About Me, My Family, Bicycles & everything else

The Animals Save the Planet

2009-03-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

A nice way to remind people about global warming by
ANIMAL PLANET.
Click on the Image for more on how we can save the planet

Pedal Your Way to health

Timeline: Global credit crunch - BBC

2009-03-20T04:55:00.000-07:00

BBC has come up with a great time line of how the Global recession started. This is something interesting to read.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7521250.stm

There are various question arising out of this.

Are we(India) so dependent on the US of A or any other developed countries?
Where has all the money gone?
Who is keeping all that cash?
How does a Country Treasury Bail out huge loss making public Private sectors ?
Where does the government get those money from?

Many to answer..... only time will tell

I hope that everything go well & every one is happy

Update:

Some more on Global credit Crunch. Loved the presentation

http://thewiredjester.co.uk/2009/02/26/voodoo-economics-the-credit-crunch-explained/

Dexter : Bike Messenger NYC

2008-11-17T09:19:00.000-08:00

Something Simply Superb

Last line was great

Life is better than ...... (watch the video to get the full line)

UNLOCK BANGALORE

2008-03-31T08:41:00.000-07:00

BIkeszone member had an opportunity from Times Of India to promote cycling

Please find below, The cutting of Times Of India , Sunday, 30/03/2008 page 18 cutting

Save Nanda Road

2007-10-22T06:20:00.000-07:00

Hi
any one off u guys must have used this road to reach silk board junction or beyond.
This one stretch of road about a 2 kms in length is one of greenest of roads in Bangalore filled with Huge trees. I usually use this road to move from South end circle to 100feet road which connects to silk board junction.

Now there is a news that this road comes under the road widening plan for BBMP Bangalore.
So we may not see the trees in the near future.

So come, save the road from BBMP. There are some serious people who are working on the same in the below link to plan & execute the future decisions about how to avoid the road widening on this road.

I am also one of that serious people.

http://savenandaroad.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Cycle Ride to Kaggalipura/Bannergatta Circle & Back

2007-10-05T02:42:00.000-07:00

Its was a nice biking, we were about nine in the team (Rohan, Balu, Gaurav,Shashi) & (I, Sreeharsha,2 Raghus (One Doctor & one from TOI) ,Shasank). We were out beaten by the biathlon guys who were no where to be seen.

So We five had to continue on trail of Biathlon guys.Sree & myself decided to go to Yogavana hills,About 8 kms from Kaggalipura after a Tea break & thought of catching up remaining 3 at the Bannergatta Deviation on Kanakapura Road while returning.
But our plans of going to Hills was shortlived, as there was a problem with Sree's Cycle,which we could not repair.So we waited for transportion, got a TATA pickup truck(ACE) and rode back to Kaggalipura. We Just waited for the cycle repair guy,got the repairs done & continued on route.The guy(Raghu) from TOI (Times of India) was really struggling to catch with us.Sree & myself had almost got separated from these 3 guys.

we had a small break for a breakfast,had Hot Uppitu(uppama) and moved on.We could find out about 2 gradients which were covered easily.From there the road till Bannergatta circle was almost flat & full of potholes which made my TREK to check for it sustainability & made me think about "the Value for Money aspect". We (Sreeharsha & I) reached Bannergatta Circle at around 9.30. Waited for the other 3 Guys, had a cup of Tea, Refilled our water Bottles and left for the Banashankari. We reached Bannergatta Road/Ring Road Junction at 11.30 where we deviated towards our Houses.

It Was a Nice ride overall

images

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/deepakmajipatil/Cycling_trip_Kanakapura_road_kagalipura_Banergatta_circle

Images Uploaded in the Picasa.
Waiting For ABHI to Upload at BIKEZONE

Distance Covered - 52.16kms
Time - 3h.06min.
Average Speed - 16.77kms
Max speed - 50.29kms

One more thing I had mention.

It really Bad to see lots of Non veggie stalls & bars where making brisk business even with / without knowing the importance of the OCT 2. Its really shame on the guys who cant atleast follow the No drink/No Non veg on That DAY........

NOTE : Above paragraph is not Politicalized & No Parties are involved. :)

FULLY LOADED TREK 4300D

2007-09-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

Just look at my MTB.
How do u feel about it?

I feel u are thinking about a Motocross bike.
Yes u R right, I just thought the same thing about this.

