The positive cycling thread

[mojito]

Cycling stationary in a gym is damn boring, only use as warm up before doing weights and hope that the presently empty stationary bikes in front will be used by sweet young things wearing sports bras instead of fatty ah sohs chatting loudly about husband, son and whatever the fark. Can't feel the wind in your hair. Cycle at home ....... even more boring!

[video=youtube;6VKs6YlZUv0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKs6YlZUv0[/video]

You want wind in you hair? Get aircon!

 

[eatshitndie]

can't wait for the wet winter to be over so i can take my bmx-mountain hybrid for a spin. i found a pair of teva-like keen shoes with bottom screw holes for cleat attachment. together with a gopro camera, they are perfect combinations for a day's outing. better than sex.

 

[mojito]

When I took up cycling again in Singapore after a long break I didn't want to mess with the traffic for the obvious reason that there are many characters with attitudes like yours.

I bought a mountain bike instead and rode three times a week at the Bukit Timah Bike trail. I understand there is now a new and improved route which is featured in the video below.



My advice to those who want to cheer themselves up by cycling is to stick to the off road variety. There are too many nasty motorists in Singapore who want you dead. It's a surprising attitude really because I would have thought that 99% of us started off as cyclists long before we became motorists.

I guess sinkies have lost the joys of childhood thanks to the PAP.

Glad you are an enlightened man. No issues with you cycling if that makes you happy. Keep to the park connectors, stay off the roads and stop annoying the hell out of motorists and pedestrians. Is it too much to ask?

You might say Singaporean motorists are mean to cyclists, but i think we are equally mean to other motorists who break the rules, see? Don't take it personally. Respect the rules and we will have no problems with each other.

P.S. I learnt cycling the hard way, in Pulau Ubin on a country trail. Good times.

 

[potter]

cycling kill sperm.
Regular bike riding - poses a risk because of pressure and friction against the seat restricting blood flow to the testicles.
- See more at: http://www.fertility-health.com/causes-of-low-sperm-count.html#sthash.nY2l7au1.dpuf

 

[eatshitndie]

cycling kill sperm.
Regular bike riding - poses a risk because of pressure and friction against the seat restricting blood flow to the testicles.
- See more at: http://www.fertility-health.com/causes-of-low-sperm-count.html#sthash.nY2l7au1.dpuf

need to let manhood hang out and loose between bike rides.

 

[Leongsam]

German cyclists get their own Autobahn

By Pauline Houede
10:21 AM Saturday Jan 2, 2016

Cyclists will have the right of way when they get their own Autobahn in Germany. Picture / AP


It's every cyclist's dream: no red lights, no trucks, just a clear, smooth lane to zoom down with the wind in your face. Welcome to Germany's first bicycle Autobahn.

Fans hail the smooth new velo routes as the answer to urban traffic jams and air pollution, and a way to safely get nine-to-fivers outdoors.

As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first 5km stretch of a bicycle highway that is set to span over 100km.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost 2 million people live within 2km of the route and will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the roads every day, an RVR study predicts.

The idea, pioneered in the Netherlands and Denmark, is gaining traction elsewhere in Germany too.

The banking centre of Frankfurt is planning a 30km path south to Darmstadt, the Bavarian capital of Munich is plotting a 15km route into its northern suburbs, and Nuremberg has launched a feasibility study into a track linking it with four cities.

In the capital, Berlin, the city administration in early December gave the green light to a feasibility study on connecting the city centre with the leafy southwestern suburb of Zehlendorf.

The new velo routes are a luxury upgrade from the ageing single-lane bike paths common in many German cities, where tree roots below can create irregular speed bumps and a mellow cycling lane can suddenly end or, more alarmingly, merge into a bus lane.

The new type of bike routes are around 4m wide, have overtaking lanes and usually cross roads via overpasses and underpasses. The paths are lit and cleared of snow in winter.

