Went out with the Hero last night. I took a different route this time. From Golpark went towards Bijan Setu. On the other side of the setu went towards Jahaj Barhi of Kasba in search of our school friend Biswapriya Ghosal. Couldn't locate him and came back to the main road. Turned towards Garia from Ruby and then again right from the Anwar Shah Connector. When I reached home it was a good 17 km plus, though while riding I thought it would be more than 20. The thighs felt sore as usual.
I find I get a sore butt after about an hour of sitting on the saddle. To gain more mileage the first thing I need to do is get my butt used to the idea of long hours on the bike. At least two hours at a stretch. But finding two hours free time for cycling looks like a big order right now. Too many distractions in life.
But one thing I am fairly confident about nowadays is crossing a bridge. Perhaps due to the gears that the bike has but I am not scared of crossing any bridge. Last night, for example I climbed two bridges. Particularly the Jadavpur bridge was pretty high. But I could quite easily do it on first gear.
The Kasba Connector has pretty decent surface for taking out the road bike. But traffic is also fairly heavy. As of now going out early in the morning looks like next to impossible. The road bike feels risky in heavy traffic.
