this year my mileage damn sad. only did 1 night ride, sold old bike in january and booked a bike, shop promised April/May reach, kept waiting until May, shop say delayed until July, found another shop selling a nice bike in stock, bought that, did 1 ride then June-July MCO lockdown again cannot ride. After July start doing short rides, got enough fitness to finish broga jantan and kota damansara-sekinchan, then back to low mileage cafe rides cos not training for any races, social ride chill tok kok enough.

start recording ride on the downhills, when uphill stop ride, get more distance/elevation ratio haha

not yet 365 days, days active 158, every 2-3 days got workout, fuyoh so consistent, no wonder so power.

too stiff can lose abit of traction cos bouncing around, but can be remedied abit using wider tyres at low pressures. I think british hill climb challenge past few months won by riders on wider heavier tyres than superlight tyres, cos it was abit wet needed more traction, winner bike was 200-500g heavier than the lightest bikes on the course.

fuh, this is what we call dengelut. Saturday didnt know which roads werent affected by flood/landslide, so rode from KL to evian batang kali serendah and back through serendah bypass and templer. damn hot, almost fainted, heart rate was 175-180bpm

sifu calvin seak does broga loop using tt bike can avg 30+kmh & finish before 12 noon, most tri pipu train long hilly rides for ironman also since langkawi isnt flat.

I hate rides with many surges, thats why since last year most of my rides are with the same group, all steady. 2 rides with PCC, 1 ride with rojak group, with PCC usually steady pace, the rojak group ride start ride already split into 2 groups, some were audax fellas used to riding own pace and not drafting I think lol

thanks for the tips sifu podium climb while drafting KOM challenges

i have some friends staying around bangsar, maybe I'll ask them to contact you if got any rides from there. one option is to ride into KL and do the hills there, 50k can get up to 800m elevation, or ride federal highway to shah alam or go further into guthrie highway up to kuala selangor/sekinchan if you need more mileage.

cannot go peres anymore, dunno where to ride ah?

this weekend maybe just do kuala selangor, end year/early year just chill flat ride draft people only cos not strong enough to podium or do climb

ok, if on I'll pm you. i usually start from home at kota damansara, can park around there if you arent riding from home for extra mileage haha. from kd to ks around 100km, dunno enough for you or not lol

Interesting, been seeing Lee Lee K promote, fit looks good too. might order next sale, not riding enough to justify having more jerseys lol

friend was planning Temiang last Sunday, but it rained and he got food poisoning so had to cancel. where do you plan to start?

ya lo, ride 40km need 4 rides to get same mileage as 1 ride 160km solo, how to keep up

not familiar with wangsa maju area also, went to some shops around setapak, sri rampai before but closed down a few years ago. so for service I usually go to meng thai kota damansara (cos megabike previously had a long waiting list, friend had to wait 3 weeks before he got his bike back). and I got my bike from meng thai so labour for service is free. for bike fitting I went to vo2max sdn bhd at bukit jalil, uses retul system for fitting. Current prices are here https://www.vo2max.asia/ . did comprehensive fit for 1st bike, then 2nd bike do the 2nd bike fit cheaper.

nice. friend did temiang on Saturday from sepang area, I think 90km.


yeah yesterday was super hot lol. I rode from home to bukit rotan just before kuala selangor, only brought 1 bottle, had 2 drinks at pitstop, not hydrating enough crosswind yesterday was strong also, couldnt average 30km/h either, maybe should start rides at 4am like other sifus.

yay, yesterday night ride managed 30km/h even though it was in a peloton being pulled by ladies hahahahaha

yeah, I went alone, didnt have any friends joining so just ride, become the lighting guy for the post ride group pic, then cabut lol. I was the one in the red orbea orca high profile wheels, yellow/black jersey. which bike were you riding? maybe if join again can say hi.

yeah, some of the ladies that were strong, I was in the 3rd wheel so kept close to the pace of the ladies pulling, some of the climbs 2xx-3xx watts (for my fat ass weight la) for 30sec-2 minutes, so their strength is no joke. 2 pacelines, Mariana pulled 1 paceline all the way 60km, 2 ladies pulled 30km each on the other paceline.

same, if overtake later malu when explode and get caught and overtaken cos wanna show off, better just sit quietly and use the ride for its intended purpose, recovery. dont understand those fellas wanna show power on climb whack make 3rd paceline but then fall back behind lol. if wanna show off just let the train go ahead 100 meters then chase la lol.

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dont follow anyone from the group on IG except mariana, not sure if I would be in the pics lol. probably wont join next week, Tuesday public holiday so wont ride Monday night. were you near the back? the further back you are the more tiring it becomes cos of yoyo effect, need to do mini surges often burn the matches. I was lucky that day 3rd or 4th wheel, mostly freewheeling 0 watts haha.

I try to finish my rides before noon, dont have enough free time to ride full day lol. and hot weather and vehicle smoke 20 watts drop

some reviews say marin makes good value bike. no other idea aside from that lol.

all the best! yeah, I crashed before during event cos got stuck behind newbies who couldnt keep to their line, kept weaving left and right caught my front wheel. one tip an experienced friend said for events is to start in front, go super hard first 10km to stick to 1st or 2nd peloton when they start breaking into groups, usually more experienced riders there.

friend went yesterday, he said yesterday's weather was ideal, overcast and not hot. I though of joining him but was too tired lol. Go wrong day sure hangus, no shade lol

oh, rode with unker Kenneth Leong eh. unker banyak rajin kayuh one lol

modern tt bar, wanna look at the road need to look in between forearms haha. but its aero for many types of riders, so it works lol. hands close together with elbows open chest more space to breathe also I guess. old bike had traditional tt bars, wasnt the easiest to breathe, needed shorter crank arms so my knees dont go all the way up to stomach lol.

anyone got ride plans tomorrow or wednesday?

used schwalbe one (not pro one) before, quite durable and reliable, not the smoothest and wet traction also not the best, but overall satisfied. have yet to try gp5k, dont really like conti ever since my gp4ksii had a cut that expanded until tube poked out, pretty weak casing I think. used pirelli p zero velo, michelin power competition, vittoria corsa g+ 2.0, would recommend either of those too. I dont ride much so most last about a year lol