Anchetti Ride Kudos and pcitures

[Yogesh N. Rao]

Guys, Here I go jabbing again. Words are cheap, at least in monetary terms, when compared to an Yellow Jersey. I would like to really thank the following individuals:

1. Georg, Vivek, Priyesh, Thammiah, Anke, and Yashoda: Your help and support cannot be weighed in monetary terms. Especially on a day like yesterday with the number of bike causalities and accidents we had. Vivek and Georg who average 35kmph slowed down their ride (sorry for messing you guys up) so that they could ensure the safety of the riders who were injured. They did this despite the money they spent on fuel, drivers, etc. Thank you very much folks. Yashoda sacrificed an entire weekend to be there with us. Stanzin and Anke cut their ride short by 20km so that they could rush the Neera and Piyush to Wockhardt hospital. Thank you guys! You deserve a yellow jersey! Georg and Vivek literally did the ride twice because they would come back to ensure the safety of all.

2. Mohan and Ayub: Mohan actually stayed behind all the slow riders until the very end. His patience (perhaps due to Georg's years of conditioning) is exemplary. He put up with all our quirkiness until the very end at Thali. Georg, please do pass on our heartfelt thanks to Mohan. Same with Vivek to Ayub (and his bubbly son) and Priyesh to Sunil.

3. The eight riders who took a cab from Anchetti to Bangalore: Thanks for helping yourself by finding a truck to ferry you to Bangalore and not waiting for the support cars to help you.

4. Pradeep: Pradeep lent his cycle and it was used by me, Shubratha, and Sidaraj. Pradeep himself did not ride, but still came with us and was a great base station co-ordinator. He spent the entire sunday with us (when he could have happily been with his wife and child). He did not even get the beer that Vivek promised him :-). Pradeep, thanks buddy. Your presence was reassuring.

5. Finally, lost but not least, a HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS. You guys are LOVELY and totally NUTS! I organized a simple and boring 80km ride at the beginning of this year and no one showed up. I organize a 200km ride and nearly 60 of you show up. What's with you guys! THANK YOU for making yesterday happen.

I hope I did not miss any one here, my apologies if I did.

(Totally unedited) Pictures and videos) are at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ynaras/AnchettiRide_8_30_2009#

Folks, please pass on any other pictures you took.

Hope your sore backsides and hands recover soon, Neera and Piyush, we all hope you get well soon,
Yogesh.

[Vivek Radhakrishnan]

Hi all,
Just a quick note, have to run:
Firstly "well done" to all the riders, I was really impressed by the efforts.
Will write more later, but this is just to say

1. Neera and Piyush, I hope you guys are better and I really wish you
the quickest recovery. You were both so brave yesterday with your
severe injuries, I am in awe of you!
I have both your bikes safely stowed away in my garage, and I have
absolutely no intentions of returning them, but thought you should
know they have found a good home where they will be well taken care
of!
Should you want to visit them one day, contact me at 98459 45642.

2. There was a blue plastic bag left in the Qualis with a Some clothes
and Glasses.
The Cheddi, Shorts and T-shirt didn't fit me, but I looked great in
the Glasses and the towel is OK too, so I will be keeping those. To
collect the other items (I will throw in the plastic bag too), contact
me at the same number as above.

Ride hard yall, but dont fall hard
Vivek

--
VIVEK RADHAKRISHNAN

[knmurthy]

Hello All,
Conguadulations to all the people who joined for the ride
We all had one hell of a sunday during the ride
Neera and Piyush get well soon
Me, Arvind, Gaurav and Ravi Ranjan rode together for pretty much the
whole ride
Arvind asked his driver to come to Anekal where we stopped the ride
and drove back home
All in a very good ride and thanks to everyone involved in this for
their great work
Cheers
Murthy

[Annjuu]

