Wanna share some experience of mine yesterday when cycle kesas.

As usual, finish my route, went for a tea break near Seri Petaling.

Was blocked by JPJ....a major operation.
My car was kena beacuse of HID. No question on that.
The officer then start his conversation.
JPJ:wah pergi cycle huh..mana u cycle?
Me:kesas route.
JPJ: Owh...eh, salah tau basikal you letak dalam kereta. Passenger seat dah fold then you pulak letak basikal.
Me: Salah???Apasal Salah...basikal tak terkeluar pun
JPJ: Kalau nak bawa basikal dgn kereta...you kena apply dan pasang roof rack.
Me: Owh....kena apply lagi kat JPJ untuk kebenaran pasang roof rack tu?
JPJ: Ya.
Me: Sorry tuan...Saya tak tau la ada ini undang2. Takpe, Saya akan mohon ya.

My question is, private car cannot carry bike inside the car??
As far as i concern, as long as the object does not above the side window and rear windshield it is not wrong doing.

Is my understanding correct? Pls enlighten. Thx

any track cyclist here?like our pocketrocketman?

what's the price range for raleigh road bikes?

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Added on October 13, 2010, 7:47 pm
emm,how hard it is to be a good rider eh?is it all about the power of the leg?

isn't ZIPP a tyre and rim brand, not bike brand la

So do you know the usj cycles shop in USJ 4? what type of road bikes are they selling?

not agree..

for rollers

the good
- can do intervals training
- i think can be good for concentrating on improving pedal strokes
- i think it can also let you improve your on bike balance
- practically do anything you want on the roller, consider it a static rolling road

the bad
- offer little resistance
- takes some use to balance and get onto the roller

i think the minoura roller still exists...never went to check if it does have magnetic resistance though...

you were with the national team? team telekom? Year 2000 i think still have the hongkie by the name of Wong and the indon tonton susanto and the local tsen seong hong right?

now i think all retired dah...

hi i have questions...let say if i put ultegra shifter..can it mix with the rest of my 105 groupset? better shifting? shorter stroke in gear change? or no difference at all? thx guys

was josiah into the sport those years.. i think i heard about his name only somewhere around late 2004...

You are rite... wong kam po... i met seong through edwin at Joo Ngan's shop before back when his father was still the coach...

we don't even have the downtube shifter boss nowadays...haha...

the only way we get to approach one is through the current TT bar end shifters... they are essentially the same units except being given a additional bar end plug to mount the shifters...

those were the days before STI levers became common...the good thing with downtube shifters is that you can loosed the screws and you lose indexed shifting but you shift any amount of gears you need to... just by feel and not that precised...

we are too spoilt nowadays 

i think partly Josiah was raised outside of malaysia and also partly his performance was intimidating other riders... in
the world of sports, no one likes to be outshone and 2nd rated... heard he nowadays live in australia for training purposes...  not strange that it is hard to meet up with him...

i guess the main reason that track cyclist has a longer career is that track events don't require the same endurance levels as a road rider does... just my thinking.. trackies just need to worry about an all out effort for less than 10mins depending on their specialization while a road cyclist might have to put out considerably less wattage but deal with as long as 30-40mins of effort especially on mountain top finishes... something like 500 watts for 30 mins maintained.. while sprinters like Mark Cav who is also a trackie in his days puts out in excess of 1300 watts i heard during the final finish line sprints...

but if you look at the trend of road cyclist nowadays... it seems that their career peak has also change statistically... 10-15 years back.. you see back in the days of 1990s... indurain won his first tour at the age of 28 for five consecutive times.... Armstrong won at age 28 for 7 consecutive times...

in the 2000's you see the likes of Alberto Contador winning their first grand tour at the age of 24 or 25 and further examples like Andy Schleck who just turned 26 last year... he also won his 2010 TDF title at the age of 25 with the current exclusion of Contador for the clenbuterol incident... Ullrich is until now i believe by far the youngest tour winner at the age of 23 when he won in 97....

maybe it doesn't give a full picture from the statistics... but if you watch the careers of indurain and armstrong albeit different characteristics in terms of riding... they have both lasted many seasons before you see a change in their form...

when you watch Alberto or Ullrich reaching their peak so young... you see that their form either falls onto a plateau or starts dropping after a short couple of years... 2007 you can see Contador attacking Rasmussen on the climbs very aggresively... 2008 wasn't bad with what was no preparations for the Giro and back to back went for the Vuelta in a 3 month period (2 fitness peaks in 1 season)... in 2009 he was also very aggressive combating with Schleck and finally seeing a more mortal contador in 2010 with the first indication of getting dropped by Andy's acceleration on the Avoriaz ascent...Ullrich fared no better after his first win in 1997...

we can all argue that the competition is far more aggressive in the latter part of 2000 decade and Ullrich met with a relatively strong Pantani and arrival of Armstrong.. but the way the sport works where in recent GC contenders is no longer aiming for long breakaways... but rather hide in the peloton until the last climb of the day and then shoot off like a rocket to disintegrate their opponents... how races works nowadays is much more different with more complex strategies... having to concentrate on 1 big race rather than trying to win every damn thing like Merckx also changes the way the sport works...

maybe mine was a paria one... there is this small little ear ring look a like thing and when turned slightly and loosen... it loses the index shifting and goes into the friction mode you mention...

hahah... everyone has their chances... why did you left the team anyways?

Now we know in order to be in the glory, you need dedication, some wealth maybe, a lot of luck too...

RM100 as allowance??? i heard about those municipal council members getting ridiculous allowances of RM500 and they have to spend their free time running around... RM100 is an all new low...

but you can still opt for a desk job in the national sports council right as i heard some of the athletes do to get an income...i mean RM100 can't even last you for more than 1 week jus makan alone whether you are a sportsperson or not...

i guess having the dream of becoming a sports person just isn't really feasible here... a dream is dream as they say... reality is what you have to face with.. and the career span of a sportsperson is so short that you have to make enough to ensure you have enough to last you once you are over the hill.. unlike most of us who will work until the age of 55 or even 60 nowadays...

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Added on February 14, 2012, 2:37 pm

i would think even if you can maintain a long career.. there is always the worry that you can get a career ending injury... although track deaths are not very known... but a bad incident can lay you in hospital for months if not ending your career...

i think edwin also stopped due to a big crash in genting highlands or something like that... even when i knew him when he was no longer a sportsmen in the late 90's early 2000's.. he still takes shit loads of risk riding road or mountain bikes... and the few unfortunate times that i saw him in a cast...

i am curious... are you working a desk job nowadays after you left more than 10 years ago...

wow..got people who really was an elite cyclist in this thread. that's great...although I've googled a lot for cycling tips, I still wanna hear from you guys here about climbing tips.

from what I know:

1) sitting on the saddle during a climb can save more energy than if you were to ride out of the saddle (which will put your whole weight onto your leg, thus not good in conserving energy)

2) sit more upright and hands on the hood as to allow your lung to become bigger than if you were to put your hands on the drop

3)....
4)....

anymore that i'm missing? care to share your climbing tips.....i'm going for a ride that gonna have lot of climbing sections in the coming next 2 weeks thx guys

I remember some rider complain about overheating with helmet on during the climbing on mount ventoux. Until someone died then UCI made it compulsory

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..