The December Syndrome

We're back cycling after a few short breaks, here and there, sort of. It's December again thus the spasmodic blog entry, perfect "December Syndrome": weddings, weddings and more weddings, holidays and the rainy...

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Silk Highway

The Setul Epic Ride

I have to admit that I was a little worried about the reception of the Setul ride on LEKAS Highway.  One have to be crazy enough to spend his/her Sunday morning cycling 100Km...

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Epic RIde

Funny Stuff On the Net

Imagine one day while you're on you bike climbing a hill alone and suddenly you were surrounded bike escorts and team car coming from behind telling you to crank up and calling you...

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Internet

The Big Loop

There has been a lot of discussion about the PD ride these few days.Yes, the talk has been going on for a couple of years with no "yields" to date.  Frankly speaking, I...

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Putrajaya

Sunday Mantin Oct 16th Ride

So far we're on track with the Recovery Programme even though there are some tweaking and "creative" adjustment done during the tours.  We haven't done any rides so far to Bukit Antu or...

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LEKAS Hell

Saturday Ride Oct 15th

It has been a while since we last ride with Cikgu Sham. We recently met him at a mamak restaurant at Precinct 14 when we did "The 38°C Putrajaya Ride" last Sunday. If...

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Silk Highway

The 38°C Putrajaya Ride

It was a sunny Sunday morning and the condition was perfect. One thing for sure, it would get hotter during mid day. The plan was to finish the ride by 11am.  The original...

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Putrajaya

Ride with New Friends

Jacky and Liu It's 7.30am and there's nobody at the Sungai Balak RV. Yes, another solo ride through the SILK highway. It was a cloudy morning and slightly breezy.  Weather like this, most...

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Silk Highway

Flu Bugs and Upgrades

So many things happened in the last couple of weeks. Its interesting to see some new "hupgrades" in the family. It started with Azmi from his Cervello to TREK 2.1. Quite recently Zam...

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Silk Highway

Lo-Fi Weekend Rides

Both Saturday and Sunday were blessed with sunny morning. Even though there were clusters of moving white clouds hovering above the city, the sky was bright and blue, radiated by the golden-rich light...

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Silk Highway

Friday Ride With Joe

It felt great to get back in the saddle after a long break. Last week we only managed to cycle on  Sunday since Saturday was a no show due to the rain. Friday,...

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Silk Highway

Sunday Morning Sungai Long Ride

Group Photo @ 2nd RV We missed Saturday ride due to the rain and the weather didn't get any better on Sunday either. It was gloomy Sunday morning. The road was slightly wet...

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Silk Highway

My All Time Best Cycling Movies

You don’t see a lot of movies about cycling races made, perhaps cycling it is  not such a popular genre or less appealing compared other high grossing movies. The list below is my...

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Internet

Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin

Alhamdulillah, soon Muslims across the world will be celebrating Aidilfitri (Eid Ul Fitri), marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.  CA's and I, would like to seek forgiveness for any offense...

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Editorial

Recovery Training After A Long Break

We're coming to the last week of the holy month Ramadan and soon we'll be celebrating the Eid Mubarak. During the previous years we used to have night rides on Friday and/or Saturday nights...

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Editorial

Recovery Training Hit a Snag...

One of the worst thing that could happened during any recovery program is you're hit by another injury while in process of getting back into shape. That happened to me when I participated...

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Editorial
Putrajaya

The Pajam Connection

I missed cycling last weekend. Saturday was a false alarm and on Sunday I got wasted.  I missed yesterday's ride due to a domestic problem and today, again it was a close call...

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LEKAS Hell

Super Hero in Training?

I had a busy evening on Friday filled with back to back adrenalin pumping activities, a speedball game and go kart race with colleague.  I went home exhausted, flat and even missed dinner....

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Silk Highway

So You Want To Start Cycling?

Which is one is for you MTB or road bike? From time to time, I have friends, acquaintances and neighbours asking question on what to buy if they wanted to start cycling. Over the...

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Editorial

Sunday Ride: June 12th 2011

Zaha has been one resourceful ride organizer and since he’s out of range this week, the schedule was slightly a mess. Everybody was wondering what’s the ride plan. It’s even tougher especially during...

