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Visit to Ulu Langat...

After a long long period of no outdoor cycling, I decided to join the Jom Kayuhhh event organised by Bacin, Azwar and Co. The proposed route was Bt 14-Peres-Titi-Bt14.

All together there were 30 odd cyclist riding together, or rather partially together since the fitness level within the group were scattered. I was very well at the tail end of the whole lot.

We started climbing Peres at approximately 0840. Reached the top after about 1h 10m. We were supposed to continue to Titi but at the top the group split with some heading towards Tekala. And I decided to follow the Tekala group.

It was great to clock some mileage albeit a low one but some of the climbs did help me realised that the phrase 'sakit tapi sedap' is very much true to a large extent.

Right now, I am looking forward to have some mechanical upgrade done on the bike in order I can have a better gear ratio to help me on the climb. Climbing has never been my favourite, flats are tiring as well, downhill I like...haha..

Looking forward to the upgrade done by end of the year. Anyone would now if a 9 speed cassette with 12-25 ratio is still available in the market?

What a Load of Crap

taken from the STAR....


VARESE (Italy): Two Malaysian cyclists have seen their bid to compete with the world’s emerging elite hit by some strange sports politics leading up to the world road race championships here.
According to a source close to the national team, Malaysia spurned the right to send five riders already qualified for the men’s Under-23 race over fears the trip would blow a hole in their budget.
In stepped Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz, the organiser of the Tour of Malaysia race, who ended up providing the funds to send two of the five qualified riders to Lombardy for the six-day competition. However it remains to be seen how well Fauzan Ahmad Lufti and Anuar Manan, who are fasting, fare in the race today, which will be held over 10 laps of a 17.335km course.
While some of the world’s future road racing stars have been preparing all year for the race, the Malaysians were told only a week ago they would be travelling to Italy.
To make matters worse, both had drastically reduced their training and eating regime, having started fasting on Sept 1.
Inspired by the track cycling pursuits of their compatriots, who gave a good account of themselves in the sprint and keirin events at the Beijing Olympics last month, Fauzan and Anuar are hoping they can one day get to world level.
Fauzan struggled in the Under-23 time trial on Tuesday but he’s not giving up hope.
“I want to get experience at world level by participating with the world’s best.
“I want to continue my road racing career and try to qualify for the elite races one day. AFP


If you don't have passion for the sport, you shouldn't even handle the budget for the developement of the sport. Win or lose is not the ultimate aim in sports of cycling. Who are we to compare them cyclists with the likes of top European or American and Australian Champs.

But give them a break la MNCF. They need those exposures. This is a complete waste of opportunity when it is made clear that Malaysia has 5 spots and we are only sending 2 out of an individual personal funds who care about cycling more than the government itself.

To make it worse, those 2 riders were only told that they could participate a week ago. They are now the victims of poor funds handling and immature decision making.

Tau la musim raya nak dekat...politik pun tunggang langgang...tapi kalau nk jadi champion...pedulik apa semua tu...Fauzan ngan Anuar selamba je nk gi race puasa2 pun...
Why are they doing it? Because they believe in themselves and they love their cycling so much. And bless them for having an ex MP who supports them all out.


I am hoping that the coming Jelajah Malaysia will make MNCF and youth and sports ministry realise how bad their performance are. But I doubt it will be the case. Because to perform at their 'best', they need a lot of 'other' expenditure. And they always prefer to travel first class and stay at luxury hotels and eat the best meal. Tapi yang race nya bukan dorang...

Unless and until this bad exercise is removed altogether, Malaysia will never be better in Singapore in any sports. Not only sports la...sporting events pun sure kene tapau....just look at the innaugural Singapore F1 GP compared to Sepang's?? You people be the judge. They are the ones working hard on making it a better race than Sepang...so don't blame them. We need to buck up and take it as a challenge. Stop making remarks claiming Singapore 'sabotaged' Malaysian GP.

Jelajah Malaysia and LtDL lagi la beruk...takyah nk ckp apa la...sorang bajet belanja budak skolah RM1.50 sorang bajet RM12.00.

Habis rehat dua2 sama kenyang...dua2 sama mengantuk dalam kelas...

Wahai sports politician...grow up and be a man...stand up for yourself or quit!!
Shame on you that it has gone this far to see atheletes sponsored and funded by individuals who understand those atheletes better than you are. Shame on you.

It clearly shows that you have no passion at all towards sports. You only have passion in kissing powerful people's backside to have top post that you have no idea the mechanics of it.

You should just stick to your golf and grand gala or function and leave this to other people who care about sports genuinely.

UPNM Duathlon In Pictures

For this race we did not stop at McDonald's drive thru to get our usual sausage McMuffins.. Isma was dissapointed to see me without those muffins before the race. Next time ok lu makan Muffin tuh..

As usual the crowd was slow to respond in the morning. The number of participants were less compared to last week and there were more participants from University category this time around. The horns went off at about 0915 if not mistaken. I have been telling myself that for the first run, run as comfortable as you can and I think I was too comfortable. Haha...80% of the crowd were already on their bike leg when I came into the transition. But it did not bother me because I just want to enjoy the bike leg because the route is one way out and one way in. It gives me the chance to see how many people are actually in front of me...and there were far too many. I did not set any target specifically for the bike.

I was just hoping that I could continue with my 'run' after the bike. When I came into the transition after the bike leg I managed to run for only about 100 meters. Haha...gila siput. Hadi and Ikhwan were cheering for nothing when I passed them because I did not run like I was supposed to. Heck, the 2nd run turned out to be my afternoon walk asking for heat stroke. But I just want to finish the race within the cut off time. At the start I told myself to try and finish it within 1h 45m. But I was still glad that I managed to do it within 2 hours. The weather was scorching hot and I had company during the 2nd run with a UPNM cadet by the name Farid. At the last stretch, Azman ran together with all of us (Farid, Myself, Adeline, MAC and Arif). All of us thanked each other for company.

Azman, Ayman and I stayed behind for the Prize Presentation as our friends (Isma and Hadi) both helped their team to 1st position in respective categories. (Men's and Mixed Relay). Good job boys. Rilek2 tapi menang. Baru la style. Aku nak koko crunch dalam hamper korang.

Had great fun with great company. Congratulations to Julie for finishing top 5 (expected pun). Well done to team Man - Tap (Ayman and Azman), and Farid botak. Although Izrin never admit herself to be active, she was missed during the race not just by me but also others. You should not discount the power of having fun as well as racing. If you intend to have fun and never kid yourself, you will most likely end up having fun. Keep it up and always believe in yourself because others do.


Here are some pictures after the race:

Momma's Lucky Charm

After surviving the awful crash, Frank Schleck mentioned that it was probably the lucky charm his mother gave him made him escape horrible injury after that nasty fall.

Lets Ride Our Bikes

Critical Mass-I have read about this mass bicycle rides in other major cities around the world but not here in this country.

I came across a post in a friend's blog pointing out that there will be one in putrajaya. Apparently it is not the first time. They had it before in April and May. Since the petrol price has increased I believe this next ride in June (27th-every last Friday of every month) will attract more cyclist to make a point about the recent petrol price hike which is ridiculous.










For those of you who have access to printers or copying machines feel free to copy and print these flyers and distribute them for a good cause.


Venue: Mamak Double Trouble, Presint 9
Date: 27 June 2008
Meet Time: 2100
Ride Time: 2130 SHARP!

Ride safe people.
wear your helmets and use blinkers on your bicycles.

someone's new ride

that is one fine art that i can only dream of getting one myself at the moment...
when someone has plenty of cash and passionate about cycling...this is what they buy as toys...sigh