Training Ride 090410 @ Coastal

Time: 2130

Date:090410

Location:

Training road ride 090410

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Training ride with TMP, the ride is fast and furious. Averaging on computer at 30km/h. The tempo is extremely faster, the pack is closely pack. On the coastal road, the pack pulled at averaging 40km/h.

The ride is one of the best training ride so far, i like the pace and distance.

Training Ride 060410 @ Sengkang Area

Time: 2115
Date: 060410
Location:

Road trg ride 060410

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Time:1hr 18min 44 sec
Distance: 36.39km
Computer average: 27.7km/h

The night training ride with TMP, the ride is fast, the group is tight. It feels more like a road race than a training ride. I like this route, quiet, with vey little traffic.

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Training Ride on 30th Mar 2010 Starting 2100

Time: 2100

Date: 30th Mar 2010

Bike: GT Single speed MTB

Spent a lot of time fixing up my single speed. Finally it is ready for the test. The first few pedal stroke, a single speed feel so efficient. The lack of a shifting system forces me to go into "hardworking" mode. There is no chance i can outwit my bike with its multiple gears.

Each revolution feel different. The top speed tested is about 36km/h and the climb can be fast. Though taxing on the muscle and knees. The bike is fun.

The only draw back is that the torque generated by all the standing attacks and stomping caused the wheels, chain, left crank gave way.The chain dropped twice at Punggol road, the crank came loose on at Tampines road, I discovered the wheels are loose by the time i got home.

I could have got further, i was limited by my bike. They say single speed is good due to the ease of maintenance, i doubt so now, the torque is just too much for the bike to handle.

Total distance: approx 36km

Total time taken:2 hours

Speed: less than 18km/h with breaks

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Changi Coastal laps on 20th Mar 2010

Time: 0630

Date: 20th Mar 2010

Bike: Cevelo Soloist

This is my routine training ride with TMP. Nice straight fast route. Hitting an average of nore than 36km/h on the coastal stretch. The feel of riding coastal is so good, windy, straight, no lights. In a pace line there is no better place than the coastal training route. It does get boring if you are doing it alone.

Total distance: approx 70km

Total time taken:3 hours

Speed: less than 20km/h with breaks

Yiio Chu Kang CC Cycling Club Road Trip 27th Mar 2010

Yio Chu Kang CC have successfully organised a group day cycling trip for its members.

The member went through the route as described below with 2 stop point

1. Sengkang CC Mcdonalds

2. Seletar Dam

Total distance is approx 25km.

Nice ride. Hope to see more of this............

CC ride 27th Mar 10

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My First XC riding experience

Mountain bikes are meant to be ridden in cross country terrain. I am only exposed to cross country cycling in 2001. 5 years after I had my mountain bike. The experience is so memorable, I can still vividly remember the day and the scar it left.

My virgin ride is in T15 mandai. Some call it Gangsa trail. It is near the Singapore Zoological Garden and Night Safari. The road leading to the zoo, look the right, you will see a tarmac road leading to T15.

Cross country isn't easy. I rode my then Specialized Hardrock and meet up with a guy, i think his nickname is Fuzzybear in Togoparts. We met at the Seletar Reservoir park, there he showed me the way to T15.

T15 is perfect for beginners, not a lot of tight turn, just a couple of climbs. I would grade it as 2 stars out of 5 stars in terms of difficulties.

There i met a few other cyclists, whom I can still recall his nickname Fisher (Riding a Gary Fisher).

Unfortunately, the gathering ended very soon. The group went their separate ways. The group became too competitive as we get more and more experienced in cross country.

Honestly, I missed them and the rides with them.