Yelagiri 300

The Ride

This is a 300 km Brevet, starting from the Silk Board. The riders will take the NH7 to descend to Krishnagiri, then take NH 46 to go towards Vaniyambadi. On the way, the riders will take a detour to Yelagiri near Bargur. Go, climb the Yelagiri, and track back the same route to reach Bangalore.

14 hairpin Bends are there to climb to reach Yelagiri. Each one named after tamil poets, and the riders will have their own sweet poems and stories for every switch back.

Ride Summary

Date: Friday, 19th December 2014. 22:00

Start: Pizza Hut, Silk Board, Bangalore (12.916711,77.62032)

End: HDFC Bank ATM, Silk Board, Bangalore (12.915981,77.619229)

Distance: 300 km

Time limit: 20 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. Cards will be returned after a few months.

Registration Information

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

Registrations are charged a fee of INR 99/.

Payment Information: Payment details shall mailed to those who register online. Please note that payment is via doattend. Online registrations will close automatically on thursday 18th December 2014, 2355 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.

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.

Route information

Please see the Yelagiri 300 route page for route details and draft cuesheet.

Results

Cumulative statistics:

Total number of registrants    :    20  

Riders started : 11 (55%)

Riders who completed : 8 (73%)

Did not finish (DNF)           :    3  (27%)

Detailed results are available here.

Credits

Organizer : Karthikeyan

Volunteers - Start : Anup, Parag, Silvester, Karthikeyan

Volunteers - End : Anup, Karthikeyan