Soukya Road & SH207 - 32 km - 26/5/13

Beautiful morning today.   What better way to start the day than riding through beautiful Soukya Road.

This is the first time I took Soukya road. It is named after famous Soukya health resort.    Soukya is in papers for its high profile visitors like Desmond Tutu and Camilla.   Seems like this road is the destination for all the big warehouses.   I found warehouses of Flipkart, Max, Safe Express and so on. It has zero traffic today.

Joined SH207 on my way back to Whitefield.

Short ride compared to what I have done y'day.  But enjoyed it. 

SH207 towards Devanahalli - 63km ride - 25/05/13

Weather is very pleasant today.   A bit of clouds here and there and a cool breeze.     I took the usual SH207 towards Hoskote.   Upon reaching Hoskote, I felt like going further and continued on SH207 towards Devanahallli.   Quite a bit traffic on this stretch of the road.

Continued on the road till Kammasandra and then took a left towards Gangavara to join Sivas Road at Budigere.   Lot of heavy vehicles plying on Sivas Road, made the ride difficult and tiring.   Had a small issue with bike, as the chain is slipped while I changed the gear.    Joined NH4 Old Madras road and then took the Whitefield road from there.    Stopped couple of times atleast to buy water, as I ran out of water.  After 4 grueling hours finally reached home.

Update:  For some reason Endomondo stopped tracking the trip while I was on the road to Whitefield.   Hence the route on Endomondo is not showing my ride till home.

Gunjur - Dommasandra - SJP Road - 19/5/13

I wanted to buy a saddle bag for my bike, hence planned a visit to Decathlon on Sarjapur Road.   What can be better way than go by my bike.   I chose the Gunjur road for the ride.      The road is great for a ride, except the heavy vehicles moving by the side.  Lots of schools on the road; TISB, Greenwood High, Oakridge and more.

Saw this Krishna Temple with strange architecture near Dommasandra.   I guess this is a Kerala style temple.

On my way back home, Karmelram - Gunjur Road

First 50km ride - Whitefield - Chikka Tirupathi - Varthur - 18/5/13

Very excited today as I planned my first 50km ride.    Got started slow and steady, but few problems with my GPS and lost some time after the first 5km.     After crossing Hope farm junction, took the road to Chikka Tirupathi via my favourite SH 207.   SH 207 towards Chikka Tirupathi lot more busier compared to the one towards Hoskete.    I didn't exactly enjoy the stretch, but the road is quite good.   Soon after I lost my way at Dudda Dunnasandra junction, and entered Lakkur road.

Luckily the road is quite good and continued my road hoping to get back to SH 207.    Travelled through picturesque and sleepy Hosahalli, Narayana Kere villages.   The kids in these villages are quite excited to wish me as I passed through.    Took Google Navigation's help to took a right into a rather small and bad road for about 2km to join back SH207.   Relived to reach Chikka Tirupathi.   Small but a busy village, famous for Lord Venkateshwara temple.  

I was disoriented a little bit as I try to figure my way towards Varthur.   Literally no directions on the road.    Continued on SH 207 towards Sarjapur and then took a right onto Varthur Road after Mugalur.  Probably should say no road.    Road is nothing but stones till Kamanahalli cross which is about 4km.

From there on, the road is quite good all the way to Varthur.     By the time I reached Varthur, completely exhausted and somehow made it back to home.




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Longest raid so far, through scenic Whitefield Hoskote SH 207 road - 12/5/13

Yesterday there was persistent rain till late night.   Waking up early today, I expected the morning to be pleasant.    Started the ride at 7 am.   Route choice was obvious.  I have been through Hoskete state highway SH 207 earlier last week.    Picked the same route today via ITPL.    Lost some time at few points, because I entered into busy market roads to explore few localities in Hoskete and Kadugudi.    Otherwise it was a pleasant ride.   On my return I met a biker at Hope farm circle, who just finished 55km ride on Chikka Tirupathi road.   That reminded me, I am still a newbie.   

Here are some pictures of SH 207 taken from my N4.

     

Short raid on a working day through office going traffic - 9/5/13

I woke up at 6 AM today, with a guilty feeling that I haven't touched my bike for a good 5 days.   Decided to go for a short ride and was hoping to touch 20 km/h avg speed.    I took the ITPL road and then to Whitefield and then back to home via ITPL.   Too much traffic and over ambitious use of higher gear made me exhausted sooner than expected.   In the end touched an average of 19.4km/h and a distance of 18.61.