Bike Bait!

After mocking at Law enforcers, now it's time to praise them... Not all of them though. What a great project:
Bike Bait
Now all we need is #singaporepoliceforce to learn a thing or two.

Follow the law...blindly

This is a cool way to tell the Law Enforcers how wrong they are...were they expecting us to follow blindly?

Cool Ferrari shades by Oakley

Something to look forward to buying to match my Ferrari bikes...Looks cool

I am an Oakley whore, I think I have about 12-15 Oakley frames/sunglasses already, lost count.

Cool fender brake lights

This is an absolutely cool product called the Arc by Revolights. Check out the video and do support them, they have 2 weeks left to ending the Kickstarter campaign.

US's Capital Bike transformation

I never knew Washington DC as a biking city, giving the amount of cars and offices there and of course, the required security for the large amount of people working for the government.
But I was pleasantly surprised by the changes I saw in the city not seen 4-6 years ago when I was there previously.

I found a nice article on how the transformation came about in just under 10 years.

Any chance this could happen in Singapore? Another wishful thinking?
With the price of vehicles going these days in Singapore - yes including Motorbikes; I seriously do not understand why the recent budget did not include more for cycling infrastructure and aggressively push for greater adoption. Cycling being the way of lifestyle more than an exercise should be encourage at the government levels. Perhaps let's start with the government buildings and civil servants!

It's still cold and wet

Been a while since I blog as there are  loads of stuff are happening in my life right now.

Saw this sign recently reminding me what life,... what's cycling is all about, we must keep moving. Portland has been a great sports town, Seattle Seahawks recently won the Superbowl and Portland Trailblazers are playing very well. I've even have my own Trailblazers agent who helped me secure the last few games of the season. 

There is ongoing activities catered to Portlandias who want to keep fit, schools are open in the night for basketball which school indoor court access at $2/entry. Or people still cycle despite the cold and wet conditions - cycling is safe, bikes are safe with lots of facilities to park your bike anyway, no worries to your seat, wheels and just a simple lock would ensure that your bike will still be there for your short trip to the pharmacy or a cafe. I guess this is what attracts people to move here. Things that really matters.

It just gets to you why our we can't do it as well in Singapore. Culture? Perhaps we need another 100 years to evolve to a higher level. But somehow with the constant influx of new immigrants, I would think this would be very hard to achieve. Just being hopeful but dreading the outcome.

Here's an insight to NY cycling scene, was there again recently and saw this Citibike scheme ongoing in one of the densest cities in US. Any hope in Singapore? Government/Corporate intervention I mean....

Happy New Year!

It has been cold...in the -5 to 6 degrees range. Sometimes it rains and the wind is harsh, it's hard to get our butts into cycling in this cold wind. Thus the lack of cycle trails or posts recently. We went to purchase a bike stand online to convert my bike into an indoor bicycle trainer. The only unfortunate problem is my wireless speedometer is usually tracked from the front wheel, but now I needed to track my distance and speed from the back wheel and the wireless range is not far enough to hook the speedometer there. But it's good to get some work out despite the cold winter here in Portland.


Anyway wishing everyone a Happy New Year, and no new resolutions for me...I resolve to remain resolute in living my life to the fullest - Carpe Diem.

By the way just a 2-cent quick thought as I heard Singapore's most expensive expressway at $4.3 billion, opened up to a tunnel full of problems and hour long jams....I think the money is better spent making the roads safer for cyclists and giving more incentives to get people to cycle to work or give companies and buildings to build the necessary infrastructure to enhance the cycling experience such as shower facilities, secured bicycle racks/parking etc. It would be a lot cheaper and a healthier nation with less need for medical resources releasing the bottlenecks in hospitals. I know we probably will get a lot more accidents etc on the road until the society accepts the new way of life that we see here in US, Japan, Europe. Sometimes I wonder why can't we evolve faster and ahead from the lessons learned from other nations. We all need to go through the painful cycle of learning through experience. I guess civil servants cannot challenge the norm and allow the thinking out of the box from within the box.