Cycling Around: Off Sarjapur Road, 11APR09

Date : Saturday, 11 April, 2009

At sunrise, Ravi, Peeyush and Abhi

Group : Abhi, Gautam, Jhon, Kalyan, Peeyush, Ravi, me

A good but not great place for some action

Starting: We started from Sarjapur Junction at 0605. Soon we were on the back side of Ecospace Tech Park and Intel Campus. Took a sharp turn towards east from there to avoid all the urban waste. The trail ahead was having lots of loose mud. Every component of the bike along with my shoes and socks were full of dust.

The complete route.
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Further, we crossed the Railway line and then there were a lot of trees having unripened mangoes.

Guys enjoying mangoes on the trees

The lost fellow: We moved ahead but did not see Gautam following us. Abhi called him and came to know that he had some issues with his rear derailleur wire. We rode back and Ravi fixed the wire.

Peeyush posing and others waiting for Gautum

The falt tire : Every time one has to get a flat tire and this was Peeyush's turn. Soon after we started from the same place of breakfat, Peeyush noticed that the front tire has gone flat. We were on main road and there was a shop in front of us to fix that. But Peeyush got a denial from there. May be that guy just fixes the thick tires of trucks or buses.

Fixing the flat

The Jump site: We reached a place that was having good humps to have long and high jumps. Doing many to and fro rounds was an exciting experience.

Location : http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9004331&lon=77.7324343&z=15&l=0&m=h&v=2

Learnings:
** Both the tires should land at the same time.
** And that depends on how you leave the land.
** Push the handle and when the suspension is decompressing, pull it up and fly off.

The same breakfast point

The fall: Every time someone has to fall and this time was for Ravi. He took a jump and lost balance in the air. The result was a crash landing. After cleaning the mud, Abhi applied the spray on the wounds. Ravi was not very comfortable after that and headed to his home from Sarjapur Road. I hope, he does not get serious injuries.

Ravi confused to go further or not

We trailed further and then dispersed.

My Rating:
Goods:
The jump site was awesome.
The trail was mostly off road.

Not-so-good:
The initial loose muddy part.
Comparatively short ride.