At work today, and still a long week to go with probable weekend burned. Wanted to ride so much...
However had an awesome ride over the weekend with me buddies Brian and Rupert at Tampines Bike Park.
Here are some vids from the ride.
Brian's virgin jump on the ramp at the entrance.
Me kinda demonstrating an easy way of taking the uber kick-up at the TTFR line.
That'll be all for the little time I have riding over the weekends. And congratulations to Brandon Semenuk for getting Silver at X-Games Munich Slopestyle!
Recently, managed to make a few new friends shredding. Mainly started out with Rupert and myself, got to know Malcolm, and then the guys from TTFR. TTFR is basically a project that aims to build a freeride/DH line at the latter side of Tampines Bike Park which was desolated for quite some time.
Its currently still under construction, but half the line is ready to ride and its super fun.
Here's a video of how its like riding down the new line.
Finally the trip for the Drak Bike Park had arrived, all of us were so stoked about it and some didn't even manage to get some rest the day before. We met up in the morning at 6am and headed for Harbourfront, to take our ferries to Batam Island. We had much more riders today then usual, which total up to about 16 of us.
Upon arriving at Batam, we were received by Mr Ong from Drak Bike Park, who had all the admin details sorted out for us, and made our procedures across custom a convenient one. We were received by a huge green truck which loaded our bikes and drove them to the bike park, while we took the mini vans there. On arrival at the headquarters of the bike park, our bikes were already unloaded and there are refreshments waiting for us (how nice!). We then readied ourselves for the trails, mounted our bikes and rode out.
The warm up ride was pretty fun, went through a few farms and villages along the way, the natives were friendly and some kid even greeted me when I rode by. The trails was overall tiring, lots of climb, we took a short break after the trails and headed for the dirt jumps. My buddies did a few jumps (well I wasn't skilled enough for some of the jumps so I skipped), and next we headed for the berms trail, which was pretty fast and flowy, which led us into the small village which we will enjoy our lunch in the jungle.
pretty sweet place to enjoy the awesome local food
After we headed for more trail rides and the forest jumps, and then back to the dirt jumps, and after we will start the longest climb of the day, which many of us started to whine due to the fatigue kicking in from the extended period of climbing (this is the only part of the day which isn't fun). We finally reached the top of the hill and just ahead of us is a downhill track, a 2 minute descend which is extremely fun, making the climb worth it after all.
We headed back to the headquarters and had our bikes washed by the people there while we took our much needed shower. Then its time to head back home, almost 7 hours of non-stop riding, but it was totally a different experience from anything in the world, definitely one that will go into my memory bank.
Haven't been riding, don't have the time. Was hogged with exams and important stuff such as selecting and buying my future home!
Hopefully I'll be able to put my wheels into the dirt this weekend. There's a new episode (second last sadly) of Life Behind Bars. There's also a new episode of Mountain Bike Chronicles and I'm glad they changed the irritating commentator.
Watch the new episodes here:
Life Behind Bars Episode 17
Mountain Bike Chronicles Season 2 Episode 10
Here's another spectacular 1 minute of riding for your aesthetic enjoyment
The annual Fox Hunt happened again with Gee Atherton being the fox again. Its a really fun event to ride in, this year it took place at Cavehill Country Park, Belfast. As usual, the course is extremely muddy, and many riders actually have difficulties riding through them.
Gee was again the fox, and the riders have a 20 seconds head start and Gee was suppose to overtake them. Surprisingly for this year, Gee had better results which was second, the winner was apparently a Belfast local name Greg. Moreover, I think the reason that Dan wasn't participating is pretty obvious, he would simply outrun everyone consider his track records now in Enduro.
View the 2012 Fox Hunt here.
2011 Fox Hunt
The 2011 Fox Hunt had a more impressive starting line though.
Read an article on The New Paper yesterday about a Swedish dude, Mr Erik Ohlson riding from Sweden to Singapore (how does the roads even link?!). Anyway he arrived in Singapore yesterday which is the final stop of his riding expedition. Salutations to him for completing a feat this crazy, a longer distant then the Chinese students that rode to Singapore from China the other time. More information can be found here.
Anyway it's the Tuesday where everyone is stoked to view another episode of Life Behind Bars, this time Semenuk and Peat take on the streets with their new BMX frames. They seem to be able to ride any kind of terrain and bikes thrown at them, great episode watch it right here.
"This is Peaty", the show featuring Steve Peat, legendary downhill mountain biker has come to an end. Hilarious episode (well so to speak every episode is funny as hell), showing Peaty and Brook Macdonald heading to Chiang Mai in Thailand for some crazy fun and hitting the local trails.
At the Chiang Mai Downhill Challenge, Peaty took the first place at the downhill challenge, and some local guy won the big air.
And it seems like every single brand that Aaron Gwin wore in World Cup races is promoting his autographed products as contest prizes. Previously there was the jersey and now, Bell helmets autographed by Gwin! Just log on to facebook and does the following steps for your chance to win.
It's the Tuesday where you get a new episode of Life Behind Bars. Lots of Rampage action and Semenuk goes rally racing and finished with amazing results. Guess he's talented with anything that calls for speed.
Due to my injury I haven't been riding, its getting bored, but wells, went to the docs, took an x-ray and hey, its only a crack so its fine, and I can be on my bike again like now. Oh and the medical bills wasn't insane either, polyclinic had improved their serving time surprisingly, took me only about 2 hours to get everything done and it cost less than $30.00.
Wanted to hit the trails yesterday, geared up, pumped my bike and upon pedalling out of my block, it started raining. Was a good choice to head back home, cause it started pouring and didn't stop till evening.
Spend my day watching Where the Trail Ends again and Fabien Barel Presents, and of course its the Wednesday where there's a new episode of Life Behind Bars (new episode every 2 weeks on Tuesday/Wednesday if your in SG). You can view it here:
Life Behind Bars - Episode 14
Check out the movie here or download it via iTunes! Its worth the money.
