I had been looking forward to the ride with Belinda and company for 2 weeks and had always been postponed due to bad weather, till today.... BUT!!! I never intended to do the ride they did that day... 55km non-stop ride riding mostly 32km/h, pulling the runway at 35km/h, flying downhills at 55km/h and worst of all, climbing South Bouna Vista Road at 33km/h after 40km into the journey!
Whew, what a ride....
By the time I reached home, my legs were shaking like jelly, BUT I still had to go back to close shop at 9pm. Tough luck!
Met Ben at the cafe and he suggested a ride to explore(snigger) the Serangoon Viaduct. I thought why not, since I was not working the next day(bad idea, he had it all planned out).
Result, by the time we reached the viaduct, I had fallen asleep and woken up again after a huge nasi briyani just before the viaduct that I could not finish and the Zzzz... monster that was tormenting me. We reached the viaduct and I asked Ben what was so interesting about the viaduct and his reply was, "I just want to ride it!" By that time we had already done close to 40km just to ride a 1.93km viaduct! Curses!!!
We completed the viaduct only to decide to head to Punggol Jetty where the OBS departure was. We got a little lost and did an extra 10km trying to figure our way there. Interesting place that had 3 rolling hills and the threat of dogs that would spring out of nowhere. We ended up pedalling, just pedalling. We did not even dare to change gears or talk for fear of dogs hearing us and giving chase.
The going was fine, the gravity climbs were in our favour and NO dogs..... the return was different.... hills not in our favour; less gravity but longer climbs. Forgetting not to speak, I popped Ben a question, and before you knew it, "Woof Woof Woof....." Damn, you should have seen us climb those hills.... hahaha.... Ben, wide eyed and gaping jaws was like, "What are you doing ???"
By that time, it was already 7am and we were having a hard time dodging traffic and trying to get home. We hit Ang Mo Kio and headed for Lornie Road before turing into Sime Road through the Chinese cematary to Bukit Tinah Road. Beginners beware, do not attempt Lornie Road during rush hour. You cannot believe the number of idiots who would run you down without knowing. Huge trucks run you so close to the kerb you could bunny hop any moment!
Hitting Bukit Timah, we play dodge ball again. School traffic and huge buses as well as many vehicle turning in and out of the main roads make you thankful you have new brake pads. Had a quick chocolate milkshake at KAP Mac Donalds before heading home to what seemed like eternal slumber.
Ride 1 details:
Distance : 55.49km
Avg Spd : 27.75km.h
Ride time : 2 hrs
Ride 2 details:
Distance : 84.76km
Avg spd : 20.1km/h
Ride time : 4hrs 21min
Total computation:
Distance : 140.25km
Avg Spd : 22km/h
Ride Time : 6hrs 21min
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