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A tale of Two sync seats: touring first ever 100 kms

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Whenever me and Sanat, are on a ride on tandem, people stop around, even the motor cyclist, auto walas, conductors in the bus, traffic police give an intense gaze, as if asking to themselves " WTH is this ??" Raising thumbs up, anxious looks from kids, appreciative waves, queries all these are common for tandem bikers. There seems to be something rather endearing about the look of a tandem and people are intrigued.   Whenever we came across the question "What its like two ride a bicycle built for two?", we exchange knowing looks and provide an oversimplified answer "It's fun". But, in reality its way beyond that, is what we keep on realising on each and every long ride on the tandem. Sanat and me have started tandeming since past 4 months, and we are on our way to master the skills of tandem riding as well as know and harness our strength in effective riding. A couple of short distance (15kms) ride on a single speed gear, motivated me to take a p...
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FAT TWIN BREVET: KGF 200 - ROCKY BHAI RIDE

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Sometimes meeting the legends and talking to them can inspire and motivate common people to do something meaningful in life. This happened to us a fortnight ago when we met the legend in cycling community Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu. The simple words “kar lo, ho jayega” and “ Goal without a time frame is no goal” hit our minds so much that we were convinced to foray into the journey of fat tandem in our next brevet. Just after a week of meeting him, Bangalore Randounners (BR) announced the KGF 200 Brevet- Rocky Bhai Ride. It was supposed to be a challenging route with a scenic trail passing by Hosakote, Malur, Bangarpet, KGF, Nachipakkam, Berigai, Sarjapur and ending at Konark Kanteerava stadium. As a warning note, the organisers had made it clear that the route includes stretches of bad roads and heavy in city traffic. As per the note from organisers " KGF is a challenging BRM which requires both physcal and mental strength, good navigation skills, patience. Riders will be rewarded wit...
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Tale of Fat wheels

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                                                                                                   FAT BIKES   For a non cyclist, a fat bike would be a jargon, so let me first start with explaining what a fat bike is. I bet after reading the description of a fat bike, any person would definitely love to catch a glimpse of it. The naming of a fat bike comes from its tire width. While a normal bike's tire width ranges from 1-2 inches, a fat bike's tire width could be anywhere between 3.8-5 inches. This means that these bikes offer more rolling resistance on roads compared to its contemporaries. Fat bikes were originally used as snow bikes but with subsequent years it gained popularity and people started using it in urb...
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