Bangalore: Happy days are here again as a group of young bicycle enthusiasts are silently and slowly reviving the love for bicycles in the IT capital of the country and turning the simple pleasure of bicycling into an attractive and healthy holiday alternative.
"The Art of Bicycle Trips" (ABT), a group founded by three youths, has begun packaging the simple pleasures that bicycle trips offer as a healthy and attractive alternative to those looking for a different holiday experience.
"Often when people go on a holiday, they travel by cars, but here we are offering them the opportunity to travel on their bikes and enjoy nature directly and engage themselves with the local people en route, making it a different experience," says Pankaj Mangal, a co-founder of ABT.
The rather-Victorian charm of bicyling is what the ABT focusses on while taking groups on a bicyle trip. ABT handles every detail from arranging a cycle, to deciding on the route and provides all conveniences, thus ensuring a beautiful
cycling holiday to enjoy.
"The 'Victorian Bangalore Safari' offers holidayers a relaxed bicycle safari that takes them back to the Victorian era, tracing the history of Bangalore Cantonment through the South Parade (now MG Road) and Cubbon Park," Pankaj said.
The trip is designed to offer a glimpse of the colonial past from the vantage point of a cycle.The cyclists ride along the boulevard of trees to have a glimpse of 19th century churches, stately homes, Neo-Classical style monuments and indigenous and exotic botanical species found in the park.
The Victorian trip is a hit among NRIs and foreigners, who skip the comfort of an airconditioned tour, to go cycling on weekends in and around the city, he said.
"It was a great trip" Jeff, who recently visited Bangalore on business trip and went on the cycling holiday, said.
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