Fun Sustainable Transport

Trail riding Nandi

written by rohan_kini on June 26th, 2008 @ 08:34 PM


warning: Trails up ahead !

So far its been just the road bikers who have hit Nandi Hills with a vengeance.

Us trail riders were kinda feeling left out of the fun. So, the BOTS team decided to find some trails and ride them ! And ride them we did.

The trails are kinda dangerous at the moment, lots thorny bushes and rocky as hell. Trails like these make you pray for a good bike, and also make you understand your bike better – why disc brakes matter ? why is frame size such a big deal ? suspension on a bicycle ?? Technical riding ? A bicycle costing more than Rs 20,000 ?

We have ridden two trails and have cleared them up a bit – at least the big loose rocks and most of the thorny bushes are out of the way. Now our plan is to make the trail safer and also mark more technical sections. And if possible make it as fast as possible !

Need people to do all this. Up for this ? Ping us :)

Some pics from our ride – here and here

Some Videos

Jump .. Jump


another Jump


Chasing Bullocks :)


a bit of a trail

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  • Navdeep Singh on 26 Jun 23:09

    Wow !! This is good stuff. Tempts me to upgrade my bike. I guess I will have to. These trails needs to be maintained. Do inform me for next trail marking/cleanup/discovery session. Btw .. Is there any bikable trail route that leads to top of hill.

  • ROhan Kini on 26 Jun 23:14

    :) Totally dude. Im sure you gonna love it.
    Unfortunately there are no trails to ride up. You have to take the road. We ride up on the road (lockout) and then ride down the trails !
    So the mountain bikers are going to be one hardy lot :)

  • Gautam on 27 Jun 00:49

    The bullock video is a classic! Can't wait to get back - it's beautiful out there.

  • Srikanth. on 27 Jun 10:27

    Do let me know if u need more hands.. i am ready to join !

  • nelly (nilesh) on 27 Jun 11:48

    i am loveing it

  • Siva on 29 Jun 22:32

    This is nice... though I doubt I can ride as fast the the person in the videos ... needs lot more skill than what i have. The Riding up the hill part is going to be a problem. and how do we reach nandi hills in the first place ? ride ? or drive and carry the bikes.

  • balu on 30 Jun 14:57

    wow! scary but exciting stuff... when you folks doing this next?

  • Deepak on 30 Jun 17:56

    Do let me know the next time?I will accompany u guys

  • Deepak on 30 Jun 17:57

    Good one, Do let me know the next time? I will accompany u guys.

  • Pradeep on 04 Jul 15:40

    Kewl videos. Till now I though you guys rock! Now you have taken it higher onto the rocks.. My resolve to buy a MTB got strengthened. Would love to join to you guys next time around.

  • modi on 05 Jul 13:53

    hey this is exhilarating....would like to join you guys on such trails next time around!!

  • vishwanthar on 09 Nov 10:03

    Simply great man. Rohan who is the guy doing the ride? The video where you guys are chasing the bullocks is hilarious. The videos are inspiring too. Thanks for all of them. Namaste.

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