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A scene from Avatar: Neytiri and Jack Sully


I know know...it has been a while since the last post.

Well....hmmm....lets see here...what have we got for December? Long school break, loads of wedding invitations and torrential rains ... Not to mention 2 weeks of preparations for my company's annual diner.

The were cycling activities...but limited to short route, the Sg Long's route. I felt a bit awkward writing this entry as there were no pictures taken during those rides. Sorry guys, the camera was out of service for an unknown reason.


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
More Details
Showers
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
More Details
T-Storms
Overcast with a couple of thunderstorms around. Winds from the SE at 6 km/h.
Realfeel®: 29 °C
Low: 24 °C
Sunday, Nov 8
More Details
Rain
Rain. Winds from the ESE at 6 km/h.
Realfeel®: 44 °C
High: 31 °C
Sunday Night, Nov 8
More Details
Showers
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.

Gloomy weather... nice...dampen tarmac... not so easy on the tires...but the ride must go on

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.
Greenhorn on HotRod SARS Spider...Azlan's maiden ride to Sg. Long

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

As planned, we did the "ShitHot" Big Double Loop of the Sg Long route. The RV was the usual Sg. Balak Toll and we started the ride at 7.35am. Earlier on we were a little bit skeptical on doing the big double loop but yes, we did it and it was a good loop and a good ride as well.

Geng,

Here's the map of the proposed route.





Here's the tulip:

26.2 km – about 27 mins
Suggested routes


Lebuhraya Silk
1.Head southeast on Lebuhraya Silk
3.6 km
2.Take the ramp onto Lebuhraya Silk
2.4 km
6.0 km – about 5 mins
Lebuhraya Silk
3.Head east on Lebuhraya Silk toward Jalan Bukit
2.1 km
2.1 km – about 1 min
Lebuhraya Silk
4.Head east on Lebuhraya Silk toward Jalan Bukit Mewah 41
1.3 km
5.Slight left to stay on Lebuhraya Silk
0.6 km
1.9 km – about 2 mins
Lebuhraya Silk
6.Head northeast on Lebuhraya Silk
2.0 km
7.Continue on Exit Persimpangan Bertingkat Kajang Perdana
0.6 km
8.Continue on Lebuhraya Silk
0.6 km
3.3 km – about 2 mins
Lebuhraya Silk
9.Head northwest on Lebuhraya Silk
9.9 km
10.Slight left at Jalan CJ 3
1.9 km
11.8 km – about 11 mins
Jalan CJ 3
11.Head east on Jalan Simpang Balak toward Jalan Sungai Balak
0.7 km
12.Turn right to merge onto Lebuhraya Silk
Destination will be on the left
0.4 km
1.1 km – about 2 mins
Found this on the Net. I hope it's useful for the bio-mechanics...




Here's the ride video with scene of the Bukit Mendum climb.

The ride was on Sunday, April 26th 2009. You can read more on the combo ride by clicking on the link here: http://cyclingaddicts.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

Enjoy the video.

Date: 4th October 2009
Route: Kajang-Mantin-Kajang via LEKAS
Distance: 86KM (Based SILK Highway's Sg. Balak Toll Plaza)
Riders: Zack, Zaha & Faizol


Photo Session at 2nd RV

Don't be deceived by the grandeur of this blog title, thanks to LEKAS highway, the routes to Pajam, Mantin and pretty soon Seremban are now more accessible. I don't have the right word for this but yes, there's an alternative highway to Seremban other than usual KL-Seremban Highway.

Anyway, we came about with the plan on the Saturday ride while "lepakking" on top of the last hill after the Sg. Long Toll. Unfortunately Syamsul, Saipol and Cikgu Sham couldn't join the ride due to certain categories of domestic problem or challenges.

Last Sunday was it, the first ride after a complete 1 month of no bicycling.

Started off early at around 7.40am. Saipol and I rode through our usual Saturday route of Sungai Long. I had a torrid time climbing trough the hills especially the Big Mac. Saipol was however showed how impressive he was by mounting a attack 3 1/4 of the Big Mac. You big cheat! It was a sham!

We made out pit stop on top of the hill right after the Sg. Long Toll Plaza. While waiting for Zaha, Doc Hassan and his friends passed by and so did few other MTBs. It's good to see that more and more people are back cycling this route.

