I was reminded of this while watching a hindi movie yesterday. The concept of ride-sharing in India is not only for cars but also 2 wheelers. And sometimes there are more than 2 people riding a 2 wheeler. We used to call it 'tribs'; don't know if it has any other name.
My friend T taught me to ride a 2 wheeler way back in engg first year. She had a Scooty. We had a lot of fun with her scooty. My friend S had a luna that would never work half the time. That is when it started, most times it would never start.
Once the same thing happened. We were all at S's house in RT Nagar. As usual, her luna did not start. I think we had a lab or something in the afternoon for which the 3 of us had to go back to college. There were 3 of us and 1 vehicle. Only one solution - 'tribs' !!! LOL. It was quite an experience.
So, we started journey. We were scared of being 'caught' by cops. The route to college was through many main roads and even a small stretch of a NH. So, we took a risk and went ahead. We stopped a couple of times because all of us would be laughing uncontrollably. One of the times, we stooped and made S walk a little as there was a cop standing a few feet away. We reached college safely. The trip was a lot of fun and we repeated it quite a few times after that ' just for kicks'.
My friend T taught me to ride a 2 wheeler way back in engg first year. She had a Scooty. We had a lot of fun with her scooty. My friend S had a luna that would never work half the time. That is when it started, most times it would never start.
Once the same thing happened. We were all at S's house in RT Nagar. As usual, her luna did not start. I think we had a lab or something in the afternoon for which the 3 of us had to go back to college. There were 3 of us and 1 vehicle. Only one solution - 'tribs' !!! LOL. It was quite an experience.
So, we started journey. We were scared of being 'caught' by cops. The route to college was through many main roads and even a small stretch of a NH. So, we took a risk and went ahead. We stopped a couple of times because all of us would be laughing uncontrollably. One of the times, we stooped and made S walk a little as there was a cop standing a few feet away. We reached college safely. The trip was a lot of fun and we repeated it quite a few times after that ' just for kicks'.
14 comments:
I get reminded of the days when we use to roam around in my Kinetic Honda...Subha use to be dead scared..
Prasanna,
I dont think we ever tried tribs with her...i'm sure the two of us would leave her no space :-P
Luna is atleast better than the mofa. I have seen bicyclists proudly overtake people riding Mofa's :)
And when we were kids - there used to be one kid between the handle bar and the driver (poor Appa!) and one kid sitting in the spare tire at the back!
Funny post :)
It reminds me too about the 'tribs' days,getting off and short running to pass the standing cop....came thru kutti's blog
That's funny :-). Specially making S walk while crossing the cops :-).
Prabhu,
I forgot abt the mofa. hehehe. We used to tease S so much abt her luna's speed.
Obla,
:-) I guess most of us would have tried this stunt.
Syam,
Thanks for dropping by !
Some methods of avoiding cops have been adopted by all I think :-D
Archana,
It was funnier to see her in action. Now you know why we had to take ' laughter breaks'.
Madsies,
LOL abt the licence comment ! I had a LL which I kept renewing for 4 years :-P
Ah, in Chennai it was not that difficult for girls to do tripples. Cops never caught girls for minor offences like these ;-)! I have done it a few times. I remember the person in the middle usually had a tough time figuring out where to put their legs...lol!
there are lots of triples on the road.. we dont care for the rules anyway.. I havent been on many thgh.. only memories i have on the bike and sitting behind and closing my eyes as my frnd rides the bike really fast and its all like swaying.. he is an excellent rider just not for the guy sitting behind thgh.. this time i went to India.. i was damn scared sitting behind.. i thght everyone was coming to hit me.
lol..i remember paying a fine of rs.200 for going tribles in b'lore during my college days...
ridin motorcycle is in itself fun!! triples is added fun :-)
Nethiku poatta post ku 14 comments by today afternoon - konjam too much :)
Btw, archana's comment reminded me of a drive conducted by cops in 97-98: they stopped all girls driving two-wheelers and found out only a quarter of them had licenses.
Archana,
yeah thats true...sometimes being a girl has advantages :-D
LOL abt the person in the middle...i guess dangling the legs is one of the options !
Vivek,
Yeah its a little scary now but back then it was fun.
Ashok,
Oh appidiya...well I guess cops r always on the lookout to catch guys...:-)
Kutti,
I agree !
Prabhu,
i m surprised that a quarter of them actually had a licence !!
heheheh
Aha! :)
I have gone tripples too, though I always made sure I was not the one who was sandwiched. :) Good old Scooty Days. You have made me homesick now :(
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