Hi Everyone,

I was sitting this morning on my recliner with my tea and 5 kgs of
food and thinking what a lovely day to cycle....felt a bit depressed
that there is no plan for today.. i spent the entire month of august
preparing (mentally) for yesterday's ride... it was all that i
imagined and more... Another day that will stay in my memory...
Thank you so much Yogesh and Georg for planning this... and for making
it happen... I am especially touched by the care you guys displayed...
i felt comforted and secure and couldnt have asked for more from a
group..
Georg .. that 5k downhill was worth it all... you're a rockstar for
coming back to get us... and that cake... and that flying
dive .. :) ...already looking forward for the next ride .. :)
Prakash.. came out of the blue (literally, he was wearing a blue t-
shirt) at a point when i was just about to ram my cycle head on into
any willing tree ... and paced me till i was able to fix the pedal
( or rather, get it fixed) .. You're awesome Prakash... loved your
ride... as one man once said "its not about the bike" .. :)
Thammaih and Yashoda... thanks for the lift and the food
basket....Both were life savers
Vivek.. Thanks for your Banana.. had you not reminded me I would have
forgotten :)..... Some bananas are just forgettable ....LOLOLOL....
here's to more memorable ones .. :)
Sidaraj... did a few uphills for me and waited at the top.. so i could
do the downhills.. Is There any way i will ever forget that ???? I
doubt it.. Thanks again Sidda.. Sorry about the pedal flying off ...
Prashant .. You're amazing.. for inspiring me all month .. for being
so caring and so sweet... and NO I am not taking my top off ... but i
will get in the water next time...You're a hero prashant.. keep
going...Hugs to you..
As for me .. I think i did rather well.. somewhere in the middle of
the group.. took gasps of scenery in.. Oh I also did a 360 degree
Micheal Jackson... Went from being white to back ..... :) ... I loved
it all... and am hooked... cant wait for the next one...

Annjuu

[Rajat Agrawal]

Absolutely Funtastic!! ride, clocked 110kms, did not ride beyond the rock-pool.

Thanks Yogesh for the constant pre-rde chatter, it really helped build up the motivation and anticipation.

Georg - at the expense of sounding like I am drooling, the route was like a ride through a green paradise. Loved every bit of what I cycled and had a grin on me all through. Your map with the +'s and -'s was like a friend guiding the way and seeing you being the mother-hen was very very comforting. The rock pool rocked and so did your dives. When you said 'you will miss the cake' I thought you meant the rock pool... heh! heh! my wife is eager to find out the recipe as she can't seem to get me to stop raving about the cake :)

Yashoda - her sandwiches were a mini meal in themselves and I am so glad I am a non-vegetarian ;) Thanks for driving us back to town through all the crazy traffic

Thammiah and Annjuu - thammiah did not promise beer but guess what he brought a chilled 8-pack that he kindly shared on the way back, that was fun. it was great fun riding back with you guys and thanks a lot accommodating me while I was cramping.

Neera & Piyush - shit happens, so don't get yourself down thinking about silly stuff like 'i made a mistake', even the best of the riders fall. Bide your time, get well and get back on. For the record whenever you start hearing Neera making funny noises and excited yelps especially at the beginning of descents you know she is upto no good :)

Support and team spirit was outstanding throughout, really looking forward to the next one. Need to build up enough stamina to actually go through with the double century.

-Rajat

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Yogesh N. Rao <yna...@gmail.com> wrote:

[arvind]

Murthy, Gaurav, Ravi and I were in the front most of the time.

 

We rode in a paceline from JP Nagar to harohalli averaging 34 kmph.

 

We did meet up with more bikers at Jayaram’s Canteen. From there on except Ramanthan, Vishy, Hidish and others we largely seem to have missed out on other riders and some fun...

Our bathing spots seem to be different but we had fun nevertheless. Of course, cake would have been very welcome too.

Quite shocked to hear of the falls suffered by Neera and Piyush. Guys, get well soon.

 

Gaurav and I had a nasty fall at the point before Hunsanhalli where a small stream was crossing the road. The road below was very slippery due to algae and there was no way we could stop ourselves from falling although we slowed down.  No broken bones though but I have a nasty abrasion on my left hand (my dominant hand). We left the place leaving Vishy and Hidish there to warn others in addition to writing some warnings on the road. Hope no one else had mishaps there.

