Last saturday I did a brisk paced ride with Rachit heading southeast of Bangalore, an area I had not ridden since the
Bangarpet brevet.
We met up near Marathahalli, then headed towards Varthur, and then eastwards.
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| Beyond Gunjur |
The road surface is mostly good, but there are some really bad patches in places.
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| Rolling roads |
The terrain is rolling, with lots of small hills, and many false flats. Though the area was quite green, I imagine it will all be dry scrub in the summer, before the monsoons.
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| Lantana in bloom |
The area was quite green throughout, but there aren't many trees providing shade on the road per se. In the afternoon, with the sun overhead, there isn't much shade on the road.
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| A small lake |
We even came across a small lake, just before we hit Chikka Tirupathi. There is a small "darshini" just opposite the main temple entrance, and we had a quick breakfast (some of the best Idlis I have had), then turned around towards Sarjapura again. The return was noticably harder - there was a strong headwind blowing southeast and the sun had come up by now.
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| Decathlon - Gift cards |
On the way back we stopped by Decathlon Sarjapura, which has now introduced gift cards. We were hoping to find some bargains in the end of season sale, but the sale items were out of stock or not great.
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| Walking up one-ways |
On the way back the traffic was unusually annoying, so instead of taking the long way around with the one ways I took the shortest path and walked up the one ways. Traffic was at a standstill all the way from Minsk Square to High point, and even further towards Bellary Road.