Anyway, the cycling weekends are back! Let's ride.
Man CIOCC is organinsing the ride on Friday. Those who are interested to do one more ride before the auspicious Ramadhan, here are the details:

Date: August 21st 2009
Time: 10.30 PM
RV: Masjid Putrajaya
Route: To be decided
It's sad. Malaysian Sporting scenes are not quite the usual without any in-fightings, drama and all sort of feuds be it between players, coaches and especially managements.

I kind of wonder how some of these people holding high powered portfolios within clubs, confederation or committee are appointed. What are their virtues that landed them these decision making posts? Were they great sportsmen, corporate leaders, ex-senior government officers or well linked politicians?

It's never my intention to stereo-type specific individuals or organizations nor am I attacking or provoking anyone. But here is the reality, we suck in almost all sports. Football for instance can be considered as a national sports. But we're not there yet. We've had few good coaches recently, most notably Claude LeRoy who guided Cameroon to the World Cup. Still we are not at a competitive level to qualify for Asian region. I heard stories that Japan and Korea came here to Malaysia to learn how to run Professional Football the M-League and look at where they are now. If this is true then it's just another baffling issue that needs explanation. What went wrong actually?

Quite recently I was invited to become a member of a cycling "club". Not that I like to be one but because I'm just doing a favour for a friend. It was during a briefing by one of the secretary that I understood their dilemma. All the years of in-fighting, political camps and other "shitty" stuff going on have put the club's status at risk of being revoked by a sports governing body. That means no more funding from the municipals or National Sports Council.

It's obvious that most of the people who's holding these high-level portfolios were putting their personal needs first rather then looking at developing young talents and producing competitive cyclists. They don't really care if the 30 year-old club was going to have their status revoked or club rider's welfare were being "abandoned" and worst the club couldn't even send a decent cycling team to compete in local tours.

The way I see it, they just don't care... why should they?

If this is how the clubs are run, undoubtedly you can see the end of it. It is just a matter of time.

Sad....
I'm terribly sorry for the lack of reporting these past months.

The were few contributing factors that lead to this. The biggest one would be because of lack of cycling activities...duh! Well yeah the one thing that lead to that was my miss-configured knee.

A doctor suggested that I should wear knee guards to support the knees during rides. This reminded me of someone....

I knew this one dude that wears knee guards every time he rides. To be fair, there is nothing wrong with it but you can not deduct style and color combination on your cycling outfit bro! Otherwise you're going to break all the Makciks hearts' at the roti canai store when you walk in....

I had the design sent to Khairy and here is the scenario:

1. The vendor can do the jersey but not the pants

Suggestion: Alternative combo

1. We do the jersey
2. We use black "TREK" short cycling pants
3. The total cost is RM 280.

Takers please send in your order together with the juices. We do not entertain lip and saliva order, no sir we don't.

I'm getting one.

Take a look at Jersey design here!
Saturday, August 8th 2009
Route: Mantin via Lekas
Rider: Farizal, Zaha. Saipol & Faizol

Last Saturday was the 1st long ride (87KM) since I had one of my knee "miss-configured". Prior to that I just did a short Sg. Long ride.

I missed the previous Saturday's ride to Mantin with Zaha, Bob Batam, Bob's friend and Saipol due to an unfortunate incident when my rear wheel was practically torn by a nail. F**K the Bas***d who purposely planted them nails there just to make easy bucks. Low life scum!

I was pissed not only because I had to get me brand new tires but I had to cycle back home trough the Big Mac, Cheese Burger, the Fillet and finally Chicken Burger at 10KM/h... I nearly had my 10 fingers cramped holding on to the brake levers while descending the Big Mac. The usual descend speed here is up to 67KM/h.

Back to the Mantin Ride:

This time around we decided to skip the Pekan Mantin nasi lemak. So we rode via LEKAS and made a brief stop at Mantin Toll Plaza before we crossed the road and headed back to Kajang. It was an easy ride, cruising through the LEKAS highway at 28-30 KM/h. Good thing though the new Astana horse didn't try to make a break away. How about that huh?

While we were ascending the Beranang RnR hill, a group of 4 riders overtook us and darn they were fast. Hey, this was just what we needed to crank up... someone to tail gate. We managed to pursue the group and tail gated them up until the 5km mark to Mantin exit where they decided to slow down and waited for the rest of their group somewhere at the back. It was awesone, looking at them doing the short burst round robin up to the speed of 38KM/h...

We rested at the Mantin Plaza for about 20 minutes before we headed back to Kajang. This time around we had no problem with the head wind and the weather wasn't that bad either.

