Mountain Biking

Got a new wheels

2012-01-21T01:45:00.000-08:00

its not for me, for the missus.
Dahon Eco C7
5 rides so far, and here's my 2 cent on it.
Fast, not as fast as my giant, but i guess it's good enough as a lap bike. Definitely so as i've done laps with it on a newly built mini mall around my place, and it really is suited for brand new tars. Smooth. Without shocks, going thru the regular old and hard tars just makes the bike feels stiff and hard. Every bumps is felt. All in all, i would say that it really is a surprise that it can really zoom around that fast.
Looking for a child carrier in the middle now, can't wait to carry my son with it so that he could join me on my rides...

no... this ain't gonna be my full time bike.. still preferred my giant.

Malakoff Interstate Fellowship Ride 2011/2012

2012-01-01T19:47:00.000-08:00

went with xplorer. Good climb, great ride as well. up to the 18- 20 km mark la... cuz, had to turn back after that. Patrick had cramps on knee. Ended up on air itam for breakfast and back to collect jerseys and see out the lucky draws.

Cfal III video

2011-11-10T00:34:00.000-08:00

one of the happiest ride for me. Would do it all over again, including the RAIN. Hope to be back again next year.

3rd Cycle for Health and Enviroment Ride 916

2011-09-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

over 1000 registerd bikers. Which is almost doubled last years participants. So I heard.
A nice ride overall. Just that my knee starts to flare up again right around the 20km mark.

my bike before starting.

lots of people at the starting point.

here's where i almost turn back. Knee pain.

me, xplorer and H at the feeding point in museum padi.

A nice medal indeed.

2011-09-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

pewter, so it seems.

CFAL 3rd edition Sept 11th

2011-09-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

Rained... hard. But everyone just rode on.

was still raining when got to sg dua BW.

mr khaw from LM Bikers

CP1. Up to here, my handphone cam is holding up but is pretty much flooded. Cant take more pic after that.

CP1

This place will forever be known to a friend of mine. lost his appendix here last year.

the dude who took this pic was falling down when he took this pic.. hence the weird look.

Teluk bahang dam.

finish line @ 11.30am - Took around 4 hours i guess, knee was busted somewhere along the climb or the descent at teluk bahang.

Main Stage.

Queuing up for food..

A very cool Dahon foldy. lots of foldy on this particular ride.

raya 1st day ride..

2011-08-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

rain finally stopped on the first day of raya.these guys just ran an 80km ride earlier in the mornin. Add another 30+ here in the evenin, and its around 110km on one single day.

ride with Xplorer.

2011-08-07T21:49:00.000-07:00

went to the airport via.. um. Im not sure where.. maybe Xplorer will tell you what route. Rained on the way back.. sheesh.

huyoo.. he must be very happy with this shot. ngam ngam.. that hercules flew over.

Heritage Trail Nite Ride ~ 22nd July 2011 @ 30 seconds to mars - Kings and Queens

2011-07-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

Great ride, fast, cool and not hot, rained earlier and it kinda washes away quite a lot of the haze. Clear night for a great ride. A little too eager sometime and quite a lot of crashes. Too much bikes and too dark at times.
A little over 40km done in over 2 hour + with a short stop for water and banana's. Supposedly around 500 turn out. A really nice ride, just like in the video for Kings and Queens by 30 second to mars. Sorry about the lousy pic quality, my mobile phone camera just cant cut it in low light. There was some part in the actual ride that is really cool, especially when all of us turns into the airport, and in front of the Kedah Palace. Everyone's got thier blinkers on.. really cool moment.

This looks like a space jet engine. Something out of a Star Wars Universe.

another trip to the airport.

2011-07-16T16:27:00.001-07:00

still looks grand eh? the fountain.

Heritage Trail Nite Ride 2011

2011-07-07T23:26:00.001-07:00

Heritage Trail Nite Ride 2011

An event that is going to be jointly organized by the kedah state govt.
22nd July 2011 9p.m
Starting point @ Istana Kuning, Alor Setar.
Estimated route distance: 40km of Tar ride?
Rm20.00 Registration fee
Goodies and Beverage given(Shirt and watch given aslo)

Get your registration form Xtreme Bike.

Ok guys, managed to find thier FB page and more info about the ride in there. Click to go.

3rd Cycle for Health & Enviroment 2011

2011-06-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

This time its 30 ringgit.

Can check out more details on thier FB as well.

was finally here as well last nite.

2011-06-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

nice to see that the fountain is still working. there and back only 30km + surprised to see why we didn't do this earlier.

13-15th bikin in the pearl.

2011-06-18T15:13:00.000-07:00

all around town. 28th May 2011

2011-05-30T02:47:00.001-07:00

Effectively went all around town in this ride. Home, simpang kuala, billion, SIME Tyre, Shahab, Tmn Golf, PKNK, Langgar and home.

Cam whoring right in front of Tmn Golf.

dannok 22nd april.

2011-04-23T01:58:00.001-07:00

while we actually registered for another ride in town, we went to dannok(TH) instead.

another ride with the new group.

2011-04-17T19:24:00.000-07:00

16th april 2011 ride.

local fast and furious gathering at kuala kedah.

showcase

riding alone is...

2011-04-11T18:22:00.000-07:00

sometimes fun. Nobody to talk to, just the radio or mp3 with the songs you like in your head while you pedal away..

Was on one of these ride last week, passed a nice little stream that looked like you can sit down and start fishing...peaceful sight.

litte bit of bike whoring here.. hehe.

march 19th ride..

2011-03-21T19:16:00.001-07:00

Quite a bad ride, cuz.. mud ,ade havok outta my rear hubs. Rode all the way back without realizing that the hub was loose and the whole rear wheelset is jammed with the brakes. Hard riding and puffin all for nothing. Only realised it when I got home to wash the bike.

spesh FS.

thats the supermoon there on the background.

march 5th ride.

2011-03-21T19:04:00.000-07:00

same group..

nice

100+ time..

19th feb ride

2011-02-22T23:58:00.001-08:00

Out with some new bikers last saturday. more than 40km ride from tmn saga - sime tire - kubang rotan - kuala kedah - and back. Very long and speedy ride with these guys.

meet up at the riverbank and off we go.

