Ride Plan: Nandi hills Oct 2

[Rushi Bhatt]

1. Rushi, Ravi, Sreekanth Starting from Koramangala at 5:30 am.
Meeting Iggy at Hebbal flyover at around 6:15 I guess. Nobody is
taking Options 1 or 2, we're straight going along NH-7 and meeting
Option 3 people at the turn-off.

2. Celine, Rekha, Sanjay, Venkat starting from Option 3 (the turn-off
from NH-7) at 7:15am. Rekha has one more biker+bike space if anyone
needs a pickup along the route Koramangala (starting at 6:30) to
Mekhri Circle to Hebbal to Nandi hills. Use yahoo! maps for this one,
Phil :)

Rushi
99 86 57 48 96

[Mayank Rungta]

I would like to join but would like to know the return time with Rekha.
If I can be back on time for a meeting at Kormangala I wud love to come! :)

I am reachable at 98451 55447.

Mynk

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[rekha]

plan for a three hour ride and then whatever time it takes to go thru
the traffic back

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[Mayank Rungta]

Hi Rekha,

I will meet you at Maharaja's at 6:30 then? Ur no. ends in 29432 right? :)

See ya all tomorrow... :)

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[Phil Calvin]

Johan and I are headed to the NH7 turnoff point as well, with a goal of getting there on-time at 7:15.  (I say a goal because Johan is not a morning person. ;-)

Looking forward to meeting a lot of new people and having a good ride..

Here's something to pump you up for the climb:  Lance Armstrong climbing the Alp d'Huez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJErrp4eOw

Armstrong "faked" being sick early in the race over the first two mountain passes, and then destroyed Ulrich (white jersey and glasses) on this last climb of the day with one last brutal look back.  Watching this video gives you no idea just how steep that road is..   The last 3 seconds of the video give a hint.  1150m climb in 15.5km.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpe_d%27Huez

My calculations show that Nandi is steeper.  The last 4km of Nandi hills climb about 450m.


See you tomorrow!

Phil 9880553165

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Phil Calvin

[Abhin]

Hey Phil,

it was great caching up with you, Iggy, and Rushi, This was my first
ride with you'll on Nandi Hill

I have mapped the ride and here is the profile of the same

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/in/bangalore/971631949328

can you share the group photo which you took

Abhin

[Phil Calvin]

What a great day..   I really enjoyed the biking and the company.  Great to run into so many other avid roadies.  It was only my second time on a road bike in many years, and it was great.  I can't wait to go back..

Here are the photos: 

http://picasaweb.google.com/pcalvin/Biking?authkey=U38c79pQrpo&pli=1#

and I also mapped the ride (before I saw yours) here:

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/india/nandi/291884318763



Phil

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[rekha]

on behlaf of the easy riders group- we had a wonderful , scenic,
albeit hot bike ride... 55km, one puncture, and several water stops
later ..we ceartinly want to do the ride again.. though this time we
should start from yelahanka turn off and ride up, past dodballapur to
nandi hills.. its quiet and green all the way through
sanjay- do post the photographs you took.
rekha

On Oct 3, 7:27 pm, "Phil Calvin" <pcal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a great day..   I really enjoyed the biking and the company.  Great to
> run into so many other avid roadies.  It was only my second time on a road
> bike in many years, and it was great.  I can't wait to go back..
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> Here are the photos:
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> *http://picasaweb.google.com/pcalvin/Biking?authkey=U38c79pQrpo&pli=1#
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> *and I also mapped the ride (before I saw yours) here:

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> http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/india/nandi/291884318763
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> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Abhin <abhinpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hey Phil,
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> > it was great caching up with you, Iggy, and Rushi, This was my first
> > ride with you'll on Nandi Hill
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> > I have mapped the ride and here is the profile of the same
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> >http://www.mapmyride.com/route/in/bangalore/971631949328
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> > can you share the group photo which you took
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[Doc]

Hi all...sorry for the posting delay...was a part of the easy
group...it was my first ride of any serious distance, and I have to
say I enjoyed it thoroughly....I found the going tough especially
towards the end in completing the 56ks, but was very pleased to have
completed it. I will take the steps to bike more, after that. It was
also very good meeting so many different people, all of who were
clearly very keen on bicycling. A day very well spent, and many thanks
to all those who organized it, participated and ferried me and bicycle
up and down!

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[Mayank Rungta]

Hi all,

It was not a distance ride for me since Rekha was kind enud to give me ride till the Nandi hill turn. I was keen on the climb and I did! :) 23 kms with 8kms of the climb. Obviously the climb was a good experience (wish the weather had been more pleasant the sun was draining all the energy). I reached the foot hill in 2 stops (one was actually a puncture in sri's bike). The climb (my first ever) I did in 2 hops - decent 5 minute breaks with loadsa water. It was interesting to see the look on the face of all those guyz on there motor bikes whizzing down. Some of them would wave some would smile others would cheer out loud. The kids went berserk absolutely! :) These were the _highs_ of the climb! :D In case of Ravi and other veterans the real kick comes from actually beating the motor vehicles during the climb and other wise! ;) I hope to get there soon! ;)

The best part of the day was the ride down - ephemeral but extreme thrill - u do the Meg Ryan stunt from city of angels hoping u don't end up like her! :D I was careful since the breaks aren't that gr8. About a km from the foot hill I bumped into Srikant again with his puncture (bad day for him I guess).  Learnt how to fix a puncture without using water, fitting the rear wheel and the importance of being prepared during such mishaps!!! :)

At the foothill tried all the fundoo bikes - Venky's colnago - the minute I climbed I was chided for my  dhoodhwala style of climb - so much for biking etiquettes! :D Iggy showed me how to do the free wheely with his bike. I tried that and was rather rough on the shox. Will try with my bike during my next leisure ride!

The coconut water is such a blessing during such rides... :)

Half a day affair - totally worth it! Waiting for my next milestone literally and otherwise! :)

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