May 2011: Hesaraghatta 55: Loop Around the Lake Populaire

The Ride

Hesaraghatta is

a man-made lake in the North-West of Bangalore and one of its greenest spots. This randonnée takes you to the lake and around it in a loop. You'll ride through lovely rural roads which pass through grape farms and mango orchards. The ride is about 55km.Like a brevet, this populaire is a completely self-supported ride to be completed in a fixed time. A populaire is usually of a distance less than 200K. Note that brevets and populaires are not competitive rides.Ride Summary

Date: May 21st, 2011, 06:00 AM -- Registration formalities start at 05:30AMStart: Indian Institute of Science Gymkhana Gate, YeshwantpurEnd: Indian Institute of Science Centenary Gate, New BEL RoadDistance: 55kmTime limit: 3 hours 45 minutesPlease 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.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 May 20, 2011, 6PM.

You will need to sign a waiver at the start.

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 1km has a wide sandy dirt road. A 7km section has roads in fair shape, with a very poor stretch for 10metre. Roads are split about 75:25 between narrow and two-laned.

Traffic: Roads have very low traffic, even on SH-39 to Hesaraghatta. However, you may find the occasional heavy vehicle (BMTC buses) on the route. Some roads (about 5km) in the end have medium to heavy traffic.

Terrain: Here is the elevation profile generated from the GPX by utrack.crempa.net for the route:

For a GPX you can analyze, see this attachments.

Please note map and GPX are provided for convenience only. The cue-sheet is the only official route guide.

Cue Sheet

The cue sheet will be uploaded here shortly..

Results

Cumulative statistics:

Total number of registrants    :    47

Riders started : 32 (68%) 

Riders who completed           :    24 (75%)
Did not finish (DNF)           :    8  (25%)

Detailed results here.

Photos

Credits

Map: Mustafa, Abhijit, Sreepathi

Recce: Sreepathi, Abhijit, Kalpesh

Photos: Prakash, Gokul, Alex, Roshan, Bharath

Mock run: Bharath, Abhishek, Nirmal, Madhu, Shome, Sreepathi, Abhijit

Controls and Registration: Vasanta, Meenakshi Sundaram, Prakash, Gokul, Nirmal, Abhijit, Sreepathi

Ride Director: Sreepathi Pai