Ashish, is an ultra-cyclist by passion and Information Communication Technology specialist by profession. He is originally from Nagpur, India. Currently based out of Tokyo, Japan with his wife and daughter, Ashish's passion for cycling has taken him on a journey of over 30,000 km by 2023, both nationally and internationally, in just 2.5 years. A trailblazer from Nagpur, he made history by qualifying for RAAM at Deccan Cliffhanger 2023 in a self-supported format. Ashish's cycling prowess extends to completing numerous brevets and achieving the coveted title of Super Randonneur. Notably, he's conquered the challenging ascent of Mount Fuji in Japan during the race. Beyond the wheels, Ashish is a trekker and runner, crossing finish lines in several half and 30km marathons in Japan

For the Indian cycling community in Japan, he is also co-founder of Indian Cyclist of Tokyo (ICT) group which he together started around 2 years back with few friends. Now they have around 100 members/cyclist in this group.

For the Deccan Cliffhanger 2023 he was advised by many to get the CREW support however he found it difficult to organize. He also noticed one of the other rider had to miss out the race last minute as he could not arrange the CREW. Ashish thought this is important problem to solve so he continued his research that includes talking with many.

Key challenges for Athlete/CREW
  - Finding CREW with time availability to support event
  - Finding required number of CREW at the time of event
  - Finding CREW with needed competence
  - Missing out of the event due to lack of CREW support
  - Availability of CREW for practice sessions
  - Struggle to gain the professional recognition for Crewing

Tara, is a Technical Director very passionate about the software developement and also by profession since 2005. She is also from Nagpur. Started her career with programmer and worked with lots of companies and domains. She has hands on software development experience of over two decades. She had built the lots of custom softwares and has the expertise in E-commerce platform, CRM Software’s, Real Estate Software's, Education related Software's in addition to product development and leading it. She handles all the technical part of the Crew Navii