Cycling to office in bangalore

My cycle was stolen :( . My Mom thought 'good now at least he will buy motorbike.But I thought 'good. now at least i can buy new cycle'.But i was lazy to go and buy :). Finally I bought a cycle in October. Its Hercules ACT 110. I bought it for 9050 including VAT ( with bell and lock :) ). I liked that model at first sight.
Black , thin tyre, very light, very good breaking. Looks are good. many kids have told nodo race cycle :) . My sister has told i feel proud to stand beside ur cycle than u :).Even the ride is very good. smooth , effortless.
My home is at banashankari and my office is at Nagavara. exactly 20 kms. Initially i thought it would be difficult to cycle to office. I thought it would take more than 90 mins and it would be very tiring. So i thought i will do some running this that and then give it a try. Me being very lazy to get up early in the morning that day never came :(. So one day i gave it a try .
I started 9oclock from my home. I took 30 minutes to reach majestic.26 more minutes to Hebbal fly over from majestic. 25 more minutes to reach manyata techpark(this part i was slow mainly because of traffic).Route i took is hanumanth nagar-chamrajpet -goodshed road -majestic - sheshadri puram road - parallel to railway track road- air port road(till hebbal)- Ring road.Totally i took 71 minutes which was pretty good i thought.while returning i came via hebbal-chalukya circle- corporation circle-KR market- chamarajpet-basavana gudi-hanumant nagar-banashankari. It took roughly 90 minutes. most of the time is spent in traffic again. :(

Difficulties i had.
* distance
* lack of water bottle stand
* traffic. especially suddenly breaking. Gaining the same speed from zero is difficult especially near fly overs
* traffic flow decides which route i have to take
* going over flyover especially on air port road.

Few learnings
* Show signals properly and early.
* look back regularly.
* use service roads if possible.
* keep cycle (especially breaks )in proper condition.
* plan where you need to go fast/slow.



Now i go to office twice a week in cycle. roughly i take 65-70 mins while going and 65-85 mins while returning. I feel now i know how to maneuver in bangalore traffic in cycle :). one thing i miss is company while cycling :( .

Happy Cycling.