Jerai Mountain Bike Jamboree 2011(JMJ11)

2011-01-17T19:53:00.000-08:00

Great event, great ride, whole track is ridable except for a small rock part on one of the hills.

Good water feeding station, good direction, definitely won't get lost.

Great lucky draw, although we didn't won anything.

Will be back again next year if they ever decide to organize again.

You can see all these JMJ11 signboard everywhere on the route and little pieces of paper with JMJ11 printed on it as well. All over the route.

lots of turnout, organizer had announced that there was about 1600 riders for the event and it certainly looked that much.

tien at the starting point.

me and him before getting on the queue to start.

off we go.........

first "jam" all queuing up to cross a small bridge.

he is still high in spirits.

stopped by to take some pics..

lost him afterwards and had to call him.. he dropped his water bottle.

pic courtesy of adi.

water station

push push.. (gambaq curik)

up up..(gambaq curik)

river crossing. more like.. puddle of water.

red dust everywhere.

foggy mornin and broken velo5

2010-12-20T19:13:00.000-08:00

taken this mornin. The tol selatan is behind the trees. Very foggy, but still with lots of mozzies.

there goes my velo5 sensor... the chamber which house's the sensor is always flooded when i wash my bike. It's just a matter of time before it just went kaput completely. For now, after a good dry off, it'll amazingly comes back to life.

Cycle for Health and Enviroment

2010-12-17T19:14:00.000-08:00

Friday mornin. 17th Dec 2010
Just a ride for health and enviromental awareness(please pick up your banana peel).
Quite a lot of turn out, supposedly 404 riders registered, but looks more when we rode.
6.30am was supposed to be the flag off time but, got delayed till maybe 7am. Still, it's a great ride. 45.5km totalled. Some are more, cuz they've started from thier houses.
Me and Patrick only, G is out due to kayuh lasak and T is as always a serial 747(me and G had a chat about this and we've decided that when you call someone for an event and he keeps on doing the 747, we willl eventually get tired of asking him out.).

Me and Xplorer waiting for the flag off

It's a go go go!

Nice telekom tower backdrop.

He's definitely happy about it..

nice..

lousy cam of mine, was aiming for the bike but the only thing it can focus on was the feet and pedal.

zooming along jalan kuala kedah.

tandem bike in action, father and daughter team.

stop for regrouping just before kuala kedah traffic light.

off we went again.. and into the padi fields.

another stop to regroup before we head for the pit stop at museum padi

gunung.keriang.

bottomless pit of 100+. And look at those hungry faces at the gates..

pit stop at the Padi Museum, lots of 100+ and banana's offered and toilet breaks.

and we're off again on the final run.

istana, i wonder what would happen if the sultan decides to come out? all the bikers hoggin the road kena buang negeri?

doing 26km/h and taking pics are not recomended.. lol

and we're back to where we started.

some dude with a big wheel bike.

"queing" up for lucky draw numbers and t shirt.

A note of sadness though..

2010-12-14T17:20:00.000-08:00

My biking partner wasn't just having a fever when he said he could'nt continue the ride on kayuh lasak. Turns out, he's got food poisoning on the previous night(saturday), which has carried on to the day of the ride itself. Then when we got back, and went for checks, it was his appendix. Which had to be removed in an op last nite. Trully a sorry incident which was partly my fault as well.(dim sum)???

a little bit more about kayuh lasak 2010..

2010-12-13T01:55:00.000-08:00

...and my thoughts about the whole ride.

sitting on this ledge in this pic, I was tired. Exhausted maybe. Wondering to myself what the heck it is that made me woke up that early in the morning and drove all the way down here to suffer this pain. But then again, while I was out here on this particular ledge, which was kinda dangerous and mind you, there were a few more on the route/tracks that we're far more dangerous than this one and a whole lot more narrow than this one is, I was... weirdly happy to be there on that ledge.

I guess it's been too much of "no ride" for me for quite sometime and too much work and other things that i've been occupied with since last year. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to be there, to be in the jungles, the hills the rivers out there.

Now that, I'm back to work, I really do miss all that. And with all the pictures of the ride coming in from Facebook and other blogs, I makes me wish for and long for to be back in every one of those corners I took, everyone of those killer push up the hills, every ride down the single muddy or slippery cement tracks that I took, every raindrops, every mud that was spat on to my face by my crossmarks(ok maybe not that) and lastly, I do soo miss the clear air of the hills and its surroundings. Am really HAPPY to be there even though i didn't finished it.

Have to ride more.

kayuh lasak 2010 - my gr8 ride.

2010-12-12T19:10:00.000-08:00

only managed 4 cp outta 8 this year, but overall distance covered was the same 40+km i think.
started late, was up since 4.20am in the morning and stopped by Bw for tim sum at this place at 6am. Quite "burping" satisying and cheap.

Arrived late, got our tags and by the time we finished fixing up the tags/plate on our bike, the ride has already flagged off. So, we're at the very end of the lot. funny thing is, when we we're riding out to the main road on balik pulau, there was still a few cars which just came in and was carrying bikes, I guess we're not that late after all?

Started, rained, muds, slippery single cement downhill track. Some had to come down.. cuz its far too dangerous. My biking partner was not well after cp 2 or 3 and by 4, we we're too far back to continue and it was raining super hard. And my partner was in such a bad shape that he's burning up with fever but is feeling super cold. So, had to stop in a laksa house(turns out this place is quite famous) somewhere a little bit after bukit pinang and left him there, while I rode all the way back to the starting point to get our car to go and fetch him.

i think, in all my mtb riding, this might be my one and only dh pose pic.

2nd kayuh lasak.

me and him again

laksa place where G could'nt go any further anymore.

rain down hard.

super slippery grass

yep, thats the amount of mud on my TT.

hm.. he's pushing it the wrong way.

wheee...........

queing up for goodies.

Fun Ride Alor Setar..

2010-11-30T00:49:00.000-08:00

CYCLE FOR HEALTH & ENVIROMENT

Time :Friday, December 17 · 6:30am - 10:30am
Location :Balai Besar Alor Setar (Opposite Masjid Zahir, Kedah)
This event is jointly organize by Lions Club of Alor Star (Host) & Alor Setar LM Bikers.1. Purposes : - To promote cycling as a healthy life style.- To create awareness of environment... conservation. - To encourage family cycling .

