From Left: Syamsul, Zack, Faizol, Beppe and Zaha

Original Route: Sg Long
Extended Route: Sg. Long-UKM-Salak-UKM-Sg. Long
Total Mileage: 80+ Km
Beppe's Blog: http://beppedamioli.attivi-blog.com/Primo-blog-b1/PORT-DICKSON-b1-p30.htm


There’s nothing like waking up on Saturday morning for a ride on the bike. I took a quick look to check the weather condition. It was cloudy and a bit windy but It didn't look like it’s going to rain soon in the morning. The ride was On On!

The drill was simplicity by itself, Saturday route will be Sg. Long, RV at Sg. Balak toll plaza at 7.30am. Least would I expect that we’re about to embark on a journey to.... Salak....with an Italian guy by the name of Beppe Damioli, age 61, riding solo from Phuket en route to Singapore and was making a trip Port Dickson.

Video 1: guy launches off huge jump but drifts backward

A message from Zack to Saipol

Note: this is a 1st draft entry with raw images and video footage. Changes will be made from time to time

Date: Sunday, November 15th 2009
Route: Kajang-Mantin (LEKAS)-Semenyih-Kajang (Old Road)
Distance: 80+ Km (rom Sg. Balak )
Riders: Zack, Farizal, Zaha, Zam, Ah Meng, Razi & Faizol

The recent Sunday ride was an interesting one. It was both enjoyable and torturous at the same time. The fun part was that we had Zam, Razi and Ah Meng with us on the ride even though it was a short notice.

I was planning to give Zam a call earlier on Saturday but considering the weather at that point of time, the idea was put on hold, at least until there was a glimpse of hope that the rain was going to subside in time for the road to dry.

The not so fun part was that we had to ride under blistering hot condition all the way through the old road from Mantin town filled with uneven roads and pot holes. Lucky for us it was not a doggy day out though we did hear few barks from a far along the LEKAS. To compound the situation and my mental state, I forgot to put on the sun block leaving my face with sun burn coupled with pattern marks left by the eyewear and helmet straps.

I love this picture, it's taken during this ride.

It's already November 09, leaving behind the colourful October with few great weekend rides. One thing for sure though, last month's weekend rides were mostly recovery rides. I for one had a long break, no night ride, not even took a spin around the neighbourhood during the "no-ride" sabbatical or soul cleansing period.

I'm looking forward for more challenging routes this month. The only concern now is whether the weather is friendly or not. There are ride plans already in the pipeline such as The Bukit Antu-Genting Peres repeat and LEKAS-MANTIN (Bkt. Puyuh) - LENGGING (Bkt. Mendum) - Broga-Semenyih to name a few. The big question is, are we up for the PD challenge this year? Let's discuss this at the Base this Saturday.

Having said about the pipeline, I'll start posting possible routes and invitations for the week ahead. Check out for The Week Ahead (TWA) entries on the blog.

This week is one of those week where normal business hours does not apply. Duty calls gentlemen. I'd reckon that I might have to start early, 7.00am on the dot.

Roadie to "Trackie": The Shift

Hmmm...in all honesty, I don't know what to say? Getting back into XC on MTB is very tempting. It has been a while since I did the last XC. The last during the PCC Proton Presidential Ride in 2007, 4 crazy stages of 60KM madness.

Based on the last ride, the PCC would be one of the places where traffic congestion happened in the jungle on single track routes, ditches became ponds after close to 700 people that came in many shapes and sizes cycled or pushed their bikes across them, where I slept for about 45 minutes on a god forsaken hill waiting for the path to clear out of the congestion. Not to mention chicken out route that needed you to cycle for extra 25KM to the assembly area...came back home with bike covered with mud, tired and aching muscles...for a freaking T-Shirt that would probably worth not more than 5 Bucks, a balsam and powerbar.....madness...some memoir...

I think I'm going ....for now I'm sticking to road bike...

Anyway here's the weather forecast from accuweather for this weekend, doesn't look promising....

The Week Ahead Weather Forecast

Saturday, Nov 7

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Mostly cloudy with periods of rain in the afternoon. Winds from the ESE at 4 km/h.

Realfeel®: 45 °C

High: 32 °C

Saturday Night, Nov 7

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Overcast with a couple of thunderstorms around. Winds from the SE at 6 km/h.

Realfeel®: 29 °C

Low: 24 °C

Sunday, Nov 8

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Rain. Winds from the ESE at 6 km/h.

Realfeel®: 44 °C

High: 31 °C

Sunday Night, Nov 8

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Cloudy with a couple of showers. Winds from the ESE at 8 km/h.

Realfeel®: 30 °

This is one of the posts that in a way most unfavourable in nature. Why? It's because there were no picture taken, no act filmed...and ultimately there were no rides. Sigh...

