4th Sept - King of da' hill ride -- Come see that SG is not flat.....

Hello folks,
Like a challenge? Want to be a king/Queen of SG hills? Let's take them on.... I mean Mt Faber, Bukit Chandu, Kent ridge, NUS slopes followed by a zip to Tuas "hockey stick" and redoing the hills all over again.... Wahhh... siong and super scary huh? Yup!
This is not an easy ride, my friends and I have catered 1 month plus so u can train abit ... The slopes are our friends.. and u will have plenty on this ride! As per ironbutt, we go commando... that is ... bring ur own gels, water, first aid kit and kitchen sink!
Oh BTW, we ride in lovecycling fashion, as a team. Eat, suffer, curse and complete as a team!

See the map.....

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http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/48512234/?open_ive_done=1 <<< Thanks Darren for the map route and core team for the intial recce!

Ride Details: Start point - vivo City infront of the fountain and open area.
Time: 0730,
Distance: 27km one way. ...
Ride organiser : Taiwoon (96204559) with the help of many friends
Est time of completion: 3pm... gulp!
Special note: bring ur chocolate, bannana, deep head, prayer beads, Powergels and tow rope... water too!

The KODH Route in words
Vivo City >> Labrador park>> turn and head towards Mt Faber Main entry point>> Rest on Top of Mt Faber, head count ok>> West coast Rd>> Pepsys rd, Bkt Chandu>> Rest on top of Bkt Chandu, head count>> West coast Rd >> South Buona Vista road, Kent Ridge>> Vilante drive>> Rest on top of Kent ridge, head count, photo opportunity, pat on the back>> Walk down PCN by Pepsys rd>> West Coast road >> Clementi Rd>> NUS slopes loop>> Clementi road>> West Coast road>> West Coast Mac Donald pitstop, eat, rest. Do voting at Mac Donald …if we can all do the repeat – gulp..… if ok…. All accounted for… we repeat NUS, Kent ridge, Bkt Chandu, Mt Faber>> ending at Vivo City.

Ride pax
- pls note, we will do some shuffling on site but pls keep to this arrangement first.
- Listen to the lead rider, Sweeper and Safety. They are there to make it safe, enjoyable for all.

Team panda
1) Clarence Chang - Lead Rider- Gary Fisher Piranha MTB
2) Vince li – Main Sweeper
3) Nat - MTB
4) AndyShue - Roadie, 25-30km/hr, 18km/hr (slope)
5) Gerhard – Roadie
6) Joeel Lee – Dahon – Safety and Photograhy
7) Esther lim – Dahon
Francis – Birdy – Safety and Photograpy
9) Alvin Kwa - Road bike
10) Jim - MTB 20kph.
11) Jason Lee - MTB - 25 km/h (flat)
12) BoonChun - Dahon Silvertip.
13) Adriane Lee - Brompton M 6 speed – Safety
14) Rezal - Dahon Curve 3 speed
15) i_Doggie - M+B
16) Fong
17) loke - Xtoor
18) Audrey Cheong Trek 4400 MTB
19) Carl Griffin
20) Lee Wei Shuan
21) Sir KC (maybe) Roaming Sweep
22) Fishy Sauce - tyrel

Team Turtle power
1) Taiwoon -- Lead rider - Moulton TSR
2) Darren Siow – Main Sweeper - Flamingo london
3) John Fabre - Red ferrari Tikit -- Safety
4) David Ng – dahon
5) Tambre aka Henry - Bike Friday Pocket Llama
6) Nick Wong - Dahon vector 10
7) Darktimus - Dahon
Pedaler - Dahon Vitesse
9) Derrick - Dahon Vitesse
10) Steven Tang - Raleigh Sourjourn – Safety
11) Tiger Tang - Dahon Speed D7
12) frenzzsg aka Kimi - Cannodale MTB (cheating lol)
13) chan - new to the group, old steel road bike ave speed is 20+kph
14) Jieren - Dahon Broadwalk D7 -
15) April = lirpadz -- Bikefriday NWT - 20km/hr
16) Steve Tan = Dahon
17) Bernice =Dahon
18) Patrick Yee (maybe) Roaming Sweep
19) Mr Teo - Safety
20) Roland - Dahon TR
21) Bay- Dahon
21) Hong - Flamingo
22) Boo- Trek MTB


Ride Terms and conditions (PLS READ!!!!)