Created By ALOR SETAR LM BIKERS .
More Info on thier FB page.

Route.

Route photo's via FB as well.

pagi tadi..

2010-11-23T18:13:00.001-08:00

UUM Shimano Ride

2010-11-21T19:32:00.000-08:00

21st Nov 2010

We're here again. Seems like we're here every other year. This year it's minus quite a lot of riders. Me, Xp and Boon Sew is the only one of our group who is here.

Gonna make this short, very short.
Got lost, (not our fault, the rider in front of us is definitely lost, we just followed)
90% of the people who we met says the jersey is nice which was nice last year as well.(mayb these guys really make nice jerseys?)
Food and drinks? no banana, main meal? see pic below. No 100+, instead we've got some local herbal livita kind of drink. Which a lot of the riders just threw away into the dustbins.
tracks and route? we got lost. nuff said. But from those who did complete? mud fest.

last sunday nite.

2010-10-11T20:53:00.001-07:00

Took the sime tyre route to KK with Mr. Koh. Been a long time since i rode on this route.

tired?

bike oso need some cam whoring.

cloudy

Mudd

2010-10-03T20:52:00.000-07:00

this is what happens when you took a wrong detour. Instead of going for a tar/mud free ride, you ended up going thru super thick puddle of mudd and having to scrub it all off before you can store your bike in the house again. Sheesh...

Kayuh Lasak 2010

2010-10-01T01:32:00.000-07:00

Going? are we? Hell yeah!(pardon the language..)
anticipating this ride since last december..

a little teaser from Youtube

Who wants to go Jerai?

2010-09-27T02:00:00.000-07:00

Come on.. I can't believe no one's ever organize one such ride in and around jerai.

Click here for more info. 2011 Jerai.. probably will join. Wonder what happened to Kayuh Lasak 2010?

Gurun

2010-07-23T20:56:00.001-07:00

First official group ride since Dec 09'

Jerai. 23rd July 10'

Loved the frangipangi aka Kemboja Jepang

Da Boss on the hill

Lots of riders goin up on that day. Met some friends. Got to the top, had lunch at regency.. and was back down super fast.

Only by the night.

2010-07-14T01:38:00.000-07:00

Not Kings of Leon. It's just the only riding im able to do right now is just night ride.

another new Restaurent in my taman!! lemme see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and this is the 7th! All in a single taman. And we're talking full seafood cooking kind of restaurent. Not just a food stall shop.
Need to change my taman name to taman seafood! or taman "cu Char"

I want one.

2010-07-02T01:13:00.001-07:00

Odyssey Twisted PC Pedals. Plastic, cheap, light, but no sealed bearings.

This is sooooooooo very cool. Anyone knows who sells em here in Malaysia?
I really want one. They have transparent colors, glow in the dark colors and Chameleon's(Change colors when exposed to sunlight!! if ya don't believe me, have a look a the vid below.)

zzz..

2010-07-02T01:08:00.000-07:00

I'm kind of a night rider these days.

This was taken on the night Japan was being shut out by the paraguayans. Kinda weird to be the only guy riding while the rest of the people are all watching WC Match.

been awhile..

2010-05-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

and ill try and post as much of my biking trips, adventure or as I would prefer to call it "my morning workout" these days. Totally unable to find the time to go for full member party ride at all. Heck! I havent even went online to checkout biking blogs at all..

Anyway, as per request of another "occupied" biker friend. Pics from whatever biking xperience I had these few "lost" months.

foggy mornin

tok kok with ais kacang . brilliant diet.

back on it..

2010-02-01T01:21:00.001-08:00

but far from fit..

and its hot and dry. Windy as well.

KK on the weekend with G

2009-12-29T21:50:00.001-08:00

havent been here for quite sometime already.

look.. a shooting stars!

2009-12-20T23:19:00.000-08:00

nice? quick make those new upgrades and new bike wishes...

too bad it isn't a real shootin star.. hehe. It's just a plane going to KL probably from bangkok.. passing by. Took this shot on my early ride..

merry xmas everyone!

2009-12-18T18:39:00.001-08:00

No BS!

2009-12-07T17:42:00.000-08:00

All the mud is worth it.

Really. It is a great event. Kayuh Lasak 2009.
Nvmd the no 100+ given, not so interesting goodies bag, no jerseys, and sometimes no banana's and no water in some Check points. The trail itself and the ride is easily by far the best me and guan had rode on.
And we didn't even mind all the pushing that was done. Used to be, all the previous jamboree's we'd went on, there will be lots of complaint about the pushing uphill and the tracks not suitable and etc etc. This track, for some reason.. although it has its flaws as well but we didn't mind it a bit at all. The huge.. pushing up, the super super dangerous and super super steep downhill, be it on the single cement slab track or the single dirt track or even the huge one car wide track, it still is super fun.
View was really nice. There was a section up in the hill where the trees was covered with some kind of moss that makes it look like we're on Cameron Highlands or some foreign country and there was this particular single tiny track downhill through a field of grass that has tiny little flowers that it makes it look like we're riding in Switzerland or someplace far away that makes the whole pain of pushing went away.
Probably one of the main reason it was so enjoyable was that the day was not hot. It was a little bit windy and cloudy most of the time. It even rained a little bit on 2 occasion.
On the organizers, I can't really comment. If I were judging the ride through their organizing, it's really bad. There are a lot of thing that they didn't bother to do. Some CP don't even have enough water and banana's. No isotonic drinks given, well, they actually had one. But by the time we arrived at the CP most of it is finished, and at the very end of the ride at CP6, something "incredible" happened. There was a 100+ booth, chilled 100 plus drinks! and you pay for it! RM2. LOL! It has never happened before.. really. But hey, at that stage, if they'd ask fro rm5, I'll pay.
Anyway... like I said, I was really happy with the trail. So, I didn't really care how bad the way they treated me as long as I have water and the power bar they gave me early in the ride.

