Of all the places in the world, I've finally discovered the 'sport' of mountain biking in Singapore! So for the past couple of weeks I've been going to the one and only hill in Singapore to go mountain biking. And because its the only decent hill, every other Singaporean who likes biking is also there! So of course, like everywhere else in Singapore, even at this ulu (malay for 'remote') place there are squillions of people here!
Anyway I bike with some guys who have got some whizzbang bikes. The value of their bikes could buy a small crappy car back in Oz (like a pathetic old Holden Commodore). So i turn up to the Bukit Timah Hill in my 14 year old mountain bike which cost AUD$369 (back in the day), with no suspension, rusted wheels and rusting seatpost (cause its been shifted up and down so much that all the paint has worn off and its all rusted) and everyone around me first of all stares at my bike (cause its so old and has no suspension) then they look at me to see who is this crazy guy who comes to ride around the one and only hill without suspension on this dodgy looking old bike?!!! Little do they know that people who work Aussie's who work in Banks don't earn that much.
So anyway enough of my ranting. Just wanted to report that I've found a new sport using my old bike and having heaps of fun (like blasting down a huge hill through the forest at 30kmh and then having to carry my ancient rust pile up a huge hill cause i'm so unfit). Woohoo!
