LENGGENG - 091219

Got this SMS at 0625hrs - Gd morning, is th bus station at plaza semenyih sentral, i couldnt open the link that you sent. That was from Andrew asking about the direction as he was a first timer for this ride.

Got another SMS at 0711hrs whilst I was drivng there - Am i at the right place? That was from Marina - another first timer n she was the first one to arrive.

Total riders today - 7
we hv Marina, Andrew, Yvonne, MBA, Yam, Cikin n me.

Total distance was 56km

Total calories burned was 1501kcal with average speed of 23.7kmph

Saw one person riding a RB on the opposite side of the road near Nottingham Uni in a yellow outfit. He is a famous cyclist who had cycled around the world but sad to say he didnt show a good example - WHY - not wearing a HELMET. I tot only bangla n indon jer yang tak pakai Helmet.


We always hv a policy of NO HELMET NO RIDE IN OUR GROUP. Better to be safe than sorry






Input - nasi lemak ikan keli n teh o ice














Decided to swap my Cervelo SLC-SL with this bike










Most of the time today I was the anchorman.... then i realised than I was riding behind a giraffe ... :)











mother n daughter taking a break at Broga
















I hate when it rained during our ride








cos i hv to wash 3 bikes










....n 6 wheels :-( n hv to stripe the chain n lube the chain n polish the bikes ;-((

CIKIN - 100km

Today Thursday, 17th December 2009, Cikin's odometer reached a 100km while riding at Melawati. We were riding with Zul n Ayu from the Taman.






Cikin clocked her 100km .....











Celebrate her 100km with Tosai.....

TEKALA - 091212

Another ride at Tekala this weekend. But today we hd more than 10 riders - Zul, Ayu, Yvonne, Andrew n Riezman from Taman Kemansah. Dah, Kamat n his nephew - Luqman. We hv Dzul, Dr Taufik, Yam, Cikin n me. total was 13.

The riders from the Taman did a U turn at the Bt14 junction as they hv to attend a khenduri at 11am.

We completed the ride at 10:30am n of course adjourned for Nasi Ambeng.

Very sorry forgot to take any photos for this ride.

CIKIN'S INAUGRAL RIDE - 091205

She did a few rides around Melawati last week n today is her inaugral long distance ride. With a few nice hills n beautiful scenery to boast about.

There were 6 of us today but Andrew mistakenly brought the MTB shoes instead of the RB shoes. So we had the luxury of a support car all the way to Tekala n back - courtesy of Yvonne Chum.:)






all ready to go .....0745HRS











We reached Tekala after 1hr 6mins of riding. Rest n refresh for 20mins there n we were on our way back.









too nice a scenery to miss
















take 5 at the junction
















back at the car park


















cikin was so happy ......






















she did FORTY ......






















SIX KM in 2hrs 10mins.














Not bad for a first timer. My first ride at Tekala was more than 3 hrs....cos kena tolak the bike you know where lar.

CERVELO S2 - Cervelo no:15

A friend of mine got his Brand new Cervelo S2 today. Perhaps he is buying it as a birthday present for himself :) The 2nd Cervelo S2 in our group of 15 cervelo owners. Wow..





Test-riding his cervelo on a trainer at Bike boutique

CIKIN - 091129

Cycled with Yam n Cikin around Melawati. Did 2 laps n hd breakfast with Faridah, Tati n Moira at our favorite tosai joint.


















Today was the second day Cikin cycled on her Merida HFS906 road bike. She is still not yet stable on the bike but manageable.






















Full of concentration .........




















.....the end result

KGB - 091119

This morning the 3 of us decided to cycle to KGB - Kem Ghaffar Baba. It is about 5kms from Kampung Kemansah. The last time I rode this track was about 2 years ago. There are lot more 'penceroboh' hutan simpanan now as compare to 2 years ago.




Dzul taking a breather after a long climb




















Both Kamat n Dzul still can smile after another long n steep climb. I m already half dead.










At the top. You can see, in the back ground, the housing estate.

















After the ride we had tosai for breakfast n Dzul hd a new carbon fork n super slick tyres. He managed to reduce his MTB weight by another 1.4kg.

Now his Dorcus MTB weighs only 10.4kg jer. kalau dia tukar the wheelset with ZTR Olympic bolih reduce by another 500gm kut. :-) racun lagi

CINDERELLA

Today my fren n I did a transformation on a MTB. The ops took place at a bikeshop sumwhere in Taman Nirwana. Total cost of the operation - a few thousand RM.






From an UGLY DUCKLING


















to a beautiful CINDERELLA






I did the first ride.....

CONCLUSSION: A very nice XC MTB that is very enjoyable to ride.

NO RIDING TODAY BUT .....

Today I did what most ppl wud think twice abt doing it. I washed all my bikes .... all 7 of them. It took me more than 3 hours! Washed the frames, cleaned the tyres, washed n oiled the chains, washed the front n rear deraileurs n etc...
It was very tiring but gave me lots of satisfaction doing it. Why do I need 7 bicycles? I think i m crazy about bicycles. It is such a beautiful machine - giving u lots of pleasure riding it - be it a Road Bike, Mountain bike or Hybrid.


