Cycling

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Last night I stumbled upon the site of Mr Pumpy, wherein Felix Hude writes about his experiences bicycling around the world. I was immediately reminded of Pete in Cambodia, who cycled from London to Istanbul, and Paul Keller, who was in Bangalore two weeks last November and rode a cycle everywhere.

Heck, it sounds like a good way to get in shape while getting around. If only…

I’ve owned three bicycles in the past decade. I don’t have one now. I’d like to, but am not sure where it’ll fit in my day—each of the previous three exited when my routine changed and they fell into disuse.

Does anyone have a cycle I can borrow for a few weeks?

pavismaya — Apr 2, 2006 3:51:51 PM — # ↩

Still remember ur ATB - Black one, you guys shifted house from JC road to a far off place...and you used to ride 11 kms in what was called chaotic traffic in b'lore then !! (god knows if u can manage the same route on cycle now)...and trust me, people like me thought it was a great feat !..

The best part was that you and bro had the same type of cycle, in school, and more or less competed with each other.....Man!!...those were the days...
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 2, 2006 4:11:01 PM — # ↩
  
  Mine was an MTB. The wimps on ATBs couldn't take its weight. ;-)
  - pavismaya — Apr 3, 2006 11:13:02 PM — # ↩
    
    sarry....spelling mistake...although i knew it was that...adjust madkoli
jd_knight — Apr 2, 2006 5:15:30 PM — # ↩

I have an all-aluminium cycle. I initially thought I'd go to work every day (3kms x 2). I was not consistent with that. Right now, I use my cycle mostly for local chores, shopping etc. I have however managed taking it to work 3-4 times a month.

The scary part is before I bought this one, I had borrowed a cycle from a friend. It got stolen piece by piece; first the rear wheel and then before I could replace that, the whole thing just disappeared!

Anyways, if you guys are into it, we could do weekend cycle trips to random places.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 2, 2006 5:32:47 PM — # ↩
  
  Give me a few weeks to get used to riding, and then perhaps yes.
latelyontime — Apr 2, 2006 6:20:23 PM — # ↩

attaboi! i give it ten days.
premshree — Apr 2, 2006 6:28:17 PM — # ↩

Btw, know Shree Kumar? He cycles around the country when he can. Fun!
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 2, 2006 6:52:17 PM — # ↩
  
  Didn't know him, but added his feed.
  
  Which reminds me... time to extract my GPS tracks. The damned USB-serial cable driver doesn't work with my Garmin in Mac OS X, so I have to run Windows in Virtual PC to access it. It's bizarre and painful.
vinit — Apr 3, 2006 10:17:57 AM — # ↩

In the NYC area, you have access to these ...
http://www.logic2go.com/index.php/archives/2005/07/25/got-new-bikes/

Pick your colour well in advance!
vibin — Apr 6, 2006 5:39:19 PM — # ↩

BSA cycling trails
they advertise occasionally on FM radio. have you tried them? has anyone reading this tried them? This article appeared sometime ago but doesnt talk much about the cycling trail program...http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/12/15/stories/2005121501640100.htm