21st on India Cycle Challenge for June - 30/6/13

Woke up in the morning to see that my cycle tire had a flat.   I couldn't find any puncture and has to take it to Decathlon workshop.   From there rode through SH207 to Hoskote to finish 326km for this month.    That is 21st for this monthon India Cycling challenge.

Best 50km ride - 29/6/13

Today is the best timing for a 50km ride. Improved by 7 minutes. I took the road to chikka tirupathi, Sarjapur, then to Dommasandra and finally Varthur and back home.

42km ride Gunjur-Dommasandra-Camelram - 23/6/13

Not a great ride.   Too much traffic on the route.   My legs also seem tired from y'day's ride.  

Took the Varthur Dommasandra road.   Then rode towards Decathlon and then Camerlram back to Gunjur.

2nd Place on SH207 - 22/6/13

Using STRAVA for biking more regularly.    I am really liking the Segments feature.   It is a nice example of how Gamification can motivate people.   You might agree that it is very boring to go through the same route everyday.    Not with STRAVA though.   It breaks your route into segments (logical units within the route).   It compares your ride speed with others who rode on the same segment within the same route.     Then it ranks you against those who rode the segment earlier.    

Looks like not many ride 207 between Koralur and Hoskote.   I am currently at 2nd place in this segment.   

Today I had a great ride.   I clocked an average speed of 20kph +.    Wind drag was there, but not as much as it was last week.

Rode on SH 207 to Hoskote - 16/6/13

Along with Monsoon came lot of wind.   Never thought Wind could be such a problem when riding.   On my return ride from Hoskote to Kadugodi wind drag really troubled me.  

BTW, today I used Strava app on my phone.   It is beautiful and has some cool features.  I really liked the segment features and Gamification around it.   I made to Top 10 in one of the segments.  I am not sure if I will switch from Endomondo.   I have invested way too much there.    Probably I will use both.

Short Ride - Whitefield Main Road - 15/6/2013

I was on a business trip and back to Bangalore on Thursday.  Feeling lazy after a week's break.   Hoping to resume my bike riding to earlier levels.

50km ride Whitefield-Devangonthi-Malur/Hoskete road - 2/6/13

Plesant weather in Bangalore today.   Fortunately no rain in the morning.   Lot of clouds though, very little sunshine and of course chilly wind.  

Since my ride got spoiled y'day though will do a 50km ride today.    Chose the Soukya road towards Devangonthi HPCL terminal.  My first.

Roads were small and a little rough at places.   No problem for  my MTB though.  

Continued beyond Devanagonthi towards Hoskete/Malur road.   Got this pic of village god's procession from Devashettahalli cross.   For full video scroll below.

Took the Kadugodi-Hope farm road from NH4 to come back home.