honestly 50/34 11-30 is enough for most rides up to 45km/h, most groups avg 28-40km/h so you wouldnt be spinning out your cadence unless if they are attacking downhills 60km/h. just ride more, dont care about gear ratio unless if its a super steep climb lol

i've broken deda superzero handlebars before. the stem clamp area was too smooth even with carbon grip paste (park tool ok), almost shat my bibs coming down mayor hill bukit tunku cos the handlebar slipped and rotated downwards. took pic and sent to the bike shop that installed the handlebar cos it was internally routed. then I loosened and tightened again with more carbon paste and torque wrench to max torque settings, still happened when braking hard and hold on hoods. and the shifter clamp was loose and could rotate inwards and outwards. I tightened that, but changed handlebar after that the shop found that the handlebar cracked at the stem clamp and shifter clamp area. if I hit a pothole or didnt a hard sprint there was a chance the handlebar would have failed and caused instant crash lol. metron handlebars are safer, has a grippy coating at stem clamp and shifter clamp area, used for 3 years no problem. So I would be avoiding deda stuff in the foreseeable future, cant see myself trusting their products lol

been using for 600km, no issues so far. I think can use the axs app to adjust

nope. only thing I installed on the bike was front and rear blinker, bottle cages, power meter pedals. got the bike in May, managed 2 rides before June-July lockdown lol. only dropped chain when taking out rear wheel to change punctured tube

I just google best bar tape or go through forums for reviews, then see which shop sells them and buy.

if sifu slow, I'm slower

Specialized marketing team got less work to do to sell their bikes for another year, do a world champ special edition create more demand when sales slow down hehehe

yeah, been eyeing this but buying from silca.cc shipping fees damn high, almost bought their lube deal on sale but the shipping fees were $40, almost same price as lube itself. end up just buy from cyclist wardrobe rm120. bike still new so not looking to replace the bar tape yet, maybe start to get itchy early next year lol

since TPC doesnt allow crossing from TTDI to kiara for bicycles anymore and I stay at kota damansara which isnt far from ara damansara,
I would suggest these:
1. ara damansara - subang airport road - federal. going in the mornings would be ok since less traffic, but I wouldnt come back this way since cars are bloody fast on subang airport road.
2. ara - dataran prima/tropicana-damansara jaya-ss2-section 14-federal cars not as fast, I sometimes take this route coming back
3. ara-tropicana-Sprint highway-section 16-jalan gasing-federal. mornings not many cars on sprint highway, not advisable to take this coming back.
4. ara- subang airport-jalan sg buloh to shah alam- federal. I use this to get mileage from ara/KD to shah alam 15km and get to do more of federal highway
5. ara-tropicana-sprint highway- hartamas- bukit tunku-taman tugu-kl. ok for mornings, wouldnt recommend coming back this way cos hartamas to PJ after 10am can be scary with many fast cars.

crossing 3 lanes is abit risky, I usually plan my rides with minimal right turns or crossings, mostly do left turns, only do right turns at traffic lights. I would probably enter federal from shah alam if i need mileage, if not i would go through damansara jaya-ss2-section 14-federal.

ya, can consider that also. might try one of these days if wanna ride into KL abit more, previously just enter federal to do bukit gasing and bangsar hills. if from ppum already on jalan gasing can do bukit gasing without getting on federal haha.

I'm guessing it shouldnt be a problem, favero has ant+, garmin owns the ant+ wireless protocol so it should be compatible. I use a garmin 520+ with my assioma, no issues so far aside from my power reading being so low, but that isnt due to the power meter

as many gears as possible, either 2x11 or 2x12 if within budget, if rim brakes no problem, if disc brakes better make it hydraulic disc brakes, not those cable actuated disc brakes. make sure it fits you, dont get the wrong frame size. and know what you plan to use it for. if road then dont get an mtb. i've known a few people who got mtb cos shop said more suitable for beginner, but then ride on road spin out at 30km/h, after a few months buy roadbike instead, waste money buy 2 bikes

fuyoh 360mm, rider very aero, very light too

yes. I've used 23mm, 25mm, and after changing to disc brakes I'm using 28mm now. much smoother on bad roads after 70-80psi

on 60mm wheels, I dont bother balancing. janji aero faster on flats and downhills hahah, balancing will involve adding weight on already heavy wheels

just need to train. train muscles put more force can use heavier gear, and train aerobic system to handle the higher effort. I used to go up GS in big chainring, some parts grind 30rpm but legs used to it. but now lazy need use small chainring, used to do hoa-overhead bridge in 47 minutes, earlier this week took 54 minutes already half dead lol. cant blame the bike, blame legs only haha. but aerobic fitness need consistency and is a slow process, wont get instant results, just go at own pace and try to slowly improve your time the next time you go to GS. once do a few times can know where to save time, where to recover, which sections are flat can draft faster people lol. my 47 minute PR wasnt a solo effort, it was drafting a monster who does it in 36 minutes, followed him halfway before getting dropped at the steeper bits lol.

Fuyoh, must be local legend liao. only ride peres, sure sub 20 minutes liao

havent done peres yet this year, probably over 35 minutes lol. did broga jantan straight, died doing reverse peres haha. parked at tekala waterfall so ok la after peres just mostly downhill back to car.

follow spcc pace if want see progress quicker

thursday night rides got group A group B ah? traffic jam getting worse after work, if got rides around equine park/putrajaya after work might be interested in joining, if 42km/h avg dowan la hahahahaha

small chainring 39t legs banyak power

my current setup 46/33, 10-28, 33/28 ratio can climb the wall tunku so far, have yet to try longer climbs like gohtong or jerai, was thinking of trying jerai this year but lazy to train lol

fuh thunder thighs like this

thanks sifu for the info

Wednesday got badminton, hard to join. thursday all high pace sure die hahahaha, see how then