Mangalore : The 7th RxLife BSA Hercules Cycle Rally was flagged off at 6.30 am on 8th December 2013 from Ladyhill Circle. The Rally was flagged off by Sri Susanth, Regional Manager of TI Cycle of India Ltd ; Sri K Ullas Kamath, Joint Managing Director Jyothi Laboratories Ltd.; Sri Vijay Simha Vice President Sriram Chits Ltd, S Mukund Kamath Ideal Ice Cream group; Sri Arun kumar , Area Sales Manager Karnataka , TI Cycle; Sri Dinakar BS, Regional Manager Sriram Chits Ltd.; Sri Badrinath Nayak , Partner Jyothi cycle Co.; Amrith Kini , Advocate.

This year Rxlife cycle rally saw 1751 registered riders and about 150 wild cat entries, all aged between 7 to 83 years. The streets of Mangalore were filled with more than 2000 cyclists this Sunday Morning.

The Rally took off from Lady hill, covering a distance of 18Kms. passing through Kottara – Kuloor –Tannir bavi Beach Road – Kottara Chowki – Malemar Road – Derebail – Bejai and concluded at Bharath Mall at 8.30 A.M.

Lucky Draw was held in the end at Bharath Mall Where Swaroop Kotiyan won the ‘Hercules Sparx’ cycle ; Vaishak shetty won the ‘Hercules Gravity’ ; Tapasvi won the BSA LadyBird and Rajath Kamath won the ‘Hercules Dirt Rider’; Venu Bhandary won the ‘Hercules Rodeo’. There were many other prizes for lucky winners from various Shops and Hotels of the city.

Water points, orange points, Juice and dry fruit point, Ambulance and first aid team from KSHEMA, Cycle Rescue Vans and Pilot jeep were arranged.

The Rally is sponsored by BSA Hercules, Ideal Ice Cream, Shriram Chits, HPCL, Karnataka Bank Ltd. Logistic support was given by Jyoti Cycle Co. and STS Event Management Team.

Volunteers from Youth Hostels Association of India, Team Mangalore, Sicasa Mangalore – Ca Student’s Association, RxLife managed the traffic enroute and were assisted by parents of the participants. The city police provided good police coverage.