The fender costed around Rs400/ - which is quite worth than investing the money for a dry clean ;), a necessary for Rainy day where u can ride the bike with out fear of cloth being spoiled.

I just felt the front ones are working fine & there is need to adjust the back one a little upside.

Cons: The weight of ur Aluminium bike is increased by about 300 gms.

Ride to BIG BANYAN TREE

2007-09-12T02:59:00.001-07:00

I start from my house(in rajajinagar 1st Block) sharp 5.30 after sending the sms to the oldman.I took almost 30mins as I had quite bit of problems with water bottle which was just poping out of the cage.

Finally reached the meeting point at Mysore Road / Ring Road Junction at 6.05 others came at 6.10.We all waited for ABHI for 5 more mins & started off as there was no response from ABHI. In between , my water bottle dropped of on the road.I just abandoned it & continued with my cycling.

It was the worst selection for my first ride as the traffic was heavy and dangerous. We did mysore road easilly till a right turn for the Dodda alada mara Road. Then there was a level crossing where we got some time to stop.

We had small breaks in between.Villagers were eagerly asking me about my stain on my back & front( which has not gone even after 2 washings). The road was really messy as it had rained heavily previous night & I was not having a fender on the TREK.

Even krik did have problems with that. But its all ok when you are burning calories.

TREK did respond to me very well on the mud road & braking. But had some chain slipping due to the EXCESSIVE mud splashed on the chain & gears.My SIGMA 1606L DTS was responding well & was showing 27Kms from home. I was overwhelmed by seeing that & decide to make more rides.

We reached the destination at around 8.45. Had Idlis , spent some time chatting for 30 minsbefore leaving the place. Just after 5kms down hill we had a small break for photo shoots, left after 15 mins.

This side of return back was the toughest as all were uphill.The climate was really hot,had got a cap which was very usefull.As we reached Jhnanabarathi,I was out of energy,stopped for sometime, shared an apple.
And proceeded further till the ring road junction, where OLD MAN took a deviation towards Banashankari.

WE KIRK & me, continued till my house,time was almost 11.15AM. he had some water & continue with his cycling to his house.

OLD MAN & KRIK were quite fit & I was the person who was slowing them down.Probably 2 more trips will reach me to them.

Distance covered :54kms(from My house), KIRK(+3KMS),OLDMAN(-3kms)

Time taken : 3Hours ( 2 hours 59mins 14sec to be specfic)

Meet point was : Mysore road / ring road junction:

Team : Diwakar(OLD MAN), Karthik(krik) & me.
Abhi missed the ride.

Time of start : 6.15AM from the Junction

Average speed : 19kms / hr

TREK FUEL 30 Details(COURTESY-ROHAN)

2007-09-08T02:36:00.000-07:00

model	TCD Fuel 30 + VAT
USA price	Rs.36500 + 4% VAT
sizes	15.5,17.5,19.5,21.5
frame	Trek Fuel Alpha alum / 1125
stays/swngarm	Trek Fuel Alpha alum
fork	RST Capa C7 / 75mm w/adj
rear shx	Coil spring / KS-261
headset	VP-A76C-TK AHS 1 1/8" semi-cartridge
spacers	2 x 10mm / 1 x 20mm alloy
crank	SR CW7-XCC-T102 PB 42s / 34s / 24s
bb	VP-BC73 cartridge
f. der	Shimano
r. der	Shimano M340-L
shifter	Shimano EF50-L
cassette	Sram PG830 11-32 8S
chain	HG50
f. hub	Alloy / QR / black
r. hub	Shimano RM30-8-L
spokes	14g SS / black / brass nipples
F rim	Matrix 550 / 36h / black / GSW / 274846
R rim	Matrix 550 / 36h / black / GSW / 274846
f-tire	Bont Jones ACX 26x2.1 / 27tpi / 231471
r-tire	Bont Jones ACX 26x2.1 / 27tpi / 231471
tube	AV
frnt brake	Tektro 845AL V w/std 60mm pad
rear brake	Tektro 845AL V w/std 60mm pad
brk lvrs	Shimano EF50-L
pedals	Nylon ATB / LU-984T / 242724
handlebars	Bonrager Approved hiten 30mm riser
stem	Bontrager Approved / 25d
grips	Bontrager Select / 250829
seat	Bontrager Sport / 252428
seatpost	Bontrager Approved
seat binder	QR /
bar ends	n/a

sigma 1606L DTS instalation

2007-09-01T23:35:00.000-07:00

Help me out in Intalling Sigma 1606L DTS .

