Big Loop Ride in a Day
We wanted to check whether we can ride for long hours if required. Also, just to check our physical condition. To do this, we had to ride a loop around Bangalore, covering different types of roads and elevations in a day, and at least 600 km. We had an idea of the route, then we rode. We were generally slow; it took longer than I expected, but it ended well, and we are happy with the results.
The route we finally took was Bengaluru – Malavalli (breakfast) – Mysore – Gundlupet – Ooty (lunch) – Coonoor – Avinashi (Tea) – Salem (Dinner) – Krishnagiri (Tea) – Hosur – Attibele – Bengaluru. It was around 672 km. We took lots of breaks, had lunch, tea, and took some pictures, that’s all. In total we road about 670KMs. I left home at 430AM and reached home back at around 12:30AM next day, roughly 20 hours, including all breaks.
I took a stop motion video while climbing the Ooty Ghats. You can see it below.
Back in the day, we’d call it a saddle sore ride. Made me want to do it too. Lovely!
Early days with the RE, I’d ride up to Ooty, have lunch in Coonoor and ride back to BLR by dinner time.
Yup. I can give sores.
I did use seamless cycling shorts and anti chafing cream. Both helped a lot.