Sunday, April 20, 2008
Very unlucky for cycling trip today
as usual, i went to cycle again. although yesterday already cycled, i was feeling bored in the afternoon, so i went cycling again. everything went well at first, although i haven repair my gear, paddling was still not a problem yet. however when i reaching east coast area, i realised my paddle start to crack, one portion already came out, but it doesn't affect much. so i resume my journey, a bit heavy traffic at the park, as well as many jokers...cycling at opposite direction, stopping in the middle of the road, U-turning suddenly... i went to the park at fort road for some fitness training, then suddenly the sky start to crack, i realised northern part of singaporean was covered by dark clouds and perhaps raining...but eastern part of singapore was still sunny and hot hot hot... because i feared i might get caught in the rain, i leave the area after i took a picture of the surrounding, as usual, must take a picture for every trip i did...
yesterday trip, at least the sky was cloudy, but not threatening to rain...
the sky was super dark at northern part of singapore, thunder can be heard, but saw no lightning
everything went well when i was along east coast park, nothing strange appear, everything went smoothly... when i was near temesek jc, my front wheel start to vibrate lightly, i thought because i knew my front wheel was not on a good shape, the wheel rim is slightly dented and brake could always brush against the wheel rim and caused some unneccesary friction and vibration. i had many accident before and the victim was always the front wheel, the most serious one was when my left handler hit a railing and i lost control and swerve to the right and bang a tree. but my front wheel seems to be intact and i ignored it. but it was just a time bomb ready to explode... my worst fear came when i was at tanah merah mrt station, the vibration become more violent, i got down and inspect the wheel, i saw one portion of the wheel rim is heavily dented and which caused the vibration. so in order to reduce the stress on the wheel rim against the tire, i cycle very slowly. but it seems the vibration become more serious and after cycle in less than 50m after i stop, the wheel blow, very loud, some people thought a bomb went off and they were looking around, so embrassing... luckily i wasn't cycling very fast, if not i may lost control and fall... so no choice but to call my dad to fetch me, i can't possibly push it home, at tanah merah u know, and my house is at tampines...
my dad wanted my problematic bike to be fixed asap, so i got it repaired at the bicycle shop opposite my house. at first we opted for a second hand wheel rim, 7 dollar cheaper and they say it is as good as new... new my head man, it was so rusty and doesn't suit my back wheel which was still in good condition... so in the end we get a new one instead at 45 bucks, daylight robbery man... and because my gear was faulty too, my dad wanted it to be fixed at 13 bucks, another daylight robbery, i might as well buy a new average bike with no suspension... my dad paid most of it and i felt guilty about it... he didn't want anything to happen to me when i cycling, he knew i was a notorious cyclist, not that notorious la... i still observed traffic rules... at least that shows he love me, yeah?
my plans was a new bike still goes on, then my problematic bike can be pass on to my sis... but first i need a job... without job, no money, then no bike... anyone got good lobang for job and bike???
byebye,
kelvin - things is not going my way nowadays, why??
