Putrajaya E Riders (PERs)

LAST RIDE OF THE YEAR

2011-12-31T21:26:00.001+08:00

Lima budak hitam,
satu baju kuning
tinggal lagi empat

Ampat budak hitam
satu angkat Brompton
tinggal lagi tiga

Tiga budak hitam
satu angkut Dahon
tinggal lagi dua

dua budak hitam
ingin beli Ferari
tinggal lagi satu

Satu budak hitam
itu sahajalah Putrajaya E Riders (PERS) yang tinggal ....

Selamat tahun baru 2012.

Review: Tacx Flow Computer Ergo Turbo Trainer and PC Upgrade

2011-11-26T11:28:00.119+08:00

My beautiful and shapely wife loves to cycle. It helps to maintain her youthful figure. She looks so young that whenever I ride with her, people commented; "Bagusnya bapak dia, temankan anak dia kayuh basikal." (Very good of the father, to accompany his daughter cycling).

Keeping her company during rides was not a problem except during Ramadan since we can only start riding after 10 p.m. due to tarawikh prayers. Turning in at midnight, waking up at 4.30 a.m. for sahur was not a good idea, since I would be walking like a zombie the next day.

In August 2010, with Ramadan approaching on 11th August 2010, I decided to buy a bike trainer for her as our 19th anniversary gift, then that she could continue to ride during Ramadan. A bike trainer allows you to ride your bike without having to venture out into the dark night or during poor weather.

To choose the best possible model, I referred to the inaugural issue of Cycling Asia (Nov/Dec 2009). Two models were highly recommended in that issue. They were;

One of the BJCC riders (Boon Foo's best customer!) bought the iMagic model for just above RM4000 in June 2010. Although the review sounds impressive, it was way beyond my measly budget.

So I opted for the second model, TacX Flow. Later once I could afford it, I could buy the PC Upgrade which would turn the TacX Flow into the iMagic model since both utilises a similar turbo trainer. Only the interface/software is different between the two models. Another TacX trainer model which could also be upgraded into the iMagic model is the TacX Cosmos.

So I went and bought the trainer from Boon Foo's Pro Bike Shop on the 6th August 2010. Initially I got lost since I didn't know that his shop moved just before the 2010 PCC Interstate Ride. With guidance from Prof Sani via phone, I found Boon Foo's new place (N3.11645 E101.61259).

The list price was almost RM2.4K. When I told Boon Foo that I am a friend of his best customer, he gave me a 20% discount. :D

Setting it up was easy once I learnt to ignore the instructions in the manual. Instead I relied on the images in the manual instead. For the bike, you only need to change the rear wheel skewer with the supplied quick release skewer, otherwise your bike will fall out of the trainer. It was easy to put in and take out the bike due to the quick release on the trainer. Fitting the cadence sensor,head unit display and assorted wires was a bit messy though. A wireless system (like TacX Bushido!) would be a nice change.

Once up and running, the Flow is smooth and quiet, and the frame felt stable with no wobble even at high speed. To ensure quiet running, I used "road-slick tyre" on the rear wheel. Using a "semi-slick tyre" would cause a weird humming sound. It was so quiet that now I have the trainer installed in my bedroom. My wife could ride it at night and it won't disturb my sleep at all.

Resistance feels good and is more than adequate for training purposes. The head unit is fairly intuitive and the display is large enough to see. The resistance is set based on the gradient or the power setting. You can change the gradient of the ride from minus 4 up to plus 9 (minus for descents, 0 for flat, plus for climbs). But changing it yourself while riding takes the fun out of it. Felt like cheating since you were more likely to change it to 0 once you couldn't cope with the climb any more. Please note that the resistance is simulated. Resistance +9 does not correspond to an actual incline of + 9 and resistance - 4 does not correspond to a 4% descent. It goes without saying that at - 4 the trainer will not freewheel if you stop pedalling.

Or you can set the power setting. Once you set the power setting, the computer will adjusts the resistance on the roller so that you will continually pedal at your original power setting. If you change pedalling frequency or resistance, the computer will immediately adjust the resistance on the roller. You can set the power between 10 and 990 Watt, in increments of 10 Watts. At 100 watts, cycling feels pretty easy once you hit above 25 km/hour.

Although the head unit displays the heart rate of the rider, the TacX Flow do not come with a heart rate transmitter. Instead you have to buy it separately. The manual recommended that you to buy the Polar T31 Transmitter/Electrode Belt Set - Non Coded. However my Polar Wearlink Coded HR transmitter that comes with my Polar S725X does work with it. Even the HR transmitter from Cat Eye Dual Wireless Cyclometer & Heart Rate Monitor CC-HR200DW seems to work with it. But my wife's Polar Wearlink W.I.N.D. HR transmitter that comes with her Polar RS800CX does not work with TacX Flow. It is stated in the manual that the Suunto transmitter belts (ANT) and Polar W.I.N.D transmitter belts are not compatible with Tacx trainers.

All-in-all this is an excellent product which is helping to motivate my wife to increase her fitness. The only downside is the boredom whilst training. The most that I could do on the trainer was 25km in one session.

A year after buying the TacX Flow, it was very much under-utilised. It was "not fun" riding on the trainer, unlike riding on the road. So to avoid it from becoming a white elephant in my house, I decided to get the PC Upgrade from Wiggle as her 20th anniversary gift. I got it for only GBP180 (RM890) with free delivery. It arrived 11 days after ordering.

I just have to exchange the head unit of the TacX Flow with the new iMagic head unit. Then I installed the software on the home computer which is running on Windows XP. I was immediately disappointed. The installation and upgrading of the TacX Trainer Software (TTS) needs to be improved. They should ship it with the latest version of TacX Trainer Software (v3.6). Currently you have to install version 3.0 first, which comes in a CD with the new head unit. Then you have to download v3.1, then install to upgrade. Then repeat the same steps for v3.2, v3.3, v3.4, v3.5 and lastly for v3.6 to finish the upgrading. Why can't I just download the full v3.6 and install it straight away? The upgrade procedure really needs to be improved.

But once you've finished installing and upgrading it, everything is hunky dory again. To ensure that my wife will get the full benefit of the new virtual reality trainer, I also bought a 32 inches LCD TV to connect to the PC for RM900 from Giant Shah Alam. That was the biggest TV that I could install in my bedroom without hindering access to the bathroom ;)

I ended up spending more than RM5.5K, excluding the cost of the bike and internet access. Quite a huge investment, a lot more than what I paid for my wife's road bike.

However riding on the TacX Flow trainer now is so much fun.

There are 6 possible training modes with the PC Upgrade as you can see in the image above;

Catalyst consists of professional training programs for scientific analysis. There are three different program types (slope, watt and heart rate) adjustable for distance (in 100 meter increments) or time (in 10 second increments).
Real Life Videos were specifically shot for the Slope/Distance workouts. The film's speed is influenced by your tempo. When you are riding uphill the brake will generate so much resistance that you can really feel the incline.
ErgoVideo stands for power training with the pros in Watt/Time. It's a very efficient way to improve your fitness and cycling technique over a remarkably short period.
Real Life Training - You can upload GPS tracks of your previous rides and ride them again on the trainer. Courses that you have personally ridden can be repeated, thanks to Google Earth. It's life like, but without the inconveniences of riding outside. With the help of the 3D maps you can also ride courses you would never dream of going to. You can copy a real ride or create one with the route planner. Makes planning and training for rides a breeze. Below is route created from the January 2011 LeTua 100 GPS tracks.
Virtual Reality - You can ride inside a pre-programmed course with five VR terrains;
1. Atlantis - road terrain for road cyclists and mountain bikers through dunes, along pastures and villages
2. Callisto - mountainous terrain for mountain bikers and road cyclists featuring many turns and short climbs
3. Extreme mountainbike - an adventurous terrain, demanding the utmost from your steering
4. Olympus - mountainous terrain with tough climbs for road cyclists
5. Velodrome - a cycling track with real competitions, day and night
The virtual reality trainer is an acceptable mode of training but be prepared to be nauseated due to it's lack of smooth turning.
Multiplayer allows you to race against real opponents, anywhere in the world, thanks to the internet or a local network. In Virtual Reality this can be done with 5 opponents, with the other training types it is possible with up to 19 opponents. With the upgrade to version 3.6, you can only join races created by TacX servers. No longer can you create your own races. I don't really mind since I lack the confidence to join such races :). If you're interested in such races, you can check out the promo video below;

But to me, the best of all the above is the real life video training routes. It is really fun to ride the video routes. Although the demo version is only 3.9km, everyone who drops by my place, rides it again and again.

I wanted to share the experience of riding the demo real video route on the TacX trainer. I included my wife's and my previous best attempts as virtual competitors during this ride. With no warm-up, I started the ride at top speed. I ended up injuring myself and ended watching the 3 virtual competitors leaving me far behind. You can watch that video below;

You can buy the real life video training routes from TacX itself.

They have;

Cycling classics
Mountain stages
Training with the pros
Cycle tours
City trips and
VR games

Each video is around 35 euro which is about RM150. Quite cost effective. For example, it will set you back more than RM15,000 in fare, lodging and guide fees to ride the Stelvio in real life. Forking out only RM150, will allow you to ride the Mortirolo (1,851 m), the Stelvio (2,758 m) and the Passo di Gavia (2,621 m) on your trainer. No need to pack your winter ride clothing!

Inaccuracy of Speed & Distance Displayed

If you check out the forums, there are a lot of comments on the inaccuracy of speed and distance displayed on the TacX trainers. To check it out, I rode a short 16.48 km real life video route and compared it with the distance recorded on the Polar watch.

It is possible to compare since I installed the speed sensor on the rear wheel instead of the front wheel. The watch recorded only 13.62 km distance.

The speed during ride also varies especially whenever I am going downhill. The TacX Trainer Software (TTS) would be displaying a speed of 50km/hour while the watch was showing a speed of only 20km/hour.

This is due to a "software trick" to compensate the fact that the trainer's roll will not turn by itself during a descent in the terrain, like it would in real life. So the software engineer has introduced "virtual speed formulas", in order to imitate reality as much as possible the rider's speed is artificially increased during descents and decreased uphill. As a result of this application the speed indicated on the screen will in many cases be superior to the actual riding speed. This will also affect the actual distance travelled as displayed on the TTS screen. This is explained in the manual. I guess not many users/reviewers read the manual :D.

Conclusion

My wife rides the trainer daily nowadays. I'm riding it almost every night. So the TacX Flow trainer is no longer a white elephant since now it is fun to ride. I can choose the distance and type of terrain that I want to train on and I will try to finish it. This RM890 investment for the TacX PC Upgrade gave me the best return in cycling. I hope to be a better and stronger rider in the near future. Boon Foo's best customer summarised it better with this remark; "Buying it is the easy part. Staying motivated enough to ride the thing which essentially goes nowhere... now that's the challenge."

Tips for a Roadie Newbie

2011-11-21T10:32:00.041+08:00

Yesterday I "baby-sat" a new rider on his maiden 60 km group ride. The 10 members of the group consisted mostly of his work mates.

The newbie rider has a loving and generous wife who bought him

a nice carbon road bike (only 7.3 kg!),
complete with helmet, gloves,
cycling shoes with cleats, Look clip-on pedals,
bottle cage, water bottle, saddle pouch,
jersey and cycling bib for his birthday.

Of course the wife was clever enough to get the advice of well-informed co-conspirators!. The birthday boy completed the 60 km Bt 14 Hulu Langat to Sg Tekala and back route under his own steam, which is pretty good for a newbie. I myself was huffing and puffing along the way. I really need to lose some weight!

Although the above items seem complete, there were a few items missing from the birthday boy's saddle pouch.

Must have items; spare tube, bike pump & tyre levers.
Good to have; cyclecomputer (if possible complete with speedometer, HRM & navigation aid).
Nice to have; a bike rack on your car and a good rain coat.

During the maiden ride, we had 3 tyre punctures, due to poor road conditions. I was one of those who had to replace his tyre inner tube during the ride home. The first one occurred much earlier, about 2 km before reaching the T-junction at Sg Lui. There was a delay in getting the first tube replaced due to a broken air-valve of the spare tube. The rigid hand bike pump and unskilled hands led to the broken air-valve. So a good hand bike pump is necessary. I have went through many hand bike pumps to date. For me, the best would be a model with a flexible hose to avoid breaking the air-valve, yet able to pump above 120 psi in a short time. Based on my reading, I bought the Lezyne Pressure Drive exactly two years ago.

Two years and many inner tube replacements later, I still swear by this hand bike pump. With this bike pump, I'll be up and riding again in a very short time. The aim is to get it done before the last rider of the group is already beyond the horizon, otherwise I'll be hard pressed to catch up.

You'll also need a tool to remove the inner tube. Previously I used the Topeak Alien Multitool which I had since 1991.

But it is like getting an atom bomb to kill a mosquito if you buy it just to remove the inner tube. But it is nice to have all these tools with you while riding. When the spoke of my my rear rim broke 6 weeks ago, the multitool came in useful to remove the broken spoke. Otherwise there was no way I could ride home that day.

So nowadays I use Park Tools Tyre Levers to remove the inner tube. So tough that you don't worry about breaking them. I think I bought 6 of them, a pair for each of my three bike pouches.

You also need to have a spare tube or two in your saddle pouch. I always carry two spare tubes due to my tendency to suffer tubes blowup during long rides. Must be due to my weight, because whenever I hit a pothole wrong, there will be a very high chance of a tyre/tube blowup. The weight weenies ends up buying lightweight tubes priced RM46 and above. I feel that it is better to buy the normal 700x25c tubes at RM12-RM15 each. Try to get MAXXIS tubes. Make sure the length of the air-valve is suitable for your rim. A high profile rim will require an extended valve or a valve-extension.

As for the HRM, speedometer, navigation aid combo; the best is to get the Garmin Edge 800 performance bundle. It has a built-in basemap and tracks your distance, speed, location and ascent/descent. It also comes supplied with the ANT+ heart rate monitor, speed/cadence sensor. Buy an 8GB microsd card and you'll be able install USA, Europe & SEA maps in it. Then you can also use it to get around during your overseas holidays. Most of the PPUKM riders that I know, got it from ebay. BJCC riders prefer to buy it from Wiggle.

I myself uses Polar s725X+HRM+speed sensor+cadence sensor. It was a big investment for me so I refuse to upgrade further. For my wife, I bought the Polar RS800CX+HRM+Speed Sensor. A much better one than mine.

Having a bike rack will make transporting your bike around much easier. The best is to get Thule roof bike rack. For those with carbon bikes, please remember to get the Outride model, not the ProRide model. I use ProRide bike racks since all my bikes are aluminium bikes. I wrote about alternatives to Thule bike rack before but in the end I myself uses Thule bike racks. Thule is a much superior product than other wannabe brands.

If you've some cash to spare, please do consider getting a good rain coat to ride in the rain. I myself bought the Gore-Tex Rain Jacket from Wiggle. I tried to get it locally since April from a local dealer but still no sign of it 6 months later. I bought it because it has excellent waterproofing, warmth and at the same time packing down into a small size to fit into my jersey pocket. Additionally the Gore Tex material means that the jacket remains highly breathable to prevent me from sweating (while riding in the rain!).

Any more tips for newbies? Please use the comment box to give your suggestions.

My First Century Bike Ride

2011-11-15T17:05:00.257+08:00

A century ride (100 miles=161km) is a major accomplishment for a cyclist. Despite having bought my first road bike more than 2 years ago in February 2009, I have never been tempted to do so. The furthest ride I ever did was 103 km in May 2010 and it was an experience that I did not want to ever repeat. With a body mass index (BMI) of 31 kg/m², I am obese, therefore it is a bit hard to lug this tub of ghee (lard is not kosher!) around, especially on that small saddle. Yet somehow I was sweet-talked by the Bukit Jelutong Cycling Club (BJCC) members into signing up for the Ipoh Century Ride, organised by Kelab Roadrunners Ipoh (KRI) on the 17th July 2011. Below is the screengrab of the online discussion persuading me to sign up. I really fell for it; hook, line and sinker!

Preparing my body for the ride

The main principle of training for a century is to increase your mileage gradually over a number of weeks. By doing it that way, you help avoid injury, burnout and over-fatigue. When I agreed to join the ride on the 24th May 2011, it was 8 weeks to the day of the ride. But I would be away in Toronto for two weeks in June, coming back only 2 weeks before the ride. So I started training daily, to the extent of keeping my MTB in the car, so that I can ride in my working clothes while waiting to pick up my daughter from school in the evening. Whenever possible, at night I drove to Bukit Jelutong so that I can rack up the mileage by riding along the well-lighted streets. I also started riding with "Grup Haluan Kiri" (GHK) clique of BJCC, learning to ride in formation and in a peloton. With them I started riding further and faster. When I rode with the GHK BJCC from Bukit Jelutong to Kuala Selangor on the 29th May 2011, it really pushed up my confidence since was my personal best ever for longest distance (112.5km) and fastest average speed (27.1 km/hr). From Bukit Jelutong to Kuala Selangor, the average speed was 30.1 km/hr! Not bad for a morbidly obese person!

