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A Ride to bidadi

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The whole week I kept wondering about the destination for the weekend ride. I thought I want it nothing less than 40Km. That's because, in the last weekend ride, I came to know about my cycling strength that I can easily do a 20Km ride in approximately 1:10 min. So I wanted something longer, harder this time. So i narrowed down my choice to Bidadi. On Saturday i started the ride on my Firefox Target at 6.15 took the ring road to Nayandalli. At Nayandhalli Slope, I managed to put up max speed of 42KmPh. Road has many uphills and slopes. So you get nice dose of morning workout over here.Took a helpless glance at the River Vrushabhavati turned to a filthy drainage. I reached RV college and put up some speed there. Reached Kengeri in 28 min. Not very tired. So went calmly till Kumbalgod. There I met two riders with those high-end tarmac bent handle cycles. Their gear was much professional and more sophisticated than mine (I didn't even have hand gloves, let alone helmet!). They

Weekend cycling

"Life is like cycling. To keep up the balance, you need to keep moving" _Albert Einstein Cycling, was the mode of transport which majority of us took when were in school. But now its just become a hobby. Well, cycling deserves much more than that! Let me tell you why. Check the details of my previuos ride . <p><p><p> </p></p></p> I mean, in which other modes of transport can you reach a destination 8 km away in 25 min, in a city like Bangalore? So, cycling, according to me is also the only mode of transport in which you hit the destination, right on time, be it heavy traffic or light. And