#202 - Sunday Ride

clockwise from upper left : (Trek) Sugar Rush Rey,
(Giant) me, (Rocky Mountain) Efren and
(Titus) StairRider Deck

My new Fox hydration pack :-)

Sunday morning and there was supposed to be

a big group ride. SR Deck even went to the trouble

of creating an invite just to confirm things since

there's supposed to be a lot of people inquiring

about this weekend's ride.

As usual, for supposedly big group rides like this,

it turned out to be a dud... only 4 people showed up

and the rest of course did not even bother telling us

that they won't be coming.

Anyway, since there are only four of us the pace was

quite fast and it was decided at Zheng Hwa Park that

this will indeed be a long ride.

So after Bukit Timah, off we went to Rooty Trail

where Sugar Rush Rey did an endo that would have

scored a 10 if there were judges around. Good thing

he followed his wife's advice and he was wearing

leg armor. So the endo, apart from scaring him was

no biggie.

We then went to T15 all the way to the end of

Mandai to get to HellClimb. It is at the PCN in

T15 that I outscored Rey's perfect endo by doing

a complete twist while still clipped on the bike.

See photo below for the aftermath of the crash.

But those 2 crashes did not dampen our spirits and

we pushed on to HellClimb. It was while climbing

HellClimb that it started to rain real hard. All four

of us agreed that the rain was good since it is not

just cooling but also served to wash away the

dirt and blood (?!) on my arm hehehehe.

We then went back to T15, did reverse Flowy

Trail and went to that trail that leads to Casuarina.

It was here at the first stream when Efren decided

he won't be left behind and tried to do a better endo.

His endo was good but no points were awarded

because the mud cushioned his fall.

We went out and had lunch Sembawang Hill

Hawker Centre. Since it was only SR Deck who

hasn't done any endo yet, we asked him if he feels

that his ride is incomplete. He said it's perfectly

ok and that he does not wish to join the

Balestier Diving Team.

Winner of Sunday's 'Diving' Competition