Cyclists: Anita Bora, Ann Maria, Balasubramanian Anand, Deepthi Prasanna, Lavanya Vishwanath, Manjula Sridhar, Sandeep and myself.
Route: Koramangala – Sarjapura – Bagalur – Jain Farms
Distance – 72kms
A proposed trip by Anita for cycling to Jain Farms near Hosur in TamilNadu. It looked to be a short ride but finally turned out to be 72kms from my place. At Koramangala three of us met up in the morning to proceed to next meeting point @ Sarjapur Wipro Office. Another 5more joined us over there and by 6:15am we were off pedaling towards Jain Farms. The motivation was a breakfast at Jain Farms and it was by no means a disappointment.
Two from the group pedaled at good speed while rest of the group went leisurely. We had biscuits and stopped at times for general break and also for a tea break. Finally we reached Jain Farms a distance of about 30kms from Sarjapur Wipro Office by 8:30am.
Some more restful moments, guided tour around the farm, checking out pottery and killi josiyam (parrot astrology), we headed back to Koramangala starting at 12:30pm. We had to face heavy winds and good slopes making it difficult to cycle fast. And regular stops to relax tired muscles. When we reached starting point at Koramangala it was 3:00pm.
For photos from my camera, click here.
Photos from camera 2, click here.
Photos from camera 3, click here.
you on your road bike were the odd one out of the gang, pity you could not use the speed to cover the distance faster.
It was 2.5 hours then on the way back. This is much faster than my usual standards of 50mins/1hr from Indira Ngr to JP Nagar. I think we tried to keep up with you, and ended up cycling faster.
Yup ! It was a great effort and Manjula and I rounded it off to 100KMs.. more pics and piece at my blog !
Catch up with you all soon !
@ sathish: i think getting to the destination faster is a waste. you miss all the great experiences of the way! like the “pushing truck to get it out of the muck” episode
i like the slow and leisurely pace and also enjoying my surroundings when i am going through. i don’t enjoy the cat calls from silly goofs who are not used to women on cycles!
we should do this more often – after i get my bike!!
@sandeep @anita
i cld ‘ve been faster but i dont think i wld ‘ve sustained the same speed!! i might ‘ve been waiting fr u guys later panting…
i always feel one should enjoy the ride… & we did enjoy on the way to destination… in the return there was something waiting for me so had 2 rush back…
nxt time carry some swiss knife or metal rod with you… if guys make too much cat calls just get down & attack them, they ‘ll run away…
@lavanya
lets cycle regularly on weekends ur speed will definitely increase…
@balu
that was gr8 effort from u guys… 100kms with such heavy winds…
dont forget me in cycling 2 nandi hills & mysore…
But please bear with my speed!!
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