We started our ride at around 4.45am from Old Madras Road and reached base of nandi hills at 9.45am. We had taken good amount of breaks in between waiting for some of us to join at Hebbal flyover and at a place 21km from Nandi hills for having breakfast. The ride towards Nandi hills base was not much an effort. And it took us around 1 hour to climb up Nandi. The first 4-5 kilometers of climb were ok with just one break, but the climbs after them became very difficult. We had to take more breaks in between and I had to push my bike at two places around the turns. We spent around 2hours on top of Nandi doing photo session and taking in some fluids.
The ride down was like a dream, did not have to pedal except at a place connecting the two mountains that too only to keep the pace going. We came down in about 10-15minutes. While coming down we met two guys (Nelly and Modhi) who were fixing flat tyres after doing downhills. There was another gang doing the Nandi trip on same day. A group of lawyers starting from Hebbal flyover. They had bikes like Rockrider, firefox roadpro and few indian bikes. They were a bigger group and a lot slower because of the indian bikes. Most of them pushed their bikes to top of Nandi as they did not have gears.
We had started our return journey at 1pm. The ride back was hard due to the heat and sun. We took a different route which had lesser traffic and open fields on both sides. It connects to Yelehanka. The 'to' journey was along the route to new airport. We took breaks every half hour as the heat was unbearable. Reached Kommenehalli by 5.45pm and had idli + masala dosa + apple juice from Sukh Sagar. Enjoyed the meal so much, I always want to enjoy food like that!. I had limited my lunch to fruits considering the trouble MTR food had caused during my last ride . Reached home (Murugeshpalaya) by around 7pm, took a good bath in hot water and was in deep sleep by around 9.30pm. Got up at 3am in the morning thirsty and hungry, just to find the water can completely emptied by my loving roomates . Luckily I could find some green grapes and bananas in kitchen, ate them up and again slept off till 7am. Yes the green grapes did have lot of fluid to satisfy my thirst.
I am forced to repeat this after my second long ride --> I hate climbs that look never ending, but I love climbing the flyovers . I am waiting for the days when Nandi hills become as likable as Bangalore flyovers for me..hehe..
Ride Statistics:
Start : 4.15am
End : 7pm
Total time riding (8+ hours)
Total distance : ~140Kms
Riders: Abhishek, Pratyush, Yogesh & Me
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