 

The map was extremely useful and informative except that we were not able to locate the pristine bathing point captured in your snaps. We did find one of our own where we cooled off for a bit.

 

Personally, I found this ride more challenging than Bheemeshwari especially some sections on our roadbikes were bone-jarring to say the least. We were forced to slow down. There was a fair interspersing of climbs which made it a tough ride.

 

We should do more long rides like this but I feel we need to be more cohesive as a group. We did come across one support vehicle but no others. Perhaps more ideas will bubble forth before the next ride.

 

Thanks for posting the pics and once again thanks to the organisers.

[Pradeep B V]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Yogesh N. Rao <yna...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pradeep himself did not ride, but still came with us and was a great base station co-ordinator. He spent the entire sunday with us (when he could have happily been with his wife and child).

I was able to make it to the ride as my daughter and wife were out of town. Thanks to them. :-)

I had a blast, the landscape was scenic. I couldnt appreciate it much as I was cycling the last time around and was too tired to look around and soak in the scenery.

But this time it was fun.

- P

[Subash]

Hi Fellow Riders

I should say this is one of the most daring and adventurous thing I
have done in my life. Having cycled only a maximum of 45km I was
double minded till sunday morning. Having seen you guys in Merida
junction I got a renewed energy.

My special moments include

Celebrating 50 KM in my bike with fellow riders Anitha, Anke and Suma

Celebrating 100 KM in my bike with fellow riders Vishy and Sumith

Celebrating 140 KM with Raghu, Manjula, Naveen and Yohan

Couldnt do after 140KM. Stopped @ Thali and reached home in Raghus
car.

All you guys were a source of big big inspiration. Thanks to Yogesh
for the lovely arrangements. Georg your Map was fantastic. Road bikers
wow you guys were amazing

Piyush , Neera and Anitha get well soon. I am sure there is lot more
action in the coming days to catch up

What a lovely day in my life

subash Thyagarajan

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Me, Sumit & Hidish figured that the bathing spot the roadies were frolicking in  wasn't exactly what Georg had described. However, thank you for stationing the old man with the goat to direct us.  We went back from the spot about half an hour after you guys had started towards Bangalore, trying to locate the spot, and finally Georg and Caravan arrived and took us to the bathing spot. We had to fight our way thorugh a path mired in the dense vegetation to get down to the river.

Thanks to Georg for telling us/helping us with the bathing spot. For me , that was the highlight of the trip. The cakes were very tasty as well.

Thanks to Sumit & Hidish for staying on for another couple of hours for the bathing spot.

I had to cycle from Denkanikottai to Thali in pitch darkness before joining the rest of the group. Had an interesting time as my headlight kept attracting insects , which would get into my eyes and mouth. Once I reached Thali, few of the bikers and Georg car were trying and organizing a way to transport our bikes to Bangalore.

Good luck to both the injured folks. Its just bad luck. Many of us got carried away in the downhill rides and it really could have happenned to anybody. You guys were just unlucky.

The bathing spot was really good, and its probably the best bathing, swimming spot near Bangalore.(roughly should be about 82 km from the Ring road/Bannerghatta road intersection).

When we came back with our bikes from Thali, I tried my best to convince the ugy to come via Anekal/Bannerghatta Road but he insisted that Harohalli - Kanakpura road was the best. That road was at least 12 km more than via Anekal. Yogesh, me and Kamesh quashed each other in the front of the vehicle , though I managed short naps as well.

At the end of it, I was just exhausted. My limbs seem to be just fine. Though I've lost about 3 kgs for yesterdays exertion, possibly fluid and muscle loss.

Thanks again for the organizers , and the support cars, and of course to my wife who let me go missing for the day despite a sick child.