Below is a screengrab of that Kuala Selangor ride (brown=altitude, blue=speed, red=HR);

BJCC, under the guidance of Captain Razali Mantis also organised weekly rides to ensure that the riders were ready to tackle the century ride. The training went well until 18th June 2011, when I had to depart to Toronto to attend a research meeting. There was a long layoff from training until I arrived back in early July. I started training in earnest again, taking leave from work whenever possible so that I could find time to ride. Despite all my attempts, I only managed to ride 19 times before the ICR. Boy, was I in trouble!

Here is my training log for ICR;

Preparing my bike for the ride

To make sure my bike was ready for the ride, I sent it to Hee Hong Bike Shop in Taman Nirwana on Tuesday 12th July 2011 for servicing, after my morning ride. I picked it up back the next day, along with four packs of Powergel, so that I could test it out on the road on Thursday 14th July 2011. Although it was raining on Thursday morning, I still rode the full loop of GCE with the bike since I needed to test it out. It was a nice weather for a slow and easy ride with the sun out of sight, drizzling rain and cool wind at 27 degrees Celcius.

The tyres were in good shape and inflated to full pressure. The brakes were properly lined up and worked as expected. The pads were hitting the centre of the rim, not the tyres nor under the rim toward the spokes. The gear shifting was working smoothly. The wheel were spinning true and no rattling sound anywhere except from my knees ;-)

Glad to say that the bike passed the test with flying colours!

I also checked my bike repair kit in the saddle bag, ensuring that my 2 spare tubes, tools and bike pump were present and in working order.

Preparing the logistics for the ride

Luckily for me, BJCC is fantastic at organising their participation in any cycling events. The vice-president and his cohorts collected the registration fees, sent in the registration forms, booked lodgings and organised the transport to and fro. They even picked up the riding kits and timing sensors on behalf of the participants from the organisers!

They even had a sponsor, Fusion Excel. With their sponsorship and the help of Ciclista, all 32 BJCC riders riding in the ICR were suited up in a beautiful jersey adorned with the Fusion Excel logo.

All 32 riders also received one Quantum Power Bracelet each. Fifteen lucky riders also received;

One Quantum Flask
One Quantum Pendant

I was one of the lucky fifteen! I wore both the Quantum Power Bracelet and the Quantum Pendant during the century ride.

We need to eat and drink a lot of water during a century ride. We need to eat before we were hungry and drink before we were thirsty. Since this was an organized ride, KRI would have rest stops with food and water at almost every 40 km (km 48, 75, 104 & 144). They had bananas, isotonic drinks, bottled water and cooling stations at almost every rest stops. I also brought 4 PowerGel and two water bottles which I need to refill regularly. Initially I wanted to bring my 2.5 litres Camelbak with me during the ride but Taufik reassured me that there will be regular rest stops, so I left the Camelbak behind. Getting dehydrated is one of the most common problems on long rides so we need to avoid this.

The night before we travelled to Ipoh, I created the route of the ride based on the tracks of the test ride done 2 weeks earlier. Then I uploaded the route of the ride into my Garmin GPS60CSx.

Prof Sani was kind enough to give me a lift to Ipoh in his Hyundai Trajet MPV.

The Ride

After suboh prayers, the BJCC riders rode 10km to the starting point from our overnight lodgings. The ride started at 7 am. My riding plan was to ride with the GHK clique but somehow I got separated from them and I ended up behind Alwi. You can only stick together if you have similar fitness level and experience; and Alwi is way beyond my league. I tried to keep up with Alwi but I lasted only the first 27km. With an average speed of 40km, my heart rate was in the 170s, even hitting 179 bpm. You can see from the picture below how tough it was for me to keep up with the pace.

Not surprisingly I ended up with leg cramps after only 27km of the 161km ride.

I consoled myself that the first rest stop was only 10 km away, but it turned out to be almost 20 km away. I continued to plod on alone until I reached the first rest stop at km 48. After refilling my water bottles and gorging myself on bananas and one of the PowerGel, I was about to ride off when Zali from GHK BJCC arrived. Apparently he got dropped from the main GHK peloton.

I waited for him and we took turns to lead the 2-man peloton. At Jalan Parit (km 59), Zali told me to tag behind a young Chinese male, but he did not take kindly to that and started sprinting. I kept pace with him for 4 km although he was going up to 42 km/hr when he suddenly slipped behind another rider and I had to overtake. Then he tagged behind me and I kept a steady pace above 30 km/hr. When he got bored 2 km later, he overtook me and asked; "Where is your friend?" That was when I realised that I had lost Zali.

I continued on and reached 70km mark at 9.26 am, more than one hour before the cut-off time. Those who reached here after 10.30 am will have their timing chip taken and will be asked to turn back via a shorter route (chicken loop). I rode on to the second rest stop at km 75 and had my first experience of being soaked with cold water. Oh God, it was a heavenly feeling. Thank you KRI volunteers! Unfortunately my earphones no longer works after that. Instead there was a weird humming sound emanating from the earphones. Again I refilled my water bottles and gorged myself on bananas and my second PowerGel.

Then Keat Wong caught up with me kept me company until Kampung Simpang Tiga, when he dropped me at the start of the climb. This was when I noticed a thin girl in green who was on a S-Works bike with the number of A018, riding with the TV3 team. Since category A was for guys younger than 40, I commented on that and she frowned at me. Hehehehe.....

I caught up with the GHK BJCC main peloton at the first big climb (km97). Shahirudeen flagged me down as I was passing by. One of the GHK members suffered cramps at the first of the 3 big climbs, the Dragonbacks of Ipoh (please refer to the vertical profile below), so they stopped to help him recover. When I arrived, they were about ready to continue but I was in no shape to follow them.

As I come down the first twin peaks, I was going down so fast (58 km/hr) that the momentum pushed me over the second big climb as well. As I was arriving at the third and final climb (km 102), most of the riders got off their bikes and pushed (TNT - Turun N Tolak!), but not me! Foolish me kept on riding up that steep climb. I was okay until halfway through the climb when I suddenly suffered cramps on my left thigh. Luckily I managed to unclip from my pedals in time, else I would've keeled over. Followed by cramps on my right thigh. Imagine that, I was having cramps of both my thighs, with my bike between my legs on a steep ascending gradient, unable to move at all. Luckily Wan Mustafa of GHK and another rider came to the rescue and helped me off my bikes. Later he kept me company until the third rest stop at km 104. This rest stop was located at the Kampung Chopin Kiri Community Centre.

At that water station, there were only drinks available. No cooling station. The few bananas left was located beside the female rider that I kidded earlier for riding in the wrong category (the SYT dressed in green, bike number A018). She passed me 3 bananas, but I took only two of them. She insisted, saying that I'll need one banana for each half hour of cycling. I replied saying that I need a miracle for me to finish the ride, not bananas. She laughed and said;"You better start praying then!".

I asked the community leader for permission to use the toilet at the community hall. I used that opportunity to drench myself with a tub of water. I walked out dripping wet and pushed my bike with Wan Mustafa over the timing chip sensors.

When I tried to get on my bike, I suffered severe cramps of my left lower limb. I waved off Wan Mustafa, telling him to continue the ride without me. If the sweeper lorry was there and then, I would've swallowed my pride and got onto it for the 60km ride home. Instead I swallowed the contents of my third PowerGel and gingerly got onto my bike. I learnt to start the ride without fully getting onto the saddle so that I wouldn't stretch my calves, triggering another leg cramps attack. I was riding alone the last 60 km, slowly and struggling to keep away the leg cramps. Riding at the lowest possible gear, sparing one limb, then the other, just to avoid another leg cramps. The terrain was not helping either since it was like riding over a rolling plains, with its ups and downs. At that moment, my spirits were pretty low and I had little hope of finishing the final 60 km.

Yet I still kept on riding, not stopping because I didn't know whether I could get back on the saddle. Eating one banana every half an hour as advised, drinking sparingly but regularly from my water bottles.

Almost 30 km later, the miracle that I prayed for, suddenly happened! Suddenly all the cramps went away. My body felt refreshed and I pushed on at a good pace of 30km/hr. Till that moment in time, the Quantum Power Bracelet and the Quantum Pendant that I wore, were nothing more than dead weight. Maybe somehow the positive flow of energy helps to maintain energy balance and restored the energy that has become weak in the body. I really don't know. All this mumbo jumbo is not possible to be tested scientifically nor statistically.

The picture below, taken at 12.24 pm near Taman Pelangi, captured me during that moment, 31 km away from the finishing point. The moment that I got my second wind.

I caught up with Shahirudeen after Batu Gajah but I pushed on ahead instead of cycling with him, very unsporting of me. Sorry Deen! I shouted at Deen that I was the last BJCC rider, not knowing that Zali still persisted in riding despite suffering numerous cramps.

Upon reaching the fourth and final rest stop at km 144 near Perak Herbs Garden, both firemen holding the two fire hoses showered me as I was riding in, nearly pushing me off my bike. I refilled both my water bottles and ate the offered bananas. I also took my last PowerGel. With 15 km to go, I was suddenly confident of finishing the ride.

I caught up with Pak Nyan of Gedebe Cycling Club 12km from the end but Pak Nyan declined my offer of riding with me. I was on a roll and rode on at a good pace to the finishing point at Dataran Ipoh. I finished the ride in 6 hours 38 minutes. Not bad for my maiden century ride. When I turned in my timing chip, the organisers returned my deposit and gave me a beautiful finishers' medal. My most beautiful medal ever!

Turned out that I was the third last among the BJCC riders since Deen arrived a few minutes after me. Zali arrived much later.

A018 turned in a much better time at 6 hours 18 minutes, 20 minutes earlier than me. Prof Sani utilised a "non-stop strategy" and finished in an amazing 5 hours and 15 minutes. Prof Bond did it in 5 hours 36 minutes and he is 64 years old! All the other BJCC riders posted very reputable times as listed below;

The icing on the cake, was when I found out that I came in much earlier than my school senior, JB, a century ride veteran, who did it in 7 hours 1 minute :D.

Out of 1021 riders that signed up, 869 finished the ride. Only 152 riders didn't complete the ride. That was very good indeed.

One of the BJCC riders, Haji Jalil wrote after the ride; "It was my first century ride and it was a humbling experience. I thought I could easily went sub 6 hours but man...it was really tough. I managed to complete the ride but my time was 6hrs 20 minutes and this was after a few bouts of muscle cramps and in fact the whole body was cramping and not to mention the pain in the @$$ after 6 hours on the saddle under the hot sun. I realised that you really need to train hard for these kind of ride and I admire our BJCC boys and men that went below 5 hours and to Prof Bond who at 64 years did it under 6 hours. You guys are GREAT.

Below is the screengrab showing my performance during that century ride (brown=altitude, blue=speed, red=HR);

Below is the vertical profile of the ride;

For those interested in having GPS tracks of the ride, please click here to download it. You can view it in Garmin Mapsource (Windows) or Garmin Basecamp (Mac). You can even upload it into your trainer such as TacX Fortius/iMagic/Bushido or Computrainer.

Conclusion

It was great to achieve that milestone as a cyclist. Although I was riding a cheap aluminium road bike (RM2K), I was able to do so with the right preparation and support from the BJCC members. I hope to achieve better time in future century rides.

Luckily for me at the end of this century ride, I didn't have to ride back to the lodgings. Prof Sani picked me up at Dataran Ipoh and sent me straight home to Shah Alam, using his favourite "non-stop" strategy. Thanks Prof!

Credits: The pictures above were taken by Prof Sani, Alex (KRI Cycling Club) and Andrew Chuah.

KAYUHAN PAGI NKVE

2011-07-23T20:57:00.000+08:00

Buying A Roof Mount Bike Rack

2011-02-23T11:54:00.042+08:00

There are several types of bicycle racks for cars;

Trunk mount (most common)
Roof mount
Spare tyre mount (rarely seen)
Receiver hitch mount

The first bike rack that I bought 10 years ago was a trunk mount bicycle rack which I bought for RM360 from a bike show at Endah Parade. Back then my bike was a Raleigh Trek King which cost me RM399, so it didn't make sense for me to spend RM1400 for a pair of Thule roof mounted bike racks (2001 price). Nanti "lebih sudu dari kuah" pula! (Malay proverb; spoon larger than the gravy bowl).

But 2 months ago, when I mounted 3 MTBs on that trunk rack for a family ride in Putrajaya, my rear bumper sagged under all that weight!
On the 16th January 2011, I joined the LeTua 100km bike ride. My ride ended after 62.4km when my rear tyre burst it's sidewall. I was rescued by Mohd Faiz who was driving his Kancil which had three Thule roof mount bike racks on top of it. It was such a breeze to mount my road bike on the Thule ProRide 590 that I decided that I must get one for myself!

On the 12th February 2011, I dropped by at the Thule outlet at the Ikano Power Centre to check out the prices. Apparently as of the 1st February 2011, the new pricelist became effective. For my Proton Wira, I would need the following items;

Thule Rapid 754 roof rack = RM1,250
Thule ProRide 591 bike rack = RM850 each, so I need to cough out RM1700 for a pair

So a total price of RM2,950. No discounts are given at any Thule outlets. So I had to put the idea on hold.

I spent the next Sunday and Monday checking out the prices at a few bike outlets. They all gave the same quotation. Most of them were willing to give 10% discount but that would still set me back RM2,655.

Luckily for me, a fellow rider and former schoolmate, Gazali Rahman suggested that I check out Meng Thai Bicycle Centre at 11-1, Jalan PJU 5/15, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara.Husher Lai who works there, suggested that I install BNB CB-2002AL rooftop rack instead. It was about half the price of the Thule rooftop rack system. He also has a reasonably-priced roof mount bike rack for sale, which was far cheaper but had the following features;

Light and elegant aluminium design.
The frame holder and the wheeltray are designed to automatically position the bike correctly in place.
The bike is automatically resting against the self-adjusting frame holder. Meanwhile all the securing of the bike can be done comfortably at car roof height, by tightening the turning knob using a single-handed grip.
With quick-release wheel straps for quick and convenient loading and unloading of bikes, adjustable for different wheel sizes up to 2.5 inches, the wheels are securely fastened.
Fits bike frames up to 100mm (oval 80x100mm, round 22-80mm)
A capacity to carry bikes up to 17 kg.
Can easily be fitted on either side of the car roof by moving the frame holder to the left or right side.
Lockable – bike to bike carrier, bike carrier to load carrier.

Since this option was far cheaper than the Thule option, I had these items installed on Tuesday, 15th February 2011. It took Husher 3 hours to install these items but the final result was worthwhile.

I tried it out last Saturday when I went cycling with my wife. It was a breeze mounting and unmounting the bikes from the bike racks.
The bike rack can easily be transferred to other vehicles. I transferred one of it to my Fiat Ulysse when I needed to send one of the kid's bike to my wife's hometown last weekend.
So if you feel the need for a reasonably priced bike rack, please drop by Meng Thai Bicycle Centre. I assure you that you won't regret it.

FOTO-FORO KKP2010 SIRI 1

2010-12-26T18:48:00.001+08:00

KLIK SINI untuk melihat foto-foto KKP2010 siri 1. Siri 2 dan 3 akan menyusul kemudian.

KAYUHAN KESIHATAN PUTRAJAYA 2010 (KKP2010)

2010-12-22T08:05:00.002+08:00

JERSEY UNTUK TEMPAHAN

2010-11-12T08:54:00.004+08:00

PERS ada 100 Jersey dan bib untuk diberikan kepada sesiapa sahaja yang berminat untuk sama-sama berkayuh "Kayuhan Kesihatan Putrajaya" pada 12.12.2010. Jarak kayuhan ialah 50km. Lokasi: Putrajaya.

Harga sepasang Jersey & Bib: RM450.00
DISKAUN: RM350.00
Syarat: Komited untuk menyertai program kayuhan pada 12.12.2010 dan tertakluk kepada 100 tempahan & bayaran peertama yang diterima.

Kuantiti & saiz: S(10), M(30), L(30), XL(20), XXL(10)

SMS 0193887659 untuk tempahan, saiz dan akaun bank.

Program Eco Hunt Berbasikal

2010-10-18T18:27:00.002+08:00

JERSEY: IT'S FINAL

2010-10-16T16:13:00.000+08:00

PERS JERSEY (ALMOST FINAL)

2010-10-01T14:49:00.002+08:00

BROGA ROAD RACE ROUTE 65

2010-09-29T02:20:00.001+08:00

Time 8AM - 4PM
Sunday, November 7
Location Broga, Starting from University of Nottingham at Broga Campus
The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga
Semenyih, Malaysia

PLs use this link to down load the info page for this event + registration form many thanks =D
http://www.sendspace.com/file/szsimf

First Malaysia Cycling event grace by the Sultan of Selangor & supported by many Business Corporations.This event is voluntarily organised to promote cross-culture integration in a sporting activity which is fast gaining popularity in South-East Asia – CYCLING.

