How the internet can connect people and people with lost bikes.
\n\nTalk about a miracle and the connectedness of the internet.
\n\nAfter a heavy downpour subsided, a bicycle was found left behind in a canal in the Hillview area.
\n\nThe two-wheeler appeared to be in relatively good condition.
\n\nAccording to 8World, Christopher Koh and a neighbour decided to retrieve it using a rock-climbing rope to haul the bicycle out of the storm drain.
\n\nKoh brought the bicycle back to his nearby workshop, took some photos and posted about it on a local cycling Facebook group, SG PCN Cyclist, in hopes of reuniting it with its owner.
\n\nWhen a commenter asked if a person might have ridden the bicycle into the drain, Koh said the bike had been locked with a chain that went through the frame and the rear wheel.
\n\nThis meant it was unlikely that someone had fallen into the storm drain.
\n\nBut the truth, it seems, was stranger than fiction.
\n\nBecause someone did fall into the drain while riding the bicycle.
\n\nIt turns out that on Oct. 25, a 19-year-old delivery rider was cycling near The Lanai condominium in Hillview during a heavy downpour.
\n\nBecause of the rain…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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