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Can't help but to write a bit on the importance of proper attires when riding due to a few serious head & neck bicycling related injuries whom I have attended to recently. The most recent one involving a teenager who was riding around his neighbourhood at 11 pm when a motorbike came ramming...

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My very first folding bike arrived Penang yesterday.

It sized about 3' x 3' x 1' (width) after folding up.

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Riding in Brisbane is very different from riding in Perth. Whereas riding in Perth is totally on flat level ground, Brisbane is very hilly and quite a challenge for me. Michael took out this book from the library and picked out rides that had the lowest category for me to ride. On days that he...

Route: Pulau Tikus - Mt Erskine - Vale of Temp - Chee Seng Garden - Ratu Mutiara - Tanjung Bungah - Tanjung Tokong -...

Went up Penang Hill this morning with Taiwanese friend Mr Lee. Phew!!! it was real tough !

This was Mr Lee 4th ride up Penang Hill and my first.  ...

I am always wondering while cycling round island with Stingray, Lazyrider, Susumu San and Aubun, where have all the good ladies gone? It will surely be better to have some ladies joining us in our RIR. As a newbie on offroads and hill climbs, experienced lady riders would be an inspiration to me...

Can't believe because of my wrist injury I have to get off from saddle for so long.  I have not touched my bikes for the last one month. ...

The cockerel crowed at a time where most people would be sleeping, enjoying the cool air. Unless the airconditioning is on, then they are not so lucky to feel the breeze. At 5am, a cockerel crowed? So early? It was the alarm from my mobile that woke me up. I was...

Ok not really a metric century since the mileage also take the ferry ride into consideration....;)  I started my ride from my home at Prai Garden at 7am this morning.  I met another...

The sky was overcast and a little drizzle.  A nice weather for road ride.  I was a litle late since it was so nice to sleep.  I saw a...

Check this out:

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/fitness-33-reasons-to-cycle-23965

Cycling Malaysia just uploaded a lot of pictures on their homepage.

check it our here : http://www.cyclingmalaysia.com/

you can also follow them via Facebook.

have fun !

check this out:

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/10/16/north/4908834&sec...

You may wonder how does the trail look like.  Well, here is the write up that I posted on malsingmaps.com.

found out recently how 1 can have fun riding, drink as much as you can, eat lunch and make a few backs at the same time !!!

here's how. 1) participate in "Ride with CM" 2) drink as much as you can at the water station n base camp 3) wait for bento lunch to be served 4) sell your finsher's...

This is yet another nice trail that's suitable for mountain biking in Penang.  A favorite amongst hikers, trail bikers and mountain bikers.

I have been riding this trail since I first got  into mountain biking last century.

Details:

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Did a metric century (almost) this morning.  Started the ride at 7.30am from Pulau Tikus.  As posted in the ride announcement few days ago, I rode...

What a day !!! and what a ride !!!

when i was about to get ready to leave Tg Bungah this morning for G Hotel to meet up with riders, it started to rain !!! some sms exchanged between me, Lee, Sifu, Kenny and Mike. trying to figure out what to do.

as always, the rain tried to...

a friend of mine sent me this video.

with practice and more practice, probably we could do the same !!!

enjoy the vidoe here : http://www.flixxy.com/chinese-bicycle-acrobatics.htm

cheers

Took look368 to his 1st off road riding yesterday with Sifu. We were very tired and not yet recovered from the earlier ride at Lembah Bujang Jamboree.

His 1st visit ... Mt Erskine trail and how was it ??? i think it is better to leave it to the man to describe the overall experience....

Was riding round a corner when i stumbled upon this character straight from the Silk road. He is riding his donkey with 2 empty baskets probably to his plantation to collect dates or...

I came out around 7.45 from Pulau Tikus this morning. Clouded sky and cooling.  Very nice weather for road ride. ...

Using the new dual carriage highway it's about 400 over km from Xiamen to Nanping (used to be 700km by normal trunk road)  Along the way you can see lots of rugged mounains and bus goes thru countless tunnels. This highway links up with major towns like Nanan, Sanming, Yong An and Yong Chun...

We arrived into Gyeongju in the evening and took a taxi to our accommodation. We wanted to experience Korean style accommodation called minbak (homestay), but it did not hit me that we will be sleeping on the floor until we got there.

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Started at 9am for Anxi from Xiamen yesteday 17 Sept 2009.  First stop after the bridge was Jimei 集美区then Tong An 同安区

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We travelled to Andong by train. Normally, I don't enjoy train rides, maybe as a result of travelling by them in Australia, where you see the same scenery for hours and even days. But the 3 hour train ride was very enjoyable. We saw mountains and valleys, villages...

Daniel has posted a very nice song entitled "NIne Million Bicycles In Beijing" by Katie Melua. Its a love song and I really enjoyed it. In fact I hv downloaded it into my iphone and ipod. it come complete with lyrics and it also explain in narration how they were inspired to compose this song....

We chose Korea for our holiday expecting good food, good wine, beautiful scenery, rich in history and culture, and, of course, hoping for a little bit of bike riding along the way. We were not disappointed. Here are some photos and notes, hopefully you will them...

http://crankymtbriders.blogspot.com/ has an interesting article on their recent Betong. We have been talking about doing it for some time esp to enjoy the cool climate akin to Cameron Highland. ...

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630am, Monday. Unshaven, unwash, just woke up lah. Forecast predicted sunny summer day. Mates coming this afternoon from KL and Singapore. Plan to run 5 km, have a good breakfast and start of to Lake...

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My time 2 hours and 13 minutes. Best time is less than 1 1/2 hours and the last to come in about 5 hours. My triathlons friends all finished below 2 hours. Ah Guan  almost 60 yrs old got 7th placing in...

The Thais came in convoy to dominate the event. My friend pointed out to a professional family, a father, mother and...

Sunday 26/7/09, morning 3 am saw seven of us leaving for BAling for the international Duathlon. Reached Baling about 5.30 am. Even the organisers were not there and none of the shops were opened. We were...

A unplanned trip to Foo's farm in Tasik, Keroh and from Keroh we cycled to Betong..