On a Friday night, a LEL prep ride with Satish turned out to be a nice 184kms. Dipankar rode with us till Volvo, Kolar. Satish was in high cadence mode leading the way, a zippy ride until Mulbagal (92km) aided by tailwinds. The return ride was fun with gusty headwinds, we rotated positions not wanting to slow down cadence. It was a nice fast ride of 184km in 7h:14m (ride time). Couple of tea breaks,…
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Chitradurga 420
Well I did make it to see the windmills this weekend. It did however prove costly.As the dawn of Sunday was making its presence slowly, my headlight the B&M Luxos powered by hub dynamo broke(clamp affixed to frame broke) hanging merely by the wire. The tail lamp became emotional and also gave up. So at about 110kms from Bangalore, on the dark Sira-Hiriyur stretch at 3:30am, with just a reflective jacket, I had no option,…
LEL Training
Fri and Sat evening turned out be a dampener for LEL training. After the Friday fiasco of four punctures and spending quite a few hours in the rain. Sat evening ride though short, turned out to be another wet ride. Sunday morning was fixing the tubes, tyre and the bike! Found the tyre was busted, riddled with small holes all the way. Sunday was a tiny redeemer as I did a 103km training ride on…
Weekend ride to Chennai
Last Friday LEL was a ride to Chennai and back (+local commutes of 52kms) at 721KM. Hmmm, that is kinda one-way LEL! Started 5:30PM Friday, rode via Krishnagiri and reached Chennai at 10:15AM, covering 344kms with a ride time of 13:39 (25.2kmph ride avg, 16:47hours total time). A puncture little after midnight provided a natural recovery break. Love the over enthusiastic bored dogs who love to chase you in the night especially on those empty…
Three centuries and a HM
This weekend LEL training was fun, three consecutive century rides late evening on Fri,Sat,Sun and a relaxed HM late Sat morning. Fri night was fantastic whilst Sun night was brilliant. Let me detail this.. Friday night was start at 2040, and Armin’s album State of Trance 2015 worked the magic! You know it is magic when you see circular rainbow on oncoming headlights, when eye lids shrink into a slit and you become the music’s…