June 2014: Anchetty 200 BRM

The Ride

Anchetty is a small town just across the border in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. This new and refreshing 200 KM route takes riders south on Kanakapura road till Harohalli, then crossing the Tamil Nadu border towards Thalli, before heading south to Anchetty through green rolling hills and landscapes dotted with lakes. The route then heads back up to Denkanikottai and Attibele, entering Bangalore via Hosur Road.

This is a challenging route with some steep sections. Please see the route page for more details.

This is an ACP-sanctioned brevet ride, and must be completely self-supported. The ride must be finished within 13.5 hours, but note that it is not a competitive ride.

Ride Summary

Date: June 7 2014, 0600 Hrs

Start: IISc Centenary Gate, New BEL Road (Near M. S. Ramaiah Hospital)

End: HDFC Bank ATM, ORR, Silk Board, Bangalore

Distance: 200 km

Time limit: 13.5 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, reflective jackets and helmet are compulsory for this brevet. Riders will not be allowed to start without them.

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

To register please click here. Registrations will be accepted till Wednesday, 4th June 2014, 2359 hrs.

The fee for this ride is INR 200 which can be paid either using NEFT or direct deposit. Payment details will be provided during the online registration process.

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.

Current list of registrants can be seen here.

Riders will need to sign a waiver at the start, if not done so already.

Route information

Please see the Anchetty Route Page for detailed route information and draft cue sheet.

Resuts

Cumulative statistics:

Total number of registrants    : 63 

Riders started : 52 (82%)

Riders who completed : 19 (36%)

Did not finish (DNF)           : 33 (64%)  

The detailed results are available here

Credits

Recce : Kalpesh, Karthikeyan, Ishant

Director : Kalpesh

Volunteers - Start : Abhijit, Kalpesh, Phanibhushan, Shaunak, Vijay

Volunteers - End : Anil Kadsur, Kalpesh, Promise Gangani