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![]() Logo of Hyderabad Bicycling Club, 2009 | |
Formation | 2007 |
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Purpose | Bicycling |
Location | |
Organiser | DV Manohar |
Former organisers | |
Website | Official website Official Blog |
Remarks | Major Events
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The Hyderabad Bicycling Club (HBC) is a bicycling club for riders in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded by Krishna Vadi in 2007, the club has now emerged as the world’s largest cycling club, overtaking the Denver Front Range Cycling Club, USA. [1] It has grown over the years to reach its present membership strength of over 7,500 members and 2,800 members on Facebook. [2] It has bike stations at Gachibowli and Necklace Road. UN-Habitat agreed to partner with HBC in its unique initiatives to promote cycling in India. HBC is a founding member of the World Cycling Alliance and an associate member of the European Cyclists Federation. HBC tied up with GHMC, Hyderabad Metro Rail, TSIIC and the Traffic Police to promote the "Cycle to Work" initiative in a big way in Cyberabad area to substantially reduce vehicular pollution and traffic congestion there.
The club consists of expatriates, NRI's who have relocated their base to India ,and local Hyderabadis who have passion a for cycling. The club is open for people to all ages, professions, and sexes.
The former organizer of the club was Shay Mandel, an experienced cyclist who has been cycling internationally for more than twenty years. Under his patronage, the club grew to a very large group of people, who now ride together regularly. He stressed the need for a balanced cycling regime, including power, endurance, and speed-building rides. The members also get technical lessons on biking, bike maintenance, and other useful tips from the organizer.
Currently, the Hyderabad Bicycling Club proudly boasts over 2000 members from the Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and their suburbs. The Hyderabad Bicycling Club, in association with the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation-Govt. of Telangana), has set up its own "HBC Bike Station" on Necklace Road, having 30 hybrid bikes, 30 MTB bikes, 10 tandem bikes, 15 road bikes, and 15 kid bikes. These bicycles can be used by any person for a nominal fee per day on the main road.
As Hyderabad is a big city, the club has two chapters: the HITEC City Chapter and the Secunderabad Chapter. Each chapter has a few ride leaders who organize at least one ride a week.
The riding starting point varies for each ride, and is designated on the club's meetup website.
The activities of the club and its members have been regularly covered in the media. Following are few of the mentions:
Enduro3 [17] is the only adventure race held in India, and combines various activities of cycling, trekking, rowing, orienteering and river crossing. This race is one of the most difficult races held in India, where less than 40% of the participating teams are able to complete the race successfully.
The race mandates a team of 3 members, with at least one female member. HBC had sent 3 teams for the adventure race, namely:
All the HBC teams successfully completed the race.
HBC conducted the first ever cross-country cycling race in Hyderabad on 29 March 2009. Held in the picturesque background of Hyderabad Central University, the race attracted 30 participants, covering a distance of 15 km in 3 laps. The race trail included flat roads, muddy tracks, rocky mountains and water crossing. The motive of the race was to promote cycling amongst people, to voice the concern for the ailing environment and to raise awareness about maintaining fitness in the sedentary lifestyles.
The race attracted people of all ages, professions, and sex, and was a huge success.
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Secunderabad is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South Central Railway zone. Named after the Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was established in 1806 as a British cantonment. Although both the cities are together referred to as the twin cities, Hyderabad and Secunderabad have different histories and cultures, with Secunderabad having developed directly under British rule until 1948, and Hyderabad as the capital of the Nizams' princely state of Hyderabad. Since 1956, the city has housed the Rashtrapati Nilayam, the winter office of the president of India. It is also the headquarter of the 54th Infantry Division of the Indian Army. There are also many apartments and residential areas, particularly in the small neighbourhood of Yapral.
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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the city of Hyderabad. It is one of the largest municipal corporations in India with a population of 7.9 million and an area of 650 km2.
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Nallagandla lake is a natural rain-fed lake in the Nallagandla area in the north-western fringe of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. The lake bed is around 90 acres, that includes permanent marsh on the south-western edge of the lake. The lake bed shares its boundary with the Hyderabad Central University in the east and is surrounded by residential buildings on the remaining sides. The lake bed acreage is under threat from the construction activities around the lake. The plan of the lake as per the survey of GHMC conducted in 2013 can be found here.
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