First BN Trip

Finally found a cool Biking group - Bike Nomads. Had been searching such a kind of group since long. Went for the first ride to Horseley Hills !!! And had a pillion with me as well :) It was a butt-breaking ride.. but enjoyed myself.

Total Kms Covered : 450 kms. Date of Ride : 17th August 2008. Route Taken - Troupe - Professor, Vasanth, Sunil, Anoop, Me, Saai & Ritesh.

Well.... the First BN. What do i say about it ?? Got introduced to Bike Nomads thru a colleague in office (Sunil Dhummi)... that too by fluke. One of my close friends' (Abhinav Tickoo) went as a pillion with Sunil on a bike trip to Hogenakkal Falls. Later when he came to our flat he was telling about the trip and all. Me & Saai jumped at the opportunity and asked Abhinav to introduce us to Sunil. From then on...we became members of Bike Nomads :) Went on this 1 day trip with them for the familiarization trip. It was really fun. Never experienced this kind of biking before. Had been on trips in groups, but not following any particular rules or such long distances in one day. Started from Bangalore on 17th August 2008 at 6:00 am. Met up all the bikers at KR Puram. In all we were 7 guys on 6 bikes. I had a pillion rider. From there proceeded towards Kolar. From then on I really don’t know the route :( Will have to ask the other guys for it. But anyways… our first pit stop was somewhere after approx. 100 kms. It was a great view of the mountains from there - check out the snaps.

Then we reached Rishi Valley School. It was really great to see a school still following the “Gurukul” tradition. Met 2-3 students there. One of them was Jinu George – snap below.

Started from Rishi Valley and then reached Horseley Hills after approx 1 hour. Took our bikes to the hill top. Took some great snaps on it. Had a hugggeee problem getting Saai’s TB there and then taking it back off the hill LOL. There were 3-4 guys supporting the TB as Saai maneuvered it off the hill :) Then ventured to see the small zoo that was there.. with rabbits, peacocks, monkeys etc etc... Had lunch at the Resort restaurant there. Food was typical Andhra style, it was good. We all were so stuffed after the food that no one wanted to ride back immediately ;) Still we started back around 2:00 pm. Did not come back the same way we had gone..... We returned via Hosur. Took SH13.... it was a lovely stretch of road for approx 20-25 kms. Had a cooool ride on it before joining NH7. Then onto Electronic City road and finally home by 7 pm.

Trip Pics

Nandi Hills 2nd Time :)

You must have thought - Okie this guy has been to Mysore, Nandi Hills, now something new !! Right... well surprise surprise.... Nandi Hill again. Went to Nandi Hills again on 14th - 15th August 2007. Actually this was a sudden plan. We were enjoying at home on 14th as 15th was a holiday. Then Ritesh proposed - why don't we go to Nandi Hills, anyways tomorrow is a holiday !! The idea caught on and me & Saai agreed to it. So Nandi Hills 2nd Time was there now ;) I would bore you all with the entire same trip details again. Read the previous post to know the places we visited on Nandi Hills. Only this time the bikers and the bikes were a little different. Of course is was there with my ZMA. Saai was on his TB and Ritesh was pillion with me. He could not bear to sit on the TB - fear of butt ache LOL ;) Ya.... but this time the snaps were even more amazing than the previous trip. Check out the Pics :D

Nandi Hills Trip

My second outing from Bangalore was to Nandi Hills. Had heard a lot about it from Baljeet and then decided to go along one day. The pain point was that you had to reach there by 6:00 am to see the sunrise and enjoy the clouds around the mountain. So, had to start from Bangalore around 4:00 am :( Anyways, did go and had a lot of fun. Total Kms Covered - approx 150 kms. Date of Ride - 21st - 22nd July 2007. Route Taken - Bangalore - Hebbal Flyover - Nandi Hills Troupe - Baljeet, Sunil Nahar, Prashant Sharma, Manoj, Me, Rishi, Abhinav. We were 7 guys on 5 bikes. Abhinav was pillion with me. Started from Bangalore around 3:30 am on 21st July 2007 night. Reached the diversion for Nandi Hills around 4:30 am i.e. approx 50 kms from Bangalore. Took some snaps there and then started on the final 20-25 kms towards Nandi Hills. The final road climbing up the hill was really quite bad.... but then i have been on worse roads now. Still the scenery was amazing. Clouds all around :) It seemed as if we were riding through the clouds. Finally reached the top at 6:00 am and parked our bikes. There they have a rule like - 4 wheelers are allowed inside the fort but 2-wheelers have to park outside :( I think that is grossly unfair. Still we had to walk around another 2 kms before we reached the actual Nandi Hill granite block. On reaching there the view was fabulous :) I really can't describe it. You have to see it and take it in. Its really beautiful..... waking up all night, riding thru all that bad road - all is worth the view :) Then went to the guesthouse there. Again the view from the guesthouse is spectacular. Saw the sunrise from there. We went crazy taking snaps.... where would you find such scenic beauty and that too only 70 kms from Bangalore. Took some great snaps. Then had breakfast.... omellete + bread. Spent another 1 hour there sitting on the granite block. After that started back around 10:00 am. Reached back to Bangalore at 12:00 noon. Had lunch and dropped dead on the bed. :) Nandi Hill Pics