I got a problem entering the correct wheel size

But there is question on setting the wheel size for sigma
My wheel size is 26 * 2.1- displayed on the tyre
wht does 26 * 2.1 mean?
Sigma is asking the wheel size = *.*** where stars are digits.
How do i configure? Hardware have been set properly.

Find below scan of wheel size setting in the Manual.

website - bicycle trails

2007-08-04T04:01:00.000-07:00

Points / ideas to be noted for creation of Website for bicycle trails.

1)the website should have facility for the members
to add their photoz of their bykes and some descriptions.

More to be added...

cycling around the park

2007-07-29T10:07:00.000-07:00

Its almost a month, I have been blogging & cycling. Its quite nice to see me taking such an initiative in doing about the workouts. I usually take the route of Sankey Tank, Palace road, Mekri Circle, around Indian Institute of Science,Yeswantpur Circle & Dr.Rajkumar Road.The distance is around 10Kms and is filled with lots of greenery. So much of cool breeze & greenery such that I intend to continue to do the same route for some more time.

I do see lots of people do the cycling and do suggest people who looking into this blog should seriously think about cycling is the way to good health.

Happy Cycling

My Slogan (sry its copied)

2007-07-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

"If you need a reason to ride, You are not on the right bike."

I just copied from one of this BLOGS http://ssjf.blogspot.com who guided me
to this fabulous site BIKE NOMADS where u get more of this.

Advantages of Cycling

2007-07-18T10:56:00.000-07:00

Lots of exercise: No need of spending monthly fees on GYM other weight reduction programs.
Save FUEL : U don't need any fossil fuel for cycling.
Pollution Control : As there is no carbon monoxide production.
Take a ride on Foot Path : As cycles are not banned on foot path.
Easy Movement : In Traffic signal compared to Motorbikes & CARS.
No road taxes : on the new bicycle.
Don't need a Driving license.
Yearly depreciation :Businessmen can take about 20% yearly depreciation on these.
Sustainable Transport:Carry all monthly groceries, vegetables, fruits from your market.
Time Management: Waiting for a BUS,A Traffic signal. Can be the first to leave a traffic signal.
Transportation Cost : Cost of Shifting a Cycle is much lesser than a Motorcycle or a 4 wheeler.
Maintenance Cost: Very less compared to others.
Servicing : Can be serviced by urself
Cleaning : Need Just 1/2 bucket of water or a small piece cloth is also ok.
Speed : Can reach speed up to 40kms.
Easy Ride : My cycle have got 24 gears & others(petrol/diesel vehicles) its just have 6

MY BIKE

2007-07-15T19:03:00.001-07:00

some more photos in picasa

Visit to BOTS

2007-07-12T22:10:00.001-07:00

The much awaited me cycling group has been initiated. Nitin & myself had a visit to BOTS on the bicycle.Its is great to to ride the same route which I used to ride to reach my college BMSCE on my HERO Ranger cycle.

Distance is about 11 Kms which we covered in 40 mins.We hade a quite nice time there with Nikil as Rohan was on a adventure cycling trip.While riding back NITIN (my cousin) had the chance and he did well for the first time. We were back in the house by 10.00.

The final result is NITIN is considering a purchase of bicycle at BOTS my be in a week or so.I even had a talk with my close buddy(Raghavendra) for purchase of a bicycle & about making a cycling team of ours.

Hope this initiated process comes good & we all be able to cycling together for longer duration.

The Race of a Lifetime . . .

2007-07-10T10:46:00.000-07:00

An Article in July 9th,2007 MID DAY news paper Click here for above news in website

Cycling Physiology

2007-07-10T10:27:00.001-07:00

There is something of cycling physiology which
is important to all cyclist,So Better CLICK HERE.

Ultimate INDIAN MTB Ride

2007-07-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

http://lingthemerciless.blogspot.com/2006/12/
mtb-himachal-2006-himachal-bull-etin.html

These people do around 90kms in a day for 10days.
Paricipants must be having amazing stamina to just complete the race!

TREK 4300D : Awesome Bike

2007-07-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

Just got my bike yesterday(July 1st).

