Save Nanda Road

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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...