hi guys. I've been looking into taking this into hobby. yes falling into the dark side. Just wondering if there are any place for a newbie like me to go for advise and to get myself a bike? or is there any groups i can join as a newbie?

ahh.. apologies. where did my manners gone.
I'm based in Klang, basically been doing some outdoor sports, trekking, running, swimming etc.
Then i thought hey..why not try triathlon. and then i realised..heck i've not cycled since school days when i owned a road bike more than 10 years ago.

I'm interested both at mountain/road bikes and considering i've not own either and not tried them, i thought why not i just get a starter bike n go n try with it. only to realised..blardy hobby is as expensive as owning a car!
bikes goes up to 5 digits investments! starter bikes starts at 2k!!! (for a moderate good starter bike)

so i want to sought help from you seniors to help me kick start my journey to burn my wallet.

I suppose its inevitable to spend a few thousand bucks on the first bike. i guess i'll need to go shop around and find my new gf. Any pointers of where and who or what should i be getting? is there any second hand store i can look at?

say i've got my first bike, any groups i can join as newbie? any routes around klang if u guys know of that i can try on?

from a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being baby and 10 being mature.

what do you think of the malaysian cycling scene's maturity?
are there a lot of people aware of this sport? Or is there still a long way to go? comparing to running as a sport, how far apart are they?

who is this nathan that you mentioned? where can i get a cannondale here?