Polygon Helios 600 | Super Offer!

Too anxious to take picture of the real bike

	Frame	Polygon Helios 600
	Fork	Polygon Helios 600
	Rear Shock	N/A
	Rims	Mavic Aksium
	Hubs	Mavic Aksium
	Spokes	Mavic Aksium
	Tires	Michilin
	Pedals	Shimano 105
	Crank	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Chain	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Rear Cogs	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Bottom Bracket	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Front Derailleur	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Rear Derailleur	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Shifters	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Handlebars	Ritchey WCS Carbon
	Stem	Ritchey WCS Carbon
	Headset	FSA
	Brakeset	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Brakelevers	Shimano Ultegra SL 10spd
	Saddle	Fizik Aliante Sports
	Seat Post	Ritchey WCS Carbon
	Sizes	48cm
	Extras	N/A

Got this from Rodalink Sale at a good price of $1999. In fact this is the last piece, initially was looking at this 50cm bike but it was already reserve. will have this bike dismantle and continue with another bike project which i just started.

Broke liao, No money
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N82 Updates | Application added!

Have 2 new application in my arsenal: Garmin Mobile XT and Quickoffice Version 6!!

Garmin Mobile XT:

ScreenShot: Main Menu and Guidance

Whats the difference between GMXT and Nokia Map? Well only difference i can think of is its guidance function, which is chargeable for Nokia Map, while free for GMXT. However Nokia Map still have its worthy stay in HP, as it can navigate around like a map. But for GMXT, its pretty laggy when comes to navigating. GMXT has a voice guidance, like those people install in their cars.

Nothing much to review and comment on it yet. I'm still stuck at home due to the scorching heat from the desert-like weather these few days. Will most probably test it out when cycling to my grandma house later.

Quickoffice 6:


Why am i so excited about this application/upgrade. With my old quickoffice, it only allows user to 'view' the file and cant do any editing nor entering of data. Nothing much i can do with it, furthermore I'm quite a excel freak. all my financial/bike 'projects' were done using it, on the desktop. Hoping to find a alternative like quickoffice for real time input of data.

Currently, with only 10mins of experiencing the application. I find it not as user friendly as using it on desktop. Maybe because i usually deal with formulas, much easier to drag the highlighted cell to duplicate the formula. Hope you all get what i mean. Maybe i need more practise and familiarize of the application. If all goes well, i will use it to record my expenses. Don't think it supports micro programming, if not will use it as our team timing split counter.

Getting there
Installing process of the application is easy. The process of hacking them to be installed, is difficult! (to me at least) Took me a few hours over 3 days, to get them right!! Really take my hats off those IT experts.

Look out for my future post on how i hack my phone. But take note, it will be long and boring if you not interested in IT or user of Nokia/Symbian phones


Happy N82 User
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SAA: Month of May

2nd Month of my 'assignment'.
More used to collecting the data, doesn't feel like a additional chore to me anymore. Expect that I'm prone to forget recording them when I'm busy.

Added a new categorize, 'investment'.
Investment, is basically the amount i spent on item which purchase with the intention to sell away. They are usually in larger amount as compared to my other categories. Hence decided to separate them from the rest. For the month of Apr, i had added some investment entries to 'Leisure'. But will not make changes to the previous blog.

Definition of Leisure and MISC
Find that i need to clearly mark the difference between the above categories. As MISC, term itself is very general while LEISURE could be a possible subset of it.

Leisure: WANT, can do without it, optional. Usually on luxurious items of events. Such as movie trip and Oakley shades which i intend to keep for own use. Still deciding how to classified "outing with meals involved' Its a common event, stuck in between Meals and Leisure.

I find its troublesome to differentiate our daily meals between leisure meals or normal meals. Its pretty life-less to micro-manage daily expenses to this extent. For April, I entered one of them into meal while another into Outing.

However, i find out that there is implication in doing so.. Say of the sake of illustration, i usually consume a $5 meal, while recently had this $25 meal during a gathering. While that month, I'm consciously reduce my expenditure on dinner via controlling the number of dinners i had outside. A difference of $20, had suggested that i consumed extra 4 meals, while i only had 1.

Conclusion: Further discussion into this issue will really deem me life-less. Verdict for such event, write the entry as Outing, place a remark on it, stating what event is it. Any meal more than $10 should be considered LEISURE! (although i can easily spill over this amount when i got itchy mouth or a grumpy stomach)

Example

MISC: Since Leisure is defined, anything other than all the above categories would go under it. As the amount yet to hit more than $100, there is little need to micro-micro manage this area. If amount spill over a $100, it could be signaling that I'm overspending or entries which need to redefine under new category.

Comparison Chart
Hohoho, boredom had really hit my cerebrum.. Had a comparison of Apr and May, not very accurate due to misplaced entries. But anyway just trying out see what we can tell from the difference of 2 months.