Well it rained and rained on Saturday, even in the afternoon...I guessed it's was okay... lets hope for the better on Sunday... Later that Saturday evening I received text message from Zam asking about Sunday's plan and shortly after that from Syamsul. I thought this was great...I made the arrangement with Zaha and Saipol to do Sg, Long loop instead. It was nicely laid out plan, 7.30am from Sg. Balak's toll plaza.

Checked my bike to make sure that the tire pressures were good and the drivetrain were adequately lubbed., took a couple of Panadol soluble and off to sleep.....can wait to get greet tomorrow's sun rise with a shine...and.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZ.....ZZZ.....ZZZZZZ..... I was awaken by the buzzing sound of the alarm....holy crap..the fever hadn't gone away... and....it was a sunny Sunday morningggggg.....arrrghhhhhh...what a waste... TidaaaakkkkkKKKKKKKK.....

Latest Updates: 2 out of 2 videos have been uploaded.


At the base...waiting for other cyclist to pass by...

Saipol texted me last night asking If i had a ride plan and I had no solid one for Sunday. I was thinking on doing the LEKAS earlier on but one of our members (you know who) couldn’t do long distance today. I guess he’s still in cooling-off period. Tough luck bro...I wish you all the best in handling your B1N1 (Bee-One-N-One) case. Consequently back to default route... Sg. Long.

Note:For those who do not know yet, the B1N1 pandemic only affects legally married male of the homo sapiens species.

The weather was gloomy and a bit windy but not enough to dampen our spirits unless it was a down pour. We hit the road at 7.45am and headed straight to Toll Bukit Kajang and boy oh boy we were in for a surprise, another long lost cycling buddy, Romzi, was there taking a break from a solo ride from Balakong. What a weekend. It's rather unusual, but back to back meeting by chance of long lost cycling buddies was just “something”. It's like you just hit a jackpot.

Latest Update: 2 videos have been uploaded


Route: Sg. Long
Riders: Farizal, Zaha, Bro Man & Faizol

Alhamdulillah, It was a sunny Saturday Morning. The air was fresh, the road was dry and the feeling was as great as ever. Yes, it's a ride day.

I started alone from the RV since Saipol couldn't join the morning ride. I was going to rendezvous with Farizal at the Bukit Kajang toll Plaza while Zaha would be waiting at the check point, 750 meters away from the 1st peak. The traffic was unusually a bit hectic today. The engine roars broke the tranquil morning while the fumes from their exhausts spoiled the cool breezing air.

The newly patched road en route to the Kajang town exit was a site for sore eyes. With no white lines, and patches of grease and splattered oils, I had to be extra careful with the traffic behind.

What's the strategy here?

Recently I discovered few images and videos of a solo ride on April 19th 2009 while checking trough my archives.

I took some pictures of how the route look like of climbing the 1st peak from the opposite direction.

I don't recall why I did the solo ride. It might have been one of those days where you had to do it solo. It's one lonely route. Lucky for me there were no stray dogs around.

It rained in the wee hours on Sunday Morning.

Woke up early thinking that we might not get to ride in the morning due to wet roads. A part form being slippery, I definitely need to clean the bike especially the drivetrain. Wet road usually causes more sands and debris sticking on your chain, cog and pulley. The sand will stick to the oil and grind away at your drivetrain if it is not properly cleaned and lubed.

Pardon the anomaly of the post. It's rather unusual because we need "clear" the mystery shrouding this one Farra Aidit or Farra that has been posting numerous questions on the chatter box. We do not now for certain about the real identity but her/his presence has stirred the blog, a bit. You know what I mean fellas....

Lucky for some of us, before we got carried away with this one "Farra"'s charm, Zack saved the day. I got to hand it to you, who ever you really are, you're a really funny person....

You guys better be careful not to get duped.... hahahah..... really slick.....Awwwwwwww....


Important Note:

I need to set the record straight here. It's obvious that we were wrongly informed on the real identity of this Farra or Farrah Aidit and based on this premise I've posted a picture that was meant to be a humor of a male trying to impersonate a female and establish real communication on the chatter box.

After numerous questions asked on the identity with no confirmation nor denial, we took it that the person was still joking with his or her alter ego and keep on posting with different name.

Due to recent posting of the altered image whom we thought was the unidentified person on the chatter box, it has caused grievance to wrongly accused party and for this I wish to apologise for the "rudeness" of the humor.

And to Farra or Farrah Aidit, please stop pretending and disclose you real identity.

Darn...it's Saturday again. Time sure flies and it's already passed mid-October. This kind of made me to think in retrospect of the many targets set earlier this year. Hmmmm....yeah... we still haven't done the PD ride...

Anyway....back to the fun Saturday ride. This time around it was a bit different...we got ourselves a company. A novice, a greenhorn, a beginner by the name of Azlan. Yeap.. we took him for a ride to the Sungai Long....what an impression it was...

Date: Saturday, October 10th 2009
Route: Sg Long Big Double Loop
Riders: Zack, Zaha, Saipol, Faizol


Check it out...the great climb