NUS BikeQuest '08 Team Su Reto Lo-se

Alright, so we did become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But hey! i think we did very well considering the bikes that we have and the amount of training that we had for this event (or the lack thereof)

For the unitiated, I joined this cycling competition with 3 other Church dudes (GT,JVR and KING).

Its organised by NUS and we have to cycle around Singapore from 9pm-6 am and solve clues to each checkpoint. The more checkpoints you visit the more points you get. Simple. And we called ourselves Su Reto Lo-se. It really puzzled some of the officials.Haha

The Clues to the checkpoints were really interesting man.. they included anagrams.. and funny riddles and pictures.We even had to play some game at minds cafe at 2am. Not the best of times to work your brain cells. Cycling was shiong even though we had sleeks, the top teams had full road bikes.

Here's how the race panned out:

Stage one: We balloted for the east side and had to go to places like 1.Tampines CPF building
2. Bedok Blk 85 hawker centre.3.Eastshore hospital (this was tough to find)4. Mac at national stadium.

Start of the race: We brought transistor radios to boost morale! haha.. it worked!

Block 85 at bedok food centre and Singpost paya lebar.

Bonus cp at chung cheng high main. Looks kinda ghostly at that hour.

Stage 2: Central Area

1. Minds Cafe(prinsep st) 2. Esplanade3. Fortcanning 4. youth park 5. Laupasat

Top picture was of us at minds cafe@purvis street then the one directly above is me at esplanade and i had to pretend to pinch my nose to simulate that im dying from the stench .im next to the giant stinking durian. Nonsensical but fun.

Stage3: It was crazy. They made stage 3 such that all the checkpoints were so far from each other. This is where all the road bikers use their brawn to their advantage. Anyway, we covered botanic gardens, balmoral plaza and united square.

One team that did not impress me was the team wearing the Blanc(think french) Shirts.. They tried to exchange answers with us when we were leading at the first stage but we refused. So they cut our queue during the checkpoint at Lau Pa Sat. Shameful for a bunch with technically-superior road bikes but not using much of their grey matter i suppose.

All in all im glad the we all had fun and bonded through this race. Thank God the GT is safe and had only minor abrasions despite getting hit by a car. Yupz, a shagged but fun-filled weekend. Great! Thank God for this opportunity once again.