Regards
Chiddu

[Frieda]

Amazing!

what to see and what to read!!!
what a great trip but as well what unfortunate events!

i hope all of you are well or will get well soon!!!

i am very sad that i could not at least try and join ...
caus i knocked out myself one day in advance ... typhoid got me ...

all the best,
hope to see you soon,
frieda

[Yogesh N. Rao]

Folks, do you any of you have a Scanner and the Map that Georg created? If so, would you mind scanning that map and emailing it to the Group? That map was really good. My partial GPS co-ordinates are at:

http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=bykikhkqhlgunins

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Yogesh N. Rao <yna...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Hitesh Mamgain]

Had a great time guys and was finally able to cycle out of Bangalore
for the first time.

Lunch was heavenly and i did see god at that point, but then came down
to earth so fast that i was in one of the support cars (Innova) and
trying to sleep.

Thanks to the organizers for the great ride and thanks Frieda that you
guided me to BBC.

Piyush, Neera, speedy recovery and hope to see you in future rides.
Sridar, thanks for getting my bag.
Thanks to the food joint for the food (i know he won't see this, but
still). All the guys who gave water and kept pushing me. The final
stretch to Anchetti where the rider in front of me told me its just 2
KM which got me pumped up (it was 20 KM).

Had a wonderful time, maybe next time i will be able to stick to the
entire ride.

Hitesh

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

Scanned...

[Go Green Rao]

Hay Guys
Though myself and Rajeev did only till breakfast point but we did
enjoyed the ride.. While coming
back we decided to drop at Pyramid Valley and then returned back. All
in all it was a great ride and also was horrible due hot climate.. My
friend Rajiv exhausted after crossing art of living and finally he
called his dad to pick him in his car.. I was all along giving company
to Rajiv, I did planned to comeback by 9:30am but was able to show up
only by 12:15pm.

Anchatti Ghat Long Ride Snaps (30 Aug 2009)
http://www.gogreengocycling.org/events/anchatti-ghats-ride

[Bibhushan]

Hi All,

Few more pics are there at the following link.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bibhushan.iitd/Ride_to_Anchetti_Ghats_30_Aug_09#

The entire route was just awesome. However, could not take more pics because I had put the camera (with my bag) in the support car to reduce some weight. Will take a lighter bag from next time ;)

Came to know about the major mishaps later on. I wish a speedy recovery to both Neera and Piyush. I had a minor fall too, got some bruises and all. But fortunately, could avoid a major one ;)

Thanks to the guys who arranged for the Pick-up truck (I am sorry that I am not good at remembering names). The trip from Anchetti to Bangalore was equally thrilling,  thanks to 'babu bhaiya' ;) 

Cheers,

Bibhushan

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[shubratha]

Hi All....

Had a great time yst!! Not a regular Biker but still went ahead with
the long ride..thx 2 Gaurav,Vishwas,Suma & Pradeep[South Blr Bikers]
to giv me a green signal to attempt d Ride! Even thou I managed only
85 Kms, It ws a great experience & I look forward for joining u guyz 4
many more rides...As every1 else i wud lik 2 thank each 1 of u 4 being
a support during d entire ride!!

Sp: Credits to Georg & Vivek [For Organising, Suggesting the Route/
Biking along wid d slow riders & giving us const tips / Excellent Co-
ordination],
Yogesh[Organising, Excellent Co-Ordination & Sharing D Merida wid me]
Pradeep[Lending me his Merida..Excellent Bike!! Thx a ton 4 d bik &
for the Co-ordination Pradeep],
Priyesh, Thammiah, Anke,George , Vivek and Yashoda[Support
Cars]...without u guyz d slow riders wudn hav made it till Anchetti &
Bk!!
Ankit [Giving me Constant Company thruout d Ride & 4 d crazy snaps v
took during d ride] & Prasad[Initial Company & tryin full 110Kms in
his Normal Hercules Hero Bike] :)
Anjuu & Mansoor[Tryin out D Hercules Bikes]

Kudos 2 all d Road Bikers who made it back 2 Blr on their Bikes!! Esp
Gaurav wid his new Bianki... ;) Missed out on George's Cake & the
bathin spot wher all d riders stopped!!

