The adrenaline rush will heighten your heartbeat equivalent to a 1hr Xc riding cramped into 3mins. Picture that and you know what I mean, and that is if you can still walk after the 3mins ride.

Kiara is Park reserve maintained by DBKL. Apparently somebody from the Equestrian Club is offering DBKL to buiild Park Facilities for free at Bukit Kiara in return for some of the land nearby the Equestrian Club. Someone is trying to unlock the value of Bkt Kiara for development. Please participate in voicing your rights with TRAKS to DBKL. We old riders have done our part during the rape of Kiara in 2008 and now it is happening again.

In 2008, the Equestrian Club with DBKL were UNDER instruction from the then Agong to build Horse Trails for Endurance Horse training. 20 odd kilometres was ravaged which is what you see now the Horse Trails. A lot of the trails were detroyed including Mondo, Pondok to Pondok, Janis, Lower Short and Upper Short, Bar-A-Kuda, IUD, Boulder, Pure Quill etc etc. With TRAKS headed by Joe Adnan, Pat Brunsdon, Huang Ying How and some us we had a meeting to discuss issues with DBKL. At that time the Landscape Department were the custodian of Kiara Park. After a few rounds with DBKL, represented by Huang Ying How, Pat and Friends of Bukit Kiara (FBOK), we manage to do some damage control but the damages were already done. The DHillers including myself, Rizal Redride, Keng Leong, Fish, etc also shows our support by doing awareness within the community. For those of you who wish to be part of the Voice, the best way is to approach TRAKS and request for a meeting so that the task or ways around it can be discussed. You will definitely need support from FOBK as they have been fighting for this Hill long before us and they do have some heavyweights who stay in TTDI. This is a collective effort and support is utmost important. We are talking about going head to head with DBKL and influential organisation who wants to see Bkt Kiara developed such as Sime Darby, Berjaya and ASTRO.

I think one of the best ways to create awareness is to write a Letter to the STAR editor together with the pics. It also worthwhile to contact Segambut MP LIM Lip Eng seeking and seek an audience with DBKL. For those of you here who are aspiring writers etc etc can start the ball rolling asap. Time is running out.

Well written and hopefully this will stir up some public interest. The next thing to do is actually lodge an official complain of which DBKL is obligated to resolve under whatever circumstances. This is their policy as it affects KPI's and complains needs to be closed by the complainee.

that is if Kiara is still there for you ride if nothing is done about it now...

My friend..you have done a lot more than i have envisaged and ought to be applauded. if ever you need assistance, please contact Pat Brunsdon or Huang Ying How at TRAKS. If not, call out, I can assist you.

I hope some of the riders here will put aside talking about bikes and accessories in this thread while someone is doing all he can so that you could continue to ride Kiara. Any contribution in helping to spread this effort is much appreciated, and I am quite sure some of you can spare that little time of yours for this cause.

You can post a link to this thread in Facebook as Bukit Kiara has a facebook account there and can do the same at FakawiTribe forum.

Good work my friend, come ride with me next time we meet in Kiara.

It seems that reply was just some shadowy moves to deflect from the actual issue. Why would they use so much money and effort just to do what they are doing when nobody was complaining about kiara being invaded or trespassed. It seems that an official complain needs to be lodged officially so that they will not get away with such lame excuse. It is time to go ballistic and add pressure to DBKL. I guess the Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng needs to do something about this and also the users of Kiara will need to unite and seek redress of the issues with DBKL in the presence of journalist and public at large.

This post has been edited by dvng: Apr 20 2012, 09:56 PM

http://limlipeng.blogspot.com/

This is his blog site, perhaps someone can alarm him.

THE STAR today published a letter from Friends of Bukit Kiara highlighting the Fencing of Kiara Park and its consequences. It is now a good time to ride on this and put in our complaint and concern. The walkers does not care about the trails as they are not affected. The biggest affected community is the Mountain Biikers, if we don't fight our own war who is going to fight for us.

It is just a matter of time only. All plans has already been laid down. If you wish to do something please contact TRAKS.

Kiara map, it won't be there long......



This post has been edited by dvng: Jun 4 2012, 07:45 PM

The modus operandi of Official Complaint by Public to DBKL will need to addressed and closed by the respected party. Therefore, it is imperative that any resolution proposed by DBKL will need to be scrutinised and discussed. It is prudent that affected parties seek guidance from TRAKS before accepting any resolution proposed by DBKL. If any misdeeds is suspected it is best to make a Police Report or consult the MP of Segambut, Mr Lim Lip Eng.

This is precisely how it should not be done. You could have contacted any of your rider friends or TRAKS to accompany them to the exact place if you are not free to do so. They should not be left to their own devices and at the end of the day, they will just report back and say no more construction and the case will be closed. All your efforts will be futile.

This post has been edited by dvng: Jun 21 2012, 09:15 PM

We have been doing tons for Kiara so that you guys can ride and make noise here. Where were you when we do trail maintenace and trail works. Where were you when Kiara was ravaged for the Horse Trails and we guys stood up attend meetings and gets things done. We have been striving tirelessly to preserve Kiara and everybody has something to do about it. Major Sinbad did a brilliant job and he needs support from all of us. I have done all those stuff 4 years ago and I am pointing him in the right direction to get things done properly if not any efforts will be futile Traks is a good start and all of us who are part of it have been there and knows what works and what doesn't. If you can't take constructive criticism and start lifting your hands off those keyboard and get involved physically you have no reason to be here. Besides, I have not seen anything useful or constructive coming out from your keyboard

This post has been edited by dvng: Jun 22 2012, 08:01 PM

By the time you are back, i am not sure whether Kiara will be what it is today. The more we pressure the faster the excavator works. It seems that some higher handed person is trying to destruct until there's no point of return. Join the Kiara Walk this Sunday to show our support.

I have different outake on bigger front tires. More grip in the front prevents washing out whilst cornering. Climbing and rooty tractions for me is secondary. As for the rear, less rolling resistance is good for XC, however for AM, i requires some traction to prevent the rear from sliding especially during cornering.

In terms of Braking a lot of riders has been totally misquided. I use the smallest rotor I can put on my rear for control. This is to prevent my rear from locking up and loses traction and control. Bear in mind, a lock up wheels has no traction and never brake during a corner or descending using your rear wheel. You only apply enough brakes at the rear for slowing down not total lock up. it is bad for the trails. As for the front, i use this a lot even descending. It helps slows down the bike and keeps you in control. Single finger braking is the way to go for modulating braking pressure. And remember to squat your bike by applying downward pressure onto your pedal. This is the correct way to brake as with the weight down the braking efficiency increases.

The wider the better. I have the FLow on the front and 355 on the rear. The wide flows running tubeless is badass. The tires is almost flat in profile and as a result the side knobs bites better during cornering. As for the rear, i run the 355 to reduce weight and to decrease rolling resistance since the tires runs a bit rounded than the FLOW. Both rims are quite sturdy in my opinion.

The wider the rims the better. Just like a car rim, the wider it is the more contact pressure you can gained. If you not into aggressive riding, i would suggest keeping both tires the same size.