Comments on Bengalooru Banter: Biker Banter

i had my biggest fall (on a cycle) from a BSA SLR ...

2008-05-02T07:49:00.000-07:00

i had my biggest fall (on a cycle) from a BSA SLR - that too, 3 falls in oen ride.. i was batterd, bruised nad take to hospital by the end of that ride.. Splendor - my first real touring bike.. the bike coverd 1,75,000+km when ew sold it at last... :-)
now which bike do you use?

Man, great post! I used to rather crash into the r...

2008-03-03T03:27:00.000-08:00

Man, great post! I used to rather crash into the road.
Going uphill is worth the effort.If you enjoy the breeze when you come downhill!

men and the art of motorcycle maintenance :)

2007-11-09T12:59:00.000-08:00

men and the art of motorcycle maintenance :)

Ohh my ; that was real funny!!I couldn't stop laug...

2007-11-07T07:04:00.000-08:00

Ohh my ; that was real funny!!
I couldn't stop laughing and even now..( reading the comments)
Thanks to Harish from where I got your blog address!

sav: All in all Im just another brick in the abov...

2007-11-06T01:43:00.000-08:00

sav: All in all Im just another brick in the above after all.

rithish: Bwaahahahaha :) :) Too much

rusty: This badige cycle thing seems to have had off full senti effect on multiple ppls I say. Hayyo, tag maadbuttya! Full revenze aa?

wormwood: Thanks :) You do, if you remember this sound:
Purrrrr... khhataaaaar.... puRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... rrrrrkhataaaaaaar.... gadagadagada.. stop. :)

:D Good one! I think I remember the Heropuch!

2007-11-05T08:06:00.000-08:00

:D Good one! I think I remember the Heropuch!

25p cycle for one hour! Yes me did that too! In go...

2007-11-05T03:13:00.000-08:00

25p cycle for one hour! Yes me did that too! In good ole shimoga along the railway track.
Cycle was my precious possession in my high school too! Had many a story to tell about how heroically I saved people from crashing into my bike!
In Ahmedabad I hardly saw any school kid without a bicycle.

BD: Imphaartant thing - you are tagged! Pls to be doing it. No excaping.

Memories... I cycle down a 60 degree slope... feel...

2007-11-05T00:24:00.000-08:00

Memories... I cycle down a 60 degree slope... feel the wind rushing through my hair... suddenly notice an old lady walking on the middle of the road... bell feverishly... she jumps to the side... and crashes into a wall...

Memories... ;o)

aawww what lau...though i am more impressed with y...

2007-11-03T03:32:00.000-07:00

aawww what lau...
though i am more impressed with your relationship with the wall :)

naveen: correct, i wanted to name my band "The cr...

2007-11-02T02:09:00.000-07:00

naveen: correct, i wanted to name my band "The crash test dummies", but someone else beat me to it :P
I am now significantly less cool, and drive around in a reva :) One of those eco-nuts I am.

cw: hehehe. One way of avoiding the bar is to do "crass-fedalling", which is putting your foot under the cross bar, through the gap and then pedalling without sitting. I dont think you can do it if you are more than 3 feet tall though :P

penguin: Arre scooty is lovely I say. Infallible and beauteous it is, except for that front wheel guard which for some reason wouldnt move with the wheel. Solpa spooky it was. Scooty on duty is a thing of....? Aaaaan : Byooty.

Ayyo, I am reading your post and wanting to put lo...

2007-10-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

Ayyo, I am reading your post and wanting to put long story about my louly Scooty - whattay bike whattay bike it is. And all you men out there, please not to laugh okay - the Scooty is made to take all you lazy asses all over the countryside by us women. Chumma and all laughing - stupid rascals! I want to come back to Bengloor so I can go on looong Yelahanka-MG Road ride in rain. I want I want!

I was jus gonna say that am sorry I laughed at eve...

2007-10-31T17:50:00.000-07:00

I was jus gonna say that am sorry I laughed at every instance of u crashing into the wall..u dont mind eh?

I agree..cycling arnd is certainly a small town thing. As is falling down periodically & not worrying abt taking tetanus shots. Once in an effort to emulate the paalkarar on his 'male' cycle (the one with the bar- u know how they pushed the cycle first then hopped onto the pedal to hoist themselves up on the seat) I dove headlong into the newly laid tar road.

Pls dont laugh..I'm solpa sensitive abt it still.

yo...soopreb as yoosual!! but why all the crashing...