George v r still waiting for another cake from u... :)

Neera & Piyush wish u guyz a fast recovery!!

Nothin More 2 pen..Till V meet next,HAPPY BIKING!!
Incase u guyz wud lik 2 c d crazy snaps Ankit & I took, Plz chk
http://picasaweb.google.com/754.ankit/Bicycle#

On Aug 31, 6:09 pm, Bibhushan <bibhushan.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Few more pics are there at the following link.
>

> http://picasaweb.google.com/bibhushan.iitd/Ride_to_Anchetti_Ghats_30_...

>
> The entire route was just awesome. However, could not take more pics because
> I had put the camera (with my bag) in the support car to reduce some weight.
> Will take a lighter bag from next time ;)
>
> Came to know about the major mishaps later on. I wish a speedy recovery to
> both Neera and Piyush. I had a minor fall too, got some bruises and all. But
> fortunately, could avoid a major one ;)
>
> Thanks to the guys who arranged for the Pick-up truck (I am sorry that I am
> not good at remembering names). The trip from Anchetti to Bangalore was
> equally thrilling,  thanks to 'babu bhaiya' ;)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bibhushan
>

> India- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Ragz]

The Value of support car and volunteers was very visible during this
ride, the incidents involving serious injuries, dropout at non-
civilized areas. Hats off to the entire support team.

The ride in itself was awesome and really enjoyed it though ended at
140Km. The route map from George was very very useful.

Great ride.....Piyush/neera get well soon....

[Vikram Nats]

Hi,

Thanks too all the organizers it was a great ride saw some wonderfull country. Wish I was riding a MTB and not a road bike the roads were awful my sholders are really sore. Wish I knew Tamil wanted too speak too all the people along the way some who helped with the directions and some who were curious. I must mention all people I met in around all the small villages were very very helpful.

 

The ride after anachetti was just super the roads were amazing took a different route back went too Dondekotai -->hosur--> atibelle--> whitefield.

Ride stats.

Start Time :4.30 am

End Time: 6.00 pm

Kms covered: 211 Kms

 

Hope we have more such rides in the future.

 

Regards.

Vikram  

 

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Yogesh N. Rao <yna...@gmail.com> wrote:

[suma rao]

Awesome ride!!!

Thanks George and Yogesh for coming up with the route, organizing, co-
ordinating the entire trip with such enthusiasm! Thanks to all with
the support cars/jeeps! You guys rock!!!

The ride was surely much more challenging than the Bheemeshwari ride
for me (did only the fun part, to Bheemeshwari :)). Beautiful
throughout! Saw Mongoose, Snakes couple of them, lots of birds!
Enjoyed the ride completely.

Rode with Anita, Anke, Subash. Waited with Piyush till the support
car arrived and then continued with Shreyas, Vishwas and couple others
(forget their names, sorry) till Anchetti.
Lot's of splints but had nothing to tie to immobilize Piyush's hand.
Was carrying ankle and knee cap instead of the crape bandage :(.
Surely need to look into what I carry.
Get well soon Piyush, Neera .

Had a great time riding with all you gals/guys!

Missed the bathing place and the cake, went up and down couple of
times but could not locate it :(.

Nice pictures.

Looking forward to the next ride!

Suma

> Incase u guyz wud lik 2 c d crazy snaps Ankit & I took, Plz chkhttp://picasaweb.google.com/754.ankit/Bicycle#

[prashanth selvaraj]

A nice long ride that was!
Left home at 4:45 in the morning and got back at 11:10 p.m. Damn it! Yogesh stayed out later than me. Next time I will take the house keys and be the last one to get home. Muhahaha!
Evil ideas aside (I hope my mom doesn't hear about the above laugh), it really was an amazing day yesterday. And for once, I got to see the whole field. There are so many people to thank and so many amazing feats to talk about, I am just going to jump right into it.

@Yogesh and Pradeep: Thanks a ton guys. Even though Pradeep was not riding and Yogesh's bike broke down early on in the ride, they still stuck with us to organise and coordinate things, which made the ride worth riding! And Yogesh, you are awesome, man! Always lively and always planning the next one. You were like everyone's tag team partner. Someone is tired or had an injury, you tag Mr.Yogesh into the ride. Super!

