The clock was ticking 4:08am. I heard some sound ringing in my mind. I thought it was in my dream (yes, I was sleeping). But I had to wake up with that sound just to know that it was my alarm, and what I saw was a note in my phone said - time to get ready for Elagiri hills ride. That was how my day started. Yes, today we planned to go for Elagiri hills ride and I was very excited about it.
As planned, we had to be there at Electronic Phase 2 bus depot by 5:45am which was our meeting point, so we could start by 6am. I went to Jeevan Bheema nagar around just past 5am to pick up my pillion rider Harinath. It was cold outside, but with my jackets, I didn't feel much cold. I picked him and started to Electronic City. The roads were clear with very less traffic, and we were there by 5:30am. There were two people already waiting, Swateek (Honda-Unicorn) along with Sunita. We met them and waited for the rest. We were waiting for Virander who is our coordinator today. One of after the other came the rest, Arurag (Pulsar 200NS), Deep (Honda-CB Trigger), Ranjan. We had some get-to-know-each other talks. Then came our coordinator Virander on his bike - can you imagine, IT'S Harley-Davidson :-). Unbelievable. I have seen his pictures in Google+ posing on his same bike. But I didn't think he would bring it for this ride and riding along with Harley-Davidson (1,600 CC, 300 kg) was going to be an awesome experience. We exchanged hais and names, but I was just staring at his bike, probably others as well :-P. Then finally came Sandeep with Shwetha. We were 10 in total with 7 bikes. We had a small official intro. It was first long distance ride for most of them. We had discussed and agreed on safety rules that must be followed through out the trip. Vinander being in the front to lead and Anurag took the responsibility of sweeper and would come at the last.
As planned, we had to be there at Electronic Phase 2 bus depot by 5:45am which was our meeting point, so we could start by 6am. I went to Jeevan Bheema nagar around just past 5am to pick up my pillion rider Harinath. It was cold outside, but with my jackets, I didn't feel much cold. I picked him and started to Electronic City. The roads were clear with very less traffic, and we were there by 5:30am. There were two people already waiting, Swateek (Honda-Unicorn) along with Sunita. We met them and waited for the rest. We were waiting for Virander who is our coordinator today. One of after the other came the rest, Arurag (Pulsar 200NS), Deep (Honda-CB Trigger), Ranjan. We had some get-to-know-each other talks. Then came our coordinator Virander on his bike - can you imagine, IT'S Harley-Davidson :-). Unbelievable. I have seen his pictures in Google+ posing on his same bike. But I didn't think he would bring it for this ride and riding along with Harley-Davidson (1,600 CC, 300 kg) was going to be an awesome experience. We exchanged hais and names, but I was just staring at his bike, probably others as well :-P. Then finally came Sandeep with Shwetha. We were 10 in total with 7 bikes. We had a small official intro. It was first long distance ride for most of them. We had discussed and agreed on safety rules that must be followed through out the trip. Vinander being in the front to lead and Anurag took the responsibility of sweeper and would come at the last.
