Vadivel's blog

Since lately I have been posting my cycling adventures in my Facebook account many of my friends have been asking suggestions on "What types of cycle should I buy?", "Tell me the best Brand of cycle to buy" etc., Though I am not an expert on this yet thought of sharing what I understood till now and leave for the experts to comment and help me correct any content which they feel might be misleading for the readers. My Top 4 Learning as of now 1. DON'T just go by Brand 2. Fix your Budget - Because there are bikes from few thousands to 2+ Lakhs :) 3. Be clear on what sort of terrain you plan to ride / Major purpose of this investment 4. Test as many cycles, brands as possible and see which one YOU are comfortable with. Majorly these are the 3 types of bikes I tested: Road Bikes, Mountain Bikes (MTB) and Hybrid Bikes. I had always loved the Brand Cannondale and Bianchi a lot. So I had made up my mind to buy only one of these brands. But after t

During March 2014, after completing my first TCC 100 Kms ride in less than 4 hrs 30 mins decided that I should attempt BRM 200 in June.  Preparation: I wasn't having any friends who are into cycling at that time so wasn't too sure on what sort of practice is needed for this. I am used to cycling all alone and my only group event was TCC 100 Kms ride till now. So all I did was as much as possible daily 1 hour (20 to 25 kms) of cycling and over the weekend i extended it to 2 to 3 hours. I made sure to take a rest day after every 2 days of ride. Used to carry two bottles one filled with water and another one filled with Gatorade. As a backup will also carry two more Gatorade bottles in my backpack along with 4 energy bars. Reason being I want to get used to that drink and energy bar which I plan to use on the event day as well. Things to carry on a 200 BRM: This is in no way an exhaustive list I am just documenting what I carried and found it useful. Hope it w