So today was the day I tested my bike with full load (ok, it lacks a few items but i think maybe only 300grams difference?) on a local circuit to simulate an actual day.

A few things to point out though, which made this first trial run biased:

- I already know the route by heart.

- The route is like 99% (exagerated but you get the idea) flat.

- I know where all the potential rest points are.

- Singapore is a safe place.

- It is highly unlikely to encounter flooded areas even during heavy rain.

0530 get up etc.

0620 eating prata at coffee shop

0645 I'm off:

Thomson Road

Yio Chu Kang Road

Punggol

Old Tampines Road

Pasir Ris

Loyang

Changi Coastal (the built a cycle/joggin track parallel to this!)

ECP

0900

MacDonald's Breakfast:

MountBatten Road

Nichol Highway

Esplanade

Shenton Way

Keppel Road

West Coast Road

Jalan Buroh

Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (100km)

Tuas Check Point

Boonlay Way / Safti (Powergel cum transfer water break)

NTU (destruction of my quads start here)

Lim Chu Kang (crampiness observed)

Neo Tiew Road ( 120km. bonked. reduced to limp ie start walking during a run)

1245 Kranji Road (lunch!!!)

1330 Marsiling

Woodlands

Admiralty

Sembawang

Yishun

Khatib

Yio Chu Kang

Ang Mo Kio (The heavens open and it starts pouring!)

Bishan

Thomson Road

1500 Balestier Road (159km)

Home!

Yup, a typical day would look something like this. Ending around 3pm (160km days) or 5pm (for 200km days).

One more test tomorrow where I'll face more realistic terrain and conditions.

Alright, now I just need to hope that the floods in Malaysia reside. -_-''

And I forgot to mention one thing........ The bike is damn heavy now. My speed has been reduced tremendously (think + 1 hour a day as compared to without load).