Varadenahalli Loop

I wanted to do a 100k ride as preparation and equipment check ride before the second Anchetty Recce, and the Institute holiday on Wednesday provided the perfect opportunity to do so. I had no route in mind, so when Sree suggested exploring a village route from Mangalore highway to Bachchenahalli I quickly agreed. We ended up discovering some new routes and rediscovering some old ones, over the slow ten hour ride.

Overhauling a Bicycle

A priceless excerpt from Jerome K Jerome's 1900 novel Three Men on the Bummel:

He said: "Have you overhauled it?"

I said: "I have not, nor is anyone else going to overhaul it. The

thing is now in working order, and it is going to remain in working

order till we start."

I have had experience of this "overhauling." There was a man at

Folkestone; I used to meet him on the Lees. He proposed one

evening we should go for a long bicycle ride together on the

following day, and I agreed. I got up early, for me; I made an

effort, and was pleased with myself. He came half an hour late: I

was waiting for him in the garden.

Checking for Chain Wear

Last week I checked my chain for wear using the Park Tools CC2 (thanks to SP), and I read up some stuff about chains and wear generally, and here's a jist: