Yes! Finally my second ride with Bangalore Bikers after two and a half years. The group that I first rode with,who inspired and encouraged me to ride more :) John,founder of Bangalore Bikers had previously done this route and when I saw it,I wanted to ride it too,main reason being,close to Bangalore and can be done as an afternoon ride.
Bangalore Bikers have a ride every month called as Welcome ride to break the ice for the newbies in the group.So for the Dec ride,John picked the same route.I jumped at the opportunity,when I heard Monica,John's wife's also coming along.The group met up in front of shopper's stop at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.We had a short talk from John about the riding style and had already informed all the riders to carry all the required documents and the attire,if I can say for the ride.
We head out on Bannergatta road heading towards Jigini.The first half of the ride was bad!!! Potholes,uneveness through out. My hands were aching by the time we had our first halt.Basically in the middle of nowhere. We had an introduction round there,took few pics and headed out again.
John and Monica :)
Bangalore Bikers have a ride every month called as Welcome ride to break the ice for the newbies in the group.So for the Dec ride,John picked the same route.I jumped at the opportunity,when I heard Monica,John's wife's also coming along.The group met up in front of shopper's stop at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.We had a short talk from John about the riding style and had already informed all the riders to carry all the required documents and the attire,if I can say for the ride.
We head out on Bannergatta road heading towards Jigini.The first half of the ride was bad!!! Potholes,uneveness through out. My hands were aching by the time we had our first halt.Basically in the middle of nowhere. We had an introduction round there,took few pics and headed out again.
The second part of the ride was heaven! amazing roads.Just the ones I had seen in the pics.But unfortunately couldn't stop to take the pics,since we were not halting there.We directly headed to our destination,a small pond.A little bit of off roading to head to the pond,which was fun.We stayed there till 6pm in the evening. Just catching up with the two of them,taking lot of pics. Enjoying the view,the place.Just lovely.
John and Monica :)
The night ride was pretty challenging,no divider on the road.Some tractors with no lights.The group split in two smaller groups,then we meet a point and all of us rode together.The night ride turned out a little bit of nerve racking for me.Luckily there were not much pot holes,otherwise the speed would have reduced even more.Everybody cooperated very well during the night ride.A different kind of an experience and I am glad I did it with Bangalore Bikers.We reached Attibele and the group halted there for a tea break.I continued from there as I was getting late.From there it was the super smooth highway Hosur road towards Bangalore.Took the elevated express way.In the end a ride well done :)
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