https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/h...-and-adjustment

When it involve spring and damper, weight is the key factor in suspension. Hence if anyone try to sell you any suspension bike promising no adjustment required… you either kiss you money good bye or say good bye to that person.

With car that's different, a car weights about a ton, unless you are 500kg heavy, your weight won't make any difference. But since on a bike, the bike is about 10~20% of the total weight… Your weight is the key factor…

This post has been edited by KenC: Feb 12 2018, 09:23 PM

my friend always said to me,..

"dont buy upgrade, rides up grade"

But, but, do both even better. Like you. Haha

ps: that mtb dude behind you, rilek jer ride. Downhill shirt summore.

This post has been edited by fatani: Feb 13 2018, 12:07 PM

Just cycle straight from kepong to Kl sentral, save all the money and time. The distance is do-able after a few ride.

that mtb guy is crazy.. very fast one woo.. all rb been left behind when he became crazy

Hahahaa, that's Lee Kok Soon from Gopeng. His group are mostly mountain bikers and crazy about downhilling. The terrain they ride is scary. I take 3 hours and they only need about an hour Seldom ride with them nowadays as I am too slow, don't want them always waiting for me.

yeah.. ur right bro..
i called him ah soon.. very fast liao...maintaining 35kmj on road its not a big problem for him

It seems the Cateye cyclo meter is going redundant. Now for the price of just a little bit more, you can get the Bryton Rider 10. You can get it for only RM230 from one of the sellers in BBS. Heck! the Garmin mountings, those little round mounts with O-rings is selling for over 80 bucks already And now Bryton is only RM230 with all the mounts and also GPS units are more easier with multiple bikes. You don't need to attach the pesky magnet and sensor on the fork. Just attach the GPS unit to any bike you are using. Even worse, those days, I use those with a wire going all the way up to the handlebar.

Even better, you can view your activity map on the website after riding.

Due to favourable exchange rate, I ordered some items from AliExpress. Anyone bought ultrasonic dog repeller? Which brand is reliable?

Generally I have no issues with dogs but with one repeller, it is better.

Still waiting for this gps thingy to go under RM 200
Non-essencial but great gadget to have.

Actually, gps meter without cadance and ANT+ connection cam be had under RM150 from taobao...

This post has been edited by KenC: Feb 19 2018, 12:46 PM

I am the dog repeller…

Ya, wait few dogs are chasing you. Hehehe

Usually I chase them back.

I also encounter a lot of dogs and sometimes even a whole pack of 10 and more of them. They are also born to sense your emotions and the more fearful you are the more brazen they get. If you just be calm and ride as usual ignoring them, they will bark and that's the most they do.

Yes I totally agreed with you. As I said, I have no issues with dogs. Just that sometimes 1 or 2 dogs that came too near.

Last April, I cycled 800km thru mostly village roads in Thailand. Just imagine how many dogs that I had met, worst was cycling thru rubber plantations, their territories.

dont run away from a chasing dogs, they will chase you even more aggressively. i usually turn back look at them straight in their eyes.

Last night, I sent an email to KTM regarding travel with folding bike from KL Sentral to Padang Besar. Just received a reply from KTM customer service.

Happy New Year Mr .....

Thank you for the interest on our rail service provided.
We are sorry to inform that effective from August 2016, bicycle (foldable/full size/component) is not allow to bring aboard the train. This consensus only attain after in depth consideration and judgment involving the managerial the level in KTM ETS. The ETS trains have a limited space for luggage/cases/boxes and no special allocation for bicycle which, potentially dangerous during peak hours because they have more sharp edges, should the train break in an emergency.
Bicycles (with a minimum charge) are only allowed for Komuter services – short distance journey :
1. All time for Northern Sector (Padang Rengas – Butterworth – Padang Rengas).
2. During off-peak hours for Klang Valley Sector

We hope the schedule attached and information below helps.

Senior Citizen : Malaysian, age 60yrs and above
Counter purchase : Bring the IC/photocopy of IC at the counter upon ticket purchase.
Online purchase : Do free registration account at our official website, www.ktmb.com.my and purchase ticket via KTM E Ticket/KTM Mobile Apps

Senior Citizen Fare : (KL Sentral – Padang Besar)
ETS GOLD = RM44.00
ETS PLATINUM = RM55.00

That's our KTM You sure they also replied this, "should the train break in an emergency." Break or brake? hahahaa. 3 years ago, we did a Parit Buntar Ride. We took the ETS to Parit Buntar, ride to Bagan Tiang>Tg.Piandang>Kuala Kurau>Kuala Gula, continued by boat through mangrove swamp to Kuala Sepetang. I do admit that the space was crowded with 26 folded bikes all over the train. But instead of just taking the easy way by banning all bicycles, they can emulate the more developed country , even Thailand rail services allows, to allocate a coach or two for biking purposes.

I suspect that they do not have enough EMUs to actually service the routes. So, they rather take the easy way out. Just like the Komuter Northern Region (BM>Padang Besar), they totally banned bicycles because it was too crowded on weekends. They never ever actually tried putting more service frequency but just banned the whole idea. Imagine they actually invited cyclists for their " Ride and Ride Programme in 2014" . Calling for press conference and announcing their campaign like they are being responsible corporation. Then after some setbacks, they did a U=Turn and banned all bikes on ETS and then later even on the Northern Region Komuter services.

Back to the initial story, we reached Ipoh for our ETS ride back to KL Sentral. The scheduled 9.00pm train did not arrive at the scheduled time and we boarded the 9.00pm train at 10.30pm. Some of us actually are not confident with them , they hired taxis to return to KL even though they have tickets for the ETS. After we boarded and continued, the train stopped in Tg. Malim and it stopped there for almost 4 hours. We reached KL Sentral at dawn and another suprise sprang up, my parking charges was almost RM200.00 for 3 days!

Till today, I still avoid KTM if possible, maybe until one day CRCC takes over the whole Malaysian Rail services.

they should have charge for folding bike and allow us to go.