We bumped into 4 other riders ( 2 blokes and 2 ladies) who rode with the 1st group we met while on the way Mantin. I guessed they just decided to do the chicken loop after all. Not much of chat happened. We just said Hi, Hello, Good Morning and rode our way to Kajang.

We took another break at the Kajang bound Beranang RnR and indulged ourselves with "Lunch". Yes, it was lunch. The lauk tasted good and the masak lemak daging salai was the main event.

After the lunch, we headed straight back to Kajang. Farizal took the 1 st exit out to Bandar Baru Bangi while Zaha, Saipol and myself took the second exit, climbing the Big Mac. Zaha took the exit back to Semenyih while Saipol and I continued climbing the Big Mac and the rest of the burgers until Cheras Jaya.

Sufficing to say, set a side the cramped thigh at the Sg. Long Toll and blistering hot sun, it was an enjoyable ride.

Who wants to do Bukit Antu again?

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It's over, yes, no more weddings, kenduri and vacations. The school break is over.

The wee hours of the morning is back to it's usual hectic ways as kids getting ready for school, buses start to broke the morning silence with the sound of their loud diesel engines and the smell of their exhaust fumes.

For me, the 2 weeks of domestic obligations due to school break had had an impact on my cycling activities. Plus the haze problem is not helping either.

Let's see if we can start cycling this weekend.

And a funny thing happened during the course of the cycling sabbatical, Rosman (Who?) texted me asking if he can join me cycling on on of the weekends....yeah...hmmmmmm....
Destination: Bagan Lalang
Route: UKM-MTDC, Dengkil, Salak, Sepang, Sg. Pelek, Bagan Lalang
Distance: 96 KM
Riders: Zack, Syamsul, Farizal, Zaha, Saipol, Daniel & Faizol
Cameo Appearences: Khairy and Terk


Pekan Sepang Pit-Stop...waiting for banana...

The prelude:

Finally it was ON ON! Honestly, I thought the ride wasn't going to happen. Since the last blog post, there were only 3 confirmations received. All sorts of things were flying on my mind and then on Friday, May 15th at around 5.00PM, through the ChatBox, we had 6 confirmations. Wow…what a relief.

This ride to Bagan Lalang would be my second time. I had mixed feeling about this route, love and hate it at the same time. Love it because it was a pretty nice route to Bagan Lalang, having a break near the sandy beach and no “Bukit Malang”. Hate it because you know you’re going to get "cooked up" on the way back. It’s going to be blistering HOT through the Palm Oil plantations from pekan Sepang through Salak and yes…the madness of De Palma hill.



Last week was a no weekend ride for me. I took the opportunity on the long weekend to visit my folks. Friday morning was not the best of time to hit the PLUS highway. True enough several unofficial report confirmed that the Damansara Toll and few miles ahead were packed with cars heading north. It was apparent that three lanes is not solving the congestion on the northbound PLUS highway. Maybe we need an alternative highway beside PLUS...but i digress...


Ride Poster: Bukit Puyuh's Waterfall

I had a good ride last weekend, both on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday ride was pretty much a warm-up ride. Short distance in nature and a mix of low and high cadence intervals.

Different people might have different opinions on how one should ride but for me, right now, I'm on to low-cadence. I sorta want my legs to feel the strain and pain because the feeling is "good". Regardless, the point is, the one person that I'm challenging is myself not others.

These couple of weeks had been very "wet". Yesterday was no exception, it rained twice, both were monsoon class with monsoon clouds and to sum up, it was torrential rain.

The safe windows was actually from 7.ooam - 11.00am and that's about it.

Taking this into consideration, there weren't many ride options left except for Sungai Long. It normally takes 1 hour 15 minute to complete the route. Not inclusive of the "Roti Canai" session.

The PD ride
Interesting enough Bro Zack reminded me of the target list we set to do sometime last year. We did everything except the PD ride. The truth is, we never forgo the idea totally. From time to time we revised the plan to make it more achievable.

These are some of the drafted options for the ride:
  1. One Day Trip (Type A) :
    Route: Old PD road via Lukut
    Start: As early as 6.45am
    Return Ride: Yes (start at 4.00PM)

  2. Two Day Trip
    Route: Same route as No.1
    Challenges: Lodging, activities and F&B
    Return Ride: Yes (7.00am next day)

  3. One Day Trip (Type B):
    Route: Same
    Challenges: Transportation for both riders and bikes
    Return Ride: No
    (We're actually thinking of leasing a 1 tonne truck and an MPV)
One thing for sure, the consensus is, "Damn, I am not riding back". Though I am pretty sure some of us are "adrenalin junkies" but we have to respect and take into consideration all opinions.

