Pedalathon - The Bangalore to Chennai Cycling Expedition

Route

bangalore - kolar - mulbagal - palmner - chittur - ranipet - sriperampudu - kancheepuram - chennai (About 330 km)

Folks who are doing it

1. Kiruba Shankar

I'm Kiruba. You can call me Kribs. Work as an associate director at Sulekha. Blog at Kiruba.com. Live in Chennai. Teaches at Anna University, Madras Ad Club and Asian College of Journalism. Likes to run marathon and row. And yeah, cycling. Cycle to work everyday. Around 22 Kms. Never done 350 kms of cycling in two days. Not during 'agni natchatram'!! Looking forward to the endurance challenge. I'm available at kiruba@kiruba.com

1. Karthikeyan

I'm Karthikeyan KK. BITS, pilani 2OO4 batch Mech. Working as Sr research analyst with Frost & Sullivan, in chennai . Short distance athlete since school days and since a year, have been practising for that 1st marathon finish. Also, play cricket at competitive level. As for cycling, i cycle about 2O km per week.

Update - My account of this ride can be found here http://karthikeyan-kk.blogspot.com/2007/04/cycling-memories.html

1. Shyam

I am currently workin in sasken communication technologies ltd (or

rather been working here for close to 6yrs).currently i live in

bangalore though relocating to chennai by this year is my ideal

target.generally do a lot of stuff. hacking around, dreaming about

that killer app which will help me to retire right away, run

marathons, and ya first time im cycling this distance.i blog at

shyamk.blogspot.com.

1. Guru

I'm currently working in Infineon Technologies Ltd(from the past 1 month). Previously I was working in Infosys(for 2yrs). i'm a native of Bangalore and I live in Bangalore (Vijayanagar). My passions are trekking, swimming, cycling and running marathons. Used to do a lot of cycling during my student life. After that, it has reduced a lot(due to company transport facility). Have been to quite a few places around Bangalore by Cycle. But the max was only about 140kms(the package also had trekking) in a day. Waiting eagerly to push the limits.

I blog at guruppandit.blogspot.com .

1. SathishK

Am working with SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd in Bangalore ... Ran marathons with Shyam & Kribs...never done long distance cycling..

1. Sandeep

I am Sandeep (Sandy), working for Robert Bosch in Bangalore for the past 3 years…………passions include trekking, cycling, biking and have run a couple of marathons (half marathons)………………me and Guru have mainly trekked in the western ghats………………….. last year I had been to Sikkim………to trek to a place called Goecha-La (base of Kanchanjunga)……………and this year we are planning to trek in Ladakh.

Things needed for the trip

1. Helmet for safety
2. Dettol
3. Anit-septic ointment
4. Cotton
5. Gauze
6. Iodex spray
7. Bottles of water
8. Torch Light
9. Additional batteries
10. Camera
11. Sun-screen
12. Cap / hat
13. Electral, glucose
14. Pain killers (tablets)

Theme for the Expedition

Ideas for the theme goes here.

1. Cycling for better health

Highway Cycling Tips

Links to interesting information on highway cycling goes here.