CAN U IMAGINE ??
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
BladeRunnerZZZ
60 Bikes
20 Trips
Longest trip of 1500 Kms-----
Long Long ago there was a time when I had to request people to join me for rides, especially on Fridays nights as they are the most difficult to spend if you are doing nothing interesting. Most of my requests would lead me to the nearest CCD, where after chatting away till midnight I used to retire back to my room and dream of what I could have done if I went riding. Frustrated with this I decided to go on rides alone---
Mind you, riding alone has its own advantages/disadvantages. Riders must be aware of them and the rest of the guys can try to experience it –But for that U NEED TO START RIDING.
Ok, so already frustrated with it, one fine day when the junta on BB leisure at Infosys started inquiring about any such biking/riding group people started commenting on it and every one expected the Hulla Bulla to go down by EOD, but plans were made in some evil minds somehere.... Instantly a mail was drafted, xl’s made and invitations were sent out to the interested people about the first meeting at Apache :P
Apache, the meeting point chosen for obvious reasons :P, witnessed a turnout of 13 people – Is that Unlucky?? Well not for us, most of the best trips have had a count of 13 bikes/riders :) And so we met, we listened, we planned and BladeRunnerZZZ was born . And since then the tiny group has grown to a 60 bike strong community, with rides as brief as 110kms to the longest till date, 1500kms (Pune -Goa- Pune)
Mind you, riding alone has its own advantages/disadvantages. Riders must be aware of them and the rest of the guys can try to experience it –But for that U NEED TO START RIDING.
Ok, so already frustrated with it, one fine day when the junta on BB leisure at Infosys started inquiring about any such biking/riding group people started commenting on it and every one expected the Hulla Bulla to go down by EOD, but plans were made in some evil minds somehere.... Instantly a mail was drafted, xl’s made and invitations were sent out to the interested people about the first meeting at Apache :P
Apache, the meeting point chosen for obvious reasons :P, witnessed a turnout of 13 people – Is that Unlucky?? Well not for us, most of the best trips have had a count of 13 bikes/riders :) And so we met, we listened, we planned and BladeRunnerZZZ was born . And since then the tiny group has grown to a 60 bike strong community, with rides as brief as 110kms to the longest till date, 1500kms (Pune -Goa- Pune)
From exploring the Kullu - Manali of Maharashtra (Malshej Ghat) the lovely and inviting roads of Lavasa Ghats, to the Tourist Hotspot of India (GOA)
We have done them all. Now when I look back and see how I have fared, I find it quite satisfying. For earlier I used to bug people, telling them “Let’s go somewhere” and now by Thursday’s I used to start getting calls with people asking me “Now where ?? “ ……
Now that i am not at Pune, but still the group has continued with the momentum and has been growing, for the online forum has been created, female riders are being inducted in the group..
Though i will be away from BRZ for almost a year, i am sure the community will continue to grow in size and experience...
As the saying goes "Happiness is: Finding you have another gear left"
So Keep Riding ....
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