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Silk Highway

Saturday Ride June 4th 2011

Its June now and we are halfway through the year in a blink of an eye, literally.  I have to admit that my cycling calendar isn't looking very good. To many "short stint...

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Silk Highway

Back on the Bike

Sunny Saturday Morning It has been a while since the last blog entry with ride photos. To be honest I feel really awkward writing the blog without them. Maybe I'll snap something just...

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Editorial

Selamat Pengantin Baru Razi!

Congratulations to Razi on his wedding last Sunday, May 8th 2011. Wishing you a wonderful journey as you build your new life together.  It was a wonderful wedding ceremony. Even though the weather...

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Editorial

Weekend Round-up

Oh lalala..... Dutch cyclist battling the crosswind Last weekend wasn't the best of cycling days. First off my old stead started to get grumpy. There was knocking sound coming out from the headset and...

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LEKAS Hell

The Good Catch-up

Image sourced from: http://www.designofsignage.com/ There wasn't much to talk about last weekend cycling activities. Of course there was this "storm in a tea cup" commotion about my little adventure doing white water rafting...

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Editorial

White Water Rafting @ Kuala Kubu Bharu

One word...Awesome! This was my second time doing white water rafting at Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, a beautiful river forest with cool clear water. The white water rapids and invigorating river environment created...

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White-Water Rafting

Ride to Mantin: Feel the Heat?

It's Sunday morning and the Mantin ride was on. Judging from the trend, I'd figure that we'd be riding in a small party, probably less than six people. It was a rather cloudy...

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LEKAS Hell

The Lost Days

SPECIAL NOTE: Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Check out 7 Simple Ways to Help: http://t.co/cxcYKCT Taman Cabaran, Putrajaya It’s school break again. The traffic...

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Putrajaya

The Sunday SKVE Expedition

Initially the plan was to ride to Lenggeng on Sunday. Unfortunately, because of too many couldn’t joined due various domestic problems, it was a unanimous decision to postpone the ride to a later...

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Epic RIde

The Sungai Merab Aftermath

Ever heard of this phrase, for every action there’s a reaction? There’s always a flip side of things. Some have heard about it but couldn’t really fathom what it really meant. It’s just...

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Sungai Merab

Sungai Merab Rolling Hills Mission

Sunday ride crew and friends at Diplomatic Precinct  Earlier this year, its not that long ago anyway, we agreed to diversify cycling routes for 2011 cycling calendar. Ideally Saturday ride’s route will be...

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Putrajaya

Bright and Sunny Sungai Long Ride

Rising sun...manyak panas woo.. I hope its still not too late to wish a Happy and Prosperous Rabbit Year to all our Chinese friends. Like in the previous years, long holiday breaks especially...

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Silk Highway

Ride through the CA arena: Sungai Long

Saturday ride crew @ Kajang Perdana clover leaf Yesterday I came across an interesting article about diet plan and how recent studies showed that running on strict regime might actually caused weight gain...

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Silk Highway

Sunday Mantin Interstate Ride

This was our first Mantin ride in 2011.  The thing about riding through the LEKAS highway is that it will take the best of us, both mental and physical. The biggest test thus...

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One Hard Come Back Ride

A text message woke me up from my much needed slumber  at around 5.15am this morning.  What did this “nutcase" want on this ungodly hour?  Slowly I got up from bed still to...

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All exciting new Team Leopard-Trek

Sourced from VeloNews We're just few days in 2011, well technically we still are, and news of the new racing team, LEOPARD-TREK is definitely going to spice up this year's Tour de France! The...

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Malaysian cyclist finds love in Kyrgyzstan

While sipping through the news on the net and contemplating on whether or not to take part in the LTdL 2011's Yellow ride, I found this interesting article on the Malay Mail about...

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Le Tour de Langkawi is Back! Jom join the Yellow Ride...

 Here it is folks, the LTdL 2011 is happening on 23rd Jan - 1st Feb. The race is scheduled to last for 10 days instead of 7 in the previous years. In 2010, ...

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Sunday Botched Ride

First of, Happy New Year to all. 2010 was just like a blink of an eye and now we’re in 2011.   As usual this is the part where most people come out with...

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