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Background photo: Sandown beach, Isle of Wight.

I visited Manchanabele/Manchinabele first way back in Nov 2006. With a day to spare today, I thought of visiting the place again. It was all good till few kilometers before the the water reservoir. Then the road repair work made me take diversions. After 2-3 diversions, I was lost! To add to that the car’s wheel got stuck in sand in a narrow lane with no one in the vicinity to ask for any help. It took almost 40 minutes to get back to the track. End result, I missed the road & came back home with dirty cloths & car completely covered with multiple layers of dust.

A wonderful adventure to beat Monday blues, I say! :)

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Background photo: Silhouetted Avani betta, near Kolar.

After a lot of delays, here it is, a new set of wheels in the garage. I’ve all the reasons to be not guilty of contributing more to the pollution as the new vehicle is a Merida MTA 510A.

Specifications:

Speeds:  27
Size:  17″
Color:  Red
Frame:  Advance Alloy Frame With Discbrake Mount
Fork:  Rst Gila-Tnl L/O Suspension Fork With Discbrake Mount
Brakes:     Alloy V-Brake
Chainwheel:     Truvantiv
Derailleurs F/R:  Shimano Deore 27 Speed
Chain:     Shimano
Hubs:  Alloy Shimano With Quick Release
Headset:  Fsa
Hubs F/R:  Alloy Qr/Shimano Rm30-8
Rims:  Alloy Double Layer Alex Rim With Cnc
Shifter:  Shimano Deore

A wonderful gift from my sister on a special day :)

Photo courtesy: Merida India

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