Supposed to ride at 2am but had trouble adjusting my brake pads at home and was late. My road wheel's spoke snapped on the previous ride so I had to change to my original semi-slick wheels but I forgot that I had to change the alignment of my brake pads. According to Murphy's law, everything went wrong that night. I had forgotten to change the spare tube in my saddle bag to the semi-slick version before riding out. This made me have to go back home to change it as I did not want to be stranded due to a flat tire.
Finally everything was set and it was already 3.30am. Ben had an appointment in the afternoon and wanted to be back by 7am to avoid the traffic so our trip was planned to be a short one. The 1st part of the route was simple enough. We went through BT towards Cavanenagh Road and made a right at Suntec towards the Esplanade and all the way to Keppel Road. Going to our favourite Murtabak place along Pasir Panjang Road, we stopped there for a bite. The strange thing was I felt hungry at that point but I just could not finish the Murtabak??? Must have been a psychological scar the last Kent Ridge ride left me.
After the food, the ride became more interesting. We hit Pepys Road up towards Kent Ridge Park and found a very nice treetop broad walk that connects to Kent Ridge Park. (Cyclist please dismount! Don't make them ban all cyclist from using it!) There are benches and rest stops you can sit at and enjoy the sunset from the broad walk. Getting into Kent Ridge Park, we headed to the exit towards Science Park and made our way towards Bouna Vista, Old Holland Road and towards Senapang Trial where we would emerge from the entrance of BT hill. At this point, Ben decided to explore the road that supposedly runs behind the fire station. No luck, it does not run through. We backtracked and headed back home. Being IBS, I decided to do another hill before heading home so I went up Hume Ave. for another climb.
Conclusion, I had to get used to semi-slicks again, found a nice broadwalk and an alternate route to Kent Ridge Park instead of murtabak puking Vigilante Road, went through Senapang Road and explored a new route behind the fire station.
Short and sweet!
Ride Details:
Distance : 46.60km
Avg Spd : 18.7km/h
Ride Time : 2hrs 28min
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