The Wheelies Times

A little thought means so much

The Wheelies took time to visit Gracehaven this morning. Gracehaven is a residential home for young people who require care, protection and rehabilitation. With efforts and donation from the members, not only did we contribute necessities such as toothbrush, toothpaste, milos and biscuits, we also brought along our wheels, hoping to teach and impart the skills of wheeling to the children.

The volunteers toiled under the hot sun for more three hours but there is nothing like seeing the smiles we put on the face of every child and we were glad to be part of the process. We signed off this post with a video of the event this morning, not forgetting special mentions to the kind hearted Wheelians who had contributed to this event.

- Andrew Tan & family
- Colin Heng
- Cynthia Lee
- Dennis Lam & Stella
- Edmund Lim
- Frederick Lam
- James & Adeline
- Jeffrey Chan
- Johnny Toh and family
- Kelvin Tay
- Kua Sin Siong
- Kirby Ong
- Lucian Koh
- Robin Wong
- Roger Teo
- Roger Ong
- Thomas Hoon
- Thomas Ong
- Victor Pok

Donating a wheelie for the children

The Wheelies family

The Three Musketeers

Partnership between OCBC Cycle and The Wheelies

The Wheelies is proud to have participated in 2015 edition of OCBC Cycle. As we now know, an Electric Unicycle, which is also affectionately known as a Wheelie by local enthusiast group “The Wheelies”, is a one wheel electric unicycle, which has an average speed of 12km/h and travels a distance between 15-50 km.

The Sportive Ride (about 42km) and The Straits Times Ride (about 23km) were held on the 30th August. This is the first time a Wheelie has seen action in a local cycling fraternity and on a matter of fact, anywhere in the world. The Wheelies main responsibilities as a Safety Cycling Ambassadors include managing cyclists’ traffic flow, keeping an eye for the safety of all cyclists as well as providing assistance to cyclists who needed help such as directions and medical attention. With the course stretching 42 km from East Coast Lagoon to West Coast Highway, the 20 Wheelies Safety Cycling Ambassadors patrolled the length of the entire course and ensured the cyclists’ safety as their top priority.

“A Wheelie is a perfect deployment for patrolling the course due to its portability, speed and the ease of accessing tight spots. We are proud to be able to help out in this event and delighted that The Wheelies have added another perspective on a national stage how useful it can be “ said Thomas Hoon, the founder of The Wheelies
“I am proud the members went beyond their call of your duty to help make this event a successful one. Besides being Safety Cycling Ambassadors, some of you were helping out with the injured cyclists and even with minor repairs to their bikes. Doing utmost to ensure their safety and well being. Well done for the job done” said Edmund Lim, one of the pioneer members in The Wheelies
ABOUT THE WHEELIES

Established in 2013, The Wheelies is a specialist in Electric Unicycle and Singapore largest independent Electric Unicycle group. With more than 3000 members globally, The Wheelies organizes weekly wheeling activities for members as well as participating in roadshows to create awareness for safe and responsible usage of electric unicycle. Besides operating an online store http://thewheelies.sg/shop/, The Wheelies also conduct professional training for electric unicycling in People’s Association.

All the Wheelies ambassadors

Cpt Roger, Clarence, Kenneth & Kirby

The supporters

Lending a helping hand

The participants

Supporting the fallen

The Night Festival 2015

After a nine month hiatus, I am back here again to report more updates about the Wheelies.

It's been an exciting year for the Wheelies and the projects that we were involved in took up most of my time (including my blogging time). Really glad that I can be back writing about the Wheelies and wheeling again.

In celebration of Singapore's 50th birthday, we were involved in the Singapore Night Festival. The Singapore Night Festival is an iconic alternative night-time extravaganza of arts, culture and revelry. The Wheelies is proud to be invited as a performing group in this international event. As part of the event, we were required to perform two Saturday nights to an international audience.

In order to make an impact for the show and not disappoint the audience, the performing team actually started rehearsing in early July, spending many hours practising as well as choreographing the moves. I must admit the task wasn't as simple as just wheeling as we need to incorporate moves into the show and stretch the show to a cool 15 minutes. The team went through many trial and errors before deciding on the final performance moves. Here is a clip of The Wheelies practising for the show.

We were glad that our performance went smoothly without any hitches. What made it an icing on the cake for the Wheelies was that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong actually stopped by and watched our our performance. A few lucky Wheelians even managed to have a selfie with the man himself. It was a cool 15 minutes of intense wheeling performance for the Prime Minister and the audience and we were glad the loudest applause were reserved for us. It was a result of great teamwork for the entire Wheeling community, who were there to support this event. The audience were also given an opportunity to try out the wheel with the help of our trainers. For those who missed out on the show, here is the link of the video.