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Oct 17, 2010 - Campaign For A Lane

2010-10-18T09:47:00.000+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Total 2,500 participants are attending the round island ride organised by G-Club and Rotory Club Tanjung Bungah.

I took 3hrs and 30mins to complete the 84km ride! :D

Aug 22, 2010 - Gambir Height

2010-08-24T15:49:00.001+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Today is the day which lucky8 officially test his blink blink Scott Spark 40 on offroad!

Aug 15, Bukit Gambir, 178 First Ride

2010-08-15T21:57:00.001+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Welcome our new member today, 178 aka Ooi Chong Lay with his new blink blink merida to join us today!

It a sunny day, but today I don't ride, I hike. (due to forgot to bring out skewer.. damn). So I'm the photographer, with lucky8, our soon-to-be new rider :D

Aug 01, 2010 - Nibong Tebal Jamboree '10

2010-08-06T12:17:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Its been awhile since I last updated this blog :)

So after a long rest, I have decided to participate in this NTMTB Jamboree, this is the second time I joined this kind of large cycling event (First time was Kuala Kangsar Jamboree back in 2008!), I was falling sick badly before the cycling day, caught flu and even get to Adventis Hospital for check up, suspicious on H1N1! Haha..

On the cycling day, We depart from Sg. Petani at 5am early morning, I'm quite impressed that I'm able to get up! Then headed to Autocity McD, meeting up Kian Lee and go for our breakfast.

The trial is approximately 45km total, as usual we are trapped in jam at the beginning, but still I managed to complete it and got the placing at 452th out of 1700 riders, while Kianlee is getting 580 :D

I don't take much photo, as its been a long time since I go for an outing.. only snapped few photo after the ride with my bloody iPhone.

Kianlee - Banshee PYRE!

Koosh - Litespeed OBED!

Sexy Kianlee :P

Some closed up photo of my bike.. full of sand!

I feel a bit reluctant to post up this photo..but anyhow, thanks to zieman to snap the fatty me in action :)

Dec 06, 2009 - Penang Kayuh Lasak 2009

2009-12-07T08:41:00.003+08:00

I, Keat and Kheong managed to complete all the 6 check points.
The route had been changed to reversed way, but its still 45km with tough climb and sweet descent and single track..... and took me 5 hours to complete

Oct 24, 2009 - Tough ride....

2009-10-26T08:56:00.003+08:00

Tough ride due to long climb......
Total distance is 60km

Oct 20, 2009 - Ride....

2009-10-21T11:29:00.006+08:00

Ride from Greenlane to Gambir, down to Farlim, up and down Southern Hill and reverse up Gambir and down then home... :)

At the peak of Southern Hill

At the Gambir's hut

May 23, 2009 - Tour de Genting Accomplishment

2009-05-29T10:06:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

10 craziest of us from SPMTB is riding up Genting Highlands today! Here are the detail of our proud accomplishment!

Riders list:
1. William Ooi
2. Allan Chan
3. Teik - CT Cycle
4. Yiong - Sooi Hin / Refine
5. Ching Wei
6. Tat
7. Andy Low
8. Rick
9. Zhau
10. Koosh

and 2 riders from KL joined us.

11. Johnny
12. Beh

Total cycling time: 3hr 20mins
Total time taken: 5hr 30mins
Total distance: 31.11km (Uphill!)

Special thanks to the following member who given their contribution for the successful of this trip.

John Goh - Support Crew, Photographer
ZS Loh - Support Crew, Savior! (Food