23/07/2017
"It was a Thursday of one of those tight weeks in GNLU, when I was facing a serious attendance crunch and didn't have the option of missing the 8.30 AM lecture. I, like any other 23 year old, was looking forward to the coming Saturday, so that I could wake up at 10, eat the customary 'mess ka aloo paratha' loaded with butter, come back , sleep and wake up not before snacks time. This is when Aksh*t pradhan approached me with the idea of going on 50 km cycling trip from GNLU to Thol lake, which would start at 5 am sharp. As he must have expected, the plan was met with a resounding "No" from me but, like true entrepreneurs, him, along with the co founders Utkarsh Malviya and Vishal Ladhani convinced me to go for the trip. There were incentives, but they were best not revealed. And that is how, I became a part of the maiden PedalOn trip. Waking up was tough, but that little pain (well, a lot of it, actually) gave me the experience which I would cherish for my entire life. A bunch of around 10 boys and girls from my batch set out to cover those 50 km of joyride and ended up being proud as a collective lot for covering what seemed like an impossible task. The challenge brought out the best in me, and took me back to the good old days when I used to hit the ground more often. The Style over Speed Award was only the icing on the cake, given that I was one of the three awardees along with Gogo and Yashi Singh. An experience, I shall always remember. After the successful maiden trip, I only saw PedalOn growing from strength to strength, thanks to the enterprising a spirit of its founders. I wish the new PedalOn team all the very best!
Cheers :)"
- Ayush Sahay on PedalOn's first trip to Thol.