1) Be punctual. We wait for slow riders, not late-comers.
2) Ride will be canceled if heavy rain.
3) Bring your own spare tube or cab fare.
4) Wear a helmet / Proper covered shoes for your own safety
5) Those joining the ride, pls comply to ALL LTA rules on cycling on public road during the ride.
6) Strictly cycle in a single file on public roads unless overtaking.
7) Follow the lead rider and don’t over take. Inform lead and Sweeper if u leaving group
Help one an other, it is not a race. We get home as a team, suffer as a team
9) If there is a long gap from riders, pls inform lead rider and help to spread out to avoid break contact
10) Lead rider have right to stop rider from continuing if he deems the riders to be not in a condition to ride.
11) We reserve the rights to refuse any participation from any cyclist(s) at any point of time.
12) To instill and promote safety in cycling, we will not hesitate to "STRONGLY ADVISE" rider(s) who compromises safety on himself and/or the whole group during the ride.
13) We are just an informal group of cyclists, therefore none of us is liable or responsible for any accident or mishap that occurs to you during any of the rides we organise.
14) Always cycle with safety in mind at all times.
15) By joining the ride, means you have read the Terms and Conditions with full understanding

Count me in dude. My Red Tikit is good to go so is my butt. Now for the training...Thanks.

Sure

Count me in,
Alvin - Roadie.

John, ur are on!

johnfabre wrote:

Count me in dude. My Red Tikit is good to go so is my butt. Now for the training...Thanks.

This is interesting, it's going to kill some legs... but it's a darn good training... unfortunately, won't be able to join you guys... will be climbing in Desaru instead doing the Charity Bike'n'Blade...

I done these two Bukit before (one after another)... it's no joke.. need a lot of leg muscles, stamina and determinations. Of course, i did it on a roadie, but I doubt it's going to be any easier on a foldie. My advice is for you guys to train seriously before trying to conquer the hills. Bukit Chandu is still ok as it is only a very short steep slope at the end when reaching the car park and there is less traffic on a Sunday. But Mount Faber will be an issue, I presume you all are going up from Pender Road, it's a narrow two way carriage way, and being a place of attractions, there will be coaches and cars going up and down the hill, so for those who have problems climbing and cannot maintain a proper climbing path may be dangerous. Do not follow to close during climbing as the person in front may stop suddenly due to fatigue or something and look out for the person in front and watch the condition of the person climbing. Overtake only when you know you are very safe to do so without crossing path with another cyclists or on coming cars. Stop if you have to, if there is a coach or car coming from behind. DO NOT climb in a zig-zag manner.

Coming down slopes, enjoy the down hill speed couple with the twist and turns, but be careful. Hold your handle bar firmly with fingers on brake levels ready to brake. Always squeeze the brake gently and not hard, enough to feel the brakes slowing you down and gradually harder if need be, never jam the brake hard. Know exactly which brakes (front or rear) that you are applying and always apply the rear first then follow by the front. There will be leaves and twigs on the floor, avoid rolling over them as they may cause you to skid. There may water underneath the leaves so when you go over (especially during turning) the leaves may "move" and cause you to skid.

Hope this helps, feel free to post here if you guys have anymore questions.

Have fun!

Cheers!!

Zack, you can do this ride meh? I thought you should be with me at Desaru?

Nice, add me in

Darktimus... ok..what bike?

darktimus wrote:

Nice, add me in

count me in!

1) Taiwoon - Moulton TSR - 20km/hr(flat)...slope arh... snail pace
2) Darren Siow - Flamingo - 20km/hr
3) Zack Tay - Klein
4) Francis -
5) John Fabre - Red ferrari Tikit
6) Alvin Kwa - Road bike
7) David - dahon

sorry... I can't do this ride on late Aug. so I put on 1st week of Sept.. I know there is another ride also.. sorry

goat wrote:

Zack, you can do this ride meh? I thought you should be with me at Desaru?

oops.. thanks for reminder
but Clement have not confirmed my slot yet..

