We are in conversation with 17-year-old Samidha Patel from Vadodara who recently set the fastest time on a cycle from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and earning herself a Guinness World Record! In an aspirational middle-class India, the first response to anything cycling-related is met with a certain level of bafflement, disdain,…
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Apidura Backcountry Review, where we use the 9 litre handlebar bag, 11 litre saddle pack and food pouch on the backroads of India… We got our hands on a bunch of bags from Apidura to use. These bags are from the Backcountry series of the London based bicycle luggage manufacturer.…
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NO it isn’t… But 2 youngsters from Alibag, would have you believe it, as they successfully completed their Full Everesting Attempt. Meet 15-year-old Satvik Raikar and 16-year-old Amey Vaje, who together went Everesting in December. But they were not the only two young guns, as they were joined by 13-year-old,…
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Meet Shivraj Thorat, a 16-year-old from Nashik, Maharashtra. The state which has somewhat become the home of endurance cyclists in India. On the 28th of June 2021, this young man, went about and did something incredible on a bicycle. He rode the maximum distance ever ridden in 24 hours by…
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For those cyclists who want to shift from randonneuring to racing, this article will help you understand the commonalities and challenges… India might have millions of people cycling every day across the country. But only a small fraction are people who consider it a sport. And within this tiny ecosystem…
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Meet Sameera Auluck from Ludhiana, a fashion designer and mother of three, who went cycling from Delhi to Mumbai in December 2020. Through the freezing cold winter of the north! With the pandemic raging on, Sameera along with a group of cyclists rode from India Gate in Delhi to Gateway…
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You’ve recently got into cycling and are now looking at cycling your first century, then this quick guide should help you successfully do it! One of the only silver linings on the dark cloud that this pandemic is, is that a whole bunch of people have got into cycling. As…
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Seasoned endurance cyclist, Sumit Patil cycles for 24hours to raise money to help the thousands of migrants walking and cycling from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. #iForMyPeople The funds were given to Prabodhan Trust, based in Dhule, Maharashtra. Dhule has a unique feature of being a nodal point of…
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