So let's open the floor for suggestions!


As discussed last week,

Attached is the Borang Kebenaran or Lesen Kebenaran Berkayuh to avoid "domestic problems". Just make sure you take note of the notes on the form.

Borang rosak tidak akan dilayan.

Please fill up and submit the form for this Sunday's ride to Kajang-Mantin-Lenggeng-Broga-Kajang.

HahahahahHAHA


Just like the title, what a week... and what "not so action packed" weekend rides

I totally missed out the week before. The truth to the mater... I was "marooned " to nanny jobs as the missus went outstation off to a "hunting trip" over the weekend. That limited my mobility to Sg Long route and area nearby the nest.


Genting Peres group photo

Route: Pekan Batu 18 - Genting Peres - Jln Sg. Tekali (Bukit Hantu) - Pekan Bt. 14 - Pekan Batu 18.
Distance: 49KM +-
RV: Pekan Batu 18
Roda Golek: 8.15am


The prologue:

There wasn't much excitement (Cycling) last weekend even tough Monday was a holiday. For me it's was primarily the gloomy condition most of the time except for Sunday.

Did a "baisa" Sungai Long on Saturday morning with Saipol and Shamsul (though the road was mostly wet). On Sunday Saipol and I cycled through Sungai Long in the afternoon, we skipped the morning ride due to "domestic" matters. We started at around 6.00PM and reached home at 7.15PM.

The afternoon ride was not that bad. Traffic was okay and the heat was bearable. It was a bit windy at Sg Long's peak but nothing like the Lekas Hell.

Funny outro though...

Update 4: Final! - Keep it simple and basic (5.50PM, 4 March 2009)

Note: Latest Cikgu Sham's post has been relocated on the comment section of this post.




Geng,

Selapas mengambil kira cadangan-cadangan yang telah dikemukakan, aku dah revised the jersey design.

Please finalise and agree... hopefully we can just kick-off with this....


Click to enlarge

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Geng,

Jom kayuh malam bersama geng-geng otai dari Putrajaya.
Kayuhan sejauh lebih kurang 35 km dan kelajuan purata 22km/h.
Berkumpul di bulatan Masjid Putra, Putrajaya jam 9.30 mlm.
Roda bergolek tepat 9.30 mlm.


Route: Tekala -Genting Peres-Tekala
Mileage: 40.9KM

Had a hard time waking up due to the Friday night ride. The PCM was a great ride. Over a 100 people joined the ride. Cikgu Sham, Romzi, Sham and me went for a nice supper at Precint Diplomatik after the ride. Reached home at around 2.15am.

Saturday Morning -Dawn actually

Got out of the house at 6.40am. Zaha was waiting at Semenyih Masjid. Reached there at 7.10am. Little that we knew that we had caused a lillte congestion at the corner, but what the heck, how would we had known that a massive trailer was going through that road.

Update 2 On designs: Man CIOCC's variations (2.35PM, 4th March 2009)

Design 1C

Design 1B


Design 1A



Update 1 on the Designs: Ada 2 variations. It's open for discussion: (March 3rd, 2009, 6.32PM)

Design 2A: (Blue + Red) Cycling Addicts line

Design 2B: (Solid Black) Cycling Addicts Line






Original Post:
Geng,

Attached is the basic draft design. Please discuss.
So far ramai yg dah berminat. Lagi cepat finalised lagi bagus...

Note: Click on the image to enlarge.
Geng,

Just planned the Tour Raja Bukit with Zaha.

Here is the plan:

Date: 28 Feb 2009, Saturday
Route: Pekan Batu 18 - Genting Peres - Jln Sg. Tekali (Bukit Hantu) - Pekan Bt. 14 - Pekan Batu 18.
Distance: 52KM
RV: Pekan Batu 18
Roda Golek: 7.30am (on da dot)
Service Car: Not Provided

The Route diagram is as below:



So... siapa yang Game On please let me know so we can properly plan the plan.
Gang,

Below are the route plan and tulip for the next night ride.

It is not a confirmed route and open for suggestion. The total mileage is 27-25KM.

Lets discuss this shall we....

Diagram 1: Route Plan


Diagram 2: Tulips
Route: Putrajaya
Riders: Cikgu Sham, Faizol

I arrived at Cikgu Sham's house at around 9.33PM. The night was a bit chill but not so windy, it was perfect.