Like most infrastructure projects, the bicycle Autobahn is facing headwinds, however, especially when it comes to financing.

In Germany, the situation is complicated because while the federal Government generally builds and maintains motor-, rail- and waterways, cycling infrastructure is the responsibility of local authorities.

Toennes said talks were ongoing to rustle up 180 million ($287.6 million) for the entire 100km route, with the state government, run by centre-left Social Democrats and the Greens party, planning legislation to take the burden off municipalities.

The German Bicycle Club ADFC argues that, since about 10 per cent of trips in the country are now done by bicycle, cycling infrastructure should get at least 10 per cent of federal transport funding.

"Building highways in cities is a life-threatening recipe from the 1960s," said its manager Burkhard Stork.

"No one wants more cars in cities."

- AFP
By Pauline Houede

Copyright ©2016, NZME. Publishing Limited

 

[xebay11]

Singapore is a not a cycle friendly city. The car drivers are too stressed and wants to reach their destination as quickly as possible. They see cyclist as a irritant that slow them down.

Old Choa Chu Kang and Lim Chu Kang is still relatively untouched, good cycling there. I do my laps there.

 

[bushtucker]

changi coast road is my regular weekly cycling route.

 

[eatshitndie]

changi coast road is my regular weekly cycling route.

i recommend this off-road venue in sg. there's a "protector" watching over you.

 

[xebay11]

changi coast road is my regular weekly cycling route.

Too many trucks now.

 

[mojito]

German cyclists get their own Autobahn

By Pauline Houede
10:21 AM Saturday Jan 2, 2016

Cyclists will have the right of way when they get their own Autobahn in Germany. Picture / AP


It's every cyclist's dream: no red lights, no trucks, just a clear, smooth lane to zoom down with the wind in your face. Welcome to Germany's first bicycle Autobahn.

Fans hail the smooth new velo routes as the answer to urban traffic jams and air pollution, and a way to safely get nine-to-fivers outdoors.

As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first 5km stretch of a bicycle highway that is set to span over 100km.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost 2 million people live within 2km of the route and will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the roads every day, an RVR study predicts.

The idea, pioneered in the Netherlands and Denmark, is gaining traction elsewhere in Germany too.

The banking centre of Frankfurt is planning a 30km path south to Darmstadt, the Bavarian capital of Munich is plotting a 15km route into its northern suburbs, and Nuremberg has launched a feasibility study into a track linking it with four cities.

In the capital, Berlin, the city administration in early December gave the green light to a feasibility study on connecting the city centre with the leafy southwestern suburb of Zehlendorf.

The new velo routes are a luxury upgrade from the ageing single-lane bike paths common in many German cities, where tree roots below can create irregular speed bumps and a mellow cycling lane can suddenly end or, more alarmingly, merge into a bus lane.

The new type of bike routes are around 4m wide, have overtaking lanes and usually cross roads via overpasses and underpasses. The paths are lit and cleared of snow in winter.

Like most infrastructure projects, the bicycle Autobahn is facing headwinds, however, especially when it comes to financing.

In Germany, the situation is complicated because while the federal Government generally builds and maintains motor-, rail- and waterways, cycling infrastructure is the responsibility of local authorities.

Toennes said talks were ongoing to rustle up 180 million ($287.6 million) for the entire 100km route, with the state government, run by centre-left Social Democrats and the Greens party, planning legislation to take the burden off municipalities.

The German Bicycle Club ADFC argues that, since about 10 per cent of trips in the country are now done by bicycle, cycling infrastructure should get at least 10 per cent of federal transport funding.

"Building highways in cities is a life-threatening recipe from the 1960s," said its manager Burkhard Stork.

"No one wants more cars in cities."

- AFP
By Pauline Houede

Copyright ©2016, NZME. Publishing Limited

Different. We never have problems of too many cars in Singapore. If everyone who wants a car can afford it, then we will all be in trouble and devolve to cycling like the silly Germans.