My First Ride

I have finally decided to write about the active lifestyle that I adopted 1 year ago.

Before April 2013, I have never owned a bicycle in my life! A group of friends invited me to cycle with them. "I do not own a bicycle" was not accepted as a reason because one of them offered to lend me his extra bike. So that faithful night, I went night cycling with them. Looking at the picture I took that night....everything was not right :)

 

- The bicycle was borrowed; it was a Raleigh MV7. (borrowed but beautiful; will share more about it later)

- I wore an old Adidas gym top that I have not worn for a long time.

- The shorts was baggy and something I wore to run my provision shop errands. (I will share why "baggy" is not recommended)

- I was not wearing any helmet. Needless to say, I did not own one then. (absolute DANGER! "No helmet; No ride" is the golden rule for every cyclist)

- Even my red water bottle was borrowed from my daughter.

 

Fast forward to today....

 

 

- I have 2 bikes; a Raleigh MV8 and a Polygon Helios C4.0 road bike equipped with Ultegra Di2 groupset. (huh? Not a full carbon frame? I will tell you why later)

- I have 8 cycling jerseys, 3 padded cycling shorts, 1 tri suit, 5 gym top and 2 gym bottom. (gosh! I have so many???)

- I cycle with my Bontrager tri shoes; on cleats. (why Bontrager? Not Shimano or SiDI?)

- I have participated in 1 mini-tri, 2 local cycling event, 1 overseas cycling event, an Aquathlon (swim/bike) and a Duathlon (run/bike/run). I already have 3 races and 1 sprint tri lined up for the rest of 2014. (yes... I am that crazy now)

 

I was a basketball player and an active sports person when I was in school. But the past year had been a huge adventure; more exciting than all the past years combined. I am still far from where I want to be :) I have decided to start this blog to share what I had experienced and hopefully it would inspire you to Live.Strong Live.Healthy