...Charitable Event
For every participant registered for this event, Rm 10 shall be put aside to be donated towards “Nourish the Children” program.
www.nourishthechildren.com

IMPORTANT DATES NOTED

05-11-10 (Fri) Collection of Goodies at Snips Signature @ Bangsar + Event Briefing + Press Conference 8p.m + Sign Indemnity Form.

06-11-10 (Sat) Collection of Goodies at Snips Signature @ Bangsar (11a.m. onwards) + Sign Indemnity Form.

Arrival of outstation participants
Check-in hotel, free & easy
Health check : BMI, Fat-Muscle index @ Snips Signature Bangsar
Bio-photonic scan for anti-oxidant level @ Snips Signature Bangsar

07-11-10(Sun) Race Event Day

6a.m. Assemble at meeting point
7a.m. sharp Route 65 flag-off by HRH Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
1.30p.m. Lunch & prize-giving by HRH Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah

Details of the Event:

Clockwise format starting from University of Nottingham @ Broga Campus.

Uni – Semenyih Town – Nirvana – Sg.Tekala – Dam – Perez – Titi- K.Kelawang – Jeram Toi – Lenggeng – Uni

Distance : 116km

Water Station : 3 in total with water
Uni Nottingham
After Prison
Lenggeng

RULES & REGULATIONS of the event:

2 categories, Competitive & NonCompetitive.

Allow drafting.

Every partcipants are insured.

Over-taking / Attacking moves are accepted but not encouraged.

Registration up to 500 pax

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
An administrative and minimal registration fee shall be required as follows:
All participants : RM70-00 (Rm 10.00 goes to Nourish The Children charity program)

Payment can be made to :

Name of A/C Holder : Loh Ming Choon
Maybank A/C No: 5142-8021-9106
Maybank Branch at Tmn Segar Cheras

Registration shall not be deemed complete if fee is not banked in by 25th October 2010 (Mon)

Registered with your details & send to:
fax : +603 2287-3233
email : brogaroadrace@gmail.com

Fax in or Scan your bank in slip with your personal details attached.

Full Name
Contact Number
Address
Email Address
DOB & Age
Category : pls indicate Competitive (C) NonCompetitive (NC)
Tshirt/Jersey size

Please retain your bank in slip as a prove of payment when you come to collect your goodies with bike number bib.

PRIZES:
Winner:
One return ticket to Paris to witness the final stage of Tour de France in 2011. Ticket courtesy of Air Asia. Travel only in yr 2011, all other expenses are borne by winner. Ticket is not exchangeable for cash and is not transferable.

I-Rewards complimentary travel package consist of hotel, logistic and meal to Shanghai for 2 pax.

Bonus Link Points: 10,000 pts

England Optical Sunglass

SNIPS Hair Salon Rm 300 worth of products

ING Rm 100,000 Personal Accident Policy

2nd Place Winner:
I-Rewards Complimentary travel package to Quilin 2 pax
Bonus Link 5,000 pts

3rd Place Winner:
I-Rewards Complimentary travel package to Macau 2 pax
Bonus Link 1,000 pts

4th Place Winner:
I-Rewards Complimentary travel package to Hong Kong 3D / 2N 2 pax

5th Place Winner:
I-Rewards Complimentary travel package to Bali 3D / 2N2 pax

6th Place Winner:
I-Rewards Complimentary travel package to Chieng Mai 3D / 2N 2 pax

For 4th, 5th, 6th place winner only pays Rm 200 & below in order to utilize these packages, flight & visas for all are not inclusive.

Top 10 Winners:

SNIPS Sponsor hair cut @ Singature Snips Bangsar
S2 Official Beauty Care Sponsor facial program
England Optical Group sponsor sunglasses

* More Corporate sponsorships coming along the way and will keep you all updated.

For further details please contact :

Mr. Mike Loh : +6012 2216161 mcloh@hotmail.com
Ms. Zalina Azman : +6012 3382656 zalina_azman@yahoo.com
Ms. Elaine Wong : +6016 202 7025 lovelykaryan@yahoo.com
Mr. James Bak : +6012 222 1200 james@ebakz.com

** 50 pax volunteers needed for the event, each will get paid Rm 50, pls come to support and help if ur free. Pls send ur contact name, phone number and email for us to contact you.

** We also need volunteer photographers for the event, pls send me ur name, contact number amd email.See More

ALAMAT BARU PERS

2010-09-25T22:24:00.002+08:00

Salam;

Laman PERS ini telah menggunakan alamat baru:-

WWW.PERS.CO.CC

Terima kasih.

PERS LONG SLEEVES

2010-09-06T08:41:00.002+08:00

JERSEY DESIGN 03

2010-09-03T16:43:00.001+08:00

PERS JERSEY

2010-09-01T20:10:00.003+08:00

KAYUHAN PUTRAJAYA KE TELUK KEMANG

2010-07-30T07:12:00.002+08:00

Persatuan Juruanalisa Sistem Sektor Awam (PERJASA) menganjurkan acara mencari harta karun (treasurer hunt) berkereta dari Putrajaya ke Teluk Kemang. Sebanyak 17 buah kereta mengambil bahagian.

Saya saja-saja gatal mulut bertanyakan samada boleh atau tidak kami ingin berbasikal ke sana. Jawapan yang diberikan sungguh mengejutkan. Kami diterima. Berita ini disampaikan dua hari sebelum acara. Kelam kabut juga mencari rakan-rakan untuk turut berkayuh. Akhirnya lima orang bersetuju.

Ramai yang tidak percaya kami boleh berkayuh hingga ke destinasi. Namun oleh kerana kayuhan Putrajaya ke Port Dickson pergi balik pernah kami buat sebanyak dua kali sebelum ini, kami sangat yakin. Malahan kami yakin akan tiba lebih awal daripada pasukan berkereta.

kami dilepaskan di perkarangan JPA, Putrajaya sudah agak lewat. Hampir jam 9am. Ia sangat lewat bagi pasukan berbasikal. Biasanya seawal 7.30am kami sudah berlepas. faktor cuaca panas adalah penghalang utama. Jarak tidak begitu membimbangkan.

Kayuhan kami agak santai pada permulaannya. Memang santai habis. Apatah lagi kerana sebuah kenderaan sokongan mengiringi kami. Semua bekalan dan kelengkapan disimpan dalam kenderaan. Cabaran pertama berlaku tidak sampai 10km berkayuh. Mengayuh mendaki bukit Limau Manis memang tidak nampak langsung manisnya. Gelap sahaja dan banyak bintang yang kelihatan berligar-ligar di atas kepala.

Kayuhan ini juga telah memperkanalkan saya dengan sesuatu yang sangat sinonim dengan pengayuh. Saya tidak pernah kena 'cramp'. Hampir tiba di PD, paha terasa sangat sakit. Inikah cramp?. Tolak sakit, tarikpun sakit. Ah tidak boleh jadi, perlu bantuan. Panggil kenderaan sokongan untuk spray penahan sakit. Itulah kali pertama cik cramp datang berkenalan.

Akhirnya .... setelah enam jam berkayuh dan berhenti rehat dan berkayuh, kami tiba ke destinasi. Ia itu Tiara Beach Resort. Kami diberikan empat bilik penginapan. Inilah kali pertama basikal kami menginap di hotel!.

PCM-Friday,30th July 2010

2010-07-26T10:00:00.001+08:00

Dear all,
It has been a long time since we cycled as PERs.
Lets try and make it this Friday night at PCM.

Cycling on LEKAS Highway - South Kajang to Ampangan

2010-05-05T06:13:00.005+08:00

One of my favourite cycling route is to cycle from Semenyih Sentral (bus station) to LEKAS (Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban) Highway until the Mantin exit. From there we will exit the highway and cycle over Bukit Puyoh and head on to Lenggeng, Broga and back to Semenyih Sentral. A distance of 55km.

Since 13 Feb 2010 (but only officially opened since 1st March 2010), the Setul and Ampangan Interchange of LEKAS was open for traffic. Therefore now the entire stretch of the 44.3km Kajang-Seremban Highway (Lekas) was open to traffic. Now we can increase the cycling distance.

Dr Ahmad Taufik Jamil invited a few of us to ride the new stretch of LEKAS Highway on Sunday 7th March 2010. So four of us (myself, A Taufik Jamil, Tzyya Won and Mohd Farris Mat Nawi) turned up at 7.30 am at Petronas Prima Saujana. We planned to ride from Saujana Prima to Ampangan, turn back to Mantin exit, cycle over Bukit Puyoh and head on to Lenggeng, Broga and back to Saujana Prima. A distance of 105km.

We started at 7.38 am from Saujana Prima. Starting from Saujana Prima is a bit tough for me since there were 5 climbs before reaching the LEKAS Kajang Selatan toll booth. Being an obese person, I was left far behind. Once we start cycling on LEKAS highway, the going gets easier since it was relatively flat until Mantin exit.

Vertical profile of the route until Ampangan exit.

After that the going gets tough since there was a vertical ascent of 140m in 7km distance. Farris kept me company for most of the climb to the top. It was a tough climb but do-able. I didn't push to the max since I know that I have a long way to go. My heart rate during the climb was only around 160 bpm.

Red line = heart rate in bpm, blue line = speed in km/hr, dark brown line = altitude in metres.

After the tough climb, it was an amazing downhill ride. Despite pressing on the brakes, I was hitting 56 km/hr. You don't want to make any mistake at this speed on a road bike, otherwise you'll be kissing the asphalt and end up with an amazing road rash to display instead. The only "speed bump" was the Setul toll booth, halfway down the hill. We had to slow down to navigate the narrow cyclist lane at the toll booth.

We had two choices, to exit at Sikamat or Ampangan. We chosed to exit at Ampangan since we were hoping to find a food stall. It was already 10 am and we were hungry after cycling 46km. The Ampangan exit brought us to Kuala Klawang road, which led to Jelebu via the Bukit Tangga road. We turned to Panchor Jaya and had roti canai at Teratak Restu Ibunda foodstall.

Map to Teratak Restu Ibunda food stall

After a good rest, we started our ride back. Since there were many hills to climb on the way back to Mantin exit, once again I was left far behind. They waited for me at the Sikamat exit, just before the long steep uphill climb to the Setul toll booth. Farris again waited for me at the Setul toll booth just to make sure I make it up the hill.

Coming down the hill towards the Mantin exit would had been fun, if not due to the strong crosswind. I was having difficulty keeping my bike upright and straight due to the strong crosswind.

Due to the hot weather, riding on the LEKAS highway under the hot afternoon sun was not an option anymore. We already ran out of water so we got off the highway at the Mantin exit and headed towards the nearest 7-11 in Mantin town. After refilling our water bottles, we rode on towards Beranang. To escape the hot afternoon sun, we took a detour into Kg Jalan 6 Kaki and came out at Jalan Bangi Lama. We headed towards Semenyih and reentered LEKAS highway via the Semenyih interchange. We rested at the R&R at LEKAS Semenyih toll before tackling the final hill climbs before Prima Saujana.

By the time we reached Prima Saujana, it was already late. We ended up cycling 103 km in 04:52:53 hours with an average speed of 21.10 km/h from Saujana Prima to Ampangan and back via LEKAS .

Map of route

Speed:Avg 21.10/Max 56.60 km/h,
Heart Rate:Avg 153/Max 176 bpm,
Avg Cadence:44 rpm,
Calories:6200,
Ascent:700m.

To Dr A Taufik Jamil, Tzyya Won and Faris, thank you guys for your patience :-)

After suffering under the hot sun, instead of using this route, I would like to suggest another option.

Instead of cycling to & fro on the same route, it would be nicer to cycle in a loop. It would be better to ride on the highway in the morning when it is cool and turn back using the old trunk road since it would be shaded and easier to find stalls for food and to stock up on drinks.

One route suggestion which has already been tried out by Pak Wan and the Gedebe group is to start from Semenyih Sentral, get on the LEKAS highway and ride to Ampangan. Then take the Kuala Klawang road towards Pantai and Pajam. Can have a meal break at Pantai. At Pajam turn left, go over Bukit Mandom to reach Lenggeng. Another meal break here. Then a leisurely ride to Broga and back to Semenyih Sentral. Only 90km.

Alternative route, return via Lenggeng, only 90 km.

PNR Malam Akhir Mac 2010

2010-03-31T15:02:00.003+08:00

Salam,

Kepada semua pembaca blog PERS dan juga anggota:-

Malam ini kita berkayuh ya!

Tempat: Dataran Putra, Putrajaya
Masa: 9.15 malam berkumpul
Tayar golek: 9.30 malam
Basikal : Kahwin (MTB boleh, RB boleh).
Kategori: Santai!
Jemputan : Pengayuh baru, jomlah!

Jangan tunggu lama-lama, nanti lama-lama tak boleh kayuh!

P/s: kalau hujan sekitar maghrib, tunggu sampai reda, kebiasaannya hujan akan reda sekitar lepas isyak. lepas itu ok dah untuk kita berkayuh!

Apa-apa hal hubungi Che Bond @ Aliff@ Pak Muhaimy yea.

Kayuhan Putrajaya Critical Mass Febuari 2010

2010-02-27T16:49:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah. Walaupun tidak ramai anggota PERS yang hadir, kayuhan Putrajaya Critical Mass (PCM) tetap meriah. Lebih 60 orang pengayuh basikal yang hadir. Kayuhan kali ini menyaksikan Daoh (Firdaus) memberikan ucapan pembukaan menggantikan Man CIOCC yang ada urusan peribadi.

Kayuhan dengan selamat, santai dan gembira. Anak-anak kecil kita iring dan tunjukkan kaedah mengayuh dengan baik. Itulah elemen yang ingin diterapkan dalam diri peserta (ini agak berbeza dengan Critical Mass di luar negara yang lebih bersifat mengkritik pihak berkuasa tempatan tentang nasib dan keperluan pengayuh basikal).

Aliff, Pak Nawi, Maher (anak Pak Adib), Razlan, Firdaus (Nilai),Azfi, Shahrin, Azdnee, Halim adalah muka-muka anggota dan geng PERS yang memeriahkan kayuhan malam tadi. Hanya Alif yang berRB sebab MTB T.Bolt masih rosak.

Paling baiknya PCM kali ini menjadi kayuhan pengenalan dan pembukaan kepada ribuan kayuhan lain buat Azfi. Beliau mulanya menegur Aliff dan Ridzwan Ahmad berkayuh PNR minggu lepas. Gembira melihat ada basikal yang boleh "tolerate" berat badannya (setelah mencuba basikal Ridzwan), petang semalam dia terus membeli basikal di kedai Samy, Batu Caves dan malamnya mengayuh dengan kami di Putrajaya.

17km untuk kayuhan pertama dengan gaya santai adalah pengenalan yang cukup baik untuk Azfi. Walaupun sampai sebagai peserta paling akhir di bukit belakang Alamanda , P16 beliau menerima tepukan dan sorakan semangat dari semua peserta PCM. Kerjasama geng PERS amatlah baik, memperlahankan rentak kayuhan dan memberikan semangat, dorongan kepada Azfi dari detik permulaan hinggalah ke penamat. Sayangnya Aliff lupa bawa kamera!!!

Jadi, kepada semua yang ingin mengayuh basikal namun khuatir akan basikal,rakan dan trek, Aliff menjemput anda menghubungi PERs. Kita berkayuh di Putrajaya, kita teroka segenap trek dan laluan yang ada.

DARI SILK (CHERAS) KE LEKAS (MANTIN)

2010-01-20T16:53:00.002+08:00

Atas beberapa permintaan, saya ingin mengajak untuk kita ride dari SILK (Cheras) dan LEKAS (Mantin) & return.
Distance: 76km
Date: TBC
RV: Restoran D'JU, Suakasih, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn.
(Tayar Goleh 7.30AM)
Coordinate: N3 02.204 E101 45.549

* foto dari http://azemiali.blogspot.com

Horse Trail Taman Rimba Alam - RABUNG RIDE

2009-12-27T08:16:00.001+08:00

Hari ini Sabtu 26 hb kami bertiga Alif, Nawi dan saya berjaya meneroka beberapa puncak bukit di Presint 15 melalui laluan kuda. Kami jangka ramai diantara kita yang belum lagi kesana, penuh cabaran yang menyeronokkan dengan laluan turun naik bukit, tanpa disedari kami sebenarnya berkayuh diatas puncak dan RABUNG bukit! Kiri kanan gaung.

Laluan kuda yang menarik sejauh 10 km, jumlah keseluruhan 17 km bermula dan berakhir di Presint 16. Top speed Cateyes Nawi catat 60 km/h, saya cuma dapat 46.2 km/h hehe betui ke nawi ni... Yang pelik nye tak jumpa satu pun taik kuda.
Gambar ada di FB.

muhaimy.

Cycle London to Paris in 24 hours

2009-12-17T23:08:00.003+08:00

23-25 July 2010

1 TEAM, 2 CITIES - 24 HOURS!

Register online now and cycle 300 miles from London to Paris within 24 hours!

London to Paris 24 is the team cycling challenge for 2010. Adding a twist to the iconic London to Paris charity bike ride, this is the first mass participation event to attempt to complete the classic route within 24 hours.