Zack, I put u on tentative ok? Pls let me know if u can do this ride. Thanks!

ztcc78 wrote:

goat wrote:

Zack, you can do this ride meh? I thought you should be with me at Desaru?

oops.. thanks for reminder
but Clement have not confirmed my slot yet..

Riders onz
1) Taiwoon - Moulton TSR - 20km/hr(flat)...slope arh... snail pace
2) Darren Siow - Flamingo - 20km/hr
3) Zack Tay - Klein
4) Francis -
5) John Fabre - Red ferrari Tikit
6) Alvin Kwa - Road bike
7) David - dahon
Tambre aka Henry - Bike Friday Pocket Llama

ztcc78 wrote:

goat wrote:

Zack, you can do this ride meh? I thought you should be with me at Desaru?

oops.. thanks for reminder
but Clement have not confirmed my slot yet..

huh? I thought you on liao..?? why not check with him tomorrow... should not be an issue I think... not a lot of riders this round, should have another 20-25 slots available... the earlier you check with him you can get yourself prepared and also to let the guys here know if you can make it to this ride...

Good good..... 8 folks in 2 hrs... I will stop entry at 60 pax max.

BoonChun want to challenge himself again. Nowaday face alot of challenges.

Dahon Silvertip. Avg cruise spd: 23-kph; Avg up-the-hill-speed: 10-kph (Ironbutt Group 2 suits me)

Riders onz
1) Taiwoon - Moulton TSR - 20km/hr(flat)...slope arh... snail pace
2) Darren Siow - Flamingo - 20km/hr
3) Francis - Birdy
4) John Fabre - Red ferrari Tikit
5) Alvin Kwa - Road bike
6) David - dahon
7) Tambre aka Henry - Bike Friday Pocket Llama
8. Luncheak - Dahon P8- Av speed 20km/hr
9) Joeel Lee - Dahon
10) SIR KC!!!
11) Vince - yet to confirm what bike to use
12) BoonChun - Dahon Silvertip. Avg cruise spd: 23-kph; Avg up-the-hill-speed: 10-kph

updated list on page 1!

Vince wrote:

Riders onz
1) Taiwoon - Moulton TSR - 20km/hr(flat)...slope arh... snail pace
2) Darren Siow - Flamingo - 20km/hr
3) Francis - Birdy
4) John Fabre - Red ferrari Tikit
5) Alvin Kwa - Road bike
6) David - dahon
7) Tambre aka Henry - Bike Friday Pocket Llama
8. Luncheak - Dahon P8- Av speed 20km/hr
9) Joeel Lee - Dahon
10) SIR KC!!!
11) Vince - yet to confirm what bike to use
12) BoonChun - Dahon Silvertip. Avg cruise spd: 23-kph; Avg up-the-hill-speed: 10-kph

Haha.. here the hill lover comes...how can left me out man...

On flamingo. pace-you decide-as long others can follow.

Patrick

Count me in... Time to see if the -12 percent I paid for works or not!

@Patrick, noted and ur name is in the list.. what about the rest of ur titanium butts? let me know

@Adriane- u are onz...this will be song song to jurong ride! train now!

Taiwoon, missed out my name

see Vince's reply

Boss, sorrie.. here u go.. ur name is number 16!

boonchun wrote:

Taiwoon, missed out my name

see Vince's reply

Cheers !! This will definitely be a good and enjoyable muscle stretching Ride. .. kindly allow me to share an experience.

I am not aware how steep or fast the down are along the chosen routes ... be aware that the continuous applying of brakes on long stretch of down hills may caused the rims to heat up, especially small wheels like 16". Over heated rims and tires are dangerous. Preferable practice intermediate braking on long down hill stretch for slowing down. Just my 2 cents.

Have Fun and Enjoy the great Awesome Climbs.

Best regards / Bil

Hi TW,

Can put me into the 'snail' group if u r categorising all of us.....(this time is even slower than 'turtle' from Iron Butt) hee hee hee......like you guys always said.......Slopes are your frens.......indeed.....I just got to know them......so I will take longer time getting to know them inside out....... hee hee

Thank you