Lithium got her name from the Energizer Battery of the same name. She is one of the ultra long distance riders of the group, having taken part in the Ride for Life hence her nickname (you know, never say die and all that). She currently works as a  laboratory biologist but she won’t tell us what her most likely line of work would be if she wasn’t doing this. “I know what I what, but it’s private” she insists.

One of the more faithful to her bikes, she’s only had two. A Voodoo Bokor (mountain bike, although it never saw the trails and is looking for a new home) and her current ride a Colnago C40. She’s been riding for almost 10 years, although not continuously. She considers Energizer the most influential riding person, after herself, of course. The best advice she’s been given about riding is to spin, cos she don’t have the muscle to mash and since she’s weak on up hills to continue spinning on the downhill to catch up with the rest, rather than coasting. And although she’s been riding for a decade, she claims that she has never given advice to anyone but would pass on the same words to wisdom shared with her.

Her best cycling moments were when the reached to top of a 3000 plus foot high mountain on the second day of the RFL ride and to look down on how far she’d come. She also felt “in the zone” during the same RFL ride when she managed to keep up with a fast pack along a forest road, much like the one in the Lance Armstrong Nike commercial. (haven’t seen it, go here) It was just about to rain and the group had been pulling at 35-40 kph for an hour prior.

She prefers not to think about her worst cycling moments as she’d rather save her precious few brain cells for her best moments BUT she does remember a crash coming back from a ride to Desaru. It was raining by the time they got back to Singapore and she narrowly avoided hitting Energizer at a stop light at Bedok. But got hit by Sting instead. The rain and being tired made it even worse

Her best bike related purchase was SPDRs. “Fastest performance increase for S$300, best bang for the buck.”

Her worst bike related purchase was when she replaced the chain rings and cogs on her Voodoo, just a couple of months before she got her C40. The Bokor has not seen the road since (did I mention that it was for sale?) Her best non-bike related purchase was buying her own flat. “It represents freedom and independence.