Teams of two, as part of a field of 200 riders, will cycle 300 miles in relay from London to Paris in 24 hours. It's not a race but rather a supported endurance relay.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW!

To find out more, visit www.london2paris24.com
To discuss details before registering, please contact the London to Paris 24 team on:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7288 9590
Email: l2p24@london2paris24.com

LENGGENG RIDE

2009-12-17T23:05:00.001+08:00

Tarikh: 2 Muharram/19 Disember (Sabtu)

Masa: 7.30am,

RV: Semenyih Sentral (Coordinates: 2°56'40"N 101°50'38"E)

Destinasi: Lenggeng,

Hajat: Nasi Lemak Ikan Keli,

Chief de mission: Pak Wan

Kayuhan Malam Isnin - Bangun dari lena

2009-11-30T18:24:00.000+08:00

Salam,

Para pengayuh PERS, mari bangun dari lena. (Nanti Gedebe kata kita tidur lagi :). Kayuhan malam di Putrajayalah. Cuaca sudah agak elok.

Tarikh: 30 November 2009
Tempat: Dataran Putra
Basikal :MTB/RB
Jenis kayuhan: Santai (Pemanas Badan)
Waktu: 9.30 malam.

Jangan lupa periksa lampu depan dan belakang, angin tayar dan lain-lain peralatan perlu..

Marilah!

Malacca Historical City Bike Ride

2009-10-29T23:29:00.018+08:00

From Monday until Wednesday this week, I was at Emperor Hotel in Melaka, attending a Hospital Information System Workshop, organised by Dr Taufik's department. The participants were supposed to depart from UKMMC at 10 am on Monday morning so that the workshop can start at 3 pm in Melaka. But before I drove to Melaka, I stopped by Pak Wan's place to pick up my MTB frame (Easton Tank Race Elite). By the time was bike was ready, it was already 1 pm so I had to drive straight to Melaka with the newly assembled bike in my car boot. I managed to reach the place in time just before the opening speech :-)

Turned out that Dr Taufik also brought his MTB with him, complete with helmet. So during the free time that evening, the two of us rode into the old part of Melaka town. Of course I was dressed like a Bangla with no helmet, wearing slacks, round-neck t-shirt, socks pulled over the end of my pants (to protect my slacks from the bicycle chain) and imitation Crocs slippers.

First stop was at the Stadhuys, which was about 2km from the hotel.

After some picture taking, we rode a short distance away towards the A'Famosa. That road has been converted into a pedestrian road, only bicycles and beca allowed!

So the two of us happily cycled to the A'Famosa, with no worries about being hit by other vehicles. We even lifted our bikes onto the historical A'Famosa area for some picture taking.

From there we rode on towards St John's Hill (Bukit Senjuang) to have a look at the observation fort which has been beautifully restored. The ride was a bit hair-raising due to the busy traffic and narrow streets and it was quite a distance away. The nice part was the 800m long slightly uphill climb which allowed me to check out my bike gear system. The gears could do with a bit of adjustment since the chain kept slipping off the rear freewheel.

From there we circled around the historical Bukit Cina before returning back to the hotel. We did only 7.8 km but we had plenty of pics to show (and upload to our FB!).

I often have trouble sleeping in a strange bed. Monday night was no different. Despite turning in after midnight, I was wide awake by 4 am. I spent the next hour or so, tossing and turning in my bed. After fajr prayers, instead of wasting my time trying to fall asleep, I decided to hit the streets of Melaka on my bike before sunrise. From the hotel, I rode at Jalan Bendahara, heading towards Banda Kaba and Banda Hilir. I turned right after the police headquarters and headed towards Melaka Raya. At the Pulau Melaka junction, I made a U-turn and headed north along the coastal road, looking for the new coastal bridge and the Eye on Melaka. I found the bridge at the mouth of Sungai Melaka. The bridge was a challenging 50 meters climb. At the top, I stopped to take in the view of the surrounding scenery. The Eye on Melaka is right beside the bridge.

I rode on ahead and turned right at the next junction. Again I turned right into Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lok and ended up at Jonker's Walk. It was still too early and I was virtually alone.

I rode on ahead and turned left at Lorong Hang Jebat. At the end of the road, I turned right to cross the bridge that leads back to Banda Kaba. Again I stopped at the bridge to take in the view.

That was when I realised that all the wooden shops owned by Malay entrepreneurs along the riverside had been demolished. For years I had my hair cut here. I also bought second hand books from one of the shops here. I guess they wanted to ensure that those taking the river cruise will have an uninhibited view of the historical buildings. Another part of my past gone forever.

I turned left into the narrow Jalan Bunga Raya and finally turned right into Jalan Bendahara. Turning left at Jalan Munshi Abdullah, I ended up at the hotel again. I ran into Prof Mokhtar, just back from his early morning brisk walk. We both went hunting for newspapers to read at the nearby convenience store. I rode 10 km that morning, a mild workout that gave me a ravenous appetite and I had a hearty breakfast. Yet I was not too tired and was able to participate
actively in the workshop.

Taufik wanted to see how far we could ride that evening, so we agreed to ride as far as possible along the coastal road towards Klebang. But first we wanted to stop by Pulau Melaka. So we took the same route as the day before and headed towards Melaka Raya. We arrived at Pulau Melaka by crossing a short bridge.

The island looks desolate and forlorn due to the many abandoned buildings on the island. We rode on to the only attraction on the island, Masjid Selat Melaka. The mosque lies above the Straits of Malacca. But with nobody staying on the island except for a few construction workers, I wondered who will become the jemaah at the mosque during prayer times? Mosques are meant to be prayer halls for Muslims, not built just for display for foreign tourists.

After visiting the mosque, we tried to get to the northernmost tip of the island. We wanted to have a good view of the Eye on Malacca from the tip of the island. Since there was no proper road to get there, we had to ride off-road on a dirt trail. Luckily we were on our MTB, not on our RB. We had a fantastic view of the city from the tip of the island.

We also had a good view of the Malacca Parameswara Jetty, a "white elephant project" that was completed in 1995 at a cost of RM10.3 million. The jetty is 360 metres long and extend far into the sea. The walkway is 9 metres wide. It was meant to be used by cruise ships and the State Customs & Excise Department boats. However the development of Pulau Melaka has caused siltation, making the seabed shallower. Therefore none of the big boats could dock at the jetty, leading to its under-utilisation. After being neglected for more than 10 years since its completion, it is now being turned into a hotspot for youth activities in Malacca. I couldn't recall of any legal action ever taken against Larut Consolidated, the developer of Pulau Melaka, for rendering the RM10.3 million jetty useless.

We left the island and headed towards the new coastal bridge connecting Bandar Hilir and Tengkera. After some picture taking at the new bridge, we proceeded north, past Tengkera, Limbongan until we reached Klebang.

We rode on the new road, built on the reclaimed land. I can no longer see the sea from the road due to the reclaimation work. Limbongan used to be the place where the fishermen net the small shrimps (geragau) for cencalok and belacan. During thunderstorms, the sea would hit against the sea wall and spray sea water on the traffic of the old coastal road. But now the sea is just a memory from the past since the sea shore is now a few kilometers away.

Upon reaching Klebang, we turned back and followed the old coastal road. We stopped by Masjid Tengkera and chat with one of the mosque committee member. After that we continued our ride into Tengkera. This was where I got confused. I can no longer enter Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lok from Tengkera, instead I was shunted into Jalan Gajah Berang. We ended up at Jalan Tun Perak and then we entered Jalan Tun Mutahir. By cycling on the pavement, we ended up at the Sungai Melaka bridge near Dewan Hang Tuah and the old Odeon cinema. It was already sunset and the view was breathtaking at the riverside.

We continued to cycle against the traffic flow at Jalan Munshi Abdullah until we turned left into Jalan Bunga Raya, heading towards Jalan Bendahara. I lost Taufik here since his keen eye caught a beautiful view at the corner where Sungai Melaka flows along Kampung Morten. That was a beautiful picture of Sungai Melaka at dusk.

I turned back to look for him and found him at Jalan Bendahara. After turning into Jalan Bendahara, we turned left again at Jalan Munshi Abdullah to end back at the hotel. After putting away my bike, I had dinner. After a quick bath, I attended the workshop but that night I was too tired to participate much since I just did another 23km of cycling. At the end of the session, I was very glad to return to my room to sleep.

We went back to Kuala Lumpur the next day after the end of the workshop. I am glad that Taufik and I managed to include a bike tour of the historical city into our itinerary :-)

Kayuhan Selepas Aidilfitri 2009 : PMR

2009-10-06T15:11:00.003+08:00

Maklumat Utama:-
Masa : 7.45 - 9.30 pagi
Hari : 3 hb Oktober 2009
Jarak: 21 km.
Purata Laju:18kmh
Maksimum Kelajuan:40kmh
Basikal : RB dan MTB
Tempat mula/akhir: Taman Warisan Pertanian, Presint 16
Kehadiran: Aliff, Kak Marina, Pak Muhaimy dan Pak Nawi.
Minum pagi: Nasi Lemak,Air Kelapa, Teh Tarik.

Kayuhan ini bermula dari perbualan di "mailing list" PERS. Rindu. Mahu berpeluh dan berbual. Namun ramai yang tidak hadir kerana memenuhi jemputan kenduri dan rumah terbuka. Ada juga anggota PERS yang melayan minat lain seperti pertunjukan udara di Subang. Empat orang pun empat oranglah! Janji bergerak.

Sewaktu mengayuh, bertembung dengan Pak Won yang berbasikal dengan Dr.K. Sempat berhenti rehat memerhati tasik yang menjadi medan renang bagi Ironman 70.3. Aliff pancit kerana dua bulan sudah tidak mengayuh beserta demam selsema. Namun semangat berpasukan dan setiakawan PERS masih tinggi membuatkan kepenatan seakan hilang setiap kali berhenti rehat untuk meneguk air.

Seperti biasa selepas penat berkayuh, kami semua bersarapan pagi di TWP. Pak Won turut menyertai kami lebih kurang 20 minit kemudian. Beliau telah berkayuh lebih kurang 50km pagi ini. Paling handal Pak Muhaimy yang mengayuh semasa hari "puasa nang' terakhirnya. Pak Muhaimy, Selamat Hari Raya sekali lagi. (Raya orang tua he!he!).

Ok. Minggu depan macam mana wahai rakan-rakan sekalian?

KAYUHAN TERKINI

2009-10-05T19:33:00.001+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fithri

2009-09-17T10:57:00.002+08:00

To all PERs members.
Our first ride after Raya will be on Saturday, 26th Sept 2009.
We start at 0730 from Taman Warisan Pertanian.
We will take a slow ride along the lake and aim for Mesjid Besi.
Take a few pictures and head back before 9.30 am, so that we can attend other Beraya functions and kenduris.
You can bring your RB or MTB, no problem..
From then onwards we should carry on the routine of PNR, PMR and PAR.

BERBEKAL RM7 KAYUH BASIKAL KELILING DUNIA

2009-09-13T04:28:00.002+08:00

[dipetik dari Kosmo! 13 09 09]

TOKYO - Seorang pelancong Jepun, Keiichi Iwasaki berbasikal merentasi 37 buah negara dengan membawa wang sebanyak A$2 (RM7) ketika dia memulakan perjalanan, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Iwasaki, 36, meninggalkan kediamannya di Jepun pada 2001 selepas bosan bekerja di pejabat.

Selepas berbasikal menjelajah Jepun selama setahun, dia memutuskan untuk meneruskan perjalanan sehingga ke Korea Selatan dan mengembara ke 36 negara lain.

Ketika mengembara, Iwasaki pernah dikejar oleh seekor anjing di Tibet, dirompak oleh lanun dan ditangkap ketika memasuki India.

Dia sudah berbasikal lebih 45,000 kilometer.

"Saya tidak mahu menaiki kapal terbang kerana mahu melihat dan menyaksikan sendiri kawasan di sekeliling saya dengan deria saya.

"Saya dapat merasai atmosfera di mana saya berada semasa berbasikal," katanya.

Bagi menyara dirinya, Iwasaki melakukan persembahan jalanan semasa berhenti di sesuatu lokasi.

Dia merancang untuk menulis buku berhubung pengembaraannya itu. - Agensi

Main Air di Tasik Wetland

2009-07-27T13:44:00.003+08:00

To me personally,this is my third ride with my fellow PERs and must say,it was quite fun riding through the flooded section of the trail.My special thanks to Col Azudin for taking such a nice photo of me behaving like young boys when I rode.And my thanks also to all fellow riders-Bond,wife and son;Dr Azmi and wife,Col Azudin and Aliff.If not because of the rains in the early morning,more people could have taken part.Anyway,eight of us is more than enough, the more the merrier..

Immediately after the rains stopped we jumped onto our bikes.On the way,we stopped like before to take photos.For more photos,please see them at Ghazali aka Bond's Facebook.After we passed through the flooded section,I shared bananas with Col Azudin and Bond's son.Then a thought came over me of taking my photo like the one shown on the right.I have to cycle back and rode again.Col Azudin was the photographer.Thanks my friend for such a nice shot of this old chap who thought he was only 17 years old while doing the act of riding at 'high speed' through the waters..[btw,I am almost 57 yrs old]

Along the way,I saw Paul,a real Englishman who rode with his wife and four kids.My thought flashed back to 10 years ago when my youngest son then was ten years old and we rode together around our neighbourhood.If only I am younger with young kids!For those who have kids,enjoy cycling with them before they prefer to be on their own like mine.Don't wait,they are growing bigger and older every day.

BANYAKNYA BASIKAL ...

2009-07-23T16:39:00.003+08:00

SAYA masih di Worthing, UK. Di sini memang banyak basikal, namun di Amsterdam banyakkkkknyaaaa basikal.... saya jumpa foto ini.

IT'S WORTH CYCLING IN WORTHING

2009-07-15T15:43:00.003+08:00

BERBASIKAL DI UK

2009-07-13T17:29:00.002+08:00

Penerbangan MH02 yang dijadualkan mendarat di Heathrow pada jam 5:05 pagi hanya tiba pada jam 5:15. Berbekal kad keutamaan imigresen, seawal jam 6 pagi saya bertolak dari London ke Worthing, West Sussex. Tiba di hotel penginapan pada jam 7 pagi. Hari sudah siang. Cuaca cerah bagaikan jam 10 pagi, namun cuaca dingin. Oleh kerana pihak hotel tidak menerima check-in awal, saya menyimpan barang dan merayau-rayau di sekitar Worthing.

Banyak sekali orang berbasikal di sini. Sepanjang saya merayau dari jam 7am hingga 11am. Bermacam jenis orang dengan pelbagai jenis basikal dikayuh di sini. Ada basikal jalan, basikal gunung, basikal kota dan juga basikal lipat. Kanak-kanak dengan BMX. Sepanjang-panjang yang saya ingat, bebetapa jenama yang jelas kelihatan ialah Specialize, Scott, Giant dan Raleigh.

Jam 4 petang saya merayau lagi setelah check-in pada jam 11.30am. Kali ini lebih banyak orang berbasikal. Ada yang berpakaian lengkap dengan kasut klip dan helmet. Ada yang santai dan berhelmet. Ada yang tanpa helmet dan ada juga yang hanya memakai seluar sahaja, tanpa baju dan helmet. Mereka cukup enjoy. Saya juga enjoy menikmati keindahan alam …

Veterans of FRIM

2009-07-13T12:43:00.006+08:00

Last Saturday,I have the privilege again to ride with the Senior Riders(Veterans) at FRIM.They are Pak Mad(60),Pak Kamal(58) and Pak Aru(58).I happened to be the youngest among them.They are nice folks who ride FRIM Trails evey other days.Tagging along with me are the younger and able riders like Azman(Technoman),Kimi and Fadzil.You can read my blog here.

Note on photo:From L to R:Pak Mad,Azman(technoman),Pak Aru,Pak Adib(berisman),Pak Kamal and Fadzil.

Broga 4th July 2009 - The Ride To Hell And Back

2009-07-09T10:27:00.004+08:00

Eight of us in 7 vehicles met at Petronas Semenyih at 7.30 am on the morning of 4th of July 2009. The group consisted of;

Aliff - young, superfit MTB rider
Elda - young, superfit MTB rider
MKA - our guide, 31 years old, fit, hardcore MTB
Aza - middle-aged, occassional rider.
Jefri - 42 years old, fit, hardcore MTB
myself - 42 years old and obese
Muhaimy - 52 years old, superfit rider (both RB and MTB)
Abedib - 57 years old, MTB rider.

From Semenyih we drove towards Broga and then towards Ulu Beranang. We parked our vehicles alongside the new bridge near the Ulu Beranang mosque and assembled our bikes by the road side. We started our ride at 8.35am.

Parked cars at the bridge near Ulu Beranang Mosque - pic courtesy of Jefri

The route was easy enough initially. We began by riding for 400m on tarred road, turning left into an oil palm plantation onto a dirt road. We continued uphill into a cleared hill area which was being prepared for re-plantation of palm oil trees. We stopped here to take group photos.

