Let me be a bit more objective than the few other concerns raised.

I am a BMX rider myself. And I have faced this problem a lot of times.

I can get to Somerset because I personally know the station security officer and a few of the male station masters at Yishun.

But when I get to Somerset, I am warned by the station masters even before I exit the station. This has happened a lot of times.

On my way back once, there were two male station masters on the prowl outside the gantry gates and, when they saw me, they approached me and rudely asked me to leave. They also threatened to report me to the police.

The bike bag is used by riders so that it would not inconvenience other train riders. The bag is rectangular and lighter than an average wheelchair. If we hold it upright, it stands at about 1.2 metres and is less than half a metre wide. How much space can we take?

SMRT has lifts and bigger gates installed for people in wheelchairs and/or those carrying bulky items. And bikes are banned?

Extreme sports culture is growing in Singapore and the Republic should be supportive of this.

Let's talk about how other countries promote these kind of sports. In Canada and some parts of Australia, Europe and the US, trains have racks for bikes and boards. They have doors on their buses that do not have a handrail in the middle of it. They have skate parks in every town to cut down the number of people gathering at the same park.

I think the solutions are:

1. Build more skate parks in the different districts.

2. Allow bikes in public transport, and maybe change the inside of our trains.

Wee Yin Hao, Freddie