Tips for a Century Ride

• iSpeak

  4 Oct 06, 16:46

  I'm sixteen years old and die die want to complete a round-island Singapore trip before the year closes with a couple of similarly enthu cycling buddies. Why? Next time have grandchildren can brag I cycled round the whole of this island when I was their age.
  
  Any tips from anyone who have done the round-island before?
  
  I know the distance is roughly a 140km with an average timing of 6 hours to complete it or thereabouts.
  
  FYI :
  
  I ride a crappy Haro V4 mtb (used to ride offroad at Track 15, Ubin and Bukit Timah but am now of a road rider now) and though I am keen on road-cycling, I have never pushed myself to go beyond 75km. I have an average speed of 25km/h (yes I know I'm slow but I'm a knobbie wheeler, not a roadie).
  
  Our aim is to attempt the distance without any stops along the way, just continous cycling for six straight hours. Backside pain never mind. We don't know if we can do it for 140km, but we have done it for 75km without dying too much. Hehe I know 75km would be considered short-distance for those roadies lah.
• xXhuskyXx

  5 Oct 06, 02:25

  wah lous...liddat how to complete round island...me on 2.1 nevegal average also 30+ lehs
• markzz

  7 Oct 06, 19:17

  Round Island I can tahan...but if alone, I might get lost..I'm lousy at navigation!
  
  But u see the haze now... u cycle abit, sure very thristy already!
  
  I suggest the round island be done after the haze clears!
• de_middle

  19 Oct 06, 16:57

  Originally posted by xXhuskyXx:

  wah lous...liddat how to complete round island...me on 2.1 nevegal average also 30+ lehs

  FWAH ur bike good mah & ur legs strong mah. I feel so shy
• de_middle

  1 Nov 06, 20:05

  Originally posted by markzz:

  Round Island I can tahan...but if alone, I might get lost..I'm lousy at navigation!
  
  But u see the haze now... u cycle abit, sure very thristy already!
  
  I suggest the round island be done after the haze clears!

  round island at nite is pretty easy actually.........maybe bcoz i have been cycling 80km -90km under terrible hot sun every saturday so nit cycling was pretty much a breeze.
  
  But i still think doing above 30kmh constantly can be siong, i think age factor plus me very unfit
• the_king_of_hades

  1 Nov 06, 20:47

  time to get a motorised one..!!
  $400 only cheap cheap nia
  Can go max. speed 25km/h
• de_middle

  2 Nov 06, 08:14

  Originally posted by the_king_of_hades:

  time to get a motorised one..!!
  $400 only cheap cheap nia
  Can go max. speed 25km/h

  those petrol ones are illegal rite? tot the police already catching
• xXhuskyXx

  2 Nov 06, 18:22

  Originally posted by de_middle:

  FWAH ur bike good mah & ur legs strong mah. I feel so shy

  kao...nw also cannt travel fast liaoz...change to street frame...sians...btw that time my constant is using 2nd ring only