Sourced from GoPro website: Handle bar mountable camera,

Gadget lust is something of a phenomenon nowadays as proven by Apple's Iphone 4 recent launch quite recently by our local telcos and soon the much anticipated Ipad. Hard to say which is what and why but is pretty much like buying the "lifestyle" instead of just the product.  The were people who queued up at "ungodly" hours just to get their hands on this "magical" device.

It's amazing how strong the brand loyalty is. The widely discussed Iphone 4's "AntennaGate" issue has not deterred the "die-hard" fans from buying it. Even when they knew that Apple is coming out with the "white" Iphone 4 that is supposed to fix the current antena design defect. This scenario reminds me of a law called the Diffusion of Innovation. According to this law, we all sit at the different timescale such as the innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards (the last ones to adopt anything, in fact the reason why these sets of people buy dial-tone phones is because they couldn't find the rotary phones anymore).  I guess it safe to say that those who bought the Iphone 4  are in the 1st and 2nd categories.

But I digressed.

What a Raya week... I hope everyone enjoyed your Aidilfitri break. I'm pretty sure there were dramas when all the siblings congregate and met each other in both fashionable and unfashionable manner.  Either way, good, bad, regretful or memorable moments happening around us are just part and parcel of life. Lets forgive, forget and move on. Yeap move on...

After a week long marathon of stuffing the ketupat, lemang, rendang, sate, kuah kacang, laksa, mee kari and the list goes on and on, its time to burn the calories stocks and reduce the spare tire.

Dear CAs, Friends and Followers,

Wishing all of you Salam Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin. For those driving back to your hometowns, please remember to drive safe and have a pleasant journey.

We wish you a safe and enjoyable celebration. Just remember not to over-whack the lemang, ketupat and rendang and practice "eating safe" as well.

Here's a "classic" Raya song during the 80s. I don't know if it is just me but I find that majority of the new raya songs fail to lift the raya spirit and ambience.  Retro rules!



Have Fun and Selamat Hari Raya!

Dear CAs and friends,

Date: August 20th 2010
Route: Precint Diplomatik-PICC-Bukit Wisma Putra-Precint Diplomatic
Riders: Zack & Gang, Bob & Gang, Zam Kechik, Romzi, Suhaimi (Mitador), Zaha & Faizol
License not Approved: Saipol

The ride was On and it was a big one for me. The was not set but there were a lot of excitement from the crews. The news of the ride spread fast. What started from the chatter box brought together  close to a dozen dudes to wear the tights on the cool breezing night.

I apologise for the lateness of this post. It has been a crazy few months with no signs of up to the neck To-Do list subsiding any time soon. Any way I'd like to wish all a blessed Ramadan. For some of us, the ride is still on be it at night or late in the evening casual ride around the neighbourhood. Either way, keep it up, burn some extra fat during while maximising the burn rate or whatever that means.

Yes folks I did the white-river rafting at Kuala Kubu Baru (KKB) on Saturday, August 7th 2010!

Ok Folks, this is it. I'm posting something from the past. This ride was on sunny Sunday, May 23rd 2010. I just wanted to make clear that my recent state of hiatus has nothing to do with me hanging or selling my bike. My USPS TREK 5900 OCLV 110 is still intact, lying dormant, waiting to burn rubbers before the fasting month.

Well for the record , this has been the longest sabbatical ever to date. The thing is, It's not just the series of domestic problems but a combination of few things which I'm not particularly incline to divulge.

One thing for sure, to start riding back is so damn hard.

No one in this world are born to write a perfect condolence message. Of course, part of the reason is because things like this doesn’t happen most of the time. Unfortunately, we do have to face this problem once in a while.

Today, It is with the great sorrow that we learn the death of Abang Man and I struggled to find inspiration to write this condolence note. He left us his passion for cycling, his kindness, jokes, humility and above all a great friendship.

We extend our condolence to his family. May his soul rest in eternal peace and may Almighty give his family the strength to bear this irreplaceable loss.

Amen..

I has been 2 month since my last post. Have no fear my friends for I'll be back on the wheels! Only this time I'll be chubbier than before but still faster than MiTador!

Yatta!

Are you reading the same contents in our blog for the past 2 months??? Me too. This is because Faizol aka blogger/reporter/journalist was either unable to rode, on school holiday/vacation, domestic problem or unreachable when I tried to contact him.


Faizol aka blogger/reporter/journalist


How about others?? Yes. We ride as usual on weekend.
Even as we rode on weekend for the past 2 months, I was not updating our activities regularly since I'm not a good story teller/writer/reporter. Besides, I don't have any riding pictures to sharing with.


17/7/2010

Saturday's Sg Long route ride was a boring ride. Farizal and myself was the only members to shown. Abg ManTador just start pedaling while we already reached and waiting for him at RV point @ Kajang Perdana. Farizal and myself decided to continue riding without waiting for Abg Man and headed for usual roti canai at Tmn Sutera. We finished our roti canai before 9.30am and start pedaling back home. Wow... That was early. As for Abg Man... sorry for left you behind.

18/7/2010

I received sms from MieTador on 8.30pm Saturday night asking for Sunday's ride plan. Immediately I texed to all Cycling Addicts members. Route: Putrajaya-Cyberjaya-PICC is on. RV point at Petronas Ikram @ 8.15am.

When I reached at RV@Petronas before 8.15am, Farizal, Zam "Besar", Zam "Kecik", Abg Man, Wan & Ah Meng already waiting for me. Where is MieTador??? He's running late again... We decided to continue without him as the sun start rising. While we catching our breath below the flyover near Cyberjaya, MieTador called asking our current location. He was riding with Romzi and already reaching PICC tried to chasing us. We decided to met at Mamak Restaurant @ Presint Diplomatik. We continue pedaling to Presint Diplomatik via PICC and Persiaran Selatan/Timur. Abg Man was struggling while climbing "Bukit Malang" as the other members are waiting for him at the top of the hill. Just a little advise for Abg Man... start practising high cadence and avoid big gears. After regrouping we continue heading to our meeting point @ mamak restaurant as Mie and Romzi already waiting with empty stomach. Everybody's having a heavy refuel at Mamak except Ah Meng who just sipping Teh O Limau and some power stick. We continue cycling via Kg Abu Bakar Baginda and was split at Sg Ramal heading back home.


Zam "Kecik", Farizal, Zam "Besar", Wan
No.. we did'nt wait for "ganti tiub" services to come as we already have our spare tube ready in our saddlebag


Abg Man showing his sore feet to Ah Meng. The remedy... power stick & power pipe


p/s:
Another few weekend to go before Ramadhan/Bulan Puasa/Fasting Month