Just finished a night ride at Putrajaya. Weather's awesome albeit a bit of foul air due to the haze. I wished we have more bike



This post has been edited by 180jin: Feb 23 2014, 12:27 AM

Oh that wasn't me, we were a group of 3 adult dudes. I was there around 8.30pm to maybe 11pm.

@danieltwl: Me n my mates are looking to check out Ara Damansara or Bukit Cahaya (not night ride) perhaps this weekend or so but if we go Putrajaya again we'll let u know

Paging for fellow fake china Hummer users. Do you guys have this problem with the top tube quick release skewer? The one that holds the folding mechanism together, mine is like crooked after a couple of rides either manufacturing defect or I locked the quick release too tight.





Has anyone replaced this with some other quick release skewers? I think it should be a standard 5mm skewer from the front or the rear wheel

where's this?

this sounds interesting, I'll definitely want to know more

This Saturday I'll be heading to Bukit Cahaya but in the morning, but will most likely go Putrajaya again on the evening of 8th March (next Saturday).

anyone going for Ride For Sight event in Penang?

Hi all, anyone keen to do a USJ - Bandar Puteri Klang ride via Kesas highway motorcycle lane tomorrow morning starting 7.15am? Me and my friends 3 of us going so far, anyone interested are welcomed to join

This post has been edited by 180jin: Apr 18 2014, 05:32 PM

I'll most likely be going. There's also a PJ fun ride the week after

Had fun dismantling my bike yesterday, preparing for 9 speed Deore upgrade. Gonna start putting things together tonight

Well I ride a China Hummer. Got it for 850 bucks

Although is china fake, some say the difference in material is that original Montague is using 7005 aluminium which is stronger and lighter, while china Hummers are using 6061 aluminium with maybe less sophisticated welding methods. Other than this, some other differences i can notice is
- Original Montague uses CLIX quick release, can operate with one hand, china Hummer uses regular 9mm QR
- Some parts are covered and sealed off in original Montague so water kenot masuk, same part in china Hummer is exposed (see comparisons here : http://www.zhuangbei2012.com/survival_equi...e-montague.html
- Original Montague supports V n disc brakes I think, China Hummer only disc brakes.

Other than this, I don't see much difference. The specs for the other components for Montague u can find online, for my China Hummer I've noticed the following:
- Saddle, fork, handler bar, seat post, wheels i dunno what brand, can't locate.
- Cassette and RD, shifter + brake lever is Shimano Tourney
- Brakes itself are of Repute, some china brand
- Front crankset I think is Sunwheel or something
- FD is Microshift.

What I like about the Montague/Hummer design is it doesn't break the top tube in half. I can say it's good enough for most trails in Msia (but maybe not downhill). I've fallen off the bike a few times and tried stupid stunts also still ok LOL.

Recently upgraded some components and rides even better now.

For the Ranger ... i find that a big load of BS LOL if it's 6k original price it had better come with at least SLX groupset and Rockshox fork!

This post has been edited by 180jin: May 23 2014, 11:48 AM

crankset usually no need to replace, but upgrading from 7-speed to 8/9/10 usually needs more parts to be changed because 7 speed rear sprocket mostly uses freewheel mechanism whereas 8 speed onwards are mostly freehub, that means u need to change:
- shifter
- rear hub
- cassette
- RD
- chain

how did I know? I upgraded from 7 speed to 9 speed rear sprocket and it costs me as much as the bike itself LOL

so yeah, get 8 speed onwards better. Easier to upgrade.

This post has been edited by 180jin: Jun 5 2014, 02:04 PM

Honestly for folding bikes i don't think there's much use for 3 chainrings at the front. 3 chain rings would be something like 24T smallest? I have 24-34-44T on my 26" foldie and I have never even used the smallest one before, middle chainring 34 with rear cog 32T is already super light and I've used that only a handful of times at extreme hills like Bukit Cahaya.

With a 20" wheel and 24T front chainring you'll pedal like mad but the bike will hardly move, if that's the case you're probably better off getting down the bike n push

Get something with 2 chainring max is enough. If u're ok with 1 chainring even better, less weight and less complications

This post has been edited by 180jin: Jun 6 2014, 02:35 PM

Sew Leong cycles and Sin Guan Hin in Dengkil both have them in stock in various colours.

There's a couple of used one for sale on BBS also

aiya, now only i know saw this. Too bad for Kesas run plans tomororw already.

Because there are such things as good V brakes and crappy disc brakes.

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but i think ur case, as H2D said .... because it's Dahon LOL

yup 7 speed is mostly freewheel, not freehub with cassettes, i also kena this and have to buy new wheelset to mod up to 9 speed cassette.

Anyway, my friends' XDS or Java Fit has 52T biggest chainring and 11T smallest rear cog, so that's road bike gears already, but it'll not be as fast due to 20" wheels.

Then again as desastar said u won't feel comfortable even if u can go fast simply because the geometry (especially the smaller wheels) are not designed to go at road bike speed.

yup, x de masalah

Original Paratrooper frame is made of 7005 aluminium, supposedly lighter. China copies are using 6061 aluminium, strength-wise seems the same but heavier

There's some link floating around comparing original Montague frame and china Hummer copy

Best giveaway is probably that the original Hummer frame uses CLIX quick release while China hummer copies use just the normal 9mm QR from MTB front forks.

What wheels are these bro? Nampak macam Kinetix?

Bro how did you manage the sweat problem? I'm planning to do that once I get my 20" foldie, but more of a cycle - bus - cycle thingy than full cycling. Expected to cover around 5km in total. Hopefully won't get too sweaty co's i dun wanna be spending time showering in office (eventhough they got facility)