depen on ur luck lor..
if wana do sea... cari itu pompuan nama juli @ lyn...
ur barang can hide inside their kontena...

Fung Keong Rubber (FKR) is actually quite reputable! Don't look down on it. While other users in other countries praises it, we on the other hand prefers to pay 4 times more for a Schwalbe which ironically made in India or Indonesia.

Well my plan is to ride and not drive while i'm in penang, in another words, I will be full time on my bike once I parked my car at home, unless its necessary for me to drive.

Give me a shout on your timing, lets see if we are able to meet somewhere. I don't plan to ride up to Tg Bungah or Tg Tokong, mostly will be around town exploring Chew Jetty and go have roti bakar at campbell street ehehehe something like that... 

Anyone interested in the 56 merdeka ride 2nd bridge 10 nov penang ?

Where do we get the Maxxis DTH tyres? I was looking around and realized that there is a maximum weight to different tyres, and I'm weighing around 85kg, so the tyre for my weight is 20" x 2.00 or more. Is there any bicycle shops carrying Maxxis Tyres here in Klang Valley or Penang? I also realized that the inner tube has different variant too.

waaaahhh...
theotheryun...you really fully utilize your bike...

meet up with adrian (d1rTyd6n) from KL yesterday...he was on his bike exploring georgetown...
Penang was raining the whole day...just had a brief chat...didn't go cycling...for I hate getting wet...

countrysides


omos there


here we go...the entrance...hell...dis is kinda creepy


then i go further up ony to find smaller streams dat leads to de jeram
when i want to go back down got one uncle n his son on motorcycle wanna go to his orchard
he said got some more air terjun
so i cycle further up

then ppl ask ahpek to true wheel,, wht he gona use...? 

We all just want to ride and sweat it out. Some like Dahons (like me and wife), some like Terns and some like Raleigh, Whatever the brand, we still ride, the bike will still takes us to the intended place. Maintenance is also important and to be able to spot what's wrong with the bike, one needs to be able to feel a perfect bike first. This has to be ensured by the shop that sells the bike. I have bought 3 bikes from Sew Leong in Dengkil. Why? He's cheaper because since his shop or rather father's shop is fully paid up, my guess, and overheads are way way lower than the city's bike shop. Every bike that I bought, I buy it straight from the box and I don't need it to be adjusted. But that's me, because I have been fiddling with bicycles since I was in secondary school.

To state a fact, all except one bike mechanic are not truly qualified if you look for paper qualifications. Only Gary of CCI in Penang is truly qualified. He was supposed to take engineering in US but when he arrived, he switched to bicycle courses and spent a year doing that. His grandfather was so angry with him after finding out and stop talking to him. Later, (it's his grandson anyway), he still funded him to start a bike shop CCI. I knew him well when I was in into mountain biking and buys stuffs to upgrade my riding gang's bike. I also seek a lot of technical advises from him. His shop was finally taken over by a son of a rich banker who was also a fellow rider when he failed in business and till today it's still in Penang. No matter how technical he can be, Chin Aik is still doing well, learning the ropes, not from US or any cycle shops but from experience. My point here is, in Malaysia we learn to become good from scratch. The bike mechanics here in Malaysia could have been a car salesman, a hawker selling Hokkien mee (like me  ) or even an engineer.

Unless you understand the geometry of a bicycle frame, how physics affects the ride, we are not specialist. Just knowing, 'this is good , this is lousy' or in fact, just knowing to to dis-assemble and assemble a bike does not makes us specialist. Neither does knowing how to adjust all parts of the bikes , we can call ourselves specialist. It's all a learning curve. I also know of a bike mechanic who thinks he knows it all and feels threaten when some plain looking old rider can do better than him. I mean, shouldn't he improve himself by trying to learn what he doesn't know. There must be something he don't know, right.

Then they are others who are well educated, hence can read a lot of literature about bikes. He gets every detail of the bike from the net, from manuals from the boss of the company itself. He can tell you anything regarding bikes but couldn't spin a spanner. Can you call that specialist?

My point is, brand is nothing! All bikes can be ridden and it is just a matter of comfort and also the EASE of maintenance. Just buy whatever brands we like according to one's budget and preference. Not all can afford a 5K to 10K bikes. Even if you can start with a RM700 bike, you can still upgrade it later. It's like savings while riding. Makes it easier to start. Even if you buy a Trinx or an XDS, you can slowly buy better components and upgrade step by step. Then at the final stages, you have double cranks and FD, 9 or 10 speed, lighter seat post and handlebars, better cables, better pedals, better seats and tires and finally you can change a frame. Then you get your dream bike.  Many can't afford even the first bike, let alone have multiple bikes, like, this bike for this route and that bike for that route etc.etc.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BE CLEVER WHO NEVER ARE ; THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLEVER NEVER THINK OF TRYING TO BE.

try this...
http://www.bicyclebuysell.com/item/193956/...oupset-for-sell

rm500 eh.. now still deciding whether to upgrade the foldie or get a proper mtb bike first, cannot have both 

hmm maybe one of the tues i'll join u laa, most probably cycle from paya terubong then join u then cycle back 
well mine's a 1990s n very hard to source for the parts that needs replacement, i.e the headset that has gotten stiff

no tabs to install disc brake so i cant follow others up to very steep hills.. can cycle up but coming down is downright dangerous according to em as v-brakes can overheat

what day do u normally cycle?
it does indeed looks dangerous, haha

where did u found the modified pic's picture? locate n ask the owner's opinion perhaps?

don't kacau market   he need new one so rubbish for me (cheap cheap, i see most bike shop do this and i learn from there) ......

btw anyone able to find this basket ?
anyone need jagwire cable i have 4 set extra
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working antique ....
me building one retro classic look fake fixie now .....

afai rmber... rear brake for beskal is on the right side...
i will check our 70's chopper back there in a while ... 

i ride a motorbike as well...
so far tarak 'confuse' with the brakes.... 

ok aft checkin some bike around my hse...

70s chopper - right - front brake
late 80s bmx(local) - right - front brake
1990 lerun mounti - right front brake
1996 gt bmx(taiwan?) - right - rear brake
2010 dahon - right rear brake.. 

Hello Penangkias. I am planning a ride in Penang bringing a group there. I won't be riding round the island in a day but in 2 days. Just leisure riding and eating along the way. One question, is there any road, either tarmac , kampong, coastal or offroad trails from Pulau Betong to Gertak Sanggul ? Reall it would be nice if we can ride the coastal road.