Cycling to office

Well after driving in Bangalore and driving crazy about it,I just renteed a place as close to the office as possible..I would have given a arm if my office basement had a 2 bedroom set but that was not to be...So I decided to use my cycle to go to office.


Buying a cycle is  yet another story.I always thought that I will be able to exercise and live healthy if I owned a bicycle.But with new cycles costing around 3000 Rs..I just could not risk buying it and not using it.fortunately while in XLRI my dear friend Dr Kailash dediced to dispose it off-i decided to turn my dreams into reality.And the hassles it took me to transport it from Jamshedpur to Bangalore ensured that I really had to make use of it.


So when I started driving cycle to office..I relaized that initially I always had a reson to avoid taking it to the office-telling myself that I will be late ..even when there is no fixed time to reach the office.



I suddenly realized that once you are on cycle..the other motorized vehicles treat you like dirt..they would actually want you to become part of it..I mean  move down the road or worse will be short of running over you.If you do not have balance on your cycle,you might just fall on the gr

But still cycling is fun,once you drive it in the evening,you can feel cool evening breeze of bangalore.You see new shops,signs..why I managed to see a cyber cafe and a gas agency both of which I wanted to visit but could not found while I used to drive to office.And talking about the office..Once you come to offfice in a car you are just amother person..unless you own a ferrari but noy many people can come to office on a cycle.At first it seems odd ..cycling in formals to office but what the heck..if CEO of Fortune 500 company can do it..I guess there is no reason for me to mind either.One I make it to the A list...people will not say that he started driving cycle only when he became a CEO.

.Well and among all thousands of people who come to office it is you the security staff looks with some recognition.


Well another time when you feel the power is once you grt stuck by a bus which just stops in between..among all vehicles behind her honking..its the cycle which finds space to overtake her.Also on the numerous speed breakers on the roads,I would find a luxury car
luxury car slow down  ..even slower than the cycle (well literally each one needs to watch his back) .But the cycle cruises along..same speed.

Now there are some lows too..once you are on a downslope enjoying the momentum and some vehicle in fron make you stop..thats not a happy feeling.

Another good part of going to office with a cycle is you just cant miss your daily exercise,at least for 5 days a week.So it helps in setting a routine too.

The best part of it is that I actually relate to the woes of the other cycle drivers..whatever i exercise is the bonus.So now that I have spoken so much for the cycle publically..I guess i just need to continue with the cycling for some time.