Group photo - pic courtesy of Abedib

Then we continued ahead and went downhill. I liked this part ;-)

Me enjoying the ride - pic courtesy of Elda

At the end of the downhill, we turned right onto a tar road. That was the end of the plantation area and we entered the orang asli village. We continued until we reached a t-junction and turned right. At the next t-junction, we turned left, leaving the orang asli village. We continued on till the road became an uphill dirt road.We proceeded uphill until we reached the 4-way junction near an abandoned pondok durian. We continued onwards until we reached the river with no bridge, where we had to wade across. Abedib got his expensive Timberland shoes wet here.

Crossing the river - pic courtesy of Jefri

After the river, we rode on a narrow single trail. There were many small streams, mostly without bridges. We had to ride or wade across these small streams. The best way to get across was to ride down fast and use the momentum to get across the streams. We went further uphill and 1km after the river we turned right into a steep and slippery downhill trail with a ditch running across at the end.

The steep and slippery downhill trail, a 10 meters drop in only 40 meters distance - pic courtesy of Elda.

10 meters drop in only 40 meters distance

The drain right after the drop, take note that the wooden bridge may not be there - pic courtesy of Elda.

The single trail after the river was only 1km long but it was a tough ride.

200m after the right turn, we reached a dirt road leading into another palm oil plantation. We continued uphill for 50m until a t-junction. Here we stopped for 15 minutes for food and refreshments. We did only 8km but some of us were already tired.

Our first refreshment break - pic courtesy of Jefri

After the meal break, we continued on the dirt road for 1km until it ended at a narrow trail going downwards. It was quite slippery, even Abedib's bike slipped from his hands here. Luckily no damage occurred. At the end of the drop was a dirt road going across a shallow stream. We continued riding in the palm oil plantation until we reached an open space with humongous high voltage power lines running across the landscape from the Lenggeng power station.

125m after the power lines, we turned right. Riding towards the east, we kept criss-crossing under the power lines until we reentered the palm oil plantation again. At the junction, we turned right and went uphill again. Aza jokingly stopped a lorry for a lift. The lorry stopped! I think the lorry driver was a bit pissed off with us afterwards. Can't blame him.

We continued the crazy 50 meters ascent uphill. At this peak we had a 10 minutes break, enjoying the view from 150 meters high. Elda used the time to update her Facebook with pictures of the ride. The rest talked about the H1N1 outbreak, not knowing that one of us will be at the receiving end of the H1N1 medical screening 2 days later.

We continued the uphill ride to another peak at 230 meters altitude. Some of us were already running on their reserves and had to take a break before reaching the peak. I noticed that the slope was too steep, to the extent that I can't get back on my bicycle seat to ride. So I had to push the bike instead.

MTB - Mari Tolak Basikal - pic courtesy of Elda

At the final peak, we had a 15 minutes break. We already did 14km of hard riding and some of us were already very tired.

A well deserved rest at 230 meters above the sea-level - pic courtesy of Elda.

This was where I reduced the height of my bike seat by 2 inches. Everyone took off after I adjusted my bike seat. I also took off, not realising that I have left my bag behind.

At the next 3-way junction, we wrongly took the right turn and had to turn back to take the other junction. While going uphill, I hit a bad patch and fell. My first "jatuh cempedak". I couldn't un-clip my shoes in time since my bike seat was now too low. When I fell, I had cramps on my left lower leg. Muhaimy helped me to get up. I checked myself for injuries and realised that I had left my bag behind. I rode back to get it. I was very relieved to see my bag where I left it. Muhaimy, Aliff and Abedib waited for me to get back. Thanks guys!

Apparently we needed more challenges. 700m after the junction, the dirt road was blocked by many fallen trees. I counted at least 4 trees had fallen across the road. With thick forest on both sides of the dirt road, we had no choice but to crawl underneath the branches with our bikes to get to the other side. 400m later the dirt road ended and we had to turn left and enter the forest again. We rode on a narrow jungle trail with me bringing up the rear. Again I fell down when I hit a bad patch and couldn't un-clip in time. Again I had cramps on my left lower leg. The cramps must've occurred when my left leg tried to break the fall. Since it was clipped to the pedal, I ended up with cramps instead. I lost my clip-on sunglasses here. So two lessons learnt during this ride; the bike seat must be lower by 2 inches for off-road riding and I shouldn't clip my shoes on uneven terrain.

Then it was a crazy 25 meters drop down a steep slope with no visible trail whatsoever. I didn't feel like risking my neck, so I pushed my bike down. Again Abedib lost his foothold here, luckily Jefri was there to catch him.

We ended up at the 4-way junction near an abandoned pondok durian. We continued on the dirt road and headed north towards the waterfall. It was quite a tough climb, especially for us who were already very tired. We continued until we reach the waterfall. Here the riders managed to persuade one of the orang asli to fill our water bottles with water from the gravity-feed water pipe.

Filling our water bottles from the gravity-feed water pipe - pic courtesy of Jefri

MKA continued the ride since he needed to get home ASAP. The rest of us stayed at the waterfall to recover first. Aliff managed to persuade one of the orang asli to bring durians to the waterfall for us to eat.

The orang asli carrying 20 kilos of durians on his back - pic courtesy of Jefri

He brought a basket of durians up the waterfall and we had a feast of durians. He also kindly agreed to bring the leftover durians and leave it at our cars near the bridge.

Then it was time to leave the waterfall and go back home. We left at 1.54 pm. I relied on my GPS to bring them to the main road. At 2.08pm we reached the main road after 4km of riding. Since Aliff and Abedib were nowhere to be seen, Jefri turned back to look for them. 5 minutes later I was glad to see all of them riding towards the main road. Some rode on to Ulu Beranang mini market 60 metres away to buy drinks since we were very thirsty. With our thirst quenched, we rode back to our cars and started to put away our bikes. We divided the leftover durians between us.

Abedib asked me to accompany him since his car was low on fuel. When I was trying to do a U-turn to head back towards Semenyih, I had to hit the emergency brake due to an oncoming car. I ended up with cramps on my left calf. I had to bear with it since Abedib's car was already heading back towards Semenyih. I slowly followed behind Abedib's car until we reached Semenyih town. Upon pressing the brake at the traffic lights, I ended up with cramps on my right lower leg. With both legs with cramps, I had to change my route home to one with the least traffic lights. I called ahead to my son and asked him to prepare the Power Bar Step 3 Recovery Drink. While trying to park my car at home, I ended up with severe right quadriceps muscle cramps . Upon reaching home, I quckly drank the recovery drink and the cramps subsided slowly. Next time I am going to leave that recovery pack in my car along with a spare bottle of water.

Conclusion

This offroad ride at Broga was my toughest ride ever. Both my calves and right quadriceps suffered from cramps after the ride. It was pure hell driving back from Broga to my home near Subang Airport.

However I;

covered 21.32 km in 02:41:54 hours at 7.90 km/h on my Proton T-Bolt.
Max Speed:34.70 Avg Heart Rate:157 Max Heart rate: 183 (Take note that my maximum HR is supposed to be 178bpm).
burned off 1400 calories.

Visually the route is very frightening. Not only we completed 2 loops in the jungle, we climbed 3 hills on our MTB, two of them about 180 metres high and the third 230 meters high. It was indeed a hellish ride.

Overview of the route

Every man has his physical limit and I have found mine. I found it in this ride from hell in Broga.

Kayuhan Durian............Yummy!!

2009-07-07T08:56:00.005+08:00

Sedikit ulasan Broga...(Tulisan Jefri - maafkanlah penggunaan tatabahasa yang kurang tepat itu :P)

The fittest was Pak Muhaimy. Managed to ride the 70m climb to the
highest peak without stop.

Sorry for failing miserably as a sweeper sebab tak tahan the back
markers selalu TNT. Anyway, I did save Pak Adib dan Aliff when they
were lost on the way back.

Doc Azmi - Are you ok now? Thanks for the deroyan. The experience of
eating them by the waterfall with my riding buddies and serviced by
the orang asli boy was a unique one. Thank you for the experience
guys.

Doc Azmi directed us on the tarmac on the way back after the waterfall
using his GPS. Tak aci but some of us were on reserve energy already.

I bought some durians back too. Nak cover line and to prolong my
visa / permit approval. The car smells and had placed daun pandan and
arang.

The ride was only 2 hours 15 mins. 3 hours of pit stops so that some
of our buddies could recuperate and 1 hour of berendam (this time a
decent one sbb ada 2 lady riders) and makan durian.

Let's prepare ourselves for another ride before monsoon. Depending on
participation, we shud divide into 2 groups - one heading to the
waterfall with minimal offroad and one heading to the 20km trail and
finishing at the waterfall. Then, insyaallah everyone will be
satisfied.

Once again, I enjoyed the ride. Thanks for the company, jokes,
experience and durians by the waterfall. Insyaallah next time we will
conquer Broga / Ulu Lenggeng again.

(Tulisan Pak Adib - :)
Best giler!!!
Siapa tak pergi,menyesal dan siapa yang pergi ada yang menyesal..
C'est La vie..
--Adib,always at the last

(tulisan Dr.Azmi :P)
> Offroad at Broga. Toughest ride ever.

(Tulisan Pak Muhaimy :)-Aliff's partner in crime he!he!)
this is the bestest among the best! I really enjoy this trip, not easy but not so though. yang best nya lalu ikut denai.
memang... ada yang menyesal bagi yang pergi. tapi semua selamat dengan pengalaman baru, makan durian di air terjun.
terima kasih Dr Azmi belanja durian satu bakul! tak cukup, masa pulang tadi beli lagi.

Jomlah kawan-kawan , kita berkayuh di Broga.

PINERELO

2009-06-15T20:13:00.003+08:00

Atas permintaan ramai, saya siarkan foto ekslisif Pinerelo.
Pinerelo adalah salah satu daripada basikal tercanggih di atas muka bumi ini.
Mengikut yang empunya Pinerelo ini, semasa kayuhan Lenggeng, dalam 20km pertama, ia sama sahaj dengan mySora. Apa yang membezakannya ialah 10km terakhir ...

LENGGENG 13 JUN

2009-06-13T19:15:00.003+08:00

13 jun
13 pengayuh
pelbagai jenama
bermacam warna
singgah serentak
nasi lemak ikan keli
tiba bersama

OPENING SOON: PUTRAJAYA CHALLENGE PARK

2009-06-08T14:53:00.006+08:00

A lot has been said about this park. For mtb enthusiasts, the Bike Trail has been up there in the list of challenging bike trails in/around Klang Valley long before its construction was even fully completed.

The Ride Park offers a 9.1km trail for mountain biking with obstacles like the core trail loop, XC loop, downhill, downhill fun ride, free cross and slope style line.

The tracks come in three levels of difficulties which bike enthusiasts may choose from according to their abilities: easy, moderate and difficult.

Other components at the Challenge Park include: Wall Climbing Complex, Skate Park, and facilities for passive sports like walking and jogging. Opening in July.

Click below for a sneak preview of the park.

SORA PUN OK

2009-06-08T06:30:00.001+08:00

Pasukan Sora riang gembira
DI KALANGAN rakan-rakan sepasukan daripada mazhab Shimano, penggunaan groupset Sora adalah untuk sementara, sebelum dinaiktaraf. Saya sendiri daripada mazhab Campagnolo ataupun dipanggil juga Campy.

Pada minggu lepas saya membeli sebuah basikal "janda berhias" yang menggunakan Sora. Kayuhan pertama di Putrajaya Night Ride langsung tiada canggung ataupun cacat celanya. Ya ... Sora pun boleh!. Barangkali kerana selama ini saya menggunakan Campy Mirage sahaja, yang bukannya tinggi sangat mertabatnya.

Shimano - 2009

* Dura-Ace Di2 (10, electronic)
* Dura-Ace (10)
* Ultegra SL (10)
* Ultegra (10)
* 105 (10)
* Tiagra (9)
* Sora (9)
* 2200 (8)

Campagnolo atau dikenali juga dengan Campy:

* Super Record (11)
* Record (11)
* Chorus (11)
* Centaur (10)
* Veloce (10)
* Mirage
* Xenon

SRAM -
* Red (10)
* Force (10)
* Rival (10)

Kayuhan PMR 30 Mei 2009

2009-05-29T19:26:00.002+08:00

Salam,

Rakan-rakan berbasikal sekalian, Aliff jemput anda semua untuk berkayuh pagi esok tidak keeeira jenis basikal di Taman Warisan Pertanian,Presint 16 tempat berkumpulnya.

Waktu? Seperti biasalah, jam 7.30 - 7.50 kita berkumpul, jam 7.55 kita gerak. Laluannya di Horse Trail, Presint Diplomatik. Lamakan kita tidak ke sana?

Aliff tunggu, jangan tidak hadir ye!

BASIKAL BUDAK CACAT

2009-05-25T10:45:00.001+08:00

Mengapa kita berbasikal?
Saya ingin mencadangkan satu program sambilan apabila kita berbasikal. Baca di sini untuk makluman lanjut.

KAYUHAN E21-LENGGENG

2009-05-23T20:33:00.000+08:00

From Left: MBA (50), Won (50), Muhaimy (54), Pak Samad (58), Dr. Azmi (41), Pak Kamad (59), Kak Yam(50+), Pak Wan Sabri (54), Kak faridah (50+), Yap (52), Norman(51)

air terjun di bukit puyuh. ramai yg memanggilnya bukit punai sebab tidak tinggi pun!

Di persimpangan Lenggeng kami menjamu diri sendiri dengan nasi lemak ikan keli

Kayuhan Semenyih-E21(LEKAS)-Lenggeng-Broga-Semenyih pada hari ini amat mengujakan. Pertama kerana RV berdekatan dengan rumah. Kedua kayuhan 58km selesai pada jam 10am.

Lain kali bolehlah berkayuh di sini lagi.

Old man and his bicycle..

2009-05-19T10:48:00.000+08:00

WETLAND PUTRAJAYA 16 MEI

2009-05-16T17:06:00.014+08:00

First stop, near Parcel F

Bird-watching: burung pelican Putrajaya

Enjoying the bird-watching stop

Technical discussion on ProtonT-bolt

Rehat berhampiran Nature Interpretation Centre (NIC), Wetland Putrajaya

Di Lanai, Presint 10. Basikal berderet, tuan basikal tengah minum di dalam

Basikal: 9 MTB + 0 RB

Total distance: 24km

Mula: about 8.00am, habis: 10.30am

Jurufoto: Kolonel Azudin, Jefri, Syafiq

Sejumlah 9 riders turun untuk Putrajaya Wetland ride hari ini, termasuk dua orang pengayuh juniors iaitu anakanda Bond dan anakanda saya sendiri.

Walaupun off-road, kelajuan kayuhan boleh tahan juga +/- 20km/hr most of the time. Sesi berhenti & bergambar tak begitu banyak walaupun ada pengayuh juniors. Pun begitu, Kolonel sempat juga improvise dengan mengadakan sesi ceramah politik pulak setelah lebihkurang 7km perjalanan. Semua terlopong mendengar "insider's info" yang dibentangkan.

Satu lagi kelainan kali ini adalah after ride drink yang diawalkan, iaitu 5 km lagi sebelum sampai semula di RV TWP. Kami minum di Lanai, Presint 10. Best juga tempatnya, dan teh tariknya taklah mahal sampai RM10 segelas seperti yang diwar-warkan! So overall cost minum was still within Kolonel's budget la...dia belanja - terima kasih daun keladi Kolonel.

Next Saturday Broga?

KAYUHAN MUHIBAH 13 MEI

2009-05-15T07:32:00.003+08:00

Cantik baju biru ...

Kayuhan 13 Mei @ car boot sale melibatkan 19 pengayuh.

Ahli baru PERs

2009-05-14T13:10:00.003+08:00

Ada satu permohonan dari seorang mat salleh nak join PERs. Borang dah isi. Dan gambar sudah dikemukakan seperti di atas.

Dia punya peralatan pun katanya semua dah lengkap dah (tapi tak tau la pulak kenapa helmet dia letak atas jalan dan bukan di kepala, lain macam je dia ni).

Anyway, amacam setuju tak dia join? Mohon pandangan/sokongan.

(btw ini bukan Texan yang Jefri sebut dalam email dia tuh)

BERBASIKAL SAMBIL JUAL BUKU

2009-05-09T09:02:00.002+08:00

Basikal: Bianchi
Group set: Campy
Buku 1: Kerjaya Dalam Bidang ICT
Buku 2: Buat Duit Dengan Foto
Pengarang: MBA
Cerita lanjut: http://mba2u.blogspot.com

MOK SU NASI DAGE

2009-05-07T07:38:00.000+08:00

PERS with their wife - Part 2

2009-05-02T07:03:00.004+08:00

Pic from http://bikex.vox.com
Col Azudin riding his Rm14k mtb with his wife

PERs with their wife

2009-05-01T22:25:00.002+08:00

Dr Azmi and wife

Pak Adib and his wife

Kayuhan Malam Putrajaya -PNR Ride :-)

2009-04-30T10:04:00.004+08:00

Pak Wan Sabri of GEDEBE!
Bianchi anyone? Pak MBA, Adi,Pak Muhaimy,Doc.Hassan and Won.