**pinjam this pic from the blogger on the pic.. hehe.
Hey, on my way down through kek lok si, I even managed to detour to the old air itam market to tapau some famous laksa and then continue my way back to the finishing point. Talking about laksa, we went through a lot of fields where they plant those bunga kantan. And the smell was really overwhelming at some point.
Great, if not best ride I've ever been.Will definitely be back again.

*** Wonder where the rest of us noobs are? well.. wonder no more.

Lost in pulau tikus....

Kayuh Lasak 2009

2009-12-06T18:34:00.000-08:00

Tired and sore. But hey, we made it.

Great trails, even though with the last minute change, it still is great.
Can be summed up by 2 huge push up the hill and 2 awesome dh. epic.

Yep! after the our team "747" us. There's only 2 of us who went.

should've asked for more of that isotonic stuff.

off we go!

here comes the "push"

pushing bike is fun eh? no?

wahahaaa... finally, after all the pushing, we're going down!

wa... real proud, first time this bike is on pg soil. and so high..

the last time he was here, we were in form2. That's almost 2 decades ago.

me? not that long.. but still.. quite long.

loved this, too bad its so cloudy and dark.

cloudy is good. didn't feel hot at all.

ooo... top of the mountain mist. it rained right after this..

:( I want my downhill shot as well.. no fair, nobody ever take shots of me.

The Trails..

oo.. drift down "ala" INITIAL-D

??? go down there? I did, and later found out that I followed the wrong route.lol!

This happens to my shoe somewhere between CP4 and 5. Had to walk like wearing a slippers for the rest of the ride.

Oww... it happened to the front wheel again after I came back. I guess all the knocking on the steps had taken its tol on the inner tube.

...

2009-11-29T23:59:00.001-08:00

a cool bike isn't it?
It's actually a 4 wheel DH bike.
I know what you're probably thinking, "why would you want 4 wheel downhill bike?"
the things people can think of eh? crazy.
Really?
Think again.
Read this.

now, that 4 wheel bike up there isn't really "that" kinda cool anymore isn't it?
As I've said b4, sometimes it's just not how hard and how far you ride. You just wanna ride.

*Can't help it. These days, been reading lots of stuff from PB. Thanks to CL.

Great place to ride..

2009-11-26T00:22:00.001-08:00

Definitely.

Matterhorn, Switzerland.

Penticton and Okanagan Lake, British Colombia.

Anyone for a Banshee?

2009-11-25T17:57:00.001-08:00

Spitfire

Cool looking bike.

Or mayb a Transition Convert?

Awesome looking bike, and a very simple looking linkage.

What a way...

2009-11-23T17:02:00.000-08:00

to start a new day.

Lemme see, t'was a good morning. Hd woke up at a little bit passed 5 for milk, and right after that, he went back to sleep trying to cuddle next to me(aw....)
So, right after he went back to dreamland, I went out since its already 5.45am, and was about time for my ride. Turned on the 411 and "Assassins" was on. A great show by the way, no matter how bad it flunked in the box-office. I thought Antonio(he's always great at playing character's that looks desperate) and Sly was good in it.
Anyway, back to my day. Got on my bike and gears, and zoom.. on my way. The time was 6.00am on my clock. Since its so darn early decided to try my luck and go for a longer route instead. Decided to try and reach KK and back. Rode on,..
Suddenly, about 10+km out, i felt my front wheel getting heavy and saggy, like it was dragging mud. Which was impossible, since I'm on tar and in the main road. Check on my wheel and tada!
The thing that never happened to me, decided to happen on my first attempt to go far on my morning ride. A bloody puncture! It wasn't really flat yet, but the air is really running out..
It's like.. 6.45am, the sun's not up yet, I have to be home and to get ready to go work like in 7.30am. Sheesh! No spare tubes, no pumps. What luck.
Turn back immediately right after that, tried going as far I could with the fast escaping air. Couldn't go far, less than 500m and I'm flat out of air. At that point, I tried running with the bike,(Ala, IRON MAN style) but couldn't get far with it.
So, in the end, I decided, WTH,.. just rode on with it. Managed to get 10 - 15km/h on it. God knows what will happen to the front wheel after that. Got home at 7.30am. Got myself ready for work.. played with Hd for awhile.. and was out.
And that was my day so far. It would've been okay, if there weren't this ridiculous speed trap that is on the highway while I'm on my way to work and it even managed to snap my face while I was running 120km/h on a 90km/h highway.

traded mosquitoes for flat tire's.

there was a lot of tiny tiny mosquito/insects under this lamp..

Pendang MTB Jamboree 2009

2009-11-23T00:12:00.000-08:00

Gosh! I didn't even knew there was such and event until its over and worst is.. the event is like.. within my biking distance. Gah!!!!
My bad, my bad, my bad....

Some reviews of guys who went:

Gclub Members
Adi
Hawk MTB
Nesamgerek

It rained.

2009-11-20T18:01:00.000-08:00

Drat! thats 2 days in a row. Right on time when I wanted to go for my ride and the day before that it was so windy, that I went right back inside my house.
Gosh, maybe its time to go back to night rides.

Goggles.

2009-11-19T19:16:00.000-08:00

Really needs something like these for rides these days.

Been doing quite a lot of rides for the last week or so. All in the early morning. Like 6am while everyone is still making lots of zz...
Anyway, due to the end of the year rain everyday, I guess its also mosquito season. Every ride I went in the morning will only end up with me going through a horde of these little mosquito and god knows what kind of little bugs. They're everywhere, by the time I'm back from the ride, my hair and inside my shirt there would be a jumble of them little bugs. On my first ride, one even went into my eye, and it was on the beginning of the ride. Needless to say, one of my eyeball was swollen for the rest of the day with colleague in the office avoiding me for the day thinking that I might've had "red eye".

Well, any of you riders out there who lived near the padi fields, please do wear something to protect your eyes while on the ride in the morning or even in the evening. Tis' a season for hordes of pesky little insects. It might not look cool and it might make you look like a fool but hey, at least you wont end up with a "red eye" or worst, they might get into your mouth/throat when you breath for air on the climb.

Ah.. still the bike i wanna ride.

2009-11-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

wishful thinking... maybe someday.
Someday when my "papa" adventure had run its course... KIV.

