Some time ago, I did something that could be construed as truly stupid or truly brave. Or perhaps, bravery usually requires some level of stupidity. Either way, after about 5 months of saying I’d sign up to ride the Singapore Mountain Bike Carnival 12 hour marathon solo, I actually bit the bullet and did it. [...]

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12 hours. 12 laps. 90km. I’m in pain ya’ll. Will upload photos from last night. Props to Alex for standing around, packing my crap for the race, mixing sports drink, changing batteries and doing random crap for an increasingly cranky woman who must not have been anyone’s idea of fun after lap 8. For now, [...]

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People, I’m in trouble, methinks. See, tonight, I went to Tampines Trail, sat in on the later half of the race briefing and took a look around the team ‘tent’ (more like team lot) we paid 70 bucks for. Then I plunked down 20 bucks for an RFID timing chip and came home to put [...]

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Don’t wear clothes you like while working on a bike. If possible, its probably better not to wear a top at all but considering that I’m a chick and my neighbor’s estate agent is pottering around inside his house, it might not go down very well with the rest of the world. I feel terribly [...]

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Its fast coming to mid-March and I realised today that my first duathlon ever will be this Sunday. Let the nail biting commence. Since January, I’ve been pushing my ass to start running at least once a week and doing some riding. Which is more activity that I’ve had in the past year but is [...]

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Before I totally forget about my pretty rad weekend, I’d better blog it. That weekend kicked off with Pam’s awesome birthday dinner. And on Saturday, D and I hauled butt to Jalan Besar stadium to watch an AYG soccer game. Surprisingly, I actually found the game interesting. Although there was nothing diplomatic about the way [...]

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That would involve buying a bike. Because I sorely need a road bike for commuting to work with. Only I’m not about to splash 3 grand on a road bike. For commuting purposes, 500 bucks would do. And I sort of like the bikes Polygon has, the Roadster and Helios F300 to be exact. Cheap, [...]

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I have never been a fan of my SPDs. Yes, the Sidis I bought a couple of years back while riding may have looks sleek and nice but I hated them. For one, the soles were slippery and didn’t really do well walking on the trail or in civilisation. They also don’t do well on [...]

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My friend Bernard met this girl at the eneloop mountain bike carnival and apparently, he forgot to get her number. So just to be nice, if you happen to know this girl, she’s from Republic Poly btw, maaaaaaaaybe you could help connect him to her. Yes, I AM a nice friend like that. =) TBH, [...]

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Sooo, remember how I used bitch a lot about Bukit Timah trail and hikers? Well, NParks decided it was time to initiate a dialouge with riders and get some feedback on making the trail safer for all of us. And I must say, that they were willing to start talking and listening and actually do [...]

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