Pak Ruslan....a new addition to PNR Rides!(white shirt)
Before the ride begin :-)
Health is wealth!
Dr.Farid of UPM....on his green T.Bolt.

Kayuhan malam di Putrajaya berlangsung seperti biasa iaitu setiap malam Rabu jam 9.30 malam. Tempat berkumpul adalah Dataran Putra berhadapan dengan papan iklan elektronik. Kayuhan ini sentiasa berjaya menarik penunggang sekitar 5-20 orang dengan basikal jalan raya mahupun basikal gunung.

Bagi ahli PERS, kayuhan ini lebih meriah dengan ada kumpulan GEDEBE yang diketuai oleh Pak Wan Sabri. Laluan sejauh 24 km biasanya selesai dijelajahi dalam masa satu jam setengah. Motto PERS dan GEDEBE ialah kelajuan kayuhan kumpulan mengikut kelajuan anggota paling lemah.

Jadi para wisata blog berbasikal PERS, apa lagi...Marilah ikut kami berkayuh. Badan sihat , otak cerdas dan emosi :).

BERKAYUH DI CAMERON HIGHLAND

2009-04-29T08:02:00.001+08:00

KAMI bertiga meninggalkan Hotel Rosa Passadena pada jam 4.30pm dan mula mengayuh pada jam 5pm. Kami berkayuh dalam kebun teh Boh, Cameron Highland. Kayuhan ini berakhir pada jam 7pm. Ini bermakna kami berkayuh pusing-pusing ladang teh, termasuk berhanti selama dua jam.

Bermula di tempat letak kereta, kami mengikuti trak di sebelah kiri sehingga tiba di tepi sungai dan agak sukar untuk direntasi. Perjalanan di sini lebih kurang dari Genting Sempah ke Janda Baik. Semasa pergi seronok menurun dan apabila pulang, sendiri mau ingat beb!.

Kemudian trak kedua ialah dalam kebun teh sendiri. Menaiki bukit semasa pergi dan menurun bukit semasa pulang. Bukit-bukitnya tidaklah begitu tinggi, cuma curam di sebelah gaung sepanjang perjalanan. Maknanya jika kurang berhati-hati akan terpelantinglah jauh ke bawah. Permandangan sungguh indah dan trak-berkembar adalah sangat baik untuk MTB. Paling menarik ialah cuaca sejuk yang amat nyaman.

Bagi saya, inilah kayuhan yang paling indah. Amat rugi bagi sesiapa yang tidak dapat merasai peluang berkayuh di sini. Pemandangan cantik. Cuaca nyaman. Lebih indah lagi sekiranya berkayuh di sebelah pagi.

ADUHAI GENTING SEMPAH !

2009-04-18T21:45:00.001+08:00

Basikal: 5 RB + 2 MTB
Total distance: 33.77km
Mula: 7.53am, habis: 10.45am
Jurufoto: Dr Taufik & Kolonel Azudin

Kayuhan ke puncak Genting Sempah telah selamat diadakan dengan penuh cabaran besar dan menyeksakan! (bagi saya la tu, bagi yang lain no problem).

Kesemuanya 7 orang riders hadir iaitu: Kolonel Azudin, Dr Taufik, Jefri (the first to arrive: tidor kat hospital ke?), Pak Kamad, Dr Che Yan, Prof Sani dan saya sendiri. Tayar golek tepat pada masa yang ditetapkan iaitu jam 7.53 pagi dengan Kolonel dan Dr Che Yan lead dan Dr Taufik bertindak sebagai sweeper.

Bagi Kolonel, Jefri dan saya ini merupakan our first time attempt ke Genting Sempah dari Hospital Orang Asli Gombak ni. Saya cuba buat persediaan secukupnya: Power Bar step 1, beres. Power bar step 2 penuh dalam kocek. 100 Plus penuh dalam botol. Namun, terbukti persediaan saya memang masih belum cukup. Dah dua minggu lay-off riding kecuali main keliling rumah je. PNR memang tak pernah turun. Tetapi dek kerana saya diamanahkan organize this ride maka mengayuh lah saya pagi tadi.

Mula-mula steady je. Sempat toleh kiri kana menikmati pemandangan petempatan dan Sungai Gombak(?) yang mengalir jernih. Tapi sampai 5km mark pernafasan mula berat. HRM MBA yang saya pinjam menunjukkan HR saya sudah mencecah 170. Atas encouragement Dr Taufik dan Pak Kamad saya teruskan juga lagi. Tetapi selepas 6km HR dah sampai 180 dan tak turun-turun. Takut nanti pitam pulak, saya decide untuk berhenti dan minta mereka proceed tanpa saya.

Saya stay back dan recover balik tenaga. Aleh-aleh selepas 10 minit Pak Kamad patah balik dan offer untuk teman saya ride balik ke Hospital. Oleh kerana tenaga dah ada balik saya bertekad untuk teruskan. Pak Kamad pun setuju. Dan lepas tu beliaulah yang memotivasi saya sepanjang jalan sampai ke puncak Genting Sempah dengan dibantu Dr Taufik, Jefri dan Prof Sani berderet di belakang. Kesian mereka kena escort saya all the way up. At certain stretch speed saya serendah 7km/hour.

Memang perit nak sampai. Tetapi apabila dah sampai gembira tak terhingga. Siap sms sana sini announcing kejayaan saya! Oleh sebab saya slow, kami ambil masa 2 jam lebih untuk sampai dengan 3 kali berhenti (4 kali kalau termasuk berhenti untuk cuba bantu seorang rider yang basikalnya rosak teruk).

Turun balik ke bawah was a bliss. Well almost, sebab 5km sebelum sampai RV point peha kanan mula develop cramp. Nasib baik Kolonel ada ubat untuk urut muscle. Sampai balik ke RV point 10.45 which means that time taken turun dalam setengah jam aje. Kolonel yang paling laju bila turun. Dia kata sebab dia banyak ‘momentum’ because of size badan :-D. Kalau top speed turun saya 46.2km/hour tak tau la Kolonel cecah berapa mau mencecah 60km/hr agaknya.

All in all it was the toughest ride for me ever. Pengajaran bagi saya: saya belum bersedia 100% untuk ride yang ada pendakian terus menerus. So kalau nak join ride macam ni kenalah training hill ride seperti yang Pak Adib cadang nak buat dengan bantuan Pak Wan tu.

Satu lagi conclusion: group PERs dan GEDEBE memang kuat setia kawannya. Tanpa Pak Kamad dan lain-lain yang bersabar dengan kelemahan saya, pasti tak sampai saya ke Genting Sempah. Dan dengan itu pastinya saya akan set rekod sebagai the only ride-organizer yang tak dapat complete ride yang dia sendiri organize hehehe.

Terima kasih semua. Mohon maaf kalau your riding was spoilt by my lack of fitness. To be sure, this won’t be my last at Genting Sempah, I’ll be back - better prepared insyaAllah. Wassalam.

P.S. Sorry gambar takda. Dr Taufik dan Kolonel banyak tangkap gambar. I’m sure they will upload soon.

KUANTAN - KOTA BHARU PERS TOUR - BY INVITATION ONLY

2009-04-17T20:58:00.001+08:00

Can always join our own interstate. Kuantan to Kota Bharu in July 2009. to be precise 8th to 12th July.
Itinerary as follows;
Wednesday 8th July
After office drive/bus to Cherating, Kuantan
Accommodation at Bayview Resort - Cherating

Thursday 9th July - Cherating to Dungun (110km)
0730hrs - 1100hrs
From Cherating to Beris Menpaga
1100hrs - 1500hrs
Lunch, solat n rest
1500hrs - 1800hrs
Beris Menpaga to Dungun
Accommodation at Mayang Sari - Dungun

Friday 10th July - Dungun to Penarik (139km)
0730hrs - 1200hrs
Dungun to Kuala Terengganu
1200hrs - 1500hrs
Lunch, Solat n rest
1500hrs - 1800hrs
Kuala Terengganu to Penarik
Accommodation at Pandan Laut Resort

Saturday 11th July - Penarik to Kota Bharu (120km)
0730hrs - 1130hrs
Penarik to Kuala Besut
1130hrs - 1500hrs
Lunch, Solat n rest
1500hrs - 1830hrs
Kuala Besut to Kota Bharu
Accommodation at Sejahtera Inn

Sunday 12th July
AK Flight to KUL at 1830hrs

or u can combine this tour with yr family holiday. Yr family drive the car wait for u at the designated hotels.

we can hv 2 teams - RB n MT. Maximum of 8 riders per team

Cost per person is about RM600 inclusive of every thing - accommodation, refreshment, makan and etc.

Electric bicycles,anyone?

2009-04-17T14:29:00.003+08:00

On the way to ACE hardware shop at Ikano Power,I have the pleasure of meeting Hj Albakri Ali(019-5732277) the Managing Director of Platinum Logistics CorpSdn Bhd which manaufactured/assembled these electic bicycles in Malaysia.He told me the technology is from Holland and showed me how to ride it.This is my first time riding an electric bicycle!I think it is a good bike for commuting short distance without a sweat;-) or for the wives to keep track of their husbands who went cycling...

PAR for April 2009

2009-04-07T13:46:00.000+08:00

PAR: Putrajaya Away Ride

Week 1: Pusing-pusing cari janda baik-baik

040409 (Saturday)

RV: R&R Genting Sempah(Tepi highway Karak), 8am

Tayar Golek: 830am

Laluan: R&R genting Sempah -------> Janda Baik------>Restoran Pak Anda (For Nasi Lemak) ------> R&R genting Sempah

Distance: 30km

Bike: MTB & RB

Week 2: Ais Kachang Bentong

110409 (Saturday)

RV: Bentong (Kow Po), 7.45am

Tayar Golek: 8.00am

Laluan: Bentong ---->R&R genting Sempah -------> Bentong ------>Ais Kachang

Distance: 60km

Bike: MTB & RB

Week 3: Puncak Genting Sempah

180409 (Saturday)

RV: Hospital Orang Asli, Gombak, 730am

Tayar Golek: 800am

Laluan: Hospital Orang Asli, Gombak ------->Puncak genting Sempah & return

Distance: 32km

Bike: MTB & RB

Week 4: Broga

250409 (Saturday)

Bike: MTB only

****Bond akan bagi input.

JANDA BAIK

2009-04-04T18:00:00.001+08:00

seorang lagi tertinggal

Wakaf rehat

bocor

Andal Place

Salam,

Berikut catatan Kayuhan Janda Baik.

Basikal: 2 RB + 6MTB
Total distance: 33.72km
Mula: 8.30am, habis: 12.30pm
Total ride time: 1:50
Average speed: 18.26
Pemberita: Dr.Taufik
Jurufoto: MBA

Memang challenging!, walaupun hanya 33km.
MBA yang terawal sampai, around 7.30am, diikuti saya, 7.35am. Both saya & MBA pakai RB, the rest MTB.

Kayuhan bermula dengan menuruni bukit dari R&R genting sempah, sehingga simpang masuk ke Janda Baik, then the first climb. memang extreme, tapi pendek sahaja, 2 org terpaksa T&T, dan seterusnya ada beberapa climb lagi. kayuhan, diteruskan sehingga jalan mati.

Pulang, singgah di Pak Andak Place, untuk rasa Nasi Lemak, walaupun dah agak lewat, around 10.30am, nasik lemak masih ada, dan tidak mengecewakan.

Dari Pak Andak Place, pulang melalui Pulau Santap, ada beberapa climb lagi melalui jalan itu,dan ada yang T&T juga.

Dan yang agak menarik adalah perjalanan pulang yang terpaksa climb ke R&R Genting Sempah.

Janda Baik adalah 100m lebih rendah dari R&R Genting Sempah.

Secara overall, saya rasa, Janda Baik lebih sesui dengan MTB kerana jalan yang sangat berbukit-bukit, dan downhill yang berliku-liku.

Memang elok kalau try lagi, my suggestion, jika mula kayuhan seawal 7.30am.

Semasa di kayuhan Janda Baik juga, kali pertama kena flat tyre, sebab terlanggar batu tajam.
Semasa nak berhenti, terlupa pula nak unclip kasut....jatuh cempedak untuk kali ke 3. Managed to change the tube, tapi hanya mampu pump tyre sampai 4 bar je. Tu tak sabar nak tunggu pump baru...

Wassalam

Kayuhan Hari Lahir kayuhan kehujanan! Bukan April Fool Tau!

2009-04-02T13:17:00.004+08:00

Kayuhan malam kali ini ramai sekali pesertanya. Kalau ikut kiraan Pak Wan dari kumpulan Gedebe ada 19 orang. Seperti biasa, Aliff dan Che Bond dengan MTB kesayangan. Ahli kayuhan yang lain dengan pelbagai jenama RB. Apapun janji kayuh!

Pada bahagian kedua kayuhan selepas hentian pertama kami terpaksa berlindung dibawah kolong jambatan kerana hujan turun dengan agak lebat bercampur kilat dan guruh. Maka sesi mahu makan nasi Arab bagi meraikan hari lahir Marina ditunda.

Aliff pulang dengan ambil jalan pintas...he!he! hujan...laluan pula betul-betul dibelakang rumah kekanda di Presint 16. Kami bermula dari Dataran Putra keluar ke Cyberjaya dan kembali ke Putrajaya. Jaraknya lebih kurang 25km++

Kawan-kawan jika nama anda tiada, sila beritahu ye!(aliff tak ingat nama semua orang)

Peserta:
PERS: Aliff, Che Bond, Pak MBA, Pak Samad, Dr.Taufik, Pak Muhaimy, Won,Marina
Gedebe: Pak Wan Sabri, Pak Kamat, Pak Nayan, Mak Wan, Dr.Maryam Chin, Mak Faridah

Kayuhan Genting Sempah PERs 18 April

2009-03-31T17:09:00.003+08:00

Gambar ehsan Dr Taufik

Setelah berbincang dengan Tok Penghulu semasa PMR 29 Mac yang lalu, tarikh Kayuhan Genting Sempah untuk PERs adalah ditetapkan pada 18 April 2009 (setelah Kolonel balik dari umrah).

Berikut adalah perincian cadangan kayuhan:

Tarikh kayuhan: 18 April 2009 (Sabtu)

RV point: Perkarangan Hospital JHEOA, Gombak

Tayar golek naik: 8.00am

Mid-way stop: after 10km (5 min rest/drink)

Sampai puncak: ETA 9.30am

Tayar golek turun: 9.45am

Sampai starting point: ETA 10.30am (rehat & minum/brunch?)

Bersurai: 11.30am

Nota:

1. jarak kayuhan +/- 30km on road surface (no-off road trails)
2. jangan lupa bawa banyak tonic drinks/mineral water
3. some biscuits untuk kudapan (picnic?) di puncak Genting Sempah
4. slick tyres advisable (but not mandatory)
5. leader?
6. sweeper?
7. ?
8. ?

Ada sesiapa nak taja minuman, atau lain-lain : - ) ?

PNR ISNIN (MALAM INI) DATANGLAH BERAMAI-RAMAI

2009-03-30T10:11:00.001+08:00

SEPERTI biasa, malam ini PNR akan diadakan di tempat biasa dan masa biasa (laluan mungkin berbeza).

Jom datanglah beramai-ramai tanpa mengira jenis basikal anda.

AMAZING RIDE AROUND MALAYSIA - PART II

2009-03-29T08:54:00.000+08:00

[28.03.09] Glad to inform PeRs that we safely arrived at our destination at 17:40pm.

[28.03.09] We r 30km from kuantan. Resting at rr beris meraga. Shud be in kuantan by 5pm today. kerepok lekor, air nira n jagong rebus were marvelous.

GEDEBE will cycle around Malaysia from Kuantan ti Kota Bharu under amazing ride around Malaysia. Part 1 was from KL to KB in 2008.

The second stage will commence this thursday. We are using toyota unser as our support car. Glad to inform that this can can take 8 RBs with no problem. The support caqr will leave for KB early tomorrow morning. whilst, the riders will take the AK flight at 2130hrs tomorrow night.

We will update the journey using this page.

II

The journey begins - 1100hrs the support vehicle left KL for KB.
Packed to the brim with RBs worth more than RM100K.

III

[27.03.09]We left penarik at 0730hrs. Stopped for for bfast for 1 hour n proceeded to KT. Arrived at pantai Buruk at 11:30 am n rested at AnW

Jomlah Mengayuh Tidak Kira Jenis Basikal Anda! (2)

2009-03-25T08:57:00.002+08:00

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan,

Ini kali kedua saya menuliskan pidato berbasikal. Ini malam, khas untuk basikal yang lajuuuuuuuuuuuuu iaitu RB. Tapi jangan risau!!! Saya dan Che Bond kita insyallah ada dengan MTB kesayangan. Marilah, kita kaaaayuuuuuuhh sahaja.

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan,

Pastikan anda ambil makan malam dua jam sebelum berkayuh agar ada tenaga. Bawalah air tonik macam Dr.Azmi suruh, iaitu apa-apa air isotonik kita campur dengan air putih sebahagian untuk membantu menggantikan bendalir yang keluar akibat perpeluhan.

