penang la pundet... penang...

you know the stelvio pass is 6000km away from where you are on the far ends of italy rite... bordering switzerland i think....

ohhh... don't get me started on climbs...

i think the easiest is to see if Trek has cycling tours during your travel dates...they do organize this cycling travel tours for tourists
http://www.trektravel.com/france-bike-tours.php

or you can go during July and maybe even join the etape du tour which the masses will ride the queen stage of the tour 1 day before the peloton passes it on race day...i heard it was damn fun...
http://www.letapedutour.com/ET1/us/homepage.html

as for climbs... you can't miss the big 5 climbs of the tours

1) Col du Galibier 8600ft, (just a u turn at the top if i am not wrong...nothing to see except for some graffitied signposts and roads...) on the way up, you climb the Col du Telegraphe as well if i am not wrong
2) Col du Tourmalet 6900ft, (can visit the Jacques Goddet memorial at the top of the climb)
3) Mont Ventoux 6200ft, (the wind blown bald mountain)
4) Alpe d'Huez 6100ft, (need i explain more???, the famous 21 hairpins to the ski town)
5) Col de l'Iseran 9,000ft (just an epic climb)
5.5) Col de Portet d'Aspet 3500ft, (not epic, but for me personally because it is such a part of the tour with Fabio Casartelli's death in 1995 and his memorial on the descent where he had his crash)

other notable climbs if you can do it which is usually quite close or linked to one another...
1) Plateau de beille around 6,000ft
2) Port de Pailheres around 6,500 ft
3) Col de la Colombiere around 5,000ft
4) Col de la Bonette close to 9,000ft if i am not wrong
4.5) Avoriaz don't know how hight, but just because the ski town looks so fantastic sitting at the edge of a cliff

usually the climbs in france are distributed to 3 main regions, usually the Alps, Pyrenees and also the massif central...and some climbs actually goes over the borders of italy or switzerland

i believe climbs like stelvio pass is also accessible from france via a bit of driving if i am not wrong...

interesting?

This post has been edited by butthead: Apr 10 2013, 12:09 PM

read properly lar... i said ask gh or gin huat see if they can ship it up to their dealer in penang... there is a specialized dealer in penang operated by a fella named lim...

p.u.k.i.m.a.k

let's not hope... the recent honda sports car is a huge disappointment... FD2R is shit if not for the K20AR and CRZ is a eco friendly shit box that can't corner well...

so, f@k honda for it also pulled the plug on F1...

NA2 is already expensive... NSX-GT... the kit i believe you can buy lar... or wait for the idiot ichima san to crash his turbocharged NSX-GT or fake NSX-GT and you buy it off him...

NA2 Type-S was RM800k last i saw some 5 years ago in naza...i think it is still very high priced now... even the NA1 if you see in classifieds are still easily over RM150k...speed cut, 280hp limit.... not interesting at all in the world of stock 500bhp r35's

can, go steal it like nicholas cage in gone in 60 seconds...

in bukit mertajam.. quite far away i understand....

looking at how many hours it takes to fly there.. i already give up even before i can get on the bike...f@k it...

call cassie directly lar... much faster..

Tel: +604-588 3537

penang got cycle lanes in the main town area already right??? they did the whole campaign for a lane thing... you got go back and lend your support or not???

f@k track driving... it's a waste of money... it's like trying to jam 50 naked dudes into a small sauna room and they will be rubbing sausages there... f@k SIC management... they are stupid for charging so much for public track days...

and f@k adjustables... stock abs rule...every turn you feel like capsizing...wat is the point of driving on the limit if you don't feel on the limit of killing yourself right... no adrenalin rush, then no point...

i think of BKT everyday... as much as mila kunis...

i am jus stating the truth...

the campaign is over lar... BKT... haiiihhhhh....i dunno...

FD2R 4 door transport bike... not so much when you put scratches on the interior of a RM200k car that should actually be worth no more than RM130k...aunties will see it as a normal Civic 2.0 auto in white color...

i don't mind being given 1 though...

those climbs are epically tough... but they are not murdering gradients because the routes are super long to achieve those elevations...

i think some of the big climbs are 50-60KMs in length from the base... so the gradient would average at around 6-9% and not punishing like bola del mundo, kronplatz, monte zoncolan or those crazy climbs like alto del angliru in spain

you suck... tats why...

i dun think i can't wait that long...

This post has been edited by butthead: Apr 10 2013, 02:40 PM

then you have to travel... can't complain about the distance...

i think you can trust trek to do a good job on it...

giant should have something slightly or above RM3k... but penang, not sure...

you can call JBS bikes over here... that is if you don't mind driving down to KL to buy...

pink bike trading used to have giants... you can also check with them if they can acquire stock or they already stopped selling giant bikes...

still in fashion...


shot on edvald boasson hagen's classics bike...

chain catcher??? where?

sorry, usually i think of chain catcher as the ones used on MTB...or i think those are actually called chain tensioners...

This post has been edited by butthead: Apr 10 2013, 05:44 PM

ohh.. u mean the k-edge or sram chain drop protector???

i use the k-edge ones...

it is one essential thing to have for a carbon frame or a drop chain can damage the BB area...surface damage that is...

the new sram red chain drop protector is much better because it has an adjustment screw to adjust how close the protector comes to the small chain ring...

This post has been edited by butthead: Apr 10 2013, 05:34 PM

it can help save you from getting some dirty fingers if your chain drops and it could also cause you to have a andy schleck moment...

i have the birzman chain keeper


but i know the pedro's one is the better one to have as my birzman is not as nice to use as the chain keeps hopping out if you are more rough with it...



it's a good thing to have especially if you have a carbon frame.. and more so if you have long cage RDs...

start drilling holes

very evidently he is a fully morgan blue product supporter...

morgan blue does produce a chain keeper i just checked



but i think it might be a part of their maintenance kit.... not sure if it can be sold separately...
http://www.morganblue.net/index.php/en/pro...erhouds-kit-eng

those things never fail la...although that cheap one uses a clamp and that can damage your pretty frame...you better get braze on ones...

romin is a more rounded saddle...so, it's a bet if you haven't sit on one... the problem would rather be is it worth the discomfort for the looks and 104g difference? in case the saddle is not suitable for you?

giving flowers to the butt pinchee...how gentlemanly of sagan, NOT!!!



did some stalking background search of my own

apparently she is a administration production assistant at the Flanders classics and she is only 6 months into the job before she was harassed... how cool is that...

http://be.linkedin.com/in/majaleye

she was obviously not happy about the incident...
MajaLeye
What happened on Sunday was wrong. I hope this never happens again. But I'm sure it won't...excuses accepted @petosagan #flanders



loved to see that


but then again...you can't trust cam whores, do you?



on another note...







http://road.cc/content/news/80012-podium-g...ched-her-behind

more or less.. toupe is flatter across the top, romin is semi roundish...