09 model. With shim gears.

08 models with SRAM X9's

moon oh moon.

2009-11-03T17:54:00.000-08:00

6.30am and the moon is still super round and super bright. Was like that last nite as well.

met 3 riders on this morning ride.

did some rides over the weekends.

2009-10-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

and... this morning as well.

xray yourself

2009-10-23T21:57:00.001-07:00

wonder what he's riding?

no carnival :(

2009-10-14T20:22:00.000-07:00

big :(

no BM. couldn't go. lots of things happening on that weekend. was not fair, but had to live with it.
So, on the day it self, normal rides as usual, siew and guan was not free... although, he did asked me earlier in the day.

nice epic feel to it eh?

thats jerai back there..

Kayuh Lasak. 2009

2009-09-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

Am I going? Am I? Are the noobs going?

I sure hope we do.

** On a personal note, one of the reason I started mountain biking, is to attend this event. So, I guess I sure as hell gonna try to go this time. around.

another morning..

2009-09-27T19:04:00.000-07:00

I was gonna sing Phil Collin's "Another day in paradise" chorus,

" oh, think twice, it's just another booring ride in the morning..."

but it really is another booring morning ride.. alone. But hey, I get to ride, which means, I can't complain. Can't I? Saw a lot of new riders on the same route anyway, I guess this route i'm taking is starting to get famous.
Actually, it's quite a nice route. You can mix n match it with some of the winding small lane's to the kampung's around the main highway. But for the main track, it's a straight speed dash to tokai and another straight 10km dash back. Speed freaks will love it. Too bad though that you don't always get to do that due to the track being next to the highway and not protected by anything. Means, you'll be riding against the wind either on your way back or on your way to Tokai.

somewhere.. i don't know where.. they all look the same to me.

looky, no hands...

continues from the song "it's just you and me in paradise..." my bike that is..

Night ride.. with BS

2009-09-25T18:17:00.000-07:00

Oh well, haven't been riding on raya and etc..AND have been gaining weight instead. So, me and siew went out last nite.. at 10pm+.. finished the ride at 12+am.

Was satisfying though, since we haven't really rode for quite a long time.

The jetty at night.

A giant and a scott @ night.

customer service @ 11pm.. talk about work dedication eh?

Ride with the CM

2009-09-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

Step right up folks, come ride with the chief minister of Penang!!

3 categories,
Family Rides(12km, rm10 - Tshirt)
Teluk Bahang Rides (50km, RM20 - Tshirt)
Round Island Rides (80km, RM50 - Tshirt, Jersey)

Should be fun..

coming so soon after the BM carnival.. o.O?

Yay! one more ride..

2009-09-14T20:34:00.001-07:00

Glad i could do more rides.. but.. um.. that cloud over there.. turns out to be rain on my way home, got drenched a bit.

NWD 9: Never Enough..

2009-09-13T23:04:00.000-07:00

Just watched this..

Cool rides..

You can say what you want about cam, but his ride is always enjoyable..

also from NWD9

I guess i've been watching lots of MTB vids again lately. For some, they'll go for rides to get their riding "mojo" back.. but for me, watching vid's like these.. hah!
Really stoked up. Need to ride more, WILL ride more......

Finally..

2009-09-11T19:23:00.000-07:00

after what seems like forever,(it actual, its about 2 weeks+) ... a ride. A RIDE. A SWEET TIME FOR Biking..

desperate for biking time ...

this is what my bike looks like after the puny 15km ride... and the rider? he was tapauing curry mee and tok tok mee... haih.. all the effort. Down the belly.

Where is The Collective??

2009-09-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

but hey.. for now, have NWD.

Not tempting anymore..

2009-09-01T18:06:00.000-07:00

BM MTB Carnival 2009

Last year, the event was kinda disappointing cuz of the track and its inability to let rear end riders to complete the ride. This year, they said it's more of a "makan angin" track, so.. it is kind of interesting.. and tempting.

some pics of the trails courtesy of "tiger ride".

**. Cuz, I'm rider no: 290!!

more morning rides..

2009-08-17T00:18:00.001-07:00

i need to get better camera than my phone camera to take these... anyway, the new helmet is kinda killing me, cutting a lot of blood flow to my brains possibly.

morning ride..

2009-08-09T18:51:00.000-07:00

thats the moon up there on top right.. and my new helmet visor on the bottom left.. hehe
Lost mine.. possibly on the UUM ride.

UUM XC Vids up??

2009-07-23T02:57:00.000-07:00

Got these off youtube.. hehe..

patrick is in there.. and so is sen and lastly.. can see guan.

I think these are from a KTM rider.. thanks for these vids, can see me and Tien in this vid at the end.. his olympus camera is mounted on the stem or handlebar i think.

Kedah Jamboree

2009-07-22T20:05:00.000-07:00

Kedah Jamboree nexT

track looks nice.. to all that's going, have fun..

UUM XC II

2009-07-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

Lots of people, over 1k registered event, but as I read from somewhere else in the blogsphere, over 6++ turned up for the event only but still it has got to the most participated MTB event ever held here in UUM. Huge turn out. Hopefully, we(kedahan's) don't disappoint them bikers. But alas, as I read, there we're already quite some complaints about the way the event was held, as I myself have some complaints but mayb some of these things are just out of the event organizers hands as I understand that a lot of things needed to be done or go through with UUM officials itselfs.. which might not be such a good idea for people who never organized MTB events to do so.

Enough about the complaints anyway. Overall ride was okay.. the weather was kinda nice not too bright, not too cloudy as well, and thankfully no haze. It even rains in the end of our ride and for some weird reason we had sunburn on us on the next day.

Participants waiting for the event to start..

Riders getting thier ride ready

Group photo.. minus XP, he went to the loo.. :P

Kawan ni teruk la, orang dah nak race, dia dok sembang lagi nie... takpe, sudah ada gampaq BUKTI, nanti bagi bini dia tengok.

mua..

Early morning, morning glory.

