> hello all bikers and fans,
> we propose to have BBCh 7 inside manyatta residential layout in bangalore
> north, this is behind Manyatta Tech Park (IBM, Philips, Lucent, Nokia
> Siemens, etc) on the northern ring road.

> this morning Darren Reid and myself went on a good exploration ride through
> all the by lanes of the  sparsely inhabitated but well greened and
> maintained layout and put togehter a good loop of exactly 2 km length. its
> got it all, tight corners, wide bends, up hill with s curve and long
> downhill etc. all around a park, Shivraj Kumars new house and soft lawns at
> starting point and finish line in shade of trees.
>  its almost picture perfect and thanks to Dr. Arvind introducing BBC to
> Manyatta -Embassy 's CEO Gopi Krishnan we have the backing of the management
> at highest level. I am in touch with the estate Manager Sheshagiri and will
> meet him next tuesday at site to finalize arrangements. starting will have
> to be 8 to 8.30 only because of resid. neighbourhood.

> the r ace loop should be fairly easy to marshal with a few people posted at
> some corners only. we need to do some good sweeping to get sand out of the
> corners; maybe saturday evening and sunday morning, possibley we get some
> support and help from manyatta teams also. so here is the  job for some
> volunteers and riders both!

> i expect this to go smoothly and hope we do not encounter hitches at the
> venue last minute!

> course viewing and first riding:
> sunday nov 8 at  9.30 AM at manyatta gate no. 1 ( the one closer towards
> Hebbal opp. the new Bharat electronics corp. office). the entrance is
> landscaped and has a arched giant green lattice girder across the drive and
> security cabin. go inside proceed onthe wide road 1 km passing all  the new
> IT buildings until you come to the palm lined double road avenue and the
> monumental fountain with a circle around. there is the starting point .

>  this event can wittness more riders because its proximity to town.....
> and lets do good promotion next week to progate the races , particluarly
> with all the company staff of Manyatta which numbers into the thousands!
> mayank, what you say?
>  so beat  the promotions drum!
> good riding and looking forward, georg