@Anju,Yashoda,Thammiah,Rajat: I was never as happy seeing a black Santro as I was yesterday. And the sandwiches, amazing! I was in such a gluttonous mood yesterday. Actually, I always am that way, but yesterday was something special <teary eyed>. Come on! Who could resist a chicken sandwich oozing with mayo?! Lol.
Anju, you always seems to amaze me on your Hercules. I have tried talking her into buying a different cycle for ages now but she still religiously hops onto her Herc and pedals away to glory. Thank you for being so understanding despite me making stupid and inappropriate statements at regular intervals, and for giving me directions whenever I called. A few days ago, you had asked me to stick with you if you didn't have company on the ride. I always thought it was the other way around yesterday

@Piyush and Neera: Bravehearts! Accidents happen. Vivek knows what I'm talking about. You guys just get well soon and start riding again as soon as possible.

@Johan, Stan and Prathyush: Thank you guys for sticking with me and Sidda and helping us fix our flats! Johan, you are an awesome guy to have along on a ride. Super skills!

@Gaurav,Namit,Anita,Shubratha,Prasad,Prakash and the rest of the group: You guys were inspiring! What a bunch of toughies. Can't wait to see you all at the next ride.

And finally, I have saved the longest for last, the guys from KYNKYNY. Thank you Vivek and Georg for bringing along Ayub and Mohan. These guys are not only amazing support on a long ride, but their patience always seems to amaze me. Mohan staying behind to pick up every last rider and Ayub driving behind us with all the lights from the Qualis lighting up the road ahead of Sidda, Vivek, Georg and I as we raced back to Bangalore, awesome!
Just a word or two on the final 5 riders of the day. Sidda was tag team man 2 of the day. I saw him riding a range of cycles yesterday, and he still was as fast or faster than me (I was on a road bike<gulp>)! The guy was pace-lining with us road bikers all the way back to Bangalore, adn he was on an MTB!!
Avinash, my 'Halli Boys' partner, I was amazed at the way you rode yesterday, but not surprised. You always seem to pull out an awesome ride at the end of the day. After you got your second wind, I was afraid I would not be able to hang onto your tail!
Vivek and I had a 'fun' time trying to ride in the dark. Here's a snippet...
Georg: Look at that beautiful scene!
Vivek: You mean the black hole?
These guys were cracking me up through all that madness, I didn't even notice the miles fly past. They are fast, and I mean FAST. Yet, they decided to stay behind and help the slower riders. This gesture speaks louder than anything I can say about them. You guys are really amazing.
And Georg! Man, I don't even know where to begin and where to end. You map out our rides, cycle, dive into pools, bake a cake, bring along your car, lead the way at night (yeah...he's got night vision too), lend out your cycles, are supremely patient and find even the most killer rides to be refreshing. I just realised you require a separate thread to elucidate your awesomeness!

Waiting for the next big one. Ride on!!

Prashanth

[Sameer Shisodia]

Wow - sounds like a missed the ride of a lifetime! Hats off to the 200kers, and to those who did double of whatever they'd done till this ride, etc. With the climbs, it does get tougher.

Neera/Piyush - sounds serious. Any word on how bad it its ? Get back into perfect shape, and on the saddle soon, guys.

Hope there's a 200k again and I can make it...

- Sameer



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[Anita]

I think after Prashant's glowing Oscar like speech, I have hardly any
words left :-)

Just wanted to mention that the highlight for me was definitely the
CAKE. It was divine and such a welcome treat after having pedalled 100
odd kms!

And the second highlight was the bathing spot - what an awesome place
that was. If we didn't have to attempt to ride back, I would have been
happy to snooze there for a few hours!

Thanks to all the folks who helped me back up after my fall...

