Biking 2 work

Been biking to work a couple of times a week of late. Reach 5 minutes quicker, not because of the speed, but by simply sticking to the sides and not getting stuck behind cars, trucks and tractors that hog half the available roads in Udyog Vihar (UV). The other half is taken by multitudes of labour making it to the various factories that pepper UV. The sight of all this humanity has to be seen to be believed. Must remember to click a pic and post it here for posterity.

On days I bike to office I join the legions of guy's who rush to the loo to wash their eyes and hands, off the city grim. Reminds me of my first job (and 2nd!) when I used to do just this 1st thing on reaching work. It's a typical water cooler moment with guy's discussing traffic and various other things congregated in the loo! Also biking gives your clothes a funny, street smell. Since one usually gets into an AC car (with windows that are hardly rolled down.....come to think of it the auto window button must be the least used gizmo in cars these days) one never smells the city,the whiff of diesel, dhaba food being cooked (in the evenings on the way back home), general muck etc.....not that I miss it. Biking is a bit of a leveling experience and put's you in touch with the streets a bit. But I bought the bike to be in touch with the highway and it's cleaner smells and certainly not what the city and a grotty one as Gurgaon has to offer.