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Cycling Fitness: A Beginner's Guide
Cycling Fitness: A Beginner's Guide

Photo credit: © Monalyn Gracia/Corbis

When I first started watching road races on TV, the images of these thin men riding at 40+ kph on undulating roads looked to me like a piece of cake. "I could do that!" , I'd say to myself. After all, riding my BMX all those years ago, I was pretty sure I was hitting at least 30. So the day came when I got on my very first roadbike, I shifted it immediately into the big ring, and boy was I so wrong about thinking this was going to be a walk in the park.

Unbeknownst to SOME, cycling is one of the hardest endurance activities you can partake in. It's like a combination of running and rowing where a bot...

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Posted 13th Mar 2013
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A Guide to Component Selection for the Newbie Roadie
A Guide to Component Selection for the Newbie Roadie

Introduction: Saddle and Handlebar Choice

Above photo: Tae Likes Bikes (http://taeblog.tumblr.com/post/11719710502)

You've pored over the brochures, read the reviews, and finally bought your frameset. While it does look good hanging on your wall as an art piece, it's not the reason you spent all that moolah. With a little more reading, we will help you select the best components to fully build up your prized frameset, and finally have a real bike in your hands.

Saddles

The most time consuming area of selecting parts for your bike will be saddle choice. A saddle may seem like a very minor part of the bike. However, selecting the wrong saddle can lead to such a huge amount of dis...

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Posted 29th Jan 2013
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Purchasing your first road bike: A Beginner's Guide
Purchasing your first road bike: A Beginner's Guide

The Basics

Above photo: Getty Images

So here you are, browsing the web for tips on how to choose your first roadbike. With a limited budget, and hardly enough knowledge about the sport, the vast ocean of roadbikes to choose from make the decision an all too arduous task.

Fear not, my friend. Fate has smiled upon you and led you to this website. You are in luck as we are about to impart to you some of the most sage advice you will ever receive in this, the dawn of your cycling ‘career’. So sit back, pour yourself a beer, and enjoy the next 15 minutes of reading. By the end of this article, we guarantee hope you will know what kind of bike you ought ...

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Text: Raymond Tiangco. Photos: Manufacturers. Edited by Dean Koh posted 20th Dec 2012
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Riding Routes Special: Riding in the Philippines
Riding Routes Special: Riding in the Philippines

Introduction: The Binangonan-Teresa Loop

The week-long vacation is every amateur cyclist's nightmare. Seven full days away from the stresses of work and the daily grind. Seven full days off the bike. While we always have the option to cross train by running, rowing, or swimming; these all feel like chores compared to a couple of hours sweating it out on the saddle.

I recently took a similarly long trip back to Manila for some downtime with the wife and daughter. As we had our hands full with baggage filled with infant milk and diapers, I had to, with a heavy heart, leave my road bike behind.

Nevertheless, after several such trips in the past that have left me bloated and unfit....

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Story & Photos by Raymond Tiangco. Edited by Dean Koh posted 1st Oct 2012
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Riding Routes in Singapore: Coast to Coast
Riding Routes in Singapore: Coast to Coast

Let's Roll! West Coast Highway to CBD

Singapore may be a small island, but its coastlines provide views and rides to enjoy.  For riders in the west, an awesome route providing a mix of highway, urban, and tree line roads provide a great venue for solo and group riders who want to work on their time trialling abilities. And unlike previous routes covered, the coast to coast ride is best done on weekends only as it goes through the Central Business District (CBD) which has some heavy traffic on weekdays. 

We begin our ride on West Coast highway heading towards Shenton Way. Typically, cyclists would take the ramp up to the elevated freeway as it avoids several traffic lights, an...

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Story & Photos by Raymond Tiangco. Edited by Dean Koh posted 4th Sep 2012
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Riding Routes in Singapore: The Kranji Route
Riding Routes in Singapore: The Kranji Route

Introduction

 

The Kranji Route Map

For a cyclist, riding in Singapore evokes a feeling only matched by that day you first entered a candy store with money in your pocket. The land is abundant in generally well-paved roads, offering flats, hills, rollers, in urban, industrial, and countryside scenarios that will suit any class of rider on almost all types of training programs. 

However, we have not yet highlighted one important aspect of riding in Singapore. Riding in the small island-nation, it is virtually impossible not to be riding along a rich piece of the country’s history. And no route could be more historically significant than my all-time...

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Photos and Story by Raymond Tiangco. Edited by Dean Koh posted 25th Jul 2012
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Riding Routes in Singapore: The Tuas Night Ride
Riding Routes in Singapore: The Tuas Night Ride

Introduction

Around the world, almost any working person with a passion for cycling will tell you one thing: "I do not have enough time to ride!" Thanks to increasing globalization, this is especially true for 9-5ers who almost always end up burning the midnight oil to meet shrinking deadlines.

However, cyclists in Singapore are perhaps luckier than those in neighboring states. Singapore offers one benefit to them that no other Southeast Asian country can safely provide to its 2 wheeled loving citizens. In Singapore, it is perfectly fine to go for a training ride after the sun sets. Preferably after 9PM. There is absolutely no need to get on a traine...

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Photos and Story by Raymond Tiangco. Edited by Dean Koh posted 29th Jun 2012
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Road Riding Routes in Singapore:The Dunearn-Mandai Loop
Road Riding Routes in Singapore:The Dunearn-Mandai Loop

Introduction

You've spent countless hours on cycling forums asking bike questions, and reading product reviews, sleepless nights thinking of the right cages for your dream frame, and all those hours dialing in your position and getting used to clipless pedals in your local carpark.


It is now time to put all that research, money, and time to good use and take your first roadbike out on a real road ride. This is the day you've been eagerly looking forward to since the day you decided wearing Lycra isn't such a bad thing after all.


A first road ride can be considered a success based on a single objective - that the cyclist enjoys it thoroughly and will ...

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Photos and Story by Raymond Tiangco. Edited by Dean Koh posted 1st Jun 2012
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