wanna come in the category of physically fit it will just take you a single investment of purchasing a cycle and to make it easier for doonites the apt climate and the emptier roads towards the old rajpur road or the beautiful curvy roads of purukul gaon are enough in the recent 23 years more and more doonites are shedding their comfy morning sleep and gearing themselves at the sunrise time to go for cycling in the numerous small unexplored galiyaans of doon call it their passion towards remaining fit and spreading good health or getting a common ground to interact with likeminded people the increasing number of doon cyclistsare forming small informal groups and are promoting the healthy lifestyle among the doonites starting from early morning rides to full moon rides these cycling groups have tried their adventurous streak on all types of cycle rides what started as heritage walks and birdwatching for few doonites became a neverending urge for cycling on the beautiful trails of doon however having said it all what most of the cyclingenthusiasts of doon miss out on is the safety factor helmets which are the lifelines of cyclists is still no worn by about 40 of the cyclists in doon when we started we were 20 members now we are over 130 sams cycling club which was formed in 2011 with just 20 members has more than 130 members who are totally into cycling started by 3 members this groups firstcycling ride was on january 26th 2011 when the members rode for 52 kilometres till paonta sahib sumit one of the founders of this group says initially in 2011 when we startedcycling on the roads of dehradun there were not much people into cycling so early morning walkers would look at us and ask that what is this rally all about we would say that it is a cycling group so from next sunday even those curious people would join us earlier there was this inhibition among the doonites to ride cycles they felt embarassed or awkward but now even an audi owner can be seen riding bicycles on mornings in doon roads sameer narula the second founder of sams cycling club and who also has his cycle showroom says till 45 years ago 97 of the people would buy cycles just for their kids but now around 60 of the people buy for their kids and the rest buy for themselves the climatic conditions of doon is just apt for long cycling rides the favourite cycling track of ours is the route through forest research institute fri which leads to a small village called doonga that route is like a cyclists haven whenever we are tired by our monotonous lives or upset over somethingcycling through these areas of doon can refresh you like anything fullmoon rides in doon ride on was formed in 2014 by 3 people amardeep baliyan manik verma and yatendra manglai all from different professional backgrounds a