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan,

Sebelum berkayuh, periksa angin tayar basikal, bawalah tiub gantian, jangan lupa lampu kelip-kelip belakang depan, lihat adakah masih terang. Jika tidak, beli bateri baru dan gantikan kerana kita ini sukar dilihat oleh pemandu kerata dan penunggang motosikal jika tidak berlampu.

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan,

Janganlah jadi macam Mat Bangla, pakai topi keledar berbasikal yang ada. Lebih cantik kalau ada lampu kelip-kelip dekat belakang macam Dr.Azmi dan Pak Azudin kita.
Pakailah baju yang terang seperti warna kuning dan putih.

Itulah sahaja, saya tutup pidato berbasikal ini dengan pepatah:-

Badan sihat otak cerdas!

Jomlah Mengayuh Tidak Kira Jenis Basikal Anda!

2009-03-23T17:21:00.004+08:00

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian,

Ini malam, kita semua akan berkayuh. Macam biasalah kayuhan malam PERS. Ya, kita pedulikan jenis basikal kita, basikal lipat! basikal mtb, basikal rb kita kayuh dengan suka hati! Ya, bukan tunjuk kuat, bukan tunjuk hebat kita kauh sebab mahu sihat!

Tuan- tuan dan puan-puan sekalian,

Jangan lupa tiub tambahan, pam basikal dan lampu kelip-kelip belakang depan. Yalah, kita bakal berkayuh jauhkan. 35km kita besit tanpa banyak halangan. Insyallah.

Tuan-tuan dan puan- puan sekalian,

Sebelum menutup pidato pendek kayuhan ini malam, jangan lupa jam berkumpul 9.30 di Dataran Putra ya! Oh ya, bawalah air secukupnya.

Dengan itu tuan-tuan dan puan-puan saya menutup pidato ini dengan pepatah:-

Kesihatan itu EMAS...

JULY 9-11 : JOHOR BAHRU - PUTRAJAYA RIDE

2009-03-21T06:16:00.003+08:00

JB-Putrajaya Ride with 2 pitstop (Batu Pahat & Malacca)
Date: July 9-11, 2009
Participants: Max 16 ppl (8 gedebe + 8 PERs)

PERs:
1. Dr.Taufik
2. Khoo
3. Marina
4. Won
5.
6.
7.
8.

NEW CASTLE TO KUANTAN RIDE

2009-03-20T19:41:00.001+08:00

Dear PERs

The Gedebe will be riding from Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu (New Castle) to
Cherating, Kuantan starting on 26th March and ending on 28th March
2009.This is part II of our " AMAZING RIDE AROUND MALAYSIA ". We did
the first leg from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu in August 2008.
The first day will be from Kota Bharu to Kg Penarik (109.3km)http://
www.bikemap.net/route/133353. Second day will be from Kg Penarik to
Dungun (128.0km) http://www.bikemap.net/route/133355 and the third day
will be from Dungun to Cherating (92.9km) http://www.bikemap.net/route/133361.
Total distance will be 330.2km over 3 days. We will be doing an
average speed of about 25kph only - in case we have to do a sudden
stop for KEROPOK LEKOR or NASI DAGANG along the way :) The terrain is
mostly flat - except the bridge at Tok Bali! This time around, there
will be 7 of us - 4 men n 3 ladies. Plus one support vehicle with 2
support managers.Pls do pray for our safe return.
The 3rd leg will be from Kuantan to Johor Bahru, sometime in May 2009
and the 4th leg will be from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur in July 2009.
Maybe PERs will be able to join us on our 3rd and 4th leg. We usually
start on Thursday and ending our ride on Saturda - to accommodate the
working members. You only need to take 2 days leave.

salam
Wan Sabri

Sawah Padi Ride 2

2009-03-09T17:29:00.016+08:00

No of participant: 30

PERs: 19 (including suku-sakat)

GEDEBE: 4

Geng Wak basikal tua of Btg Berjuntai: 5

Geng Sg. Besar: 2

Date: 8th March 2009

Start ride: 8.30am, finished at 10.30am

Total distance: 31km

RB: 5

MTB: 25

The CO for the ride.

Di atas batas-batas bendang

Azhar & his daughter (13 year old-managed to complete 31km)

MBA & Muhaimy, serba kuning-Santini.

Aliff & Won

Dr. Azmi, Col Azudin & his 'new friend'

Rashidee

Dr. Azmi, Wak Basikal Tua & his wife.

The iron lady of Gedebe.

The 2 support vehicles

Taking rest after the ride.

Gambar keseluruhan, sila rujuk:

http://picasaweb.google.com/atjamil/

The Sawah Padi Ride-Report No 1

2009-03-08T20:31:00.006+08:00

Pokok padi muda
href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHnD6CMceKQ/SbPHRGF8HHI/AAAAAAAAAbg/G2Gbb6eLr30/s1600-h/IMG_6326.JPG">
My former LOOK bike

A tree in the middle of the padi field

Pokok padi dalam sebaris

The concrete canal or saluran air

The riders

The Sawah Padi Ride that we planned for quite some time was perfectly executed this morning, Sunday,8th March 2009.

I enjoyed the "back to nature" route.
I enjoyed watching the burung bangau in droves flying over the green padi field.
I enjoyed differentiating the Malay, Chinese and Indian plots of padi..
I enjoyed the innovative way the chinese utilise every spot of land incorporating other crops together with the padi.
I enjoyed making my comparisons on the various dilligence of the three main race in our country.
I enjoyed the 'bird's hotel' and wonder how they managed to attract the 'visitors' to stay there for free.

Dr Taufik and wife have singlehandedly organised a terrific outing for us.
Please say thank you to your wife for her patience in being the sweeper in your mpv and patiently following us from behind as the safety vehicle.
Thanks also to Bond's wife who played the same role and followed us from behind.
We must also take off our hat to Azhar's 13 yrs old daughter.
She completed the 30 over km intact.
Azhar pun terperanjat
Thanks to Wak Basikal Tua and his family for joining us.
Thanks to Raja Abdullah and his son, a local from Sg Besar for coming along and video taping our ride. There is a twist of tale about Raja Abdullah well worned out bike.
It was my former LOOK bike that he bought at the shop in Bangi. I refurbished the bike then, but decided to sell it at the insistance of this guy who pestered the bike shop to sell the bike to him. Somehow at that time he contacted me over the phone and i agreed to let go of the bike to him!!
It was a small world when he related how he bought the bike at Bangi and thought that the owner was a General Azudin, my namesake who is the FAM Secretary..
The picture of the bike posted here.

Even though the padi was still in it's infancy, it was colourful enough.
It would have been better if the padi was in full bloom and the sight would definitely be more overwhelming.
Maybe we should do another ride during the pre-harvesting time, when we can see the padi instead of just the pokok padi.

All in all, it was worth the effort to wake up at 0430 and travelled about 2 hours to reach the place.
To those that missed this opportunity, i can only symphatise with you.
The ride was both educational and enjoyable.
The weather was perfect with the cool breeze, angin sepoi sepoi..
The venue was perfect too and the serenity of the place reminded me of the quality of life the people there must have been enjoying.

It seems so peacefull and relax.

Azudin O Fuad

Sawah Padi Ride (SPR) at Tg Karang: Final Announcement

2009-03-07T16:18:00.003+08:00

Maklumat Tambahan:
Jika ada apa-apa masalah untuk ke Parit 1 Sg. Sireh, Tg. Karang Selangor, sila hubungi saya:013-2565152
Jika ada masalah untuk berconvoy dari KL ke Tg . Karang, sila hubungi Dr. Azmi Tamil: 0122812344

Jalan yg Perlu dilalui:
a. Dari KL, menghala ke Kuala Selangor.
b. Dari Kuala Selangor terus menuju ke Tg. karang (16km).
c. Dari Tg. karang, terus ke arah utara ke simpang parit satu Sg. Sireh Tg Karang Selangor (around 3km).
Anda akan berjumpa:
i. Traffic light di hadapan Hospital Tg. Karang (Ditengah-tengah pekan Tg. Karang)
ii. Traffic light ke dua (selepas Jambatan)
iii. Traffic light k e tiga (dihadapan sekolah untuk melintas jalan)
iv. Traffic light ke empat ---> Simpang ke Parit 1, Sg, Sireh Tg. Karang Selangor
d. Di simpang ini, belok ke kanan menghala ke Pusat Homestay, Sg. Sireh, Tg, Karang Selangor.
e. Pandu terus sehingga ke penghujung jalan, sehingga anda jumpa 'T' junction, park di tepi jalan di sekitar Pusat Homestay.

Maklumat tambahan:
i. Laluan yg dipaparkan di blog adalah tidak final. Laluan sebenar akan dimaklumkan pada hari Ahad 8 March 2009. Saya akan sediakan/edarkan peta (beberapa keping) berserta dengan pit stop. (Sorry, pasal baru nak finalize laluan pada 7th March 2009-Sabtu). Jarak adalah 30km.
ii. Saya akan sediakan sarapan, berupa 2 ketul kuih melayu dan teh tarik bungkus, sebelum kayuhan bermula.
iii. Saya akan lead the ride. Sweeper, as sebagaimana yang telah dipersetujui adalah Col Azudin.
iv. Digalakkan menggunakan MTB, tapi saya akan pastikan laluan juga boleh dilalui oleh RB.
v. Kayuhan adalah santai, paling laju adalah 20km/hr.
vi. Lepas kayuh, saya akan bawa anda ke mana-mana warong berdekatan.Wassalam

Jemputan untuk menyertai kayuhan Sawah padi:

Date: 8th March 2009 (Sunday)
Meeting Point: Sekitar Pusat Homestay Sg Sireh, Tg. Karang (N3 29.845 E101 12.013)

Pusat Homestay, Sg. Sireh, Tg. Karang, Selangor

Saturday (7th March 2009)(optional)*:

Check-in di Homestay Sg. Sireh (optional)*
Tour Tg. karang/Kuala Selangor (optional)*
Fireflies at Kuala Selangor (optional)*

"Ban Kenal"

Sunday (8th march 2009):

6.00am Convoy from KL : Meeting point R&R Elmina (arah Utara) GCE Guthrie Corridor Expressway

7.00am: Gather at Pusat Homestay Sg. Sireh Tg. karang

7.30am. Berkayuh-28km, speed 15km/hr

10.00am. finish cycling/rest

Proposed route:

*Sila uruskan sendiri:
Kampung Sungai Sirih Homestay:

Encik Abu Bakar Moin,
Parit 1, Sg Sireh, Ban 4, 45500 Tanjung Karang, Phone: 03-3269 8004, Mobile: 019-346 7372

Rate:
RM20.00/head: Bermalam sahaja
RM40.00/head: Bermalam + makan
RM60.00/head: Bermalam + makan + activity (bersawah, memancing dll)
Lain-lain, boleh arrange dengan this person.

Putrajaya Critical Mass

2009-02-28T00:42:00.008+08:00

Putrajaya Critical Mass Friday 27th Feb 2009
Pak Adib was slightly injured when he fell of his bike whilst cycling at 20 kph.
He lost control of his bike when he let go of one hand to wave at a passers by, and hence hitting Alif's bike in front of him.
It was a small scratch and luckily our doctor administered iodine solution to the wound.
We will wait for a full version of his story later.
Tonight's PCM starting point was at the Palace of Justice and the ride was about 20km, which is now chicken feed to PERs members.
There were about 120 plus riders.
PERs was given the honour of becoming sweepers.

PMR SATURDAY: KAYUHAN MENCARI IDENTITI PERs

2009-02-27T14:12:00.002+08:00

Cadangan; PMR sabtu minggu ini PERs/RB ke laluan berikut:

Mula dari TWP ke Kota Warisan, Salak Tinggi, berpatah blk melalui jalan lama ke Jenderam, Bkt Unggul, kemudian uji kekuatan dan keberanian anda dgn Roller Coaster ride di Sungai Merab menuju ke Pintu 1 Putrajaya.

Nasi Dage menunggu anda di Kg Bakar Baginda... jarak 50km++.

Dr Taufik nak ke Sepang dan Bagan Lalang, jauh tu patah balik mau putuih urat keting.
Tayar golek awal lah utk elak panas di laluan awal dari TWP ke Salak Tinggi. Selepas Salak Tinggi jalan biasa dan tak panas. Gerenti enjoy sebab jalan nya menurun atau rata sahaja.

Baru PERs ada nostalgia skit, macam Gedebe dgn Tekala nya.

Sabtu 28 Feb 2009
7.30am
Taman Warisan Pertanian (TWP)

Latest converts to Road bike

2009-02-25T15:52:00.005+08:00

Latest addition to the roadies, Prof Dr Fuad...assisted by Pak Wan of GEDEBE...and PERs and GEDEBE members on Tuesday 24th Feb.
The special ride will be on Wednesday PNR 25TH Feb, where another convert Azhar will join us with his red hot off the shop Merida..

PNR WEDNESDAY CUM POR

2009-02-24T19:46:00.002+08:00

EVERY Wednesday PERs convert PNR (Putrajaya Night Ride) to POR (Putrajaya Outer Ring). POR is about 30km and will be done together with GEDEBE and everybody who interested to joint in.

RV: Masjid Putra
Time: 9.30pm (sharp)
Mode: Road Bike about 20km/h

POR will teach us the meaning of cycling in group as per link here . The summary:-

Rule 1: It’s Not a Race

Rule 2: Bar-to-Bar

Rule 3: Peeling Off

Rule 4: Pulling Through

Rule 5: Too Tired To Go To The Front

Rule 6: Gaps

Rule 7: Moving About In A Group

Rule 8: Obstacles and Hand Signals

Rule 9: Yelling

Rule 10: Slowing and Adjusting Speed

You Are Welcome

RIDE FOR GAZA

2009-02-23T15:17:00.002+08:00

Date: 27 February 2009
Venue: Palace of Justice
Meeting time: 8.30 PM SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARP!
Ride time: 9.00 PM
Distance: About 20km
Ride speed: 15-25km/h

Tonight we have PNR @ 9.30pm
All are welcome

PMR SUNDAY UPDATES

2009-02-22T12:08:00.003+08:00

PMR Sunday disertai oleh 13 peserta. 10 dari TWP, seorang dari PICC dan dua orang lagi daripada tepian tasik Masjid Besi.

Kayuhan sejauh lebih kurang 25 km bermula 8am dan berakhir di TWP jam 10.30am.

PMR SUNDAY 22 FEB 2009

2009-02-22T00:18:00.001+08:00

We will go around the Core Island by the lake route, suitable for rb and mtb and if we have time we might detour to the Wetland. (the small loop). Otherwise we might pay a visit to the Equestrian centre and have breakfast there.

Yes we should start on time at 0747....
Please warm up on your own before that at Taman Warisan Pertanian. If you are late, please head straight to the Mosque and park your car there and we will meet up with you at 0815.....

If you are still late please head staright to the Taman in front of PICC and we should meet up with you at 0835...

We must finish the ride by 1000 hrs.
After ride drinks is optional at Taman Warisan or at Presint 16 food court, because some might want to go back immediately after the ride....
If your spouse wants to come and jog along the lake, they are welcomed...they can jog and walk from Taman Warisan to the Mosque along the lake...or they can drive the car to the Mosque and loiter around that arae with the other tourists while we sweat our heart out....

--
AOF

TEKALA RIDE 21 FEB 09

2009-02-21T21:25:00.000+08:00

No official PMR this Saturday, but PAR to Tekala

So please join the ride this Saturday, RV at Pekan Bt 18, 100meter after junction sg lui, at 715am.

PMR Sunday as usual at TWP 7.30am.

No Helmet No Ride Policy will be first implemented during PMR Sunday onwards...

Putrajaya Wetland-Sunday PMR

2009-02-17T14:30:00.002+08:00

CYCLING JOKE

2009-02-17T00:01:00.000+08:00

Dalam istilah PERs, mana-mana basikalis yang tidak memakai helmet akan digelar sebagai Bangla. Sebabnya lihatlah keliling ...

Rasa-rasanya PERs telah dua kali dihadiri oleh basikalis antarabangsa. Pertama kali dari Jepun yang berpakaian lengkap. PCM Ahad yang lepas, PERs turut disertai oleh seorang profesor daripada Filipina yang menggunakan t-bolt putih tanpa helmet dan cuma bertopi sahaja.

Apabila ditanya mengapa dia tidak pakai helmet, berikut adalah jawapan daripadanya.

"Jika berlaku kemalangan, otak orang yang pakai helmet akan berterabur dan sukar untuk dikutip. Bagi saya, otak saya semuanya tersimpan dalam cap ini dan senanglah dimasukkan semula oleh doktor dalam kepala saya".

ha ha ha ha...

Menyelak-nyelak album kenangan PERS:) 2

2009-02-16T18:28:00.005+08:00

Tekun nampaknya Pak Muhaimy mendengar?
Di taman rahsia PAk Adib, Pak Azudin sedang menyatakan "kehidupan di Putrajaya yang terbaik"
Lupa pula Aliff di mana gambar ini diambil?
Di jambatan larangan jeng!jeng!
Abang Hasni selalu MIA!
Cerita apa tu Dr.Azmi?
Dr.Tengku dan anaknya gembira ikut PERS!
Masa ini kalau tak silap kita kena kejar dengan penguatkuasa Perbadanan Putrajayakan?
Kalau dah panas, bergambar bawah teduh ye tak?

