Wednesday, February 25, 2009

vanished pedals n pedallers

Its time guys grab a piece of cloth dust your bikes, oil 'em, check air pressure n take them out for a spin. Well thats what i did few days ago after a long time(to b precise 6 years) and first thing i noticd was the dearth of cycle repair shops in the town. All those old kiosks where we used to go earlier as kids are nowhere to be seen, Not even those roadside repair shops were to b found anywhere. Well now should i be happy that india has prospired, is wealthier and now there's no need to buy bicycles , now we drive mercs and audies. BULL!! Then i started noticing the traffic on roads u can find all kind of cars suv's, Muv's, sedans, pickups and all kind of metal craps emitting gruelling sounds, coughing out smoke, sucking petrol from their tanks like leeches, and rightly so i can discover a mechanic shop after every 10 meter.
Then something struck a chord in my mind, i knew the cycle repair guy who used to sit near my school His name was Mustafa and i knew where he lived. I went to the place in radio colony where i thought he lived on the outskirts of a big hockey ground in small hole with tin roof. But he was not to be found there. I asked his neighbour about his whereabouts and the answer left me all bitter. He has left the town after working sometime under a mechanic and is working in a garage in Bhopal. What the heck? (yeah i know he moved to earn more, he went ahead with time, whatever..). Later tired i returned home switchd on the T.V only to see an advertisement from PCRA Mocking the dream of a kid who aftr watching all the elders around him burning petrol, decides to b a bicycle mechanic. Listening this the father comes back to his senses and turns off his engine on the red light. So what they wanted to show was that the kid's dream was so tiny that his father got ashamed and came back to his senses
Now the big question..what's wrong with the cycle industry in India. Bieng a bicycle mechnic can bring ultimate shame to ur parents???!! Anything that has to do something with bicycles is small...is it so then let me put forward some data for all those big hot shots. Can u afford the newly launched bicyle from ferrari CX70 Daytona costing 1.6 lakh or Audi cross pro RS costing 2.6 lakhs. Indian bicycle giants Atlas and hero are coming up with new sporty variants whose cost vary between 5k to 20k Well thats what bicycle industry can do for india only if we open our cramped up little minds towards these biofriendly high on adrenaline(u doubt that then wait fr more posts), perfect city commuters.
So please take out ur bikes back on roads and bring back all those Mustafa's back in business.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Human or junkie

Speed junkie, reckless driver, no brakes freak. thats what i hear from people on road when m behind a set of wheels. Well!! yes, speed junkie is what u can call me but reckless driver?? No sir i'd like to tell that i have maintaind O casualty since m driving. People sometime blame us speeders of running from life, then again i'd like to clear its not at all running from life on the contrary speeding is like running towrds life. Now imagine urself on the back of bike which is capable of taking u to the speed of 150 km/h The throttle is in ur hand, and u are constantly ravving it up, up ,up , up and maximum, till the bike is in ur control silently remove the head gear and whaammm, gust of wind punches ur nose right from the front, throw ur helmet, get back in the position both hands on the handle bar, open the full throttle, let the engine scream for mercy, the wind rushes though ur ears like two tornados meeting in their peak,wind trying to close ur eyes,u trying to keep themm open,tears gushing out your eyes like a newly popped up champagne bottle.

Now enough...Come back in control of the bike. Turn the key off. let the engine go silent still the momentum of the previous race is enough to keep it up to 90 Km/h. Feel the silence filling u, feel the silence surrounding u, feel the silence of ur still moving bike,Feel yourself floating over the world.Take a deep breath, let ur heart beat go slowly down to normal, look around. Now see the world pass by silently,trees, bushes, houses all silent specatators of ur elegant run towrds the elixir of life.. now when the speed comes down to 60 kms/hr get both your arms off the handle bar, stretch them wide(as wide as u can) and embrace life,give it a bear hug, kiss it on the forhead..now turn on the key,put the bike into gear leave the clutch and again back to what u were at the starting of the post a simple humanbieng just like us all..ur date with life just got over & what a date it was sir!!!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Porsche unleashed

Its been 5 years since i was introduced to need for speed porsche unleashed..an still in the midlle of night in my dreams i find myself cutting corners on the windy tracks Schwarzwald,corsica,autobahn, cotedazur be it 911 turbo,mobydick,boxters,gt2 this game became a legend overnight and stands with its full stature in front of all NFS latest versions..Cnbc said that Even aftr the launch of NFS undercover.porsche enthusiasts r not ready to leave the exhausts of porsche and i think m such 1 enthusiast..Aftr porsche i have played the Hotpursuit series,aftr which came the underground series and i think this is from where EA sports started loosing its grip on the street racing world..and now the undercover this game is all about vriety and good selectn of cars and to complete this game m also in serach of more resons. U just dont go gaga ovr a game only because of its good selection of cars..u need to consider other things too..Ea will have to put its all resources to come up to the porsche standards again.
Well until something good comes m all fr porsche. Wanna race???

Thursday, February 12, 2009

1st post not by me but by Sritam(a preview of what u will get here)

This 1 was a turn for a reason. it hapnd yesterday at around 5 in the eveng.i was driving with the faint track on.a group of punk teenagers were also cycling.they saw me n started to aggrevate me,u know to race with em.i was in no f*****g mood to race.i was in a beautiful cruise session.they forced a bit more,i denied,a bit more,denial again,then the abuses........Now man that did it,was a matter of respect.warned them,they paid no heed to it.oh n u know that i was out of mine rear brakes.the punks were with gear modded bikes,racing bikes.......so it started.see ,it was a straight start n this horrible 90 deg left hander.these people didnt tell me that i had to take a left turn,thought that i had to take a straight sling shot. Now my cycle + a 40 deg lean + no rear brakes + sand + gravel = shit scared + trembling legs + trembling hands + (this is the real good part) knee scrap + rear wheel drift!!!!!!! .god knows how it all hapnd,but it did.rest is relativity n history......................