2007-10-31T04:10:00.000-07:00

yo...soopreb as yoosual!! but why all the crashing into walls! u seemed to have lived in walled cities! :o) ellelli nodali baree waal-e kaansatthe!
anyways, how are u travelling arnd nowadays - the mr.nataraja service-a?

harish: hehe loving it :)?!! Verry good. I alwa...

2007-10-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

harish: hehe loving it :)

?!! Verry good. I always say people who claim never to have crashed while learning to cycle- are lying.

spunky_monkey: This is true, cycling all the time is a small town thing.

ILL: Boss full kai kaal murskondu chindi chitranna aagi bandiddene. Heh about the cycle shop fellow :)

preeth: tyanks bredher :)

pri: make up your mind, woman :)

poojitha: I don't think I *can* do slopes without monkey-pedalling actually. Good one! Yes I am full paavam type only. Atleast in my weekday avatar ;)

unpredictable: Nahh, you develop a morbid fixation for it :) Life can only get better after you crash into a wall.

thoppai mama: sahebra nim hubLi kannada commentigoskara yaavaglu kaaythirthene, and you never disappointu. Bhal besht bareethir bidri :) (Naan olle shishyano heng?)

Bike-andra nenap bunth nod-ri. Num HubL-yaag obb i...

2007-10-30T22:13:00.000-07:00

Bike-andra nenap bunth nod-ri. Num HubL-yaag obb irthidda. Hesar marth hoth. Maga bike race naag ella odisi baraa-va.

Aagin kaal-daag-na Yamaha 350cc baro kinth modala imported bike ondh saakiddha.

Aen haeL-li? Ella hudugi-yaar avan hind-hind beeLo-vru. Pillion-daag kundrisi wheelie hodiyaa-va, aa hudugiyaaru avan-na appi kond kood thidhvu.

Nummantha cycle thuLkonth hogo hudugurige hotti-kicch esht aag-baard-ri?

(Bike means I am remembering only. In our Hubli was a guy, name I forgot. In bike race and all he used to run the bike and come.

In those days only, before the Yamaha 350cc came, an imported bike he had domesticated.

What to say? All girls his behind-behind falling. In pillion he sat them and wheelies did, those girls him hugging and sitting.

Like us cycle stamping going boys, jealousy how much should’nt be?)

And u DONT have a morbid fear of walls after all t...

2007-10-30T21:57:00.000-07:00

And u DONT have a morbid fear of walls after all that crashing into walls? But I like consistency with which you 'crashed into a wall'.. it IS ok to ROTFL instead of commiserating no?

talking about cycles.... u left out an important c...

2007-10-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

talking about cycles.... u left out an important concept while u pedal steep places-"Monkey Pedalling"!!!! ... :D... Anyways.. nice meeting u yestday... though u seem 2 b d 'paavam' kinds unlike ur posts... :D ... tc..n keep it goin....:)

i think i like your non funny posts more than your...

2007-10-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

i think i like your non funny posts more than your funny posts.

Biker tales from biker dude. Good read as usual.Ke...

2007-10-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

Biker tales from biker dude. Good read as usual.Keep it comin bro.

So much of "crashing into the walls" has happened ...

2007-10-30T11:35:00.000-07:00

So much of "crashing into the walls" has happened off...no long term bodily damage-gimage eh?
But yeah,cycle-riding as a kid was super fun...I mastered the art single-handedly too..after having sustained countless injuries and after having made the cycle-rent shop guy sorta rich!I was the only customer ansathe paapa!

Ah, if only I could say the same about my tempestu...

2007-10-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

Ah, if only I could say the same about my tempestuous Laal Chhadi.

About the 25p/day cycle adventures. How cool they were no! Not many of my friends know of this phenomenon; may be it was a small town thingy. I remember learning to ride the bicycle in just a day because amma bribed me with Kesari Bhath!

I love the "crashed into a wall" motif. Said as much to a friend I was talking to earlier.

Good job Bikerdude, you must have had a charmed childhood.

what's with the crashing into walls? couldn't mast...

2007-10-30T07:11:00.000-07:00

what's with the crashing into walls? couldn't master the beast eh?...that said, I once crashed into a parked car. While cycling down a two-lane road.

Aaah! Memories! I remember my first bicycle... It ...

2007-10-30T07:02:00.000-07:00

Aaah! Memories! I remember my first bicycle... It was a shiny red Hero Ranger. The only problem was that it was a tad too tall for me so I remember having to get on and off from the highest footpath on our road. Sometimes the footpath wasn't high enough so... I crashed into a wall! ;)