Jul 2011: Savandurga 100: The Monolith Populaire

Date: July 30, 2011, 06:00 AM -- Registration formalities start at 05:30AMStart: Indian Institute of Science Gymkhana Gate, YeshwantpurEnd: Indian Institute of Science, A-Mess Gate/Kendriya Vidyalaya Gate, Mathikere RoadDistance: 100kmTime limit: 8 hours (Non-standard limit)Please note that the road between Mariamma Circle in Malleshwaram and C N R Rao Circle is closed. Please approach via Mekhri Circle if you're coming from South Bangalore.

Note the the ride has steep ascents and descents. Please make sure you're fit enough to ride a challenging rolling route and your bicycle is is good repair, especially the brakes.

The ride is open to all cyclists regardless of their affiliation.

Online registration for the populaires is FREE.

However, if you register on the spot at the venue, a surcharge of INR 50 will be applied since we'd like to minimize the inconvenience of handling on-the-spot registrations.

Rules and Regulations

Please read the rules and regulations for a randonnée.

Since this is a daylight ride, the following rules are relaxed for this ride:

1. You do not need to wear a reflective vest.
2. You need not possess front or rear lights. If you do, however, they must meet the regulations.

Registration Information

You can register online using RRBM. Online registrations are free. Online registrations close automatically on July 29, 2011, 6PM.

You will need to sign a waiver at the start, if you haven't done so already.

You can see the current list of registrants here.

Please note on-the-spot registrations at the venue will attract a surcharge of INR 50 since we'd like to minimize the inconvenience of handling on-the-spot registrations.

Route

Surface: Roads are in good to excellent shape for most of the route. One section of about 5km has a small road in fair condition. Most roads are two-laned, except for a very low traffic 8km section which is one laned. The beginning of the route on Pipeline road is dugup and maybe difficult to navigate, but is rideable.

Traffic: Roads have very low traffic, however SH-85/Magadi Road on the return has light to medium traffic and the Mahalakshmipuram Layout road on the return has medium to heavy traffic.

Terrain: Here is the elevation profile generated from the GPX by utrack.crempa.net for the route, there is about 1000m of climbing, with some very steep climbs (6%) and descents.