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.

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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

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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