by piyush sarnachandigarh monsoonbeaten tracks impede cycling just when it is becoming a big hobby for building immunity against covid19the last few spells of rain have scooped a big section of the bicycle track that leads into sectors 44 a and b municipal corporation chief engineer shailender singh said i am unaware of it but it might be due to the old issue of storm waters logging harkirat of sector 8 who had an accident on a bicycle track recently in sector 9 recalls that hitting a huge pothole that appeared in front knocked me off the seat injured my right leg and broke my bicycle my friends tell me this pothole hasnt been filled in years ill be either scared of picking up a bicycle again or wearing a helmet every single timesector34 morning cyclist ajaydeep singh baidwan who picked up the hobby during the unlock said in monsoon water gathers on the bicycle tracks also despite bicycle tracks on both sides of the road people continue to ride on the wrong side it is dangerouseven though gymnasiums have reopened people are still afraid to get back to indoor training so cycling keeps them in shape for the while this city has a bicycle track length of 110 kilometres a lot of which is battered and dangerous for the riders