Started in the UUM sport center compound, like last time and .. out to the hills again.. this time, the tracks is quite nice, but I guess due to not enough, riding before and lack of sleep, most of us came unprepared, Xplorer with a guarded knee, guan with lack of sleep, just as me.. we ended up struggling on the first few hills.. It's also possible that some of the actual tracks was switched as it rains the previous day and some parts of the track we went through seems like there were landslides..
Muds, lots of it again.. so much so, the tire is botak from it. And while were pushing bikes up muddy slopes, Guan's hiking shoe fell apart.. soles came out so, we had to stop and do some Mcgyver solution to it. Patched it up, and decided that the next CP, guan was gonna go out. Me, Yen, Tien and the rest followed as well after that..

we're the back pack.. (we're the few who's at the end of the pack)

oh.. happy and full of energy.. peace..

out of the UUM and into the jungle!.. its up up up.. from here..

okay, lets take some pic..

everyone wants to do so.. but look at the clouds at the back..

river...

first river crossing.. XP and sen.

Guan.

KTM bikers taking pics of thier friends..

go go go..

Pitstop.. and banana time.

Pushin time.

Yeek! scared of a couple of babes who went thru here..

clouds are... coming in.

Guan's shoe.. in dire condition.

Me, XP, Tien

Sen, Me, G, Tien.

The rest of the track should be nice as well, wish we could've prepared ourselves well and really give it a go, but hey, there is always next time..

UUM XC I

2009-07-20T02:56:00.000-07:00

hm... lemme see.. star pic of the day

didn't get all the pics of our team riders, individually, but here goes...

this dude great in action..

Guan DH... wah.. caya beb! ada gaya!

Patrick Xplorer.. peace bro! (sorry you 2, i used my N78 cam only... lousy flash.. not bright enough.)

har har.. the only action he gets, push push more Tien!! lol!

I'll try and ask from the others see if they have my pic or Yen's pic.. individually.

UUM XC

2009-07-20T02:35:00.000-07:00

lazy to post. here's some panoramic pic of trails we went thru.

* here's something u should know about these 2 pics.. both of them have riders.. on the other side of the hill from where i took the pics. Means, we came from the other side. :P

night rider again.

2009-07-08T18:30:00.000-07:00

fast... extremely fast. should be my fastest ride to kuala kedah evahh...
constant 30 onwards...

while waiting for SHIMANO gang.. to arrive near simpang kuala.

There were more riders this time. A whole lot more than the last time I joined them.
Following these guys will definitely improve your riding, speed wise..

GG NT MTB Adventure

2009-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Looks like they had a lot of fun.. congrats to the organizer.. wish we were there.
Check the respective blogs for pics and report of the event..

Kelolo,
Ramly Dirtcorner,
Jane Lim,
Lon Truth,
Adi,
My Basikal,
Kayuh Beb!,
Team Seri Serdang,
Mat Kedah - he's got a great list of those who went.. i admit... i got most of the links from his blog.. hehe..
Pics & more Pics..

1st Night ride with a grouppo

2009-06-17T18:53:00.001-07:00

Last nite..
Shimano Xtreme Bike group... with some other guys..
MTB's, Roaddies, Racers... and even jump bikes?

Loads of bikers.. racers are also there..

and these guys without thier shirt on.. can race with the guys on the racing bikes as well... kept up with them all the way.

dude... talk about speed demon eh?

oops, cramped.. on the way home...

Ride wise was ok, but thats because on my way there.. there we're just 2 of us, on my way back.. the main group raced like speed demons with the roadies, at one time, I was the last bike on the grid.. caught up with Adi... chatted for a while.. then... when almost got to the turn to sime tire, siew's leg cramped... stayed with him and decided to go home strait.. the rest of em we're going for teh tarik somewher near Sime tyre..

hm.. scorching heat.

2009-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

burned myself again... started at 5.15pm ended at 6.30pm.

Jln Alor Mengkudu --> Jln Dato Kumbar --> Jln Langgar --> Jln Tanjung Bendahra and back to Jln Alor Mengkudu again..

friggin hot.

padi fields at the back of my house.. ripe?

route to god knows where.. just ride on.

if you look closely you could see jerai hill behind those clouds.. I guess we should be thankful the haze didn't get to alor setar..

Aww... the sun.. hot hot hot.

By this time, I was at the juntion between Jln alor mengkudu and Jln Dato Kumbar.. it was soo hot. Weird thing is, it wasn't really that hot when I started.. there we're some grey clouds.. which was why I started my ride at 5pm.. some would say nuts because of the heat!. But hey, I had non with me on lite.fm, living the 80s.. he recomended a nice song to me last nite.. Spandau Ballet's Round and round which I just added to my song list. Really nice.

Over the small bridge on jln dato kumbar

had to take a break in the shades..

6th june 2009 bukit... err..

2009-06-07T18:36:00.000-07:00

Er.... I forgot the name again.. all I know is it's near pokok sena.. that's all.

its 7.20am in the morning.. and the sun is super bright and super HOT.

bike assemblying activity.

8 bikers i think... mix n match.. some pro's some noobs like us.
there was the top of the lin fuel ex7 and there was.. an apperance of a 6speed 80s lerun with 2 cateye meter!!!

track was okay. lots of dry huge rocks.. climbing is hard, need to navigate and have good close control less you spin out. and downhill was kinda challenging too due to the dry season and lots of huge rock pebbles. Crashed twice while downhilling, luckily not much injury.

panaromic view of the valley.

An x biker...

2009-06-01T19:01:00.001-07:00

or maybe not ex (as.. he claims he's on his way to get a bike back) biker's birthday. Last sunday.
A great time with frens some biker's some not. I had planned on getting him a basic mtb to get him back on the saddle, he's kind of taken up weight after all.. but, in the end, the other guys decided that we should just get him a sport tee's instead.

cake cutting ceremony.

video's included.

Last nite was gr8

2009-06-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

starry, moonlit night. The skies was super clear.. the stars and moon was super bright as well.. wish i had a good camera which can take night shots. Great ride with nothing but the moon and stars.

thats the moon...

nice pics of the upcoming UUM XC Race.

