Rapha Gentlemen's Race Singapore 2013

Last Saturday, 17 May 2013, Old Steelers participated in the yearly Rapha Gentlemen's Race and it is our privilege to be joining for the 2nd year. This year's route is a gruesome 170KM ride around Singapore's iconic location such as Henderson Wave Bridge, part of Garden's by the Bay and so on. To be honest, we did not train for the long distance, not to mention the steep and crazy hills around Singapore as a result we did not make it for the cut off time but nevertheless we completed the route.

This was what happen during the race which started at around 5.15AM at Mcritchie park. Enjoy!

Old Steelers Vintage Bike Flea featured in Spin Magazine

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Sundays

Sunday rides are about to get serious. With Rapha's Gents race just around the corner, it is time to put some serious miles in them legs. For all participants, we urge that you do 150-200km a week to fully enjoy the experience.

We met many OCBC 'riders' along the way. To each his own, I was brought up to say nothing when you do not have anything good to say, so I'll leave it as that.

Our route was short and sweet, some did not have a 2nd front chain ring and some had just come back from Fatherhood. We still managed to cover Mt Sophia and Bukit Brown. Do visit on foot or on a bike, you'll understand why people are trying to preserve it as a heritage site.

 

We had to end the ride with a protein filled brunch like all top level cyclists should. Duck porridge, duck soup with salty vegetables and duck meat. Duck Dynasty is showing on the History channel too.