>     Starting with a short intro. I am Dipankar, a daily biker to
> office. I have been riding about 20-30 kms daily for the past 1.5 yrs.

>      I had recently been to the Tour Of Nilgiris (TFN)'s warmup ride
> initiated by Yogesh. Well till then I was not aware of the TFN ride.
> Today when I tried registering on the website of TFN, it displayed a
> message that registrations are full. :( ..  That they can accomodate
> only 70 riders whereas 260+ people had already registered. Well, need
> not mention, that was quite disappointing.

>     That was the time when I and Bibhushan decided to put up a
> discussion with all those interested in the ride but are in queue for
> TFN.

>      What if we plan a similar long ride on a similar route in the
> month of December/January? Away from media and fully self
> sponsored... :).

>     Anyhow, we will surely be finding ways to arrange support cars,
> accommodation and all other necessities.

>     For this, first we need to know how many would like to participate
> in a 10 day cycling around a similar route of TFN in the month of
> December/January.

>     Feel free to put across any queries that you may have and we will
> try to clarify in the best possible way. We are flexible on the dates
> as yet but would prefer it to match with new year celebrations.

> Regards

> Dipankar & Bibhushan

> Bibhushan
> +919740701347[Bangalore]
> +919971786972[Delhi]

> Dipankar
> +919980265230[Bangalore]