Jan 2014: Fourteen Poets 400 BRM

The Ride

What is more interesting than a brevet with a hill climb? Obviously, a brevet with two climbs. IISc Randonneurs offers the randonneur community of Bangalore, a modified version of the first brevet to feature a hill climb.

Riders start from the IISc campus on Friday night, rush through the mostly downhill NH 7 towards Krishnagiri aiming to make the most of the cold night, and continue past Krishnagiri to reach the first control at Vinnamangalam. Then they turn back to Vaniyambadi and get off the highway to reach the base of Yelagiri hills, passing through villages. Then follows the climb to the top - grueling 11 km, with 14 hairpin bends; each bend labeled with the name of a Tamil poet. The town at the top with its refreshing air and scenic landscapes is popular among tourists as a place to relax on the weekend. Our riders, however, will not have much time to relax, and will start the return leg of the ride.

The first section of return leg is a scenic route through Pernambut with green tamarind trees giving guard of honor to the riders, followed by a nice climb through the reserved forest to enter the state of Andhra Pradesh. Riders completing the second climb get their reward - another section of road through scenic villages till Mulbagal via Venkatagirikota, to enter Karnataka. The scene changes at Mulbagal where the riders get a plain four laned NH4, yet another chance to quench the adrenaline rush to reach back the IISc campus.

This is an ACP-sanctioned brevet ride, and must be completely self-supported. The ride must be finished within 27 hours, but note that it is not a competitive ride.

Ride Summary

Date: Friday, 17th January 2014. 22:00

Start: Gymkhana gate, IISc Bangalore

End: Gymkhana gate, IISc Bangalore

Distance: 400 km

Time limit: 27 hours

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

Rules and Regulations

Please read the rules and regulations for a randonnée.

Lights, helmet and reflective jackets are compulsory for this brevet. You will not be allowed to start without them. This brevet involves extensive night riding, make sure to have extra batteries, and it is recommended to have spare lights. Riders without lights or reflective jacket in the dark will be disqualified.

The rider must return his/her brevet card to the organizers at the end of the brevet for their ride to be homologated. Riders completing the brevet successfully can opt for a medal from ACP, for which a separate medal fee of INR 450 must be paid. Cards and medals will be returned after a few months.

Registration Information

Online registration, and advance payment is compulsory. Click here, to register online,

After completing payment, remember to come back and enter payment details.

Registrations are charged a fee of INR 200/.

Payment Information: Payment details shall mailed to those who register online. Please note that payment is via online transfer to a bank account, and as this might take a few days to happen, do register early enough for you to be able to make the payment. Online registrations will close automatically on Wednesday 15th January 2013, 2359 hrs, and we won't accept payments received after online registration closure time. Also, there will be no refund of registration fee in case the riders have paid and not started / Did Not Finish.

Please note on-the-spot registrations at the venue are absolutely, totally, completely and utterly discouraged because we are extremely lazy people who have no interests whatsoever in taking on the hassles of few such isolated cases. So please do register online before the time limit.

You can see the current lists of registrants here.

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

Updates

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Following are the recent updates :-

1. The medal fee to be paid after the successful completion of BRM is INR 450/-

2. There will be no refund of registration fee in case the riders have paid and not started / Did Not Finish

Route information

Please see the Fourteen Poets Route Page for details and draft cue sheet.

Results

Cumulative statistics:

Total number of registrants    :    20  

Riders started : 13 (65%)

Riders who completed : 11 (85%)

Did not finish (DNF)           :    2  (15%)

Detailed results are available here.

Credits

Recce : Abhijit, Akhilesh, Kalpesh, Karthikeyan

Director : Karthikeyan

Volunteers - Start : Abhijit, Sandeep, Vijay, Karthikeyan

Volunteers - End : Vijay, Karthikeyan