Had a 3 kms ride on it in the evening.People where Litterly staring at my bike.And to surprise, My Uncle took two rides on the same bike.But others were furious on me investing that amount on TREK(Which I Feel its worth)Its is great bicycle to ride especially for long distances.The gears are great.Disc brakes are fabulous.Need some more fine tunning of gears.Thats it.

The Last Thing I have to mention is

"Can experience the bike only by riding it & not by reading reviews." & " Love Passing those slow moving Cars in the traffic signal"

HURRAY, TREK ORDERED

2007-07-10T10:04:00.000-07:00

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed,
but nature does not depend on us.
We are not the only experiment.
- R. Buckminster Fuller

And One more which I Have to share

At last I have ordered the Trek 4300D bicycle , after a lot of Hitches. Rohan was great in explaning abt the pros & cons. I am going to pick the bike on Sunday 1st July Morning at Rohan Place.

4 WHEELS or 2 WHEELS ?

2007-07-10T09:58:00.000-07:00

Article in Business World on 7th MAY 2007, a car running with 2 people for 200kms/1 litre of Petrol. Its quite amazing . And now they want the same with 4 people.

So SAVE FUEL,USE THIS VEHICLE OR THE CYCLE

How to select & ride a bike

2007-07-10T09:43:00.000-07:00

As always known,people while selecting a bicycle end up taking

not the one the he likes but the one the dealer has the best margin

So Better Click On This To Select The Suitable Bicycle

Planning to buy a Bike

2007-07-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

I Happened to meet some cycling enthusiasts, who also deal with Cycles sale in a very different way.

It was great to hear about these guys (Rohan & Nikil). They have a mission in hand "POPULARIZE CYCLING" in Bangalore. Yesterday I got the chance to meet these people, have a ride on their bikes.It was really good. They had quite a number of suggestions for the type of riding we do & type of the bicycle we need to use. Nice people to have a discussion abt the cycling. Some day or the other, I would like to get involved with them.

This is the bicycle I am PLANNING to Buy TREK 4300D.

U can meet them at
http://bumsonthesaddle.com/

My New Interest in Bicycling

2007-07-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

SORRY GUYS (THESE ARE ALL NEW POSTINGS) ACCIDENTLY DELETED THE BLOG

I do remember those days, where my father used to teach us the cycling.I used to ride my father's cycle without even knowing how to get on & off of it.

When my parents where out to work and a holiday for us, we used get Cycles for rent for 50Paise/hour and go around city(Bhadravati) parks and used to have a blast.

we had n number of crashes & accident / n number of wounds on our body, which we did not mind.

This continued till I came to Bangalore for My High Schooling & also did get our Fathers bicycle to Bangalore & was using it to commute from our school, House, & Kamalama Gundi (Play ground in Mahalakshmi Layout) where we used to practice our volleyball.

Then that time my mother had promised me to get a good MTB cycle once i go into College for my 10+classes which she did. We then sold of our older cycle for 700Rs to one of our Friend (13years back which i dont know if it is existing or not). My mother was little upset due to this bcoz of the love & the attachment she had with it.

HERO MTB name tells it all(Multi terrain Bike) was used every where from roads,patholes roads, Playgrounds etc.I must have spent more than what the cycle costs in its life span of about 8years
but it has served me a lot.

We used to go to around Bangalore in Diploma for abt 3years, & we even had a cycling trip to Pearl Valley (Muthayalmadu) thru NCC.It was about 40Kms from our College (MEI Polytechnic) in Rajajinagar which was very hard for me but every well enjoyed it.

And after my Diploma college days , I used ride the cycle for first year in Engineering,from Rajajinagar 1st Block to Hanumanthanagar(BMS College of Engineering) that was really great.

After that for all three years I was rarely used the MTB as it was too strainfull.

But I do remember that in final year i had taken the cycle again to BMSCE for fun(but it was too hard for me) & while cuming back,we rode doubles with Ravikishore with the help of Deepak who had a Luna dragging us.

It was such a good momemt,so we remember that ride from college to house when we all meet.

Now its about 5years from there and me little fat, I have decided to start cycling, and probable buy a good bicycle in the near future and start riding it again.

Hope this new interest stays with me for more days to go.

Thanks for reading,
corrections are welcome.
Deepak