there is an optimum position for saddle fore/aft,
kenot simply push too much to the front or back...
google to find out.... 

there is an optimum position for saddle fore/aft,
kenot simply push too much to the front or back...
google to find out.... 

go watch this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP-jyIbPQ6g

Hi May i ask what u mean by: The Deore rear derailleur. Have to be careful of the long cage though when riding on the 52T by 32T.??

Cos i plan to change my chainring from 42T to 50T or 52T.. any advice?

TQ.

You are so right, in the matters of the butt.

At first, I did not adjust the position of the saddle and just went for a long ride on the new bike.
After a while, I had a painful ass which took some time to go away.

The next time, I carefully checked how I could adjust the position of the saddle and found that I could turn the seat post 180 degrees  to turn it around so that the saddle can be positioned as near to the handlebars as possible.
I had to take out the saddle, turn it around and screw it on again as it was facing backwards.

But when I tried a short ride, it just felt so much more comfortable than the almost crouching position of the new bike without adjustment.  Now I felt like my weight was more on the "meat" of the butt rather than the two lower bones under my butt, if you get what I mean.

This improved position helped but it did not completely removed the soreness after a long ride.
So I had two options:  1) change the saddle to something more comfortable or 2) buy padded pants.

As the padded pants were not cheap, I decided to look at another saddle and found what is a godsend gift for relieving painful butts, a Royal Gel saddle from MBShop....  Selle Royal brand.  This was easily the most valuable buy for my bike and it did not cost too much, surprisingly as it was made in Italy.

Now I could enjoy long rides comfortably.

Bro check this out.. this foldable mountain bike is really cheap!.. so tempting.. if i have yet to get my volcano.. i will be buying this for sure.. 

Foldable mountain bike

ah, de sadle issue
well
when i first got on my bike i oso got same problems
got pain evriwhere
back, butt, thighs, calfs, arms, neck and "lil' bro" oso pain
just naturally, i curse evriting on de bike
hard sadle,lack of gearings (7 speeds), narrow tyres, stupid long reach n low dropbar, stupid suspension doesnt do aniting...bleh...bleh...bleh...n so on
hell i wanna change evriting
but after two weeks or someting
no pain ady
without changin aniting
so my conclusion is myb it is my body dat is not used to cycling
or myb its just me

and also when i do my last cincai touring
i tot im gonna get pain whole body after doing 100somting km
suprisingly i didnt 
later dat night i can still cycle aroun jalan2 cari makan around alor star town
hehe
only one thing tho
cuz so cincai cycling with jeans
my kangkang got blister (only notice when i take shower at hotel)
n my underwear got one big hole
fortunately just one underwear casualties.phew

so dats y my bike still standard stock (apart from de rear brake )
de kenda kwest kinda want to botak ady
gotta change later before raya hopefully
so i can do myb litle touring dis raya
hehe
i tink my bike can take 1.95
before dis i eyeing de schwalbe big aple
but then after i read samo's blog
im considering of maxxis dth
i dono
myb afte i change ill report back to yall
now is to find dat dth
hmmm 
gotta ask samo
hehe

cheers

Hohoho    I can tell you the Maxxis DTH is good    By the way, the ECO 7 that Samo saw was mine.  Then again our Mr. Samo has 6 foldies! 2 jet streams that was shodded with the Maxxis now and he uses the Jetstream  if there's an offroad route. Others he and wife use their new Terns. Don't know about the Speed P8 and the MU 16 inch. 

Just wonder how is the ride to Mengkuang Dam? Start from where? and how long would it take? I like to try this road also but don't know how to go..

does those bicycle chain cleaner works?

dx.com selling bout 11USD each ...

http://dx.com/p/bicycle-chain-cleaning-machine-blue-82194

this thing is very mulah bro...  check bbs first....
i get from taobao lagi mulah... but i haven't used it yet...   

taobao manyak susah bro ... taktau baca

taobao manyak susah bro ... taktau baca

Try their english version. Also very susah to order. Their English description is out of this world. You punch in hubs and no results but punch in 'flower drum', at least a few hubs appear. Have to really crack your head to find things you want.     
http://www.yoybuy.com/en/

bbs selling RM 30 wor... last time i tot is cheaper....
forget about taobao if tatau baca... cos susah to order.....

how do u use them? just spray with degreaser and run through the chain? wd-40 is degreaser rite...

no wd-40 is not a degreaser.
i haven't used the chain cleaner yet.

i think u better read reviews online before purchase the thing,
cos some said that the device will make things worst.

search in youtube got many videos. 

while we are this topic, look at this dude and his elaborate chain cleaning...

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html