MTB Trail Ride at Narsapur, Medak

This is my first MTB Trail ride at Narsapur forest area, Medak. I did the trail with my Rockrider 5.0.

The alarm in my cell rang and I woke up with a sudden jerk. I was alone in my flat and for a moment the environment was like the horror movie of RGV. The time was 3:45 AM and it is time for MTB ride at Narsapur. I got to know about this ride from facebook and TBA(where I bought RR5.0), I immediately voted in and was ready with all the pre-requisites like 5 star bars, helmet, glove, tubes and puncture kit. I removed the front tyre of my bike and loaded the bike in my car and left to the TBA shop at Kondapur, Hyderabad. It was 4:20 AM and to my surprise I was the first to come. I switched off the engine opened the tinted glass to half and took a short nap. It was around 4:40 AM when I heard another car came to screaching halt beside mine. I was too lazy to look who was there and went to sleep. After 10mins I woke up and realized that some more came and were waiting for the organiser (Krishnendu Basu). He came after five minutes and after all the checking and introduction we loaded the bikes into TATA ACE and left to Narsapur near Medak. I was the only person in the entire group of 12 riding Rockrider 5.0. I was apprehensive about this as my bike didnt have front shocks which is very much necessary for MTB rides.

The clock clicked around 6:00 AM and we reached the destination. We waited for the rest of the group to join and started the ride at about 6:40 AM. I was literally scared to hell when I was riding on the muddy, rocky terrain. I was very uncomfortable at the begining and cursed myself for opting in though I didnot show the emotions on my face  . I was riding slowly and was trailing behind the main group with only one rider behind me. As the time passed by I gained confidence and started peddling hard. I gained good speeds at the cost of my wrists. They started paining. We turned back at around 10:30 AM and returned to the starting point. Here I had a fall... There was a hard left and I tried to bend my cycle(like people do with their bikes), I was at good speed and the front tyre slipped and I fell. The left shoe sole gave away and luckily nothing happened to my already paining wrists. Thanks to the gloves. We reached TBA at 1:00 PM . Overall it was pretty good experience