Coney Island, GoCycling at Punggol

Finally visited Coney Island on Saturday, and the weather was rly good too - sunless and (rather) windy!

We took Bus 84 from Punggol bus interchange to Punggol Promenade, and from a distance, we spotted a bicycle rental shop, GoCycling @ Punggol Jetty (Punggol Point Park).

GoCycling
Image credit: Tesyasblog

We foolishly followed the crowd to GoCycling (not knowing that there is another bicycle rental shop further down on the other end which offers lower rental rates). We specifically requested for a tandem bike because idk how to cycle and were told that it's $8/h, but if you rent the bike for 2h ($16), you get the 3rd hour free of charge. Since we were only going to Coney Island, we decided that 1h would be sufficient and decided to rent the tandem bike for an hour. The uncle told us that we have to pay $4 for an extra 30 minutes.  So after paying for the rental fee, we cycled off to Coney Island!

Jomando Adventures & Recreations
Image credit: sqkii

We cycled past Jomando Adventures & Recreations, the other bike rental shop, and after googling abit, we found out that Jomando offers $16 for 3 hours!!! Learnt our lesson and decided that we should NOT follow the crowd the next time we come here.

The main path at Coney Island was not easy to cycle, esp since we were using a tandem bike (sry des!). It was really bumpy cos of the rocky path, plus, the seat of the person in front kept moving whenever I touch the handlebars. Not a very good bike... We stopped at some places to take photos hehe, will update the next time!

After cycling for a while, we decided that we were not gonna make it within 1h to return the bike and agreed to pay the $4 for the extra 30 min. However, when we wanted to return the bike, the GoCycling uncle told us that we had to pay $8 cos we were late. Puzzled, my boyfriend told him that previously he told us it was $4 and asked politely why it is now $8. The uncle replied rudely and asked us whether we know our math (:O). I was kinda taken aback, I mean, hello???? We just wanted to clarify with him right?? In the end, we realised that he actually meant $4 PER HEAD for the extra 30 min omggg. Actually, tbh, it was rly a miscommunication. The uncle did NOT tell us beforehand that it's $4 PER HEAD, and just told us it was $4 for the 30 min, so we assumed he meant just top up $4 if you're late for 30 min. My bf told him politely that it was a mistake on his part as he should have been clearer about the rental fees (DUHHH RIGHT?? We first-timers ok! Don't assume we have already memorised your rental fees!), and offered to pay the $8. To my surprise, the uncle got angry at us and told us, "Go away, I don't need your money." Inside my head, I was like WTF cos it seemed to me like the uncle was pms-ing or smth. We know the uncle is able to afford the $8 "loss", but it's not like we can't afford to pay and it's definitely NOT like we don't wanna pay.. We offered to pay the $8 but he didn't want it and kept asking us to go away. I was just shocked at how rude he was. I mean, if he told us nicely that the $4 for 30 min is actually referring to $4 per head for 30 min, we would have understood and paid up! I don't think there was a need for him to be so rude and nasty about it, after all, all we did was to ask him a single question LOL.  

What a nasty end to a wonderful day.. zzz..