you suck for buying black tyres when you can bling it out.

Yupp .. Red / black in color

Tube for Rm14 / piece

Mine's blue, matches my bike

Am looking for blue too ...

Btw got offer for used Maxxis Detonator 26" x 1.5 black color , mil <30km with FOC tubes for Rm120

Also looking for light weight wheelset .. but the price

This post has been edited by noprob: Jan 5 2012, 04:50 PM

come post your bike pic here... thread is damn boring with all those text text and text~

no pictures of naked bikes allowed... all must be covered with a bike cover.

why lightweight wheelset on mountain bike... tak tahan lasak rite? stans ZTR paired to CK or I9 hubs laced with DT white spokes...

for the lack of pictures....


This post has been edited by butthead: Jan 5 2012, 05:06 PM

here u go

That's with the Bontrager XR1 2.2 tires, not the blue 1.5s

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Added on January 5, 2012, 6:14 pmyeah man.. those wheel sets costs a bomb

This post has been edited by malleus: Jan 5 2012, 06:14 PM

well initially thinking of replacing the tire , so might as well look for better wheelset .. but looking at price , kiv firstla hehehe

wheels are the 3rd and sometimes 2nd most expensive part on the bike.. and definitely the one that wears out the fastest if you use rim brake.

MTBs are not that worried as spoke sizes is not usually an issue and hand built ones are common...

i prefer handbuilt usually over factory wheels due to the fact that you can replace broken spokes more easily as J-bend spokes are everywhere...

get a reliable hub like chris kings and a nice set of rims to go with it...their hubs are already light so it should make a fairly light set of wheels..

generally i read online CK hubs can last a couple of rim changes as long as you take care of it...

pricey though.

hmmm....wondering when will be my turn... hmmm...

as soon as your take out your money or plastic card... anyday is your turn...

Can you smell the plastic (card) burning?

bike geeks always have multiple cards.. burn 1 take out the other...

when all else run out... there is this thing called a "personal loan" in banks...RM20k repayment over 5 years

that is how we always head into epic credit debts : )

eeeeee... I used to think that an OK bike of around RM1000 will be more than enough for me already, as I'm only using it for exercise.

But once addicted that's it lar. the plastic card will protest already.

wat la...i meant when will be my turn to koyak my wheel like you did... one year one set...

Just grabbed a new rear wheelset, finally Hplusson F30 with Miche Primato hub. Damn buttery smooth jom tonite putrajaya ride



This post has been edited by calmshot: Jan 6 2012, 11:53 AM

Another visit to the bike shop today, got a good price quote of Helios 500, full Shimano 105, below 4k..

Another brand featuring shimano 105 groupset except cassete being tiagra is around 3.5k..

other 105 groupset bike are all entry carbon frame which cause around 5k..

below 4K is good price... 2011 model? i think they want clear old stock...

Problem is that they have no stock..

there is the problem... "u think"... but the reality is never what you think...

with a RM1000 bike comes a RM3000 desire to get a better bike... the effect is compounded as you go higher... RM5k bike will bring the desire for a RM20k bike and so on and so forth...

there will be a ceiling... RM50k i say is safe cos there is no mass produced bikes beyond that price

like aaron kwok says... "ask for more"...your boss will say... "just don't ask me for more"... reality sucks.

ride more... or as mercks put it... ride lots

H Plus Son is not available in malaysia rite... you ordered it off the net?

thought fixies like the velocity colored rims...


actually if money is not an issue... 105 is more preferable, but tiagra has now closed the gap to 105 with the launch of the new 2012 tiagra which uses 10-speed cassettes... tiagra equipped bikes would be available around sub RM3k region.

Cassette is not an issue. You might find that you will change the cassette depending on the riding you do and i got a feeling they went with Tiagra because they launch tiagra with a max 30T cassette for climbing that they did not have on 105 and ultegra. Not a bad combo if you ride hills a lot but you can always opt to swap it out during the buying process so you pay a bit more for what you want.

Rather than buying another one later and then deal with the headache of leftover parts and how to sell em.

they usually run lower end cranks and brake calipers if they mix and match.

select wisely...


This post has been edited by butthead: Jan 6 2012, 07:11 PM