I set my alarm at 4.30am, it did went off. But what's new.....the moment I'm awake it's 6am. Bohoo!!! Too late to join the crazy one at mandai... I slacked underneath the blanket, struggling to get myself up and do what was initially intended.

Should I drive there or bike from home. I reckon that since I'm not rushing for time,I should practice loading up the bike to the car and see if it can be done with/without taking off one wheel and how much effort is required. Pretty impressed with myself indeed....from preparation to fully loaded in, it take me no more than 10mins...No need to detach wheel at all...Cool!!!!

And so, I started off at Changi CP2. Nice weather, min traffic, cyclist more than cars along the whole stretch. Nice.... Just slightly less than 2 hrs of riding session, happy that I did have a few breakthrough.... Really..nothing can beat putting theory into practice. I finally have a slightly better understanding on how each gear combination works. In actual fact, how I felt in each combination.

Then, while I was playing around with the gear, I'm playing with speed and cadence as well. Warm up, get into rhythm, speed up and spin, repeat and repeat....Covering close to 40km...very cheapthrill I know..In a way, good thing I didn't join the mandai gang for 50km hilly route. My legs may have gone 'dead' by the end of that. And I juz knew that they extended to 70+km...PHEWwwwwwwww!!!!! The best of all, I have no sore shoulders and saddle, no numb palm and thumb! LT & Jodan tips helps!!!! :)