Inspiration Was searching for some good reads on cycling to Nandi Hills! This post definitely has given me enough motivation to go in the next couple of weeks! Well written!
Climbing the hills today. A very nice explanation of first hand experience. The one I was searching for in the web. In fact, I'm heading to Nandi on my single gear cycle today with a friend of mine, with no ride to take us back, our plan is to get lift in a lorry or bus when we feel its time to give up. Doing this only for the rush of downhill ride. Tank you for writing this blog, write many more! All the best!!
Nice read.. Hi, Just like you, i have been searching for articles on the net to tell me how "difficult" or easy the ride up would be. Yours is the best article so far. I intend on trekking up, am not a cyclist. Your blog though has given a rough idea of how things could go. Keep writing, good work and thank you.
Mentally Prepared!! I have been speculating on how to go about completing the nandi hill route. This post gave me the much needed info and confidence. Will attempt it soon.
When to start from Bangalore Hi,
I just purchased a new Giant hybrid bike and I am very much eager to travel to Nandi Hills bicycling 130 kms and also to justify the expensive price of my hybrid bike :P. As you stated, it will take around 5 hours to reach to Nandi hills from bangalore. So as to enjoy the sunrise, I am planning to leave bangalore by 2AM so that I can reach there by 6:30 or something. But I have come across atleast one such case of looting in the middle of the way to Nandi Hills if we travel in dark. Is it common there if you are aware of it by any chance? I want to see the sunrise at Nandi Hills by travelling via my road bike. Any suggestions would be appreciated. :)
Late response Hi, - sorry I am seeing all comments today. Did you end up going to Nandi. If you are cycling in the night, I would recommend a small group at least. The last 20 km is very lonely. I have done once in the night but with group of 40 or so. Let me know if you did it and how was it.
A nice and confident building one ! Hey..this one is a nice and confident building one !
I would love to try this ride sometime soon..keep cycling ( and writing too ! )
Need info about the bike Hey it was really nice to read the article. I felt a feel of true passion and adventure ride. Thanks for writing this. I am planning to buy a bike with 7 speed or 21 speed. May I know which speed bikes did you use here? Can 7 speed enough to climb up the nandi hills?
Wow you motivated us to just DO IT Hi Surajit,
First of all very well written blog. Brief, informative with sprinkle of humour. We are a group of cycle enthusiasts from Bengaluru, in our 40's who started couple of months ago and we have already reached 37km with around 300mts elevation gains. Credit goes to our kids, to accompany whom we started this and now are hooked. Our next goal is 50 kms. Slowly we are increasing the distance to one day reach 100 kms on Hyderabad road. We are also excited about the Nandi hills climb and your blog just served our purpose. Thanks a lot for this blog. Will keep you updated if you could message me your number. My number is 9880001548.
- Vivek N Shetty
cycling to nandi hills Hi ,
so i am planning to go to nandi hills cycling. From my home distance is 75 km. I have a btwin non-gear cycle. Its very basic cycle. From one month i am cycling to my office approx total 35km daily. I just want your advice if cycling with a non-gear cycle would be good idea?
Delayed response Hey buddy, apologies for the late response. I wasn't getting any updates on comments till now. Not sure if you already tried Nandi hills with non geared cycle, but as far as I can tell, climbing up with a non-geared cycle is going to be very difficult. Let me know if you have tried it already. Cheers.
Thanks ,A big one at that Hey Buddy
You did good by sharing your first ride exp.I am going for one day after and to tell you the truth am more confident now .Thanks a lot
schnell jaguar 2.0 Nicely written, completed reading thr whole article n btw how is the cycle performance? Im going to buy one after a week. have u faced any problems in iT till now?
schnell jaguar 2.0 Nicely written, completed reading thr whole article n btw how is the cycle performance? Im going to buy one after a week. have u faced any problems in iT till now?
Late response Hey.. I know this is very late, but did you get your bike? Sorry I hadn't seen comments earlier. I am still riding my schnell and without problems. More than 2 years now.
Anuraag Kamath
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Was searching for some good reads on cycling to Nandi Hills! This post definitely has given me enough motivation to go in the next couple of weeks! Well written!