POWER IT UP – 1200 BRM – MUMBAI – DAY -4, Epilogue

Read Day-1 here and Day 2,3 here Day 4: Dhule-Nashik (Cp 8, 1064 km)-Mumbai (End CP 1214 Km) : Just as to take away the chance of bragging this as a perfect ride, Mohan got a puncture as soon as we started. It was unusual, but it took a lot of time for us to …

POWER IT UP – 1200 BRM – MUMBAI – DAY 2,3

Link to Day-1 if you have not read it ! Day 2 : Atit-Lonavala (Cp-4 , 523 km):- After a 30 minute nap, we decided to move. Yet, some laziness in me prompted me to ask for more rest. Mohan is always a man on move. So I asked him to ride. I took one …

Power it Up – 1200 BRM – Mumbai – Day 1

Route : Mumbai- Pune- Mahableshwar - Satara -Atit- Pune- Mumbai - Nashik- Dhule - Nashik- Mumbai. Elevation gain ( Post ride from Strava) : 7800 m Map : https://goo.gl/4px6ug Life without challenges is boring. When you achieve something big, you always feel the itch to try the next big thing. That's life. After a very …

THE GRANDFONDO – 1000 BRM – HYDERABAD – PART 2

Part-1 : https://pathsandspokes.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/the-grandfondo-1000-brm-hyderabad-part-1/ Part 2 : Lepakshi -Anantapur : ( 530- 655 km ) Small climbs welcomed me, when I resumed back. I had a banana to keep myself going. I have set myself a prize of cucumber if I could pedal further 15 kms, which is another mind game I have plotted to keep me …

The Grandfondo – 1000 BRM – Hyderabad – Part 1

Some call me mad, some feel that I over do cycling , some feel that Indian roads are not safe for cycling. Yet my mind always thinks about the next ride. My mind knows that what I have achieved is just not enough ,to reach the next big goal. I have to do something to …