2009-05-27T00:26:00.000-07:00

really nice pics of the actual route that the UUM-XC-Race is up on thier blog, go check it out.
So, far we've gone on 2 of the event they've organized, and I must say that the ride/route itself is actually good. In fact, in some ways, I would say that it's better than the one we went in BM. This is due to the fact that the route these UUM guys(I assume they're the one's doing the actual route) chooses is almost all ride able. Not pushing and definitely no queuing up to push up hill. At least that's what I remember from my experience of riding in 2 of the event they held, but who knows? they might choosed another route, a far more different trail? well, who cares anyway? come 19th July, JUST BRING IT ON!!

Click on the pics for more picture and the actual blog of the event.

was here last nite..

2009-05-22T21:58:00.000-07:00

at 10.30pm.. hehe..

night ride resumes... after I serviced the rear hub(was out of action for 1 week or more). Anyone have rear hubs for sale?

Kedah Jamboree..

2009-05-15T18:17:00.000-07:00

Please support

KEDAH JAMBOREE 2009

Date: 1 August 2009 (Saturday)
Organiser: Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah
Fee: RM50
Trek: Tasik Jitra (starting point) - Trek Balak - Ladang Jati (will be detailed later)
Goddies: Jersey, Socks and more will be announced later

Please post on your MTB event calender!

more info here

Weight weenies...

2009-05-10T21:51:00.000-07:00

VS
as the tittle suggests, ever wanna know what's the weight of your rubber? check this out.

i'm kinda surprised actually, as I always thought that maxxis 310 is the champ at weights, but I guess now, we have to really take a look at shwalbe furious fred. A few grams lighter..wonder how it'll perform compared to the 310? Actually have a friend who has a friend who rides one FFred. Wonder how he does going head to head with a 310?
Personally, I've tried the 310 and it's really really fast, but with the price tag one 310 equivalent to of almost a pair of foldable xmark, I think I'll just pump a little more air into my xmark and enjoy its temporary speed boost on the road.
In any case, there's a lot of other models to check out in the link given... if any of you want to know the actual weight of your prefered rubber, go check it out.

Which to go?

2009-05-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

So, MTBkers in the north, which one's are you all going this coming june?

This one? Nibong Tebal MTB Adventure 2009

map of the trail courtesy of adi

sample shots of the actual ride track :

or........

this one? Lembah Bujang Jamboree 2009

wikimap of the ride route from official site.

I assume this is some sample shot of the actual ride route :

Hm... no offense to the lembah bujang ride, but from the pictures provided by the nibong tebal guys, it's far more inviting and fun than what the lembah bujang track could offer. Maybe the lembah bujang guys could get more shots of the actual mountain bike track to entice more of us to actually commit to the jamboree and hopefully both organizers would stay clear of those pesky single track uphill which would cause a massive jam for the riders and end up the riders pushing bikes instead of riding bikes uphill, that was a really massive let down on my previous experience.

labour day and etc. etc..

2009-05-03T19:43:00.000-07:00

Did some ride on labour day evening alone. All the others are supposedly non available. Was supposed to go with another group in the morning but have to cancel due to some obligations at home..

Oh... the usual kuala kedah ride.

but i haven't done a solo ride to kuala kedah since 1 year ago, if I remember correctly, it's the last chinese new year 2008.

evening's in kuala kedah bridge.

almost always gives you a great shot.

the day after labour day which was 2nd of may, we we're planing to go take a night ride. But alas, this happened. dark clouds up ahead and soon after it rained and rained and rained....

Rained through the whole night and through the next day on the 3rd of may. But luckily, the rain did stopped in the afternoon/evening. So, with me all free early in the night, went for another night ride... Called up sew for him to join me but he was just on his way back from an "XT" upgrade so, another lonely ride again with me in the darkness but light FM saturday night's "swing time" is a great companion. I could go on and on with all those jazzy tunes.

view from the highway overhead bridge last nite.

more nite rides.

2009-04-24T18:42:00.000-07:00

Son was in good mood, gave papa some biking time last nite. :)

I guess I can only expect more of these kind of rides with the limited riding time I have these days. At least tonite there wasn't any of those nite birds on my ride.. but lots of traffic, probably due to it being a friday night.

Can someone tell me how to take a good night picture? The view last night was absolutely fabulous, but from the shot I took here, it isn't.

my first

2009-04-20T18:48:00.001-07:00

night ride..

this is the first time I did a night ride. And its about 20km+.. at 10.00pm night. very dark. The padi field is really really dark at night... but when I turn off the cat eye lights in front.. the stars above me is somewhat comforting and it gets surreal at times... but.. with my light off in front, I almost ran over a Malay couple who was.. cajoling in the moonlight as well. It is really dark, so, I'm inclined to say that they we're really having fun in the darkness and I've really spoilt thier night cuz, right after I passed them, I looked back and saw em leaving in thier motorcycle.. hehe

This would not be the first time.. there will be more ride in darkness like this to come..

Have to put this here...

2009-04-16T23:11:00.000-07:00

when I read this.. i had uncontrollable fits of laughter.
Ever seen a movie poster or a TV/Movie listing and they will give you a short summary or description of the movie plot? well, here are some which I find extremely funny and then some which is quite sick..
This is especially hilarious for a movie freak. If you are not one, well, I'm sure you would have at least seen some of the movies listed here..

300: Gays kill blacks.
ALIEN: Ship fails to deliver cargo, crew don’t get bonus.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: Tourist causes riot.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Deranged pedophile big-business industrialist tortures and mutilates young children.
CUJO: Family neglects to give family pet rabies shots, pays price.
DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national.
IRON MAN: Alcoholic rich white man with technology fetish goes vigilante.
GHOSTBUSTERS: Unemployed college professors destroy hotel with nuclear weapons.
KARATE KID: Boy gains acceptance through violence.
KING KONG: Endangered animal stolen, shot.
LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.
SE7EN: Homicide detectives unable to prevent even a single murder by admitted serial killer, killer gives cop head.
SPIDER-MAN: Nerd gets bitten by spider, complains about how this ruins his life for years to come.
TOP GUN: Pilot routinely endangers Air Traffic Controllers.

more here..

it.. drizzle's a bit this mornin.

2009-04-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

Met or rather passed by 5 bikers this morning.. and there's still no light from the sun yet at that time, I guess, I'm not the only nut case who goes out riding bikes early in the morning... hehe...

bridge near sin min school

same old..

