Weekday rides
Qutub Minar My buddy Rahul, and I settled on the ride to be Qutub Minar and back. Reason – He had to reach home by 8:30 am. There is a lot to learn on every ride if you are willing to learn.
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Ambrane 20000mAh Powerbank
⭐ Rating: 10 / 10 OWNED & TESTED DAILY RIDER Lives in my saddle bag — charges my phone and GPS on every long ride without breaking a sweat On a 40km morning ride, my phone handles navigation for route variations, Strava tracking, and WhatsApp notifications I shouldn’t be checking but do. On longer rides — anything over 60km — the phone battery is a genuine concern by the halfway point. The Ambrane 20000mAh has been in my saddle bag for months. Here’s what I’ve actually learned about it. 20000mAh is the right capacity…
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Portronics Digital Tyre Inflator
⭐ Rating: 10 / 10 OWNED & TESTED DAILY RIDER I use this before every single ride — dial your PSI, press go, it stops itself. Changed my pre-ride routine completely. For the first year of cycling seriously I pumped by feel. Squeeze the tyre, if it feels hard enough, ride. I was wrong about my tyre pressure more than I was right. Under-inflated means higher rolling resistance and more puncture risk. Over-inflated means less grip and a harsher ride on rough roads. The Portronics inflator ended this guesswork. I set 90 PSI front,…
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Spoke / Nipple Wrench
⭐ Rating: 10 / 10 OWNED & TESTED DAILY RIDER Hangs by my door — two minutes of wheel truing before a ride is better than 10km of slow rolling home This is in my toolkit since the first month I started riding seriously. Before I had one, I rode on wobbly wheels for weeks thinking it was just how bikes feel. It is not how bikes feel. A properly trued wheel rolls faster, handles better, and puts less stress on your bearings. A spoke wrench costs almost nothing and takes one afternoon to…
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ROCKBROS Photochromic Cycling Sunglasses
⭐ Rating: 10 / 10 OWNED & TESTED DAILY RIDER I wear these on every single morning ride — one pair from dark roads to full Delhi sun without ever swapping My morning rides start at 5:30am in near-darkness and end around 7:30am in full Delhi sun. For a long time I dealt with this by squinting for the first 20 minutes with dark sunglasses, or getting blinded by the sunrise with nothing on. Neither is ideal when you’re sharing the road with trucks. I’ve been wearing the ROCKBROS Photochromic glasses for several months…
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