Freewheeling with Mohit Raj Kapoor as he talks to us about cycle touring in India and his ride from Jaipur to Malaysia and more… Mohit, all of 23, is an avid tourer who has ridden the length of the country and most of South East Asia. His first ride was…
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Our video from the beautiful land of Uttarakhand… Two of us from CyclingMonks.com went for a fortnight long cycle ride in Uttarakhand. We rode in both Garhwal and Kumaon. The bicycle ride started in Dehradun, went up to Mussoorie, further up to Dhanolti, down to Tehri Reservoir, down and along…
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In the third blog of this travel trilogy, we go cycling around Corbett Park in Uttarakhand. We start in Marchula and end in Dehradun… After spending four glorious days in Kumaon, it was time for us to get back to Garhwal. As we reflected on the past few days, the…
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The second part in our Uttarakhand trilogy. We rode from Rudraprayag, cycling through Kumaon, visited Kausani and turned back to Dehradun… Often people travelling on motorcycles and bicycles ride for some cause. One current favourite is ‘women empowerment’. Where people ride, with a backup vehicle flaunting a lot of stickers…
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Cycling in Garhwal is Elation in Elevation. You can only love the climbs. This blog covers the first five days of the ride… Uttarkhand has been home territory from the time I was knee high to a pup! We would go tripping there since forever. The place feels so comforting,…
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A photo story of cycling solo from Goa to Kanpur via the Konkan Coast, Mumbai, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh just before the lockdown… Thanks to Mohit Gena for editing these pictures and making them look better than the photographer’s capabilities! These photos are from Goa to Mumbai. Post Mumbai,…
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You’ve recently got into cycling and are now looking at cycling your first century, then this quick guide should help you successfully do it! One of the only silver linings on the dark cloud that this pandemic is, is that a whole bunch of people have got into cycling. As…
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A blast from the past…from 2015, when we spent a month cycling in Mongolia. On this day 5 years ago, we left for Mongolia and to celebrate the anniversary, here’s the travelogue… Cycling in Mongolia Pedalling through the vast expanse of the endless land that is Mongolia, there are two…
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