Oct 2013 Hessaraghatta 55

The Ride

Hesaraghatta is

a man-made lake in the North-West of Bangalore and one of its greenest spots. After a long dry spell the rains this year have filled the lake again, and we celebrate with a populaire that loops around the lake. This 55km route will take you through some quiet rural roads, past agricultural and dairy R&D centres and fruit orchards. 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: Oct 19th, 2013, 06:00 AM -- Registration formalities start at 05:30AM Start: Indian Institute of Science Gymkhana Gate, Yeshwantpur End: Indian Institute of Science Centenary Gate, New BEL Road Distance: 55km Time limit: 3 hours 45 minutes Please note that the road between Mariamma Circle in Malleshwaram and C N R Rao Circle is under construction. 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. On the spot registrations will be charged INR 50 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.

The riders MUST bring a printed copy of cue sheet, failing which they will not be allowed to start.

Link to pdf/html copies of cue sheet can be found under the cue sheet section, below.

There is no provision for parking at the start point at IISc. If you are bringing your vehicle please make appropriate arrangements.

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 the brevet manager website.

Online registrations are free. Online registrations close automatically on Oct 16, 2013, 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 can be seen here.

Results

Cumulative statistics:

Total number of registrants    :    76

Riders started : 42 (55%) 

Riders who completed           :    14 (33%)
Completed Over Time Limit (OT) :    12 (28%)
Did not finish (DNF)           :    16 (39%)

Detailed results can be found here

Credits

Map: Mustafa, Abhijit, Sreepathi

Volunteers : Abhijit, Kalpesh, Vijay, Karthikeyan

Organiser: Karthikeyan S