Living in Singapore Magazine October-November 2021

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Let’s Go! Singapore and Cycling Is A Good Match

Maps and Apps

By Meg Farrell Sine

Check out the link Google Maps of Singapore Bike Locations as a desktop tool. This site shows Biking in Singapore has never been more color-coded routes that can be displayed one at a popular. The Covid-19 Circuit Breaker last year time or overlayed together to define PCNs, other elevated bike riding as an excellent form of socially cycling paths, common road links, park locations, distanced exercise. Indeed, enlisting pedal power mountain bike tracks and bike shops. is a great way to burn those stay-at-home calories The following link shows a simpler map of just and tone those leg muscles! Sharing a ride with a friend or family member is even better, and a cold PCN loops that are marked and easy to follow, but which are shared with pedestrians: National drink afterwards never tasted so refreshing. Parks map of PCNs. I recommend you map out With this article, I want to focus on cycling as a your route ahead of time and use your smart way to get outside, get back to nature, and have phone GPS to guide your journey. It’s also fun some fun. I maintain that peddling through hot, to download a free app, such as Map My Ride humid air creates 360° air conditioning, making or Strava (social media for cycling), to track your cycling much less tiring in the tropical heat than route and record how far you go. walking or jogging.

How to Get Started So… have bike will travel! However, for those in the market to buy, the demand for new bikes in 2020 surged just as many factories in China that build the bikes had coronavirus shutdowns. The bicycle supply chain is still not back to normal 18 months later. If you find yourself one of the unlucky individuals who can’t find stock of the bike you want to buy right now, Singapore has a bunch of places to rent a bike. Try visiting one of the GoCycling outlets (map). They rent a variety of bike styles and sizes by the hour and are always conveniently located next to some Park Connector Networks (PCNs) and places to explore nature. There are also bike rentals available on Pulau Ubin and Sentosa’s Siloso Beach. Be sure to check the brakes and the tires before taking off on your rental bikes.

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How to Buy a Bike My recent survey of a variety of bike shops around town indicated that managers expect backorders of bikes to start improving very soon. But what kind of bike to buy? There are so many choices of fat tires, skinny tires, this or that brand, and in Singapore, maybe a folding bike. My recommendation is easy: get a bike that is comfortable to ride and be sure to take a test ride!


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