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Beer, Bike Affair, Cycling, Hyderabad, Night Ride, Pav Bhaji
While many wait for Sunday to come asap, my favourite day was Monday, cause that’s when i get to rush past all those stuck in traffic. Even now i couldn’t exactly say why i like them so much, so i’m gonna list them as they pop-out in my mind. One, cause of all the lights on the street, be it tail lights of vehicles about to be overtaken by me or the high-beams of stupid vehicles coming in the opposite lane or mysterious reflections from road-side stalls, just adds more fun to cycling i guess.
Second, may be it’s the whole daredevil thing. Yeah, cycling in daylight is easy i guess, u get to see the road better, vehicles from a distance, potholes won’t surprise u nd more importantly there’re no high beams to blind you. But at night, cycling is more exciting cause u may have to break any second cause of some pothole, may have to bend u’r bike to escape a vehicle that came out of nowhere nd the list goes on. And a night ride in rain is like Diwali. The more obstacles u need to bear, the more painful it’l be. But i, like many, believe nd enjoy the pain, cause “pain is fun” right. Don’t get me wrong it’s not the “got a knife cut” pain i enjoy.
Third, may be it’s just the tasty food i crave for, after cycling, especially in that order. Be it Beer nd Baked Nachos at Cafe Heart Cup, Kwality Wall’s ice cream at Gachibowli Stadium or Pav Bhaji at Maharaja Chaat, i don’t know they used to taste real good for some reason.
May be it’s just not any one of them, but all nd many more. May be there’re some moments that u can only appreciate at night. For one, when we rode through Narsapur Forest on a full-moon with our head-lights turned off just to experience that “ride in moon light” feeling, moving together as a group so that we won’t be attacked by tigers, camping in the middle of the forest for a mid-ride snack or pedalling away from a bunch of guys, who we thought were some drunkards, but were actually reporters.
For one reason or other, i just love Night Rides. They just stayed in my mind even though it’s been months since by last night ride. l’d love nd am looking forward to doing those once i get a new bike.