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Fabian Cancellara aka Spartacus has won the one-day classic Tour of Flanders for the second time! He burst clear of the field on the Paterberg and soloing to victory ahead of Peter Sagan and Jurgen Roelandts.



Go team RadioShack Leopard Trek!

You’ve heard and seen people do all sorts of stunts and tricks with BMX but what about road bike? Check these videos out. Trust me, they are nothing like the “Richard” video.



Video 2:

Passing thru Bandar Baru Bangi

Kg Gebok, Pajam

Last Sunday we rode to Pajam, Negri Sembilan via LEKAS highway. To be honest, I wasn't so keen on doing this route not because they were far but because the fine road condition! This would 100% guarantee me eating the dust if I brought my MTB instead of the Madone.

The weather was super fine given the current monsoon/rainy season. It rained in the wee hours Sunday but was bright and sunny the whole morning.

We had a good ride and I had had the opportunity to test the GoPro! I've been testing the camera on my MTB using the handle mount for a few days but the Pajam ride presented the opportunity to test the helmet mount on a long ride. 

Allez allez Richard!

Here we go again, another new year fast approaching. Personally 2012 had been very interesting and no doubts it's a challenging year for my cycling calendar.  But hey, that's the beauty about life. You gain some you lose some. After all we are all jugglers aren't we? Jobs, me time, family, community, friends, hobby… we juggle all the time don't we?

Hello 2013! I'm a looking forward for a more "fulfilling" cycling calendar this year, hopefully.  I'm looking to add some off-road actions since I have upgraded my MTB on top of the usual weekend road rides. Nothing fancy and serious like the PCC Presidential Ride, Burung Hantu Night Jamboree  or MTB bike hash. It would just be mini rides with decent track that would not require me to push instead of riding the bikes, at least for the start.

It has been almost 2 months since I was in a saddle. If Alain is reading this, that 1 botched ride we had on one Saturday didn’t count. To start siding from a long sabbatical is one tough gig. So i decided that the best way to get back in to shape is by using a bicycle that will make my muscles work twice harder than road bike. Hopefully this will help speed the process up a bit if not a lot. And this bike is my newly refreshed MTB.

Why MTB? Well I discovered that when I used my MTB to ride with my buddies not long a go. The distance was 14 KM but the amount of calorie burnt was 2.5 times higher compared to when I was on my road bike. And not to mention I had better heart rate than the target zone too.

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A lot have been going on with road bikes. New models, disc brakes, electronic gear-shift system such as Shimano Di2 and Campy EPS, TREK's integrated brakes and the list goes on. These are wonderful things that almost every serious roadies would want to have on their rides.  IMHO affordability would be the single biggest deciding factor  if one is to apply the theory of Diffusion of Innovation here, until these new techs are de facto standards for bikes.


I wonder if this little beast can help me catch up with Richard? Hahahah...that's a thought!

Abayo.

Howdy folks! I'm back...from the hiatus. I bet y'all  have heard it before one to many times...  Well looks like I'm going to have to initiate the recovery ride plan but it's going to be different this time around. The puasa, the raya...the open houses...oh my...it isn't going to be easy hence the radical change in the program.

Oh by the way, if you love cycling, the adrenalin rush...you have got to check out this movie.



Abayo!

Alain and his new BMC

I seriously think we should add a couple new routes this year. The usual ones are getting pretty boring so to speak. Noticed how we struggled when it came to deciding the next day's route? I think it's obvious enough. Most often than not the're almost always a long pause after the question "What's tomorrow's plan?".

Things have been pretty hectic these past few weeks. I guess its true that the world does seem to spin faster as you get older.  Anyway, I got a call from Alain late on Friday evening asking about Saturday's ride. Actually it was pretty much a "done deal" courtesy call confirming that the ride was ON.  I was a little hessitant to confirm because the weather  had been incredibly unpredictable these few weeks and the coming weeks (based on the Met. Dept. Report)  as well. He's answer was elegantly baffling, Rain or Shine...I'm still riding.