Thanks Kamesh for the company after the 100 kms till we reached
Thalli. And for sharing your energy and chocolate bars. And for
slowing down for me on several occasions and looking out for me. And
keeping me motivated so I moved faster just when my energy was
flagging and dying away :-p

At around 8 pm, I packed up in Georg's car and Mohan made good speed
back to Bangalore. While Yogesh/Kamesh quickly organised for a tempo
back to Bangalore with the rest of the cycles.

What a trip! Will I do it again? I don't know...

200 is a big deal. Either you race, race, race and try and complete
it. Or you enjoy yourself, take a break here and there and eat cake,
go for a swim and revise your goal :0) I quite enjoyed the latter!

All in all, an eventful ride indeed. Somewhere before Denkanakottai,
Kamesh and I were taking a short break and I was saying that I was
never going to attempt such a long ride again (whoever thinks 200 a
day is a good idea?!). He had another opinion - Once you've done it,
you have to do it again, because you know you can!

The lesson learnt from the trip: You can't have your cake and eat it
too. :-)

And we're back to the CAKE. Needless to say, it was totally worth it -
and am glad I didn't miss it!

Neera/Piyush - hope you guys recover and are back on your saddles
soon!

(So, it seems I wasn't totally out of words ;-p)

[hidish]

this was my second 200km a day ride.mjust to compare this with bheemeshwari ride

the onward ride- wasn't downward cruise to the destination point unlike bheemeshwari. the average speed was lower.
further after linganapura enough incline to develop your appetite before lunch at anchetti.
at doddura did one steep exhilarating decline at 59 km/h following pankaj and bhuppi only to be told " you took the wrong turn we are heading back to bangalore early you have to go back" damn!!! devakishor,one more rider and me became from :) to :(
otherwise i was able to enjoy my fast decline knowing that i don't have to climb same way back and on the hope  that route we take back will be better. but the sun was harsher this sunday.

swimming spot- was more pleasant, entertaining and safer. i swam on two spots first with arvind, gaurav, ravi and gang, a shallower one. then chidambram convincing me to stay back and wait for georg to show us the real spot, wait was worth it. it had water fall shower, diving board/rock, real pool and sissy pool. then the famous cake.

the ride back -  the hairpin bends which came just before the swimming spot wasn't as bad has muthathi during beemeshwari ride after denkanikotai the gravity was more favorable few ups followed by downs where you gain some momentum.
after thali it became dark. swarm of insects hitting the face.(carrying clear shades were helpful). the light i had was just enough for incoming vehicle to spot me. riding on unfamiliar route, terrain, exhaustion and darkness wasn't a best combination but greed to complete 200km kept me going.

reaching home - from anekal headed towards chandrapura.. it was all decline one could roll for 12 km without pedaling, (definitely better than climbing back on kanakpura road ) then hosur road - halur - sarjapur road -  it was 10:30pm when i reached home. same 200km during bheemeshwari ride i was back by 5:30. reaching beemeshwari was easier then achetti riding back was relatively less tougher this time, also 90% dropout before 200 km this time. but if you ask me i found the bheemeshwari ride tougher ..may be .. that was my first 200km ride...i don't know.

special thanks to caring and wise yogesh and georg.
piyush and neera take good care of yourself we hope to see you up and riding soon.


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[Prasad Hariharan]

What a ride it was. I had my apprehensions, considering I was recovering from the flu still and had previously done at most 50 kms. That I was probably the lightest rider on the heaviest bike did not help either. But if having 50 riders around you is not enough motivation, then what is? :-) And so I too set out.

Thank you gracious host Pradeep for hosting me for the night before--so I'd not have to cycle 25 odd kms to the starting point--and also for providing delicious "carbo-loading". Thank you ALL for a ride well organized. The support cars gave ample actual and psychological support. The great planning and support made it seem like dodging the cows and goats, not riding, was the most difficult part of the ride. :-)

Great route with beautiful sights along the way. Inspiring fellow riders full of enthusiasm. Near tailgating by support cars to ensure rider "cover"age. All in all, very enjoyable and satisfying.

