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Chintamani 200 Km. Brevet

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  "Do you really want to get up at 4am? You could be comfortably sleeping till 7:00am". After a little persuasion, I decided against sleeping in and went with by better instincts.  After a quick sandwich breakfast and some last minute checks, I stepped out of the house into the silence of the street. In the quiet of the morning, the bike was noiseless and even the stray dogs had decided to call it a night. After a short ride to Lavelle road, here are the early birds at 5:30 am ready to ride. Starting at Airlines Hotel on Lavelle Road All 30+ riders started and with an adrenaline rush, riders were cruising down MG roads at motorbike speeds. Before long, we reached the ring road and headed north on the busy airport road. A colony just beyond the airport The first two hours were uneventful and the ride on the highway was smooth sailing. This was a prelude to the following two hours that were in sharp contrast to the initial two hours