Bike no 1 - Frame: Merida 906 HFS Road Race (Dec2008)
Group set: Shimano 105 Crankset: Truvatic
Wheelset: Mavic Krysium Elite (Daughter)



Bike no 2 - Frame Merida 909 Scultura (Nov2007)
Group Set: Shimano Ultegra Crankset: Shimano 600
Wheelset: Shimano Dura Ace 7850 c24 (Mine)



Bike no 3 - Frame: Scott CR1 Pro Contesa (Aug2009)
Group Set: Shimano Dura Ace 7900 Crankset: FSA SLK carbon
Wheelset: Shimano Dura Ace 7850 c24 (Wifey)




Bike no 4 - Frame: Cervelo SLC SL (Apr2008)
Group Set: Shimano Dura Ace 7900 Crankset: FSA K Force light
Wheelset: Shimano Dura Ace 7850 C24 (Mine)





All the road bikes in a row






Bike no 5 - Frame: Dorcus (Oct 2009)
Group Set: Shimano XT/ Sram X9
Wheelset: ZTR (Wifey)



Bike no 6 - Frame: Specialized Rockhopper (Mar2008)
Group Set: Shimano XT
Wheelset: Mavic 317 with XT hub





Bike no 7 - Frame: Trek 7000
Group set: Shimnao mix
Wheelset: Chap Ayam
This bike is abt 15 years old. one of the first aluminium frame bike produce in that era


How to keep all those bicycles eh?



Dedicated one inner-wall of my house for the road bikes and an outside wall for the MTBs.

TEKALA - 091114

There were 10 of us this morning. Kamat n Faridah, Mek Yam, Pak Nyan, Chew, James, Doc Taufik, Yap, Yam n Sabri. We started cycling at 0740hrs towards the Peres junction, which is about 11.5km from our RV point. 7 riders turned left going up Peres. Whilst, Mek Yam, Yam n me decided to go back to BT18 n cycled towards Pangson. Instead of making a u-turn at Pangson, we decided to cycle up to the base camp of Gunung Nuang - an extra 2kms of nice uphill ride.
Total distance covered today was 39.6kms.





Maglish? we saw this on our way to Pangson










Yap washing his mean machine - without fail after every ride. Even with a bottle of water.









Have u ever wonder why the carpark at BT18 is in such a bad state? This is the culprit - a SJ bus uses it as a turning point.

GAP - 091107

We left the house at 0630hrs in order to be in Bentong by 0715hrs but we only managed to arrive there at 0736hrs. Already waiting at Kow Po were Doc Sani, Doc Alwi n Doc Taufik. There were others late arrival n we only managed to start at 0800hrs - first group n 0830hrs - second group.



getting ready for the ride at 0740hrs. Doc Alwi n Doc Sani were all ready to go








Total of 13 riders took today's challenge to ride 102km from Bentong to Gap vv. They were Doc Alwi, Doc Sani, Doc Taufik, Dr Che Nyan, Kamat n Faridah, Moira, Wan Yam n Wan Sabri, Yap n Norman, Han n James.

On the way up there were a few stoppages - Moira bike's chain snapped - so they connected it back using connector pin. After Tranum on the way up to Gap, Moira again had another accident - this time she fell into the drain but luckily no serious damage except a sprained wrist n a bruised ego. We packed her bike n the owner into the support car :) Then Doc Taufik had a punctured.









By this time Doc Alwi, Doc Sani n Dr Che Nyan were already waiting for us at the top - a very long wait i reckoned.







With all those episodes, we managed to reach the top at 1230hrs - total cycling time was 3 hours but 2 hours of waiting n repairing time.





Having some refreshments at the top












It took us 2 hours 35 mins to cycle back to Bentong. 2 hour of cyling n 35 mins rest n repairing one puncture.

Just before Sang Lee, my energy level was showing 'E'. Luckily Yam got a spare powerbar gel. It really help - you can feel the enegry returning as fast as 5 mins after consuming it.


Total calories burned was 3246kcal. A very enjoyable but tough ride. My left knee was hurting on the way up as I didn't take my glucosamine supplement for the last few days.

I was cycling up from Tranum to Gap at a cadence of 70rpm n maintaining a heart beat of 150bpm all the way up.

some pictures are courtesy of Doc Alwi

TEKALA - 091101

We arrived at BT18 carpark at 0730hrs n it was already quite full of cars. Many cyclists with various groups going for their Sunday outings. We hv 6 of us in our group - Kamat n Dah, Yam n me, Dr Taufik n Chew.


















After about 35mins of riding we reached the Kuala Klawang junction - Shall we take the right or left turn here? majority said right turn to tekala for today. Peres can wait for another day


Arrived at Tekala after 56 mins of cycling





Our bikes taking a rest - nicely standing in a row



Waiting for our much needed drinks at the stall




After 20 mins of refreshments n rest, we are on our way again




Nice scenery




nice empty road




........n good company










All pics courtesy of Dr Taufik

MELAWATI - 091025

Yam wanted to test ride her Dorcus racelite MTB. So we did a short spin around melawati n came back via Zoo Negara. total distance was 20km. We did 2 rounds of our normal Melawati route.



Yam resting at Zoo Negara

LENGGENG - 091024

We had a good turnout today - total of 15 riders. Almost everybody was punctual thus tayar golik was at 0736hrs. MARVELOUS


From left; Cheah, Dr Azmi, Kamat, Faridah, Dr Nyan, Dr Sani, Wan Sabri, Wan Mariam, Dr Maryam, Dr Fuad, Dr Taufik, Won, Bruno and Dr Alwi.





The 1st stage on the route is about 23km riding on the LEKAS Highway till Mantin toll. Almost everybody completed this stage within one hour. The fast riders can do it in less than 45mins.



















The 2nd stage is from Mantin toll to Lenggeng. A distance of about 10km. Here we hv to climb a small hill - Bukit Puyuh. Then we will hv our Nasi Lemak Sambal Ikan Sembilan break at Lenggeng.







The Melawati ' Makcik POWER ' - they hv at least 10,000 kms each under their belt. Some riders will try their upmost best not to be overtaken by these two.













The 3rd stage is from Lenggeng back to Semenyih. A total of 24kms - very scenic and undulating kampung route - passing through Broga, Beranang and University of Nottingham.



Safely back at Sentral Bus station and having a well deserved drinks.



Elevation profile by Dr Azmi