go back 2-3yrs, you should see a ride from Kuppam side to Bagalur (via Vepanapalli, IIRC); through couple of forest/reserve areas. very good, but not sure if it aligns with your Berigai plan.

-{db}.

[Dennis Almeida]

Thanks berkeleydb. Not started tour yet so your info will be useful. Have sent request to view profile in garmin connect.

[berkeleydb]

I seem to be having couple of pending connect requests from som funky handles. :) Please confirm your handle (privately, if you wish).

Though all my routes should be public, so I am guessing you can just browse them all, based on my handle.

-{db}.

[berkeleydb]

Checked on the map... heh, what are the odds? Berigai/Berikai is right on the Bagalur-Vepanapalli stretch that I was referring to.

So I plotted this route --
https://www.plotaroute.com/mobile/routeprofile/712374

(Check the various "options" on that link, to make sure you see all the data. Though I think the above link does show all details in one go.)

I have done the Whitefield-Sarjapura section, many times. Sarjapura-Bagalur section also a few times. The Bagalur-Berigai-Vepanapalli-Kuppam-YelagiriRd section (in the other direction), just once, ~3yrs back; very nice section. Nice elevation profile, & 2 forest/reserve areas (so mind the timing; do it during daylight).

I had actually ended up doing most of the Bagalur climb (from Berikai side), after sunset... was a bit of a misjudgement; lucky there was no incident. There was a forest entry/exit gate which I crossed, probably ~30mims before sunset. Was a bit suprised later, that the forest guard allowed me to proceed. Though going back was also an issue, since I had just come through the other forest section.

This should be a good exit route from Whitefield, towards Shoolagir/Yelagiri side.

-{db}.

[Dennis Almeida]

Excellent. Many thanks!