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No Hype Bangalore - Kolhapur - Bangalore 1241 km

What an excitement waiting for the 11th July morning! What a fantastic pace for the first day! Heaven leaked non stop on second day. Followed by a boring 3rd day and painful first half of 4th day and exhilarating pace in the second half of the 4th and last day! There ends the most painful brevet so far. How I decided to ride this one 2011 was my brevet year. 2012 was my BBCh year. However, because of a mechanical failure in 1000K in 2011, I chose to ride the 1000K in 2012. That time, I told my wife and close friends that it would be the last brevet for me. I had been hard on my wife by leaving two kids while she manage her full time job as well. But when Ganapathy had to quit the 1000K in 2012, I decided and assured him that I would accompany him either a 1000K or 1200K whichever he would decide to ride though I preferred 1200K. So, this was conveyed to wife way back last year itself. 2013 - I had the urge to ride brevets many times. At times, I even registered and paid and could