If you’re look­ing for a com­pact bike, and espe­cially a “one size” fits all for the fam­ily, to run errands and com­mute, this might just be the right fit for you.

My expe­ri­ence with the excit­ing world of horse rac­ing at the Ban­ga­lore Derby 2011.

An account of a 400km ride cov­er­ing Bangalore-Vellore-Bangalore in 26 hours and some­thing min­utes, as a part of the Ban­ga­lore Brevets. My cycling jour­ney con­tin­ues and gets more inter­est­ing as the years go by (at least for me). At times, I wish I’d started ear­lier in life (I wasted a lot of good years!), but […]

My first time to the United States turned out to be a short trip indeed. I only had one des­ti­na­tion in my cal­en­dar – San Fran­sisco. A quick trip to Seat­tle hap­pened too, except that I only saw the inte­ri­ors of my aunt’s home there :-)

I still remem­ber the show we watched dur­ing a trip to Ker­ala last year. It was at Thekkady, while we were out explor­ing, when we saw a sign say­ing adver­tis­ing a Kalari per­for­mance in the evening. We decided to ven­ture in. Kalar­i­pay­attu is derived from the words Kalari — which means “place, thresh­ing floor, or […]

Over 400 kms on some of the worst roads (and no roads in some places) but the most beau­ti­ful coun­try­side. Man­ali to Leh on cycle span­ning 10 days and many many breath­less moments (both because of the alti­tude and the sight of the mighty Himalayan ranges!). The jour­ney took us through lush ever­green forests, green […]

It’s been a while since I headed North. A few years in fact. I still have some vivid mem­o­ries ski­ing down the lovely while slopes of Auli. And roam­ing around the gal­lis of Dhara­masala in search of the per­fect momo and of course vis­it­ing the Indian abode of HH The Dalai Lama. It’s time to go […]

4 motor­bikes 5 mus­ke­teers Gen­er­ous doses of rain Dol­lops of deli­cious food Loads of scenic routes and trails Plate­fuls of hot bha­jjiya A few bot­tles of Coorg wine to taste And 1 place to Linger around Mix all of them and shake gen­er­ously. And voila — you get a per­fect mon­soon weekend!