RIDE REPORT : 15th August 2010 -> Ride to Thali (Hosur)

Hi All,

Destination : Thali (near hosur)
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/harishaksbhat/Thali#

We ( Naveen, Harsha & Me) went to a wonderful short ride covering 121 Kms. I started my ride from Konankunte as usually and came to our starting point where I meet Naveen and Harsha i.e. near Silk board fly over. Naveen and me came to the starting point at 5.45am as planned and were waiting for Harsha to join. He joined us at 6.10AM and we started off the ride at 6.11 AM towards Thali. The road to Hosur is in excellent condition as it a national highway , we reached Hosur at 7.10 AM and covered a distance of 33.4 Kms from Silk board junction.

We stopped at Saravana Bhavan Hotel to have our breakfast (idle , vada and pongal ). It was nice and tasty.

We had our breakfast and headed towards our destination for the ride – Thali . Just before Hosur Flyover there is a road to right which has leads to Thali.

Hosur to Thali road condition is excellent and it is 28.7 Kms from Hosur ( it was like to roller costar ride to Thali) . We were at a average speed of 23 kms per hour now enjoying the village side and seeing all the bill board and direction in Tamil language it was little difficult at first to make sure that we were in the right direction. Then I was able to make out Thali in Tamil on direction board by guessing and also confirming it with few localities.

Me and Harsha were ahead most of times and Naveen was behind us. Harsha is a strong ride to ride with as he got many years of riding experience on the saddle. After an hour of riding we were at Thali. There is not much to see in Thali as I enquired with some localities in Kannada J apart from a lake which is at the entrance of the village. Many people there speak Kannada as the village is based at the boarder of Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Harsha and me spent some time waiting for Naveen to join us and had some cool drink. Harsha was talking about that he heard some riders saying that to avoid muscle cramps they have Pepsi or Coke, So we had it as well to test…. the thing was we were not that tired at all in the first place to encounter any kind of cramps….

Naveen joined us after 15min and he too had a Pepsi. We took some snaps there and left towards Anekal.

Thali to Anekal it is 19.0 km and encountered couple of uphill’s also road condition is bad for about 5 to 6 kms until we reach Karnataka check post.

From Karnataka check post to Anekal road is good and elevation of the road is not high. Initial we had seen some students in their school fields getting prepared for flag hosting, later by the day we came across lot schools celebrating Independence day by calling independence day slogans and inspirational quotes.

We stopped at Jigani for a short break , Harsha had tea while Naveen and me had Mango Sils and sweet made from dry fruits.

We headed towards Bannerghatta road taking a inside road skipping Bannerghatta Village and it was about 26.0 kms by the time we reached Gottigere on Bannerghatta road. We came across breath taking views of paddy fields also some farmers working.

After reaching Bannerghatta road Harsha rode towards his house which is located in BTM layout as it was getting late and was close to 1.00 PM. I waited for Naveen for few minutes as he was behind us.
Naveen and I rode towards Jayadeva hospital junction and I took left from Bannerghatta road towards my aunt’s place and then went to my home at 1.30PM. Later Naveen called me saying he reached his place. Overall it was a beautiful ride on Independence day.

Thanks & Regards,

Harisha K S

GGI - GoGreen Initiator

http://www.gogreengocycling.org/

Mysore solo Ride after great Nandi Ride..... 2nd August 2010...

Dear all,

After an awesome ride from Nandi on Sunday (1st August), rode my bike (bicycle) to Mysore and back and it was pretty awesome and tiring experience . I am really happy about my stamina now.
Actually had a plan to ride Mysore on 31st for which I had set my mind, but was not possible after seeing an huge list of riders making to Nandi on 1st August 2010 – I joined Nandi ride too. After reaching home at 6.30PM from Nandi on Sunday (Round trip of around 120KMS) I had a really good sleep for couple of hours and I dreamt about doing Mysore on next day.

Woke up early morning on 2nd August 2010 and started my ride towards Mysore through Kanakapura road @ 5.00 AM and reached Columbia Asia Hospital on Mysore ring road @ 2.30. ( this nine n half hrs ride includes all the breaks while riding towards destination.) Started the ride from Konankunte cross on Kanakapura road via Kanakapura , Sathanur, Honnaganahalli, Kollegala Main Rd, Bannur, Mysore Ring rd reached Columbia Asia Hospital. Took SH17 while coming back to Bangalore and reached Bidadi @ 11.55PM. Was really tired and began to have leg cramp so instead of continuing the ride back home, had to call my uncle to pick me up at Bidadi bus stand. While he was on his way to Bidadi I relaxed myself and also went into sleep for couple of minutes. After few minutes I was woken up by a honking sound made by a KSRTC bus. Waiting for another 20 min my uncle reached me and was driven back to his place in Bharathnagara on Magadi Road and it was close to 2 AM.

Did not do much after reaching his house apart from applying some pain killing cream to my legs, after that went to sleep and had set the alarm to ring at 3.00 AM again, as I had to reach my home on Kanakapura road as soon as possible to reach my office @ 5.00 AM on 3rd August. (my shift timing is from 5.00AM to 2.30PM). At 3.00 AM woke up and got ready and my uncle rode me to Magadi Main road where I managed to get a bus to Banashankari and was at Banashankari by 4.00AM. Cycled slowly for last 6 KMS & reach home @ 4.45 AM. Overall I was able to manage to ride for 250 KMs on single day. I am still feeling the pain in my leg muscles as I am writing this from my office desk J .

NOTE : Reflective jacket that i bought few days ago keeping this ride in mind really made me visible to others during the night ride .

Thanks & Regards,
Harisha K S
GGI - GoGreen Initiator
www.gogreengocycling.org