Group Ride

A nice picture that was NOT taken at Chek Jawa's quarry

If you went with us for today's group ride at Pulau Ubin,

you would hear lots of scolding going on inside the forest.

First, all uncles scolded NoLights Louie for not bringing her helmet.

Unbelievable! She came down, cycled from Bedok, met with the rest

of the uncles (errr ... i mean riders) and only when the others pointed

out that her MBUK 'BUFF' is not strong enough to take the place of

her helmet did she realise that there was nothing perched on top her

head.

Good thing Uncle Ronald has a spare Fox Flux. Anyway, NoLights Louie

got more scolding when she said she couldn't feel the difference

between having a helmet and no helmet. Sure is good advertisement

for Limar though.

Next one who got scolded was Paolo who lost the rear screw of

his new Thomson seatpost (he only got it last week). Uncle Deck

scolded him because it was unbelievable that a screw that long

managed to slowly unscrew itself and yet Paolo did not feel anything

until the screw finally came loose.

Paolo's seatpost was repaired with 4 zip ties. He had to cycle

more conservatively today as Uncle Deck told him that if the

four zipties come loose, he will get more scolding... and no more

zipties.

Thanks for Boom, Mer and Don for helping us fix the seatpost

and giving us more zipties.

Brother Louie on the way to the deliver the news that NoLights Louie's chain
has given up its ghost and that she was last seen using her bike as a push scooter.

Next in line for a scolding was Brother Louie who complained to Uncle

Ronald that his tires are not gripping. Uncle Ronald could not believe it

as Brother Louie's tires should easily find traction in today's dry Ketam

track.

Upon inspection, Uncle Ronald found that Louie's tires were pumped up

as if it belonged to Roadie Rio's Colnago roadbike. Fresh scolding was heard

in the forest due to this. A sermon on correct tire pressure followed

soon thereafter.

Paolo after getting some scolding from Uncle Deck

 Last scolding of the day went again to NoLights Louie. We were

pedalling up to this observation point that was finally open and she

managed to twist her chain while shifting down and pedalling at the

same time.

If you were a 'normal' girl riding with five macho guys, what would you

have done? Yesss, you call one of said macho guys tell him your problem

and all five macho guys should come to your aid.

But no, she did not do that. She U-turned, went back to the road and

used her bike as a push scooter to go to the Pulau Ubin jetty to wait for us.

Brother Louie informed us of what she did and everybody went down

from the observation deck and cycled to the jetty. Once there, she got

scolded for not calling us as soon as possible. All macho uncles also

told her that she hurt our feelings because it was clear that: 1. she thought

we did not have tools and 2. she thought we don't know how to fix

chains.

Anyway, all's well that end's well and it was later found out that

today was Paolo's birthday. I don't drink and Uncle Deck used

that as an excuse for a raincheck as Paolo was getting

ready to treat everyone to a drinking binge!

No videos for today :-P  as you will not hear anything but scoldings LOL.

Today's casualties : Paolo's Thomson seatpost, NoLight Louie's gouged calf and
twisted chain