Beginning of last month was the Pedal power ride - this was the second installment I had attended. Last year was one of the first interesting ride I had. Yogesh Joshi from Ruturang also was there - as his company sponsored the event apart from his love for cycling. Last year we had the monsoon which delayed the ride and messed up the SP College ground to the extent that most participants were removing mud for the first 10 min of the ride. This year the monsoon played truant and it was a clear sky. The Ruturang team consisted of Parag, Rahul, Anil and self. The star attraction was Milind Soman. The ride to Corinthian was meant to be be an organized one with the whole lot riding together - A rather boring way to have a ride, so I took off on my Dahon and was first in at Corinthian Boutique hotel. The rest followed bunched around Milind Soman with a camera preceding!
At the Corinthian there was the breakfast but no overhead tent as done last year, keeping us at the mercy of the sun. There was an arrangement made in the AC banquet hall which I avoided as a ride - AC - ride was not a healthy combination. Once the main group reached everyone was clamouring for a photo with Milind Soman. Samples are below.
Yogesh, Fartale and Parag(Edging in sideways:))
Ethape & Parag(finally in place! )
Ethape And Yogesh in the background
Milind and me seem to interested in something.
Ethape had also joined in the ride as had Aniket Sutar.
We all skipped the presentation and decided to get back as it was getting quite warm. Anil, Yogesh and Parag decided to go the same route back. I decided to take the route via Katraj along with Ethape and Phartale. The return trip was uneventful and warm unlike last year when it was drizzling. Interestingly I had reached before the rest of the Rururang gang!
At the Corinthian there was the breakfast but no overhead tent as done last year, keeping us at the mercy of the sun. There was an arrangement made in the AC banquet hall which I avoided as a ride - AC - ride was not a healthy combination. Once the main group reached everyone was clamouring for a photo with Milind Soman. Samples are below.
Yogesh, Fartale and Parag(Edging in sideways:))
Ethape & Parag(finally in place! )
Ethape And Yogesh in the background
Milind and me seem to interested in something.
Ethape had also joined in the ride as had Aniket Sutar.
We all skipped the presentation and decided to get back as it was getting quite warm. Anil, Yogesh and Parag decided to go the same route back. I decided to take the route via Katraj along with Ethape and Phartale. The return trip was uneventful and warm unlike last year when it was drizzling. Interestingly I had reached before the rest of the Rururang gang!
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