Neera and Piyush, recover soon. A given; you have fifty riders praying for your speedy recovery.

- Prasad.

[Sumit]

Hi Folks,

It was my first long ride. As I started at 5:15 a, so after 18 hrs at
11.15 pm I reached home and I rode 133
km. Folks, it was the most memorable day of my
life. Even though I could not rode back to Bangalore , still I wiil
remember this ride. It would not have been possible without the
support of you people. I would esp. mention Gearge, Yogesh and Vivek's
contribution to the ride and for their patience. Yogesh had to ride my
bike about 20 km. I am not sure whether he enjoyed it or not :-).

I have learnt few lesson from the ride and will keep it in the mind
for next long ride. I got lot of inspiration from George, Vivek,
Prashant, Sidhh who completed the whole ride. Thanks a lot all.

[Sam-Kalypso]

Hi everyone,

 

I just joined the group yesterday (invited by Dr Praveen) and since then been going through the various mails on your 200 kms ride. Congratulations. Pleasure to be onboard.

At 51, I might be the oldest member of the group and I must confess that I won't be able to do the 200 kms today. Could perhaps manage 100 on the plains. However, I make people cycle :) over 500 kms in 5 days on the hills.

Do contact me if you need any help, advice or suggestions.

Hoping to join you for a shorter ride sometime in the future.

 

Cheers and Good Luck,

Sam

 

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[Bhupinder Singh]

Who were the three guys who followed us(Bhupinder and Pankaj) all
downhill thinking that we are n the right route. Actually we had an
appointment and have to take a shortcut from Dadurrai to Talai to make
it in time.

But we did Around 120 Kms, well I can imagine how much it stamina it
wil require to do 200Kms on that sunny sunday.
Kudos to those who have completed the 200 Km ride, for others it was a
nice attempt...and sorry for the guys who followed us and have to take
a U-turn uphill.


BTW I heard someone is taking her top off .....;-)

[yash]

Hey Guys,

It was a nice break for me....felt useful for a change...:) Thank you
all and its amazing to see the courage and perseverance in you guys
and definitely motivates me to soon join you all as a rider :) there
is so much to learn from you guys especially when I come from the (not
so )glamarous fashion Industry....

And if not for Thammiah i would not have got an opportunity to be part
of such an interesting event...I remember some of them asking me if I
would consider coming back as a support car...I will be more than
willing to...so do let me know when you plan the next one. If my work
does not call for any travelling at that point of time i will be
there....

Rajat & Prashanth thanks for appreciating the food and next time will
add in some veg sandwich in the menu especially for Anju and other
vegeterians................

hope Neera & Piyush are feeling better now.

and how can i forget George's cake...was literally icing on the
cake....I'm sure you are giving a lot of competition to the Indian
male folks ;)

Ciao
Yashoda

On Aug 31, 7:50 pm, prashanth selvaraj <prashanthselva...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> *Georg: Look at that beautiful scene!

> Vivek: You mean the black hole?

> *These guys were cracking me up through all that madness, I didn't even

[M I T R]

My first cycle tour with about 45-50 riders...
Cannot describe how amazing I felt...the riding, the people, the
scenic & rustic country side, the waving and screaming local children,
the passion, the organisers, the support car friends, the willing to
help on anything/anytime/any number of times attitude, the energy, the
teaming...you had to be there to experience it...
A BIG THANKS TO ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND FOR THE SUPPORT/
MOTIVATION THROUGHOUT...WOW!!!

Though I've done a 100km once before...I did only 70kms on the
day...and then thanks a TON to Priyesh, his car & driver I could get
the break / return drop I needed.
I managed to make it to the ride even though I'd slept only 2 hours
the night before (had a family get-together and on top of that my car
broke down - so pattaoed my mechanic at 9pm to fix it for me), had
only about 45psi in my tubes as against 65psi max and had an important
preso to make later that night....could have pushed myself...but
decided to play conservative for above reasons...

It was about two weeks of hectic travelling on work for me...never got
to touch my cycle...and what a motivating comeback!

Supah!

MITR