Commuting to Lavender, pleasant surprises.

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Mission? To avoid the busy and highly dangerous Upper Serangoon Rd, CTE exit.

 

I have passed up the above park connector/service road a couple of times and thought that it follows the river pass the highway to Lavender.

 

So far so good, a bridge that goes over the highway with small slope at the side for ease of pushing my bike up.

Love this shot taken with my iPhone, effect "Boost" added from Picasa.

 

Spotted two Choppers that look like there need some tender loving care!

After I was done with my errand I took a slightly different way back, taking the bridge further south at the end of Geylang Bahru Lane... And than to the back roads of Macpherson Road, where the smell of awesome Prawn Mee caught my attention! It's seems pretty famous and I was hungry...

 

It looks good!!! The finished the soup, every last drop! It was just so rich! And the prawns despite being inside the soup, which usually means soggy prawns... But not this one! The prawns were actually still crunchy, testament to the use of fresh prawns! Go try! No regrets!

On the way back, I decided to visit the site of former Bidadari Cemetry, and was most pleasantly surprised! If was so peaceful, and the aged road just sort of transported me into the olden times. This place has great history but is slated for HDB housing. Visit when you have the time!

Just a minute ago I was in lots of heavy traffic and it was such relief to be riding in the park.

At the top of the hill, there was a round about and a tree bearing fruits(no idea what fruit though). It just felt so calming with a gentle breeze flowing in, that I just decided to sit down and read my school notes in the cool shade:

 

After the relaxing outing, i decided I didn't need those aerobars on my slow commuter and decided "slamming" my stem was the way to go. Check it out:

Even when there was no spacers left, I wanted the bars to be lower... So I inverted the stem! Loving the look! Ride safe everyone, and regarding the Remy Ong incident? It's now in the news... With different accounts of what happened... Is he a liar? Only time will tell.

Osaka: Bicycle Museum

 

 

 

 

The first time I went to Osaka and looked up the touristy places to visit, this Bicycle Museum was no where on the list. It was only after I came back and searched for a Bicycle Museum in Japan did I get what I was looking for. It seems its more of a local hidden away gem that not many people know about. Much like the Museum of Mint Toys in Singapore. Tucked away in a corner, but with a surprising collection!



 

An actual model of one of the first bicycles ever made.

One of the first, proper kids bicycles complete with training wheels! Really looks modeled after those famous Flying Pigeons

First Mountain bike in the world? Looks pretty advanced to me!

Would you please look at that mad huge front gear? How the heck?!?!

Close up... Apparently this bike made the world record and reached a top speed of 154 km/h. Imagine the wind resistance!

Do you still call this a tandem? longest I have seen in real life!

The exhibits were pretty nicely done up! Explains the hefty entry fee... but hey I'm sort of a bike nut.

The guy that started this Museum, and most of the bikes are his!

After an epic bike ride, your bike belongs in a Museum!

55K Km... Really gives yourself a radical stimulus to do the same.The basement of the museum is basically the rest of the collection, equally amazing bikes, but the building is small and they ran out of space! I would have loved to take a closer look of some of the bikes in there!

Does anyone want to view the rest of the photos I took? Uploading will take some time... haha... Less rain in SG so I can ride more please! Cheers!

Offroad: Tampines Bike Park

It has been some 5 1/2 months without offroad, and yesterday (after 12mn mah) was my first time at TBP after so long... The course is rougher at some points, due to soil erosion and wear and tear (Esp from the recent 12 hour MTB race.)... While other points are had more grass growing and seemed smoother... En route to the jungle trail, my friend and I had a little fun trying to get air... Such a feeling! The jungle trail is pretty swampy, but still ridable... Except for some fallen trees and mud pools.

Life's good when school's out! Cheers!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Its not a National holiday here, but here is a picture from New Year's Day Jan 1st.

It's just beside Benjamin Shears Bridge... You usually can go up on the bridge on a normal day. But not days with fireworks apparently... Oh well. Happy Chinese New Year guys! Ps. Haven't been taking much pictures lately due to work. Will see what I can do!