Comparison of Apr and May

Ignore Bills (should be same or little variation), MISC and Leisure (since i had misplaced some entries which could affect the overall result)

Transport: Drop significantly by 50% due to vacation and the need to travel down far to West, Clementi. I'm not really a traveller, prefer to commute around with bicycle. Looking forward for the month of June. Why? With no travelling for schooling needs, i could see how much would it cost me to travel for other purpose and to what extent (in percentage) it cost me to travel for schooling purpose.

Meals:
Breakfast in coffeshop is a unnecessary expenses. Its expensive and not doesn't play a huge role in daily life.
Lunch: Also have been more skimpy or either not having it outside.
Dinner: Significant increase, due to more training sessions.

Also thinking of adding inflow of cash when i get the hang of even recording the data. Inflow might be easier since money flows out faster than in, most of the cases... haha


Jobless
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Sundown Marathon | Post Race Commentary

This post is a talk through of the Sundown route. Will be touching of some of my thoughts (quite a few of them), changes compared to last year. For those thinking of attempting this race next year, i will also be stating some of the obstacles i face this year. (*note: not using last year experience, as I'm fatigue before race). This post i presume will be pretty long, most probably will have another shorter post on how i want to train for a comfortable sub 4 for future races.

Nothing much changed on the overall route, same water points and major landmarks.

Red Route aka String of Light (22km): Started out at the front pack, instead of being stuck in the middle compare to last year. This year, the organizers actually closed 2 lanes on coastal for the first 5km of the run. A good improvement as expected participants had increased, cant be making all of them running on the pathetic park connector path.

Followed the pacers, find their pace pretty fast for the first 10km. But they explained that its used to compensate for the later on hilly route. First 10km was to exit coastal and start entering ECP, was running with Sunny till this portion.

Along ECP, there is nothing much to talk about, still fresh as the real show starts after the red route. Expecting to see Tiong Han and the rest at Victoria JC but missed them as the pack is pretty focused on their run. In fact at the end of ECP, felt that i could increase my pace abit more. However decided to hold back and stick behind the pacers.

Compare with last year: Much stays the same, except pace-wise.

Blue Route aka Heartland Twist (6km): Did a familiarise run for this portion hence don't find it really much a threat. Undulating grounds and 2 bridges are the main obstacles, the pack continue with the same cadence for these obstacles. Foot step can be smaller, breathing will get some impact, but soon we recover from them.

Compare with last year: Improved alot for this stretch. Not longer the dragon trail, as i find it 'shorter' now. Due to constant cadence and momentum of run, the aches didn't hit me that much.

Green Route aka Waterfall Front (7km): Reaching Bedok Reservoir, only left me pacing behind the 2 pacers. Pretty proud of my own achievement at this portion. Looking forward to the Tampines PCN where 'everyone' will be supporting me. Hitting the 30km mark aka break-down mark, hoping to get to the PCN fast so i can reset my visualise focus for the next phase. My training fam, running from ECP (VJC), Blue Route and a portion of the Green Route (PCN).

Reaching 32km, still pleased with our timing and pace. 1hr more for remaining 10km, means a good 6mins/km pace. This point is also where i saw my 'supporters', well camo in the dark pavilion along the PCN. Not sure where their hands are going.. Knew that one of them got to be Wilson for his distinct tone, disrupted their happy moment and end it fast with just a '5'. Pretty focus for the race, hence no time for coffee chat.

There is a small variation in the 'detailed' route provided by the officials at red nano.

Not a very big problem. Turning point different. Didn't affect distance.

Compare to last year: Was quite distracted by the turns at the Pasir Ris area. However, this year, by focusing on the pacer, its not an issue.

Yellow Route aka Homerun (7km): Starting from Downtown East. My main worry was the slope located at the Loyang Point. But i was only half correct. Knowing that the slope continues with a slight gradient even after that steep slope. Decided to run ahead of the pacers, with the hope to get a better sub 4 timing.

Along Loyang ave, the road straight to Hendon Camp which i spent 1 year commuting on. Was pretty confident in the route. But cycling and running different story. Never thought the slightest change in the gradient now could affect the landing of my already sore feet. Heart Rate had increased by only 3-5 beats but already feel like hitting threshold.

A left turn into Hendon camp, i remember the ups and downs of the hilly terrain. I didn't do my fam run for this area!! Thinking that last 5km, just suck it up.. But its too much to suck. Now running pass the chalets on my flanks, keep thinking about crossing the bridging to heaven.. But my hopes of getting sub 4hrs is already dashed. With the sight of the bridge straight ahead of me, the marshaller told me to turn left???!!!! And shouting 1km more!

Red is the actual route, orange is what stating in red nano

Confused and bit of frustrated, i just followed what was told. Cross the finishing line with a +/- 30secs.

Compared with last year: This portion of the run, i was already badly battered up, to be able to remember the remaining journey to finish line. Hence the lack of training for this area. The last 1km is really uncalled for. Not sure of the last minute changes but i think i should be more prepared next year for such 'minor' change.


Revenge of the Fallen
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