I have a friend who rides a Tyrell FX and his wife a Birdy. After a while, he sold off the Tyrell to get another Birdy. That's shows the Birdy is better right?  Full suspension too! But I kind off put off with the front fork, looks weird. In Pacific Bikes stable, I still prefer the IF Reach, even the older model excites me. But these are not functional bikes , I call them boutique bikes. I serviced a Tyrell FX once and did a few rounds on it and I find the riding geometry not suitable for me. The Dahon Dash or the Performer mininvelo rides better than it. Probably my body's anatomy is wrong for the bike, hahahaa. 

my geometri and it fits well..tq Alex Moulton ..
Muar-Malacca 117km done!

probably yes, cos 1st time for me, but i will be using road bike instead of foldie 

I've been doing research and test riding Tyrell IVE for few weeks and finally I bought it last week 😁😁😁

It was love at first sight.. Really like the idea of non folding frame that Tyrell came out with. I was more like finding reason not to buy it than buying it. The more I learn about Tyrell, the more I like the brand. All Tyrell bikes are made in Japan and the finishes are superb. It's dna are more towards performance, that's why even though IVE are made for commute, it's still have the performance heritage in it.
You are right, that's the road leading up to the water tank. First time trying out hill climbing. It didn't disappoint me. 😄😄😄

foldie oso can mar...
if wana go fast then must be kuat.... 

I'm not strong, I was pushing myself up too. But I felt I can deliver the power to the bike easier with IVE, therefore even with 53/30, I still manage to ride up the last bit of the hill. 😁😁😁
Before you fold IVE, you need to put the gear in middle of the cassette, then the chain will be tight. If you leave it in the smallest cog, the chain will be loose but it have not drop off either.
I have tried birdy too, feels solid and nice too but I just don't like the look of the front fork. I didn't know the chain will always come off, though.

I think Paul is saying that he used 53 T in front and 30T at the rear. As far as I know, you can't shift that much difference in gap. Also, I have tried putting double chainrings on a foldable Tyrell, it's tricky. Only the CX, the non foldable ones has multiple chainrings.

PS/ Also, I don;t think there's a30 T chainring with 130BCD in the market, is there?

lucky it suit me, becoz i just bought it without any knowledge about bike geo..its TSR 20 now...love the hi lo soft hard damper
...not too soft like B...

Which last bit you are referring? To the round about or nearing the water tank? I'm only did to the round about 😅😅
Yeah, pls pm me when you are back here, we can ride around park city. 😄😄😄

If speed is not the ultimate criteria, can always go for the compact crank  which is 110 BCD and that size have 50T chainrings or use mtb cranks that can hold 48T chainrings that touring bikes use.  In cycling, the ultimate goal is ,
no. 1 , destination, no. 2 , level of fun and no. 3 , speed. Off course, all those must accumulate to calories burnt.

When I rode Fraser's Hill, I done that 5 to 6 times already with 2 to the peak and the rest till Gap Junction, I always take a bet with my wife on who will we meet at Gap and who we will not see. Many we see, all pumped up from KKB to the dam and that we guess will never reach. Hahahaaa. True, we see them zooming downhill even before we reach the waterfall. we need to know the terrain well and also we have to space out our energy, like budgeting money.   Also,for those who never tried there, you should. It's a good place to ride. Peaceful and cool. Less or sometimes NO traffic

Don't worry about whether you will reach or not. If you don't try, you won't know how far you can go. Start from Sg.Chilling, not KKB. Park your car just after the bridge as there's a stall there. Someone to look after the car.Start the ride and ride as far as possible. Until you drop! Then downhill down back to the car. Sooner or later, you will reach the top eventually and then finally after that, start from KKB.

Between road riding and offroad riding, offroad is endurance! Roadies are into speed and the peak performance. One can only get used to only one training. So, you cannot equate 45km offroad to 45km on road. On road riding, one only needs to concentrate more on peaking your performance as the roads are even where else on off road riding, a lot of other skills are needed. You have to concentrate on the line of ride, avoiding ruts, rocks and roots. This itself is sometimes too consuming for riders. Then the balancing skills and getting into tight spaces and finally the hilly terrain which needs a lot of low gear cranking and grinding.

It is not to say road riding is easier either because road riding is stressful, really stressful. Many roadies are competitive and it gets even more stressful. Off course one can say, I will just ride slow but riding in a group sometimes
drives your adrenaline high because of your peers and many try to be equal or catch up and this is disaster for those not used to it.

Most important I think is the clique you are riding with, even with foldies. Sometimes you get riders who makes a nuisance of themselves. We used to have one who always gets lost and don't want to stay with the pack and the leader and sweeper have to go all around hunting him. He could have seen something nice and sat a while reminiscing his grandmother because he saw a chicken by the roadside and that to him is why he rides, so all the others have to wait for him. While we appreciate his sentimentality, he was not thinking of others. At the same note, we also have people who organize but not taking care of their charge and sometimes just leave early. Yes, I have seen that, honestly. Hahahaaa.

My point is, riding 45 km offroad is actually very tough. I can ride Kampar to Sitiawan and ride 12 hours and still can sit down for a beer but after doing 35 km with the KLMBH here, I really wanted to take their chicken loop and go home earlier. Hahahaa. I am in the midst of organizing a ride into the jungles, from Kuala Tembeling to Kuala Lipis area. All done in the jungles. Maybe you want to join me?  We ride for a day then set camp (organizers will be in 4WD and set camp and prepare food) and then ride another day and return by long boats along Sungai Jelai. This is not a jamboree or race. More of a fellowship off road ride , enjoying nature at it's best. Slow, doesn't matter if the slowest is slower than a sloth. Hahahaha. 

8am until 4pm. many stops coz the weather is 37°c

feel like a toasted bun!hahahaha

Dear Sifus,

I have a meshing sound only when i paddle, and no sound if i stop pedalling and let it roll. The harder i pedal, the louder it gets..sounds like chain sound meshing with the gears.

This means its either chainring , bottom bracket, rear deraileur , and gearing to me.

Any tips how to pinpoint this kinda sound source...driving me bonkers..

Seems to appear after i played around with adjusting rear derailleur.

Mine is 8 speed Dahon Vitesse.

project building 2016 :: the bottom



hahahha, after a while the project rebuild continues..

that is the bb adapter. custom made press-fit type to adapt any english thread bb..

if im not mistaken vitesse is sealed bearing type of bb. maybe it comes under brand VP if i can recall it right.

and yes,
bb will be effect the smoothness in pedalling around 10-25% imho if u change to hollowtech. if u change to the good squre taper bb the improvement around 5-10% only

ur stock bb may last long around 3-4 year depends on ur riding attitude,distance and type of route.
jom bikepacking ke langkawi abam kepom!