28th Aug 2011, Visit to Seletar Airbase and Jln Kayu roti prata

Amy and Adriane

from Left, Steven Lim, Kathryn, KSL, Emman and Jolly

shoes show a diversity of cycling styles... it is all ok! Come and ride with us!

Lovecyclingsg @ birdcage lane, Seletar airbase

28th Aug, Sunday. We met as usual for the Lovecyclingsg ride. This was Adriane first ride as a Lead rider. Over the last week, he helped to plan the route and update the ride attendees.  There was about 24 riders and after his route briefing at Khatib MRT, we rolled slowly in the direction of Seletar Airbase, assisted by the regulars like Clarence, Steven Tang, Steven Lim and Boo.
We also showed the folks the new road to Punggol which connects Yishun and makes for a nice and relaxed ride.  What I really like about our group is that we have a mix of every thing. From Roadies, foldies, mountain bikes... branded or non brand, all having a good time and just cycling as a team. Let's keep it this way!
As we rode close to Seletar airbase, most of us were very hungry and we made a detour to have a Roti prata breakfast at Jalan Kayu. The pratas at Thasevi were good but abit too expensive in my opinion.  I remember a plain prata used to cost 50cts and now it cost $1.00... talking about some inflation going on.  With our stomaches setttled, we cycled in Seletar airbase, took a photo at Brompton street. Derek was so happy and Steven Tang not soo..  Nice and short romp around seletar.. do visit it before the place get changed even more.  The rest of the ride photos here... below Video is from Boon yeo(thanks buddy!)
Lastly, well done, Adriane for leading the ride and many thanks to the regulars to make it a safe and fun ride for all!

Derek wants to bring home...

Featuring the Brompton B boys!

Daddy Wilson, Joel and Mummy Elaine riding as a family!

Last Kampong and Jalan Kayu roti prata ride to start a new year!

Last Kampong in SG... take photo to tell your children and friends...SG got Kampong... for now.. 

Roti prata! My Fav way to start the day!  photo credit simplycraving.com

Ok ok.... like many of the folks want to go see this place...soooooo... let's do it! 
Old Kampong Buangkok and Jalan Kayu Roti prata...here we come! Sorry for not being a Sunday morning as I have another appointment... LTG tear down.
Ride details
Date: 3rd Jan, 0730
Meet point:  Punggol MRT Outside the main control station, near the bus interchange
Points of interest and route:   Matilda house near pungol MRT stn -- Kampong buangkok ---Jalan Kayu Prata --Seletar airbase old houses -- Jalan Balart--- Punggol MRT 
Any bike, any size... easy ride for all. 
Distance: Agar Agar 15 km... I think...See here Route
Pace: Slow and easy
Items: bring ur camera, insect repellent (if u dun want to donate blood to mossies) and sunblock....
Pls register for the ride here... 
http://lovecyclingsg.niceboard.com/t30-monday-day-off-in-lieu-ride-kampong-buangkok-and-matilda-house

Route we will be taking  

last parts of a old boat jetty and other sights @ Punggol

11 July 2010
Bright and early, we met at Punggol MRT station and rode towards seletar airbase using the new route (Jalan Balrat). It is a nice and quiet stretch in ulu Punggol... This time, Francis brought his wife and son along for the ride. He also took with him a super cool air monitoring device.... and what do u know, according to the read out, the air around Punggol is quite bad... on par with Kowloon city - that's not too good if u know Hong kong... I think it must be the close proximity to Malaysia oil refining factories..  Anyway, we rode on...

Francis and his professional air metering device

We spotted this sitting on trailers parked along side the quiet road.

These are the Pre-cast bomb shelters which is a default feature of Singapore public housing. The wall thickness is about 6 inches thick, reinforced with plenty of steel rods... There are no windows and the circular feature is for ventilation.Francis's son was coughing quite badly and Francis took out his own designed mask and trim to fit. I cant believe he actually brought along scissors... but that's Francis for u. Always prepared! This is a pretty nifty mask which u can custom the fitting for the user. You can read more about it here. http://totobobo.com

It took about 10 min of continuous riding and we stopped again and looked. This location is the corner of seletar dam and seletar airbase. There is an old boat jetty which I think will be probably not be around in 1 years time. We stood there looking over the place and waters... chatting among ourselves.. so nice..wonder when all this will be like in another 1-2 years..

Snapping away... for memories sake. Singapore has undergone many changes over the years and my biggest concern is that we clear out to much, too quickly. Here are more shots of the old jetty area



























  So much debris at the coast line.. like some one had a massive party and dumped all the junk into the sea.

The fish that got away..


   

Group shot just outside sunset bar at Seletar airbase
ahhahhah... life!