How ar? just hold down the rear brake while decending? I have to admit my body is kinda stiff. The LBS ppl told me to be relek while on bike.

Wao, what tayar you use. Really last quite long wor.  I gussed you maintian proper pressure too?

that's called a cycling computer...

you have trip distance / time and then odometer and total ride time from the start of the computer.

depending on how much you spend.. there would be other logs as well like if you own one with altimeter, you get trip and total climb...

as long as you are riding the bike... it logs the data off it...

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Added on February 17, 2012, 3:30 pman interesting article from Nick Legan today...

and fortunately.. was talking about fat tyres...
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/02/bik...tte-wear_206539

you mean computers?.. no lar.. there is no computers that costs over RM2k nowadays...even the most expensive Garmin 800 still goes for less than RM1.5k..

except you want to talk about power meters... then those are totally from a different galaxy...

SRM costs around RM7 just for the head unit... the crankset and other small things is another RM5k or so...

with Garmin - Metrigear and Look coming up with their pedal based power systems... it should be cheaper to own one..

Butthead, thanks for your view abt those tubes. 

Getting better now, my wound most are dried out. My tigh part still a pain  when moving/walking around. 

Today first time ride 40k non stop.. hmm a bit hurtful for my pelvis bones..

Problems with cycling:-

1) TIME - work is frm 9am to 8pm monday to friday.... after 8pm it is called night cycling...it is dangerous as drivers tend to drive faster at night and u r not tat visible to them compared to day

2) SUN  - even if u opt to cycle on saturday and sunday..after 10am the sun comes out..and u will become african in no time if u keep cycling after 10am say till 11am

3) RAIN- it always rain in this country. you will nvr know when the ur nicely planned schedule will be interupted

4) COMMUNITY - it seems difficult for me to get in touch with a group of cyclist who are willing to cycle on a regular basis say 2 nights per week and once during the weekend.... i just don't know whr to find cyclists besides my usual group who rides frm 730am to 11.30am every sat or sun

5) SAFETY - i ride twice long distance before... most of the drivers pretty much won't slow down when they spot cyclists on the road.. well may 1 or 2 out of 10 will actually slow down for u....u have to be really careful when drivers are sleepy and they might ramp into u eventho it's perfectly due to no fault of yours...roads are pretty narrow too...there is no cycling lane..

Have some maintenance question in mind
1) how long do you need to clean and relube your chain? need to buy tools to release master link?
2) hmm does brake requires any maintenance, it's the most important piece in your bike for your safety after all..
3) what else other than grease bearing (which would take up really some time)

I hate to train cycling.. going up hill is difficult but necessary.. and the sheer amount of time required to train up your endurance.. as what silvy said, the time required..

so if i were to race on a flat road with a human on a 10 speeder. And i pedal twice faster than him, with a 8 speeder, i can still keep up with him?
What about gear inches?

Problems with cycling (from my POV)

1) TIME - the number 1 problem for my case..and I plan to get either a trainer or a roller to compensate for this problem..just so my butt will familiar itself with the saddle more often rather than once a week..i got quoted a minoura around rm280..not sure which model..but i'm afraid it will hurt the bike frame..googled a lot and the opinions contradict each other (some said it ok some said not ok)

2) SUN  - not a problem to me..i wore arm warmers..need to get leg warmers as well

3) RAIN- i haven't ride in rainy weather yet..later have to wash and clean..im too lazy for that 

4) COMMUNITY - hard to get regular cycling buddies to agree on a ride session. some cancel last minute some put cycling session not at the highest priority..and I agree with butthead about having a connection with the LBS will definitely helps..the guys at pedalspot always ask me to join them wed night at Kesas everytime I came to their shop..anybody had followed them before?

5) SAFETY - ok this is also very important..I'm planning to ride to those kampung2 road...probably hulu langat..or any suggested place for good cycling environment with less traffic? I don't intend to go to Dragon Back route anymore lorries are everywhere over there (sg buloh) 

talking about online networking activity..maybe all of us here in this thread can do a ride together? a fun ride should be ok 

On Kesas do they ride at designated motorcycling lane or at the emergency lane of the expressway? Somehow I do find riding on expressway is quite dangerous, especially at night where you'll never know if someone doze off for a couple of seconds or drunk or etc..

BTW, does putrajaya has a cycling lane?

i've never been to botanic before.. they say it is a nice ride... rolling terrain...

i suggest we group together once a week with emergency car tailing us from behind..each of us just have to pay a fees for that..say like 10 of us go together each one pay rm20 to the driver for 4 hrs ride....does tis sound abit too ridiculous?

it's too much la... and furthermore with support car... who do you think will allow a support car to be hogging the road to shield you guys from traffic...

the best it can do is drive up front to a pre-destined spot and wait for you guys or wait for your calls for help...

friend's wife used to be the support car driver... the whole gang always get an earful after the ride... but nowadays with the advent of ipads and stuff... maybe it can be less boring...10 years ago.. you only have gameboy and gamegear that runs out of battery before you can finish a ride 
for me... this things are not a call for support cars... unless you are in a race.. it'd be good to have a car nearby in case of mishaps and you need the car to transport the injured rider immediately to a hospital or something...

if not, then you need to have some spare wheels or bike on the car to make most sense out of it.. jus to carry some spare tubes and tools is too much... it can be a sweeper / broom car too for the french surrender monkeys..

i put it through google translator... the whole article made no sense after translation...

Mind telling more abt the knee protector? Does it have for elbow or collarbone area?

Okay my wound is better day by day. Manage to go out and have makan with my gang. Can walk slowly but still cant run. I wondered how long my woun will heal 
The below is pic of my injuries 4 days after the accident. It kinda bloody on teh day of accident and I have no mood to take the pic at that time. Today it looks way better than this. Put into spoiler mode just so that i don spoil ppl mood  U can see how skinny am I lor at 50kg/49kg. There are some aussie chick who are wayy skinnier than me and it doesnt look good 
My knee area, this make me wanna buy a knee protector just to be safe & i rather being laughed at other rider cause they are not going to pay my hospital bill which is a bomb in Australia.

My face also kena as in long streak over my lips and a ding mark on my right cheek. I so worried my face will get deformed and I will lose my good looks. Thankfully now it is healed and most ppl wont see any noticeable marks there unless u see VERY closely. I was thankful i was wearing sunglasses during the crash as the frame was scratched badly and the lens were scratched too. Cant imagine I got into the crash without it    Thankfully no broken bone or teeth 

After the crash i had to take public bus to nearest clinic to do dressing on my wound while the wound bleeding out  t

I think that depends on the thickness of the guards.. like your glove which suppose to protect your hands, end up not that effective... Too thick and your movements are restricted... too thin and less effective...

BTW the brand I saw in pharmacy is Ebene:

i use this to play basketball the protection and i do have knee problem wear this after sport it did help relaxing knee muscle.

i don't think is good idea wear this to cycling.

yes bro, cycling is a good hobby..i also picked up cycling recently and so far only clocked less than 200km on my bike..the only thing that will or may degrade your new cycling spirit upon purchasing your bike is the dreaded saddle sore (pain on your pelvis bone) 

and cycling stuffs aren't cheap if you are into upgrades, especially with the entry level bike having low end components or gears...but if you just wanna ride for fun, then any bike will do..folding bike is kinda cute too 

I am going to ride hulu langat perez area this weekend.. anyone know can brief if the terrain there is monstrous?

Is there any GPS tracked map? maybe I can have an insight.. sigh worried if I am going to be able to catch up with them.. they say they do 25km/h on avg.. I only did 27km/h on my last ride and it's not that hilly too..