PMR SUNDAY FOR BEGINERS?

2009-02-15T22:23:00.003+08:00

"dirty dozen (termasuk foto grafer)

TNT - Turun & Tolak

RB pun boleh lepas .....

Apabila Dr. cramp ....

PMR hari ini disertai oleh 12 peserta. Kebanyakannya adalah peserta baru dan ada yang pertama kali berbasikal (di sini). Tok Penghulu telah menjanjikan kayuhan kali ini adalah daripada TWP ke Wetland. Kayuhan yang tidak berbukit. Kayuhan khusus untuk MB. Hmmmm... Pak Samad bersama RB kena dera. Walau bagaimanapun beliau bersama TREKnya berjaya mengharungi jalan-jalan batu kelikir untuk pusingan pertama. Pusingan seterusnya beliau dinasihatkan untuk bersendirian mengikuti jalan luar.

JAngankan RB, saya sebagai sweeper yang bawa MB juga bocor tayarnya. Inilah kebocoran pertama T-Bolt ini. Pam ada bawa, cuma tiub spare ada dalam kereta. Terpaksalah mengepam tiga-empat kali sehingga akhirnya terpaksa mengalah juga.

Masalah cramp kian berleluasa dan kayuhan 20km ini agak lambat untuk dihabiskan dalam cuaca yang panas. Sahabat kita cramp dan terpaksa diselamatkan oleh kereta bantuan daripada Tok Penghulu.

Apakah langkah berjaga-jaga yang perlu kita ambil untuk kayuhan selanjutnya?.

Aspirasi baru

2009-02-15T09:07:00.003+08:00

Merida Azizi

Dah hampir setahun beli basikal MTB. Dahulu saya berbasikal berseorangan. Di Core Island Putrajaya. Di sekitar Bandar Tun Hussein Onn-Kg Sungai Balak-Jln Sekamat.

Semenjak mengikuti kumpulan PERs untuk 'riding', pengalaman berbasikal sudah berubah. 'Routes' juga sudah bertambah. Lebih 'variety'. Ilmu berkaitan aktiviti berbasikal juga ada penambahan sedikit demi sedikit.

Dan setelah membaca blog PERs, mengikuti email group PERs (yang kekadang melebihi 40 sehari!) dan menerusi sembang-sembang ketika berkayuh, kini saya ada beberapa aspirasi baru dalam bab berbasikal ini:

1. untuk mencari cadence yang betul
2. untuk kurangkan berat basikal saya (sekarang lebihkurang 30kg? betul ke?)
3. untuk mendapatkan HRM supaya aktiviti ini membawa manfaat sebaik mungkin kepada kesihatan.

Itu sahajalah buat sekarang. Aspirasi "untuk membeli RB" tu tak berani lah lagi. Masih belum termakan concotion racun yang disaji oleh Kolonel!

PMR AHAD

2009-02-14T19:22:00.002+08:00

Putrajaya Morning Ride (PMR), seperti akan diadakan seperti berikut:-

Tarikh: 15 Feb 2009 (Ahad)
RV: Taman Warisan Pertanian, Precint 16
Masa berkumpul: 7.30am
Tayar Golek: 8.00am

Arah kayuhan: Putrajaya Wetland

Semua basikalis, khususnya yang baru adalah dijemput hadir.

PUTRAJAYA AWAY RIDE (PAR): SABTU

2009-02-14T18:22:00.003+08:00

HARI ini dan minggu-minggu seterusnya, PMR telah digantikan dengan PAR. PMR akan diadakan pada hari Ahad. Adalah dijangkakan PMR (Ahad) akan dihadiri oleh lebih ramai basikalis, lama dan baru. Walau bagaimanapun jika cukup korum, PMR Sabtu tetap juga dijalankan. Sungguhpun begitu, basikalis baru dinasihatkan supaya datang ke PMR Ahad. Ini adalah kerana ia adalah PMR rasmi PERs...

PAR hari ini disertai oleh 6 basikalis dengan 4 RB dan 2 MB. Kayuhan bermula di TWP menuju ke OR ke Dengkil, Bangi, Pinggiran Putra dan berakhir di Presint 16 untuk sarapan pagi. Kayuhan santai ini meliputi lebih kurang 40km.

PNR JUMAAT @ ROTI NAN

2009-02-13T18:48:00.001+08:00

JUMAAT 13 Feb 2009:-

Menyelak-nyelak album kenangan PERS:)

2009-02-12T18:57:00.003+08:00

Cuba kira ada berapa burung botak upih dalam tasik di Tanah Bencah ini?
Masing-masing dah pancit dah waktu ni! Dulu-dulukan?
Jejaka impian Malaya dengan T.bolt berbau kedai!:D
Pak Adib memang suka pergi off road!
Cuba teka di mana gambar ini diambil???

Start of LTdL-Monday,9th Feb 2009-More pictures

2009-02-11T09:45:00.004+08:00

PMR ISNIN & LTdL

2009-02-10T18:24:00.002+08:00

PMR Isnin sepatutnya kami buat peloton ke POR (Putrajaya Outer Ring) ataupun ke Bangi. Namun oleh kerana 5 sahaja PERs yang muncul dengan kekuatan 3 RB dan 2 MTB, maka kami kayuh mengikut PIR sahajalah dan kemudiannya ke LTdL.

Sunday PMR-8th Feb

2009-02-08T23:33:00.005+08:00

More pictures of PERs on the morning of Putrajaya Cycle Fest 2009.
None of us took part in the cyclefest, we just rode in our group till the Water sports complex and we took photograph at the forbidden bridge.

We also met my Uncle Pak Non and Auntie from Alor Star, who was visitng Putrajaya.
Pak Non got two T-bolts a few weeks earlier and started cycling again after reading our cycling exploits in our blog.
Today, he bought Won's T-bolt for his son who is staying in USJ, not so much for the son, but for him to join us in Putrajaya when he comes down to KL....
He reads our blog and has left comments there.

Today, Pak Samad was surprised that Pak Non is 71 and has just started re-cycling again...
So compare to Pak Non, Pak Adib is very young!!!
Incidentally, Pak Non is also a family friend of Azizi...

PMR AHAD

2009-02-08T13:51:00.005+08:00

SEPERTI mana yang dijanjikan, PMR Ahad terus diadakan seperti biasa. Pada kali ini ramai sekali ahli baru yang turut hadir. Sebahagian besarnya dibawa oleh En. Azizi dan seorang lagi apabila terbaca blog PERs.

PMR Ahad mengundang 11 basikalis baru dan lama. Yang itu-itu jugalah....

Ditemuramah oleh pelajar-pelajar universiti di perkarangan masjid putra

Marina, menyertai PMR setelah membaca blog PERs. Berkayuh dari rumah. Esok akan menyertai POR.

TOK PRESIDEN DAN TOK PENGHULU

2009-02-07T21:55:00.002+08:00

Our Saturday Ride with President of Putrajaya Corporation

2009-02-07T12:46:00.012+08:00

The Cadets from the Naional Defence University with me.(I was the Commanding Offcer there many years ago)

Things that i bought at the Carnival

Azizi with Tan Sri Sam and other PERs members

PICC in the background

The Bianchi gang...

Me with the cadets from the National Defence University, Sg Besi.

There is even a hot air balloon...

Tan Sri Sam admiring Pak Samad's bike..dia ta tengok pun Bianchi MBA...

PERs and the President...and Azizi whom has been asked by Tan Sri Sam to look into our matter...
Senang lah lepas ni, kita bagi tau Azizi sahaja, apa apa komplen...

The Federal Territory Minister and the President of Putrajaya Corporation cycling with my wife..and PERs members behind..

This morning ride was quite meaningfull to PERs.
PERs members rode together with Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, the President of Putrajaya Corporation. He finally met with the group that made the complaint about the shoddy treatment of the guards at Dataran Putra.
Tan Sri Sam gave his commitment that "you guys can ride anytime in Putrajaya".
He explained that the reason they close the Dataran was because, they wanted to prevent lepakking there. He said that you guys can cycle anywhere and at any time.

Indirectly he asked Azizi, our member who is also Putrajaya Town Planner, to look into it. Azizi explained that it was the overzealous attitude of the guard in enforcing the rule according to their interpretation.
Anyway, i told Tan Sri that i will be attending the dialogue with officials of Perbadanan with my Presint 16 residents on the 13th Feb, this Friday night.
Maybe Muhaimy and Nawi can attend together with me.
If you have any views to be forwarded please tell me.
I can convey them to Perbadanan Putrajaya.
Anyway, i will have to explain, why they should let us through at Dataran Putra even after midnight, and not cordon off the entrance at midnight to 0500 hrs to the public.
They can close the mosque and the eating shop down at the Souq, but the centre of the Dataran should be open 24 hrs to the public...
What kind of harm can the public do if they lepak there...
After all, the guards are employed on mobile duty 24 hrs a day, and not static duty. The fees are different for mobile guards than static guard, which is more....
Now we are paying them for doing less work.....lepas they chase us away after midnight, i think they became static guard!!!or tidor terus.....
Likewise, the public should be allowed access to at least go up PICC at night in their vehicle and admire the magnificient view from up there.
At the moment they close the entrance at night...
After all, what harm can the public do outside the PICC complex.
After all there are guards at all the entrance to PICC!!!
They just want to admire the view?
And, the view is indeed breathtaking and beautiful from up there, overlooking the Boulevard and the entire Core Island of Putrajaya.

How i wished the bus loads of tourist can view this and go back to their country and talk about Putrajaya. It is a waste to keep it a secret, just because kita takut orang lepak there...
We got Guards what, so yang berkelakuan ta senonoh tu, kita pancung lah!!!!
yang na menikmati keindahan alam, biar kan lah.....

Rugi lah buat tempat sungguh indah and don't allow people to enjoy the place...
And what is so bad about people lepakking at Dataran Putra at night.
After all those that lepak at night at Dataran Putra are practising the "Islam Hadhari" concept of masyarakat yang penyayang, yang beriadah dengan keluarga dan sanak pinak.....
There are some that even brought their badminton rackets along, there are some that have a mini picnic there...
There are children with their tricycles and toy cars..
It is indeed a beatiful sight..
But sadly, at 11 pm they switch off the central fountain, and before midnight they used whistles to chase the public away...
Whistles are for dogs and animals and not for humans..
Last night there was a blue Pajero that was driving very fast around the Dataran just before midnight to show their 'kuasa' konon nya na halau orang!!!!
I wished i had brought my camera and recorded the antics...which i will do on other nights and submit the evidence to Perbadanan.

Can someone write about the pictures that i posted above and also our ride this morning.
At least it might entice others to come on Sunday and Monday..
Best view on Monday, where we can see all the Le Tour Bikes before they move...kalau dah move mana na nampak terlampau laju

Azudin O Fuad

KAYUHAN LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI

2009-02-06T11:43:00.002+08:00

PERs akan ikut serta kayuhan ini ESOK 7 Feb 2009 (Sabtu).
Pendaftaran 7am-8am di depan bangunan Perbadanan Putrajaya, Precint 3

Acara ini merupakan satu acara berbasikal beramai-ramai sempena Le Tour de Langkawi. Sejak ianya diperkenalkan acara ini telah mendapat sambutan penggemar-penggemar lumba basikal. Pada edisi 2008 seramai hampir 1,000 orang peserta telah menyertai acara ini. Pelbagai kelab dan institusi pengajian tinggi telah datang untuk memeriahkan acara ini.

* Acara ini akan dilangsungkan pada Sabtu 7hb Februari 2009 di Dataran Putrajaya Precint 3, Putrajaya.
* Jarak sejauh 30km di sekitar Putrajaya.
* Peserta juga akan berpeluang memenangi hadiah cabutan bertuah.
* Selain itu juga mereka berpeluang bermesra dengan pelumba-pelumba professional yang akan menyertai kayuhan itu nanti.
* Terbuka kepada semua tiada yuran dikenakan
* Kami menggalakan penyertaan oleh kelab-kelab dan persatuan berbasikal

Kategori 2 hadiah khas juri

1. Kelab teramai/beruniform

2. Peserta tersenior (otai)

3. Peserta Heavyweight (berat)

Karnival Le Tour de Langkawi

Kayuhan Le Tour de Langkawi juga merupakan salah satu acara yang disenaraikan dalam Karnival Le Tour de Langkawi dan Putrajaya Cycle Fest 2009 yang akan berlansung dari 7-9hb Februari 2009.

Pelbagai aktiviti seperti BMX Stunt, Lumba Basikal , Night Challenge dan Pameran turut menjadi tarikan sempena sambutan Le Tour de Langkawi 2009. Selain itu juga Kementerian Belia & Sukan akan turut mempromosikan beberapa acara sukan seperti bola keranjang 3 on 3, mini motorbike, go kart dan sukan tradisi untuk orang ramai mencuba. Selain itu satu mini konsert akan dipersembahkan sebagai satu lagi tarikan kepada Karnival Le Tour de Langkawi 2009.

Penyertaan: PERCUMA
Borang boleh download di http://www.ltdl.com.my/2009/doc/kayuhan_le_tour.pdf

Boy-cott or buy-kot?

2009-02-05T18:41:00.004+08:00

These pictures speaks by itself!!!!!
Pak Adib and Dr Azmi the hard core mtbees are now converted to roadies after a kari daging lunch at Taman Nirwana.
Dr Azmi is now the proud owner of a Merida 902...we are eagerly waiting for the special ride for him...Friday PNR tomorrow?
Pak Adib is weighing his choice.
Unluckily his size was not available.
Anyway Prof Fuad, your bike is assembled and reserved for you.
Just tell us the time when you can go and fetch it. The Merida has SRAM set...

MARI KITA BOIKOT ROADBIKE (RB)

2009-02-05T09:58:00.003+08:00

Kayuhan khas menarikan RB Bianchi Muhaimy. MTB juga turut serta dan tidak ada masalah

Kayuhan biasa PNR RABU. Semua datang dengan MTB Oops... semua dengan Proton, walaupun sudah berpoligami

UNDIAN yang kita buat melalui blog ini telah mengundang 34 penyertaan. Kita tidak tahulah samada ianya daripada individu yang sama, diundi berulang kali atau sebagainya. Kesimpulan daripada undian tersebut ialah, majoriti akan kekal dengan Mountain Bike (Basikal Gunung) @ MTB. Jikapun hendak lebih laju lagi, mereka akan tukar tayar kepada jenis yang botak licin bagi kegunaan di atas jalan biasa. Namun untuk bertukar ke RB tidak sekali-kali.

Itu semua adalah undian di dalam blog. Namun pada hakikatnya, ramai sekali ahli PERs sudahpun berpoligami. Ia itu mereka ada MTB dan telah membeli RB.

Apa kata survey?.

Things they do in Putrajaya-the bad ones

2009-02-03T13:16:00.003+08:00

On my recent ride i saw these things.
The Forbidden Bridge is barricaded.Nobody is allowed to enter for whatever reason.

Heavy vehicles parked on the pavements meant for pedestrians, and henced the cause of high maintainance.

The fountain at the Souq by the lake front at Dataran Putra is in a terrible shape.
Imagine, there are thousands of visitors who pass by this place every day!
The security guards parking their cars at their post. No cars are allowed on the pavements. They even chase our bicycles on the pavements at Dataran Putra, remember?
They are supposed to be on guard and moving about, not static.
Worst are the lorry with water tanks that are used to water the plants. They are too heavy for the pavements...
We can see cracks everywhere.

AOF

MUHAIMY'S NEW BIANCHI

2009-02-02T17:47:00.002+08:00

AKHIRNYA 2 Feb. 2009 mengakhiri zaman monogami Muhaimy. Beliau telah sampai jodoh dengan idamannya, Bianchi C2C bermata biru. Beliau yang berpegang kepada mazhab MTB adalah hardcore. Itu yang menghairankan saya, bagaimana imannya boleh condong kepada RB:-

I: Macamana kamu boleh tergerak untuk poligami, sedangkan I tahu U memang hanya setia kepada MTB selama ini?

Muhaimy: Sodah sampai jodoh .... Sebenarnya ia bermula semenjak U pinjamkan Bianchi U pada malam tersebut. I sudah jatuh cinta kayuhan pertama. Basikal lain semua I tak berkenan. I tengok Bianchi sangat seksi. Frame dia sangat berlainan daripada basikal lain. Itulah sebabnya I pilih Bianchi walaupun banyak tawaran basikal lain yang lebih mengancam.

I: Mengapa sora dan bukan Xenon?

Muhaimy: Orang yang cantik pakai apapun cantik juga. Yang penting ialan Bianchi. Pakai dulu, jika ada rezeki boleh upgrade kemudian, janji Bianchi.

Ini adalah En.Zul yg memotong berdesup Bianchi kami berdua semasa di Tekala tempoh hari.