2009-04-13T20:31:00.000-07:00

sunday 12th april.

one week late.

2009-04-05T19:35:00.001-07:00

but nevah.. 2 late?
kinda bz the last week as I've recently just changed a babysitter for my son and there are extra things that needed to be done at home at night and early morning.. so, all rides are canceled at the moment. See what I mean about the times and days not the same anymore? ah.. what I'd give to have time, precious FREE time for bike rides in the jungle.. and I'm talking about really free time. Where you don't have to constantly worry about this and that at home.
It's funny though, now that I think about it, I actually have lots of it when I was younger and in Penang. A whole lot of time. Soo much time to kill that you'll feel like "killing time" is such an understatement.
Truth is, I could always go bike riding if I wanted to. But then again, if I'd done that, that would've been very unfair to my other half isn't it? I mean, a son is your responsibility as much as your other half's.
It's only fair that you do your part and hope that things will turn out all right in the end, even though it will cost you some... um... lots of your precious biking time.
But then again, biking time isn't really that precious to me anymore isn't it? ^.^

Well, back to these, took em last weekend. Sunday morning 29th march.

sun's up

this guy need's some work

fire in the sky

fire in the sky part II

oops where did the time go? got to hustle back, baby and mommy needs food!

lebah bujang anyone?

2009-04-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

Lembah Bujang Jamboree 09

Suprise suprise..

2009-03-26T00:55:00.001-07:00

made another ride this morning.. hehe.. but still is too early and i think too cold too.. came back with my nose "leaking" phelgm.. yuk!

** this one's for Siew.

took this one a few weeks ago, K.Kedah.. with the phone as well... lagi cool hor the color?
You must make more trips there liao..... ^-^!!

morning ride.

2009-03-23T02:44:00.000-07:00

soo early there's no morning light at all.. and for all 10km, I've only passed one car and one motorbike.

today.. its like super early. The earliest i've ever attempted from my home. 610am and i'm out of the house.. as you can see from the pics. When I got to the pacific fly over.. its only 6.26am on my clock. Damn early. Haven't been able to find any time slot available for rides lately, hence my morning ride today.. and it's been almost 2 weeks? Anyway.. a good friend of mine has been riding a lot lately and he's actually just gotten into MTB not long.. do pay a visit to his blog to catch up on his rides.. as for mine? hard to find time. Hopefully, I'll be able to have more rides soon.

this is after the ride.. when I got home.. and it's still not bright yet.

Patrick recently sms'ed me over the weekend to tell me about a SHIMANO organized jamboree that's gonna be happening on the 21st of June 2009. Hopefully I'll be able to join by that time and get back on my bike more frequently.. god knows I need the exercise now more than ever.. :P

oh and.. sad to say I might be loosing a biker friend soon cause.. he's really sold his bike and it doesn't look like he's coming back into the sport. :(
* Updated
Yep he's confirmed that he used up his bike fund for the new bike and that if he's gonna come back, it's gonna be a few more months. Can't help it...

as usual..

2009-03-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

normal KK ride with Guan, Yen and a new guy... um.. forgot his name but he was riding AK's bike. Apparently he sold his bike already and is waiting for a new bike from Thailand... somekind of Eagle brand...
1st time on a bike for one month. Since before my bali trip till now.

Nice sunset.. very very nice. A lot of ducks on the way.

Was in my current favourite place on this earth..

2009-03-03T21:07:00.000-08:00

Bali.. islands of the gods...

haven't been biking at all since I went there on the 12th of February, hope to get back on the saddle soon but for now, here's some photo of my 2nd visit there... I really love that place and would still go again in the future if i had the time..

cheap air fare.. Xpensive food and drink on board..

The hotel we stayed in kuta on our trip, Wina Holiday Villa Kuta please don't ever come here if you could, the outlook of the hotel looks good only, the rooms are really terrible. I wrote a review here.. go check it out.

Had our dinner here on our first night in Kuta.. Warung Made. Food is so and so... the Juice is awesome though.

Uluwatu & Kecak dance.. a really nice dance/show compared to the barong dance which I saw on my first visit to the island.

Tanah lot.. another "must go" destination in Bali. Really nice, too bad that on our trip the sunset was not really as nice as it would have due to the clouds. I was there in the morning on my first trip.. which has huge waves hitting the temple...

Sanur Beach.

Lake Bratan/Bedugul would always be known with its Lake Temple "Pura Ulu Danu". Some pics of the lake and the botanical garden nearby(kebun raya karya bali).

Nusa dua beach and its surrounding area...

Denpasar, the Bali Museum and the area's surrounding it.

Kuta town, Ground Zero memorial, its surrounding area's and the excellent food we had in Poppies I & II.

great food we had near sanur beach.. must try the satay's in bali... gr8 stuff.

Tg. Benoa..

Tmn. Ayun.

not much of a ride.. but its painful

2009-02-08T23:23:00.000-08:00

after all, it's been quite awhile since I made this usual ride to KK. And this time last year? I was riding it alone.. while everyone's out celebrating chinese new year.

Anyway, met up with siew, guan and hao for a kuala kedah ride. IT really has been awhile. Xp can't make it, Tien was "747"ning as usual.. so. Thats just left us 4 for a normal ride.

Nuthing much to say, everyone's still able to ride fast, but as fast as it is, I'm still late home, which by the time I got home, my son's already asleep.
Got me thinking, "can't go for these kind of ride anymore". At least till my son's grown up a bit.

siew was trying to take photo's in a dim light condition, the other dude was trying to arrange all our gloves to photo it up.

cny ride anyone?

2009-02-04T20:32:00.001-08:00

1st day chinese new year.... while people we're wasted(from the previous night's activity) or getting ready to pray to the gods.. I was out riding Early in the morning and even managed to had teh tarik and roticanai in the local malay stalls.

chain about to rust.. havent been riding a lot.

taken this morning.. 6/feb/2009 on my way home from a morning ride.

Happy Chinese New Year!

2009-01-23T19:16:00.000-08:00

wishing you all mountain bikers..
a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!!!

** on a side note, I just found out that this evil dude is an avid mountainbiker... whatever dude..