After discussing about going on group cycle trip for about a year, the "weekend wanderers" finally decided to ride to hesarghatta as a tribute to Jaydeep who was going abroad for an MBA.While me and sachin were default options, we were joined by the ever enthusiastic Yashank and the energetic Pawar (no he has nothing to do with any scam :-) ). Pawar even borrowed a cycle from pro-bike for the ride.
We all assembled at the Big Bazaar at about 5.30 AM. and started off towards IISC where we were supposed to rendezvous with Jaydeep. He eventually joined us at the BEL circle.
We used the GPX data available on the IISc Randonneurs website since none of us knew the route properly. We took a deviation to the Jakarbandi forest gate from the Jalahalli road. After 1KM in to the road, the noise and hustle-bustle of the city quickly melted into the background. The first 10 KM of this road was great as it is mostly down hill and was slightly secluded with only a few villages en-route. The Boys got very excited seeing the downs and started riding hard. In the excitement we apparently missed some turn and were way off-course. Pawar was severely reprimanded for this as he was in charge of the navigation, but he passed on the blame to some random GPX app he was using(very convenient!!).
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| Waiting near BEL circle for Jaydeep |
We re-planned the route to Hesaraghatta lake and had some snacks on a road side shop. We reached there at about 8.00 AM. As usual there was no water in the supposed lake, instead there was a car parked right in middle of it. We took some time cycling on tracks around the lake and exploring it.
We continued to cycle through the lush green CFTRI campus for sometime and finally reached the fields.
After a brief photo ops session we sat down under a tree to have some snickers. Pawar spotted an imli tree and started eating one. Jaydeep also got inspired by him and cracked open another one only to find all kinds of ants and worms coming out.It was quite gross.
After taking rest for a brief while i realized that we were behind schedule and would have to cycle in the afternoon sun at this rate.
While the journey till the fields was mostly filled with downs, the journey back had a few ups and also it was getting pretty sunny.The terrain and conditions started taking its toll on the boys and they were feeling exhausted. I kept motivating them. This was exactly how my first long distance ride turned out, where i was completely exhausted and kalpesh was motivating me.I was glad to be on the other side this time.
Boys Sweating it out at the Ups.
We finally reached BEL Cirle at around 11 and bid farewell to Jaydeep . Pawar wanted to ride fast to probike as he had return the bike by 12, pending which he had to pay charges for an additional day.But the afternoon sun and traffic made him think otherwise.We stopped at a Baskin robins store on St. Mark's road to celebrate which was a fitting end to our ride.
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| Debate on Where all the water in the lake Disappeared |
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| Riding on the edge of the lake |
We continued to cycle through the lush green CFTRI campus for sometime and finally reached the fields.
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| Cycling in the Grasslands |
After a brief photo ops session we sat down under a tree to have some snickers. Pawar spotted an imli tree and started eating one. Jaydeep also got inspired by him and cracked open another one only to find all kinds of ants and worms coming out.It was quite gross.
After taking rest for a brief while i realized that we were behind schedule and would have to cycle in the afternoon sun at this rate.
While the journey till the fields was mostly filled with downs, the journey back had a few ups and also it was getting pretty sunny.The terrain and conditions started taking its toll on the boys and they were feeling exhausted. I kept motivating them. This was exactly how my first long distance ride turned out, where i was completely exhausted and kalpesh was motivating me.I was glad to be on the other side this time.
Boys Sweating it out at the Ups.
We finally reached BEL Cirle at around 11 and bid farewell to Jaydeep . Pawar wanted to ride fast to probike as he had return the bike by 12, pending which he had to pay charges for an additional day.But the afternoon sun and traffic made him think otherwise.We stopped at a Baskin robins store on St. Mark's road to celebrate which was a fitting end to our ride.
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