We started cycling at around 9.45PM through the route attached below. The first 5 KM was a bit challenging as we had to cycle through "Adik Bukit Malang" and few more no so cruel climbs besides Alamanda through Taman Wawasan.



Route: Kajang-Mantin-Kajang (Via Lekas)
Mileage: 89.4 KM
Ride crew: Bro Zack, Suhaimi, Bro Man, Romzie, Sham, Zaha, Faizol

Yippie... the ride was ON.

Had a few doubts the ride plan would pull through. It was planned at our usual kedai Roti Canai at Taman Cheras Prima while Suhaimi, Sham, Zaha and I were having breakfast (usual stuff we do after every Saturday Sg. Long ride).

Geng,

Newsflash from Cikghu Sham:

YDP MPKJ, Dato' Hassan Nawawi will launch The Malaysia Book of Record for ride of 4700 Km across Sarawak-Brunei-Sabah.

Ride Details:
  • Date : As subject above
  • RV Point: Stadium Kajang (next to Kompleks Sate Kajang Haji Samhuri)
  • Time: 8.00am
  • Route: Kajang-Bt. 14 Langat.
  • Police Escort: Yes



Planned Route: Kajang-Mantin (LEKAS)-Semenyih-Kajang
Actual Route: Kajang (SILK H/way) ->Mantin (Lekas H/way) ->Semenyih (old road) -Kajang (SILK)
Mileage: 94.9KM

There was no solid plan for Sunday ride. I was thinking of just doing the default route of Sg. Long. Moreover having blocked nose, fever and cough would just justify the route above. Then I got a text message from Shamsul.... "Jom Pegi Mantin Esok ikut Lekas". Hmmm....not a bad idea anyway....


Cikgu Sham..looking cheerful

Place: Putrajaya (In front of The Palace of Justice)

Itinerary :
  • Yada yada, VVIP speach, Yada, yada, yada and flag off
  • Super Easy Ride Single Loop back to start point ( 2-5KM) and tak boleh potong VVIP
  • Easy Ride From the Starting Point straight to Putrajaya Mosque, through the big roundabout , take left to PM Office, continue through the Mosque again and straight back to the Starting Point.

That's about it folks, solid < 15KM ride and a free T-Shirt...oh yeah...not forgetting the free flow of Milo.

Date: Sunday, 25 January 2009
RV: Balai Polis Kuala Kubu Baru
Roda Golek: 8.00am
Total Distance: 40KM, 7KM of climbing

Check out Man Ciocc blogsite for details


Cruising the LEKAS highway


Route: Toll-Bukit Kajang-Mantin via Lekas Highway
Mileage: 86 - 100KM
Total Tour Time: 5:46'15"
Total Cycle Time:3:33'12"
Calorie Burnt (according to my bio-spec): 3799 with 44% Fat.
Average Heart Rate: 131


What a ride it was.

The RV point was Toll Bukit Kajang where Man Ciocc and his gang assembled. From Toll Sg. Balak, Zack, Sham (Balakong), Man (Utusan), Romzi, Cikgu Sham and my self.

We started the ride from Toll Bukit Kajang, 13 man strong. The weather was sunny and warm. The sky was blue, promising to be a hell of "berasap" ride and it was true enough.

Route: Batu 18->G.Peres->Sg. Congkak

Sorry for the late posting. I've been kinda busy lately.

This time around, we joined Man CIOCC's entourage to Genting Peres. We started off from Pekan Batu 18 in a huge group (more than 15 bikes, at least).

Then my problem started rigt before we flaged off. My cleat was damaged thus I couldn't get my left shoe porperly locked on the pedal. After numerous attempt (Saipol came back from the peloton) we finally got it locked. By then we were 10-15 minutes behind the last man.

We reached the "kaki bukit" where the pack was already there to take a breather while waiting for the rest to arrive. The group started the climb after 15 minutes break.

Then my ordeal with the pedal started again. After 10 minutes of trying I finally managed to get the shoe locked on and started the climb.

Overall it was a fun ride. Unfortunately I couldn't join the rest of the pack to Sungai Congkak due to the problem with my cleat. I withdrew when we arrived at the RV point at Pekan Batu 18.

Video (From RV to halfway there....)



SnapShots

Preparing for the ride


Meeting with friends


Morning prayer from Man before the ride


Who's snapping who


Cikgu on the scene


Was there a Dates party going on up there at the peak


Tired but satisfied

Links: For details please visit http://manciocc.blogspot.com/
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