if merida/giant/java/twitter I wouldnt mind, not many counterfeiters bother making those brands. if pinarello bianchi cervelo specialized trek bmc colnago rm4-5k I would ask for receipts.

pinarello pricing damn crazy nowadays, the 2nd tier prince full bike already rm30k+ lol.

did you get your cervelos from bike houz or after distributorship changed to ksh?

ebike rm30k can I think. hahahahahahaha

back in 2020 cervelo s5 ultegra di2 dt swiss high profile wheels was on sale at rm27k from rm40k, looking back now its a good deal compared to current bike prices lol

shy la, use cheap bike only. ride also 50km 25km/h only, halfway already bonk almost take grab go back.

remove front wheel, flip bike wheels up then put rear wheel at passenger foot area, saddle on seat, fork pointing up. basically diagonally

sure got. I havent been riding for 3 weeks due to injury, but no reason not to ride since I stick to small groups 2-5 riders only

one thing I do is ride from home, ride unpopular routes like federal highway and bukit gasing, from home to federal highway already half an hour, top of bukit gasing in an hour, around that time not many people there already.

demo saddles, fizik or specialized, previously treknologi also had demo saddles from astute brand. another way is to do a bike fit with a fitter that has a saddle pressure sensor. vo2max sdn bhd bike fitter has that, can see where on the saddle you concentrate your weight and at what efforts, some people places their weight at different parts of the saddle depending on how many watts they are doing which is quite interesting, so from that data you can find out which type of saddle would suit you.

does fabric have different padding levels or are all the same? specialized saddles have different padding, my power sworks had level ii padding, power comp level iii softer. tried friend's fabric scoop ultimate for a few km, not bad. might consider in the future if I dont like the prologo m5 that came with my bike. done 3k km on it but sometimes ok sometimes torture depending on which bib I wear lol

considered the argo also when my power cracked after hitting pothole, but went with pro stealth instead. when I was young and did mtb the best saddle for my ass was the WTB rocket, and it came in sky blue same as my mtb frame lol. but apparently WTB saddles arent used by roadies so went with roadie saddles

fuyoh DIY. havent had the pleasure of riding roadbike during steel era, was too short for most frame sizes hahaha. my mtb also was using cateye wired speedometer, then upgraded to one with cadence sensor, damn ugly use cable tie run the wire under top tube follow seat tube to crank haha. then a few years later upgraded to VDO one, felt so canggih got more features. mana tau after that garmin gps and strava rendered all that useless

since some shared their bike pics, I share 3 (even though only 1 of them is mine lol)



abit heavy, but too broke to upgrade anything to lose the weight hahaha.

guess which one is mine, @geno @lilredridinghood disqualified cos they know already lol.

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not kayangan, standard post covid-19 pricing. some bikes ultegra mechanical with basic wheels already rm18k, mine considered tesco value

ride wont get dropped also can become like this, if kiasu join wrong group/pelotong mati2 dowan get dropped how? hahahaha

thanks for pulling yesterday lilredridinghood even though I only lasted 5km hahaha

no gambar, only video. but only video of his butt cos I got dropped.

welcome, have fun, stay safe. Bike choices quite limited, I think friend said emonda sold out til 3rd quarter this year. some brands only have shipment once a year, friend got a lapierre last year, this year even shop dunno when coming it, so his bike is very rare cos only 10 units in Malaysia lol.

ah, what did you manage to find in the end? if not mistaken BMC and giant ss2 had stock, K&L in seri kembangan has a few brands in stock, went a few weeks ago. from rm4k-30k, got options at different budgets

nicer la, dun play play. post here later internet meletup

ah nice. trek emonda and domane aluminium frames welding quite smooth, if dont look closely you would think the frame was carbon. and some midrange carbon frame arent much lighter than alu anyways haha. what size tyres are you using for the domane? 28-32mm?

ah ok. wire bead, not the smoothest. once worn out or itchy change to nicer tyres and feel a world of difference haha. first thing I change on bikes are usually tyres, stock ones not as nice lol. but if not used to nice stuff then keep using the r1 until worn out before changing haha. once used to nice tyres there's no turning back

haha habis kena poison already haha. easiest and cheapest way to change how a bike feels is the tyres and tubes. heard latex increases comfort by a lot too, but most latex tubes come with short valve stems and I'm not keen on using extender cos its a potential leak point. and latex tubes for tyres above 28mm not common too.

My current tyres are vittoria corsa 2.0 28mm, found on shopee rm175 each, considered cheap so try la. 320tpi very comfy, not puncturing as often as the corsa 1.0 which I threw away after 6 punctures in 1 month, puncture protection layer seemed non existent. used sworks, pirelli p zero velo, michelin power competition, no complaints. schwalbe one (before pro one) was not bad but didnt have good wet traction, rubino pro, gp4000 sii also used before, I cant say I would recommend lol

I think previously most cyclists are more hardcore, they just love cycling as a sport, are fans of pros, ride harder (even drafting behind lorries). lots of new cyclists join as a way to get more exercise in, not into the racing scene, half of new cyclists ride with their spouses too. that said with training tools like power meters and indoor training apps like zwift being more common, the fast riders are becoming even faster than before. but even more hardcore riders who are fans of pros know the difference between their 250w ftp and pros 400w ftp, too embarrassed to wear pro kit nowadays lol.

I get my daily dose of pro cycling news from your IG stories hahahahahaha. cycling news, cycling tips now all need to subscribe, damn sad