Depends actually, the more support given, the more cost it will incurred and has to be shared with every riders. The kinds of support given are like

Support vehicle (could be a van, a car or pick up truck) to pick up cyclists who couldnt continue the ride (either injury, cramp, etc). The support vehicle as well carries drinks and foods in case if someone needs it urgently. The cost would be covering to fuel, food and drinks to be carried inside the vehicle, rental if necessary and payment for the driver.

My experience with support vehicle before when we were doing hell's loop / GAP loop / Fraser's loop. 210KM, started at 7 in the morning and finished by 7 in the evening. Each of us paid RM 40 (about 15 of us) to have a van to carry our stuffs when we ride and pick up any rider who couldnt continue the ride. Yes, we had a minor accident during that ride and thankfully that we had a support vehicle to carry the rider and his bicycle

Its all depends on the distance that you are planning to do. These are the places where i usually start from:

Bukit Tunku (google Sid's Bar Bukit Tunku or CIMB Bukit Tunku). Ample of car parks, free and secured. From here, you could cycle east through Setapak and then Jln Gombak Lama which will bring you to Hospital Orang Asli (Gombak) and then Genting Sempah. Continuing east from Genting Sempah will bring you to Janda Baik and Bentong which are common destination for Klang Valley cyclists on weekends. If you are adventurous, you could further continue past Bentong to Tras, Tranum and eventually will arrive at Fraser's Hill and then Kuala Kubu Baru, Batu, Selayang and back to Bukit Tunku. 210KM of goodness with 2100 meters of elevation. The loop is known as Gap loop, Fraser's Loop or Hell's loop.

Hospital Orang Asli (Gombak), Sup Power (opposite UIA) are another common place to park if you are doing Genting Sempah or places around it.

PCC always park at Genting Sempah RnR if they are doing Fraser's / Hell's / Gap's loop

Hope that helps

This would be a great way to start if you are not familiar with the place. You cant go wrong once you are at HOA as you will see tonnes of cyclists passing there to Genting Sempah and places around it

Unfortunately, not much cyclists would be there during weekdays. You won’t be seeing much of them compared to weekends

That’s a good price and the weight is acceptable. Stop bothering too much about the weight but focus more about your legs and lung. Those are the cheapest upgrade ever

Its not the tires, its your body weight. The fatter you are, the faster your downhill is.

Some people say,
Whenever you got nothing to do, go to hell :*

Its hard for amateurs, need lots of training(both core and endurance) and properly fitted bicycle to do that. Best is to make sure that your cadence is around 80 to 95 RPM all the time.


Water bladder: please, no
Multiple bottles: yes, depends on individual. Some people requires none for 40KM, while some requires more than 2 bottles. On group rides, we always stop by the petrol station to re-hydrate, refill our bottles

Normally race has water stations and for 80KM, most likely they will have 1 or 2 water stations where you could either stop to fill up your bottles or just grab the mineral water bottle which there are holding while cycling. Some even have bananas by the water stations. Its up to you and worst case, just stop by petrol station to grab some water. Every race has broom truck where they pick up riders who couldnt make it to the certain certain place by certain time and the riders will be brought back to the starting point by lorry.

Just by experience, for 160KM race, I always carry 3 bottles with me, 2 on the bicycle and 1 at the back pocket of the jersey and at the same time, ill grab water from water stations as well.

Race will give you a different experience as you will be riding in a big group and your average speed will be higher than usual. Just go and enjoy it and it could be a motivation as well for you to do better next time

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Kacau orang flirting, you siapa?

Visual presentation is always easier to understand than text. Thanks for the explanation

It’s never about cadence, hr, power or speed. It’s about Strava. If it’s not on Strava then it didn’t happened. Trust me on this, I’m an engineer

I thought it’s pretty much a myth. Saw few guys using it but I don’t think it’s making any difference in their riding style except the feel good feeling. Anyway, I’m still running 10 speed non-electronic groupset so, I guess I’m still old school

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He already came out from Japan jail?

Some people are destined with that. I pity him. At least its an upgrade from the right hand

That’s because he bought 3D printer or something right? Busy printing and playing with those I think

What is your age and max HR? Guess the fitter you get, the lower your HR is and its normal to have > 50% of your HR on zone 5 on a mid pace and higher group ride. Just make sure that you have ample of warming up and warming down and try not to over do it especially hitting higher HR than you could handle. I fainted once during a race because was holding > 190 bpm for about an hour and learnt my lesson. Train more and know my limit on how long could i last before ended up killing myself.

I'm 41 years old and if to follow the 220 rules of max HR, my max should be 179 but until now i can still hold well above 180s comfortably. Guess what makes you comfortable is alright but once you are out of your comfort zone, be careful and try not to hold it too long