me and my fren are quite interested in road cycling but as we are still students, budget would be a big problem. If we look for 2nd hand bikes could we lower the cost to 1k-2k??

any shop recommendations that would help noobs to purchase bikes?

try bikepro in Taman Megah, PJ...they can help you with your choice..

1 dumb question.......lets say i purchase a bike....how would i take it home??could it fit into a normal car????i drive kenari....

of course can, you can take both wheels out, or just the front wheel but you do need to lower you back seat.

by the way, our TS just bought a bike. for me, it was a good deal. let me know when you want to sell the 105 dude.

i'll pm him to ask where what and where he bought the bike...

105 groupset is it? Maybe after i get myself the ultegra groupset.

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Added on December 4, 2007, 2:30 pm

Dude, as been told by Miniacs, you can get the bike from Bikepro or other shops. (ConceptCycle, Lerun Bangsar, KSH, Joo Ngan And Son). Or you can search in Bicycle Buy and Sell.



This post has been edited by ironrashid_2k2: Dec 4 2007, 02:30 PM

i was once very interested in cycling in kl. even joined fakawi. but the attitude of the shopkeeper (a pro in cycling) and certain cyclists turned me off for good

There are different cycling groups affiliated to certain shops and they tend to not like each other. Some of them can be very "stuck-up" with all their high-end bikes. Been through that.

there are also groupies..hehe, some certain brand in one group, something like that

my father and me just cycled about 50km todays' morning....
from petrajaya kuching to i dont know what name..
but halfway my group have to turn back becoz the sky look so dark...
i'm new in kuching... i went back to my father's house in kuching becoz i'm in holiday...
i just start cycling last month..
i still use my father's bicycles..
my father have 3 bikes...
1 mtb (bianchi) and 2 racing bike (raleigh and i dont know what brand)...
i will post my father's bicycles pict later..

I got one cycling road bike. Eddy Merckx frame, use Shimano accessory. Bought in 1994. Long time not used.

damn mzqee536, your bike is a classic already. 13 years mate. Eddy Merckx is a good rider, he was riding on De Rosa bike when he first started if I am not mistaken. Love De Rosa frame especially Kings3 but the price is not too my liking..

Prince of Andalus, i think your destination could be from Petra Jaya to Damai Beach kot, the first half is the easy part but once you are closer to Damai Beach resort, there is where the fun begins...hilly dude..i thought Kuching people are more inclined to mtb. correct me if i am wrong.

but the mtb scene in malaysia, to me personally are getting ever more popular than road. some more the mtb bikes look more canggih if it is dirtier..road bike you got to keep it clean.

famous mtb riders that switch to road bike are like micheal rasmussen, evan cadels, flandis lyod (my spelling for these names a bit cacat a bit.)

by the way, do you know that there is one Malaysian mechanic working for a pro team Gerolsteiner. I wonder who he is, and I am not sure whether it is true. anyone can confirm this and who this person is?

since this is a road bike forum, would like to know if anyone here support any of the Pro Team. I am quite new in this sport so dont know much about Pro Team but I support Gerolsteiner coz it is one of the cleanest team (in terms of drug), 2nd - got M'sian mechanic (not sure true or not, read it in magazine - Cycling Sport), 3rd - strong affliation with Shimano, hopefully they will use the new digital groupset next year. but my fave jersey is Team Astana...

i also thought like that... becoz my father said there is one shop specialized to mtb....
that means the mtb market in kuching is big...
since u are from KL, whre usually u cycle in Klang Valley especially around Shah Alam?? my father's fren said, we cannt cycle in PLUS highway...
team i know only credit agricole, discovery channel... all these still exist?? i know only through LTDL...
that pict is my father's latest road bike.... all carbon except 2 things(handle and another part i dont know the name but small item)..

can cycle at kesas highway motorbike lane, putrajaya, but i usually do the hilly area like hartamas, damansara and kenny hills. the teams that you mentioned still exist, except the staff and rider of discovery team are now in Team Astana. Team Astana looks strong with the lineup.

the small item that you trying to describe could be a stem. anyway, where is the picture?

sori, i thought have uploaded using lyn attachment.. but cant becoz too big size i think..
i'm uploading using photobucket but have to wait a little bit becoz that picts are 4mb size...
u usually ride with who??

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Added on December 11, 2007, 4:00 pmmy father's...





mine will be coming soon...

This post has been edited by Prince of Andalus: Dec 11 2007, 04:00 PM

nice bike your father got. shimano ultegra and shimano wheelset. nice... anyone else want to post a pic of their bikes?

The Malaysian Gerolsteiner Mechanics is an Indian guy named Rajen . He's in KL now , since the team is in off season .

thanks mate. that is cool, i wonder how he got the job, but i assume that he will still be with the team for next season. Next season is the last season that Gerolsteiner will be sponsoring the team.

It will be good if Rajen could share his experience working with a pro team. It could be an interesting story, i have a fren who was working for Petronas F1 team for 5 years, travelling the globe. Damn, I wish I could do that instead of a comfortable desk job.

agak2nya how fast can he change the tyre tube??

my height is 160cm, how long should my bicycle top tube length be?? 17" or 16"??

good question, i also dont know. if Rajen here, probably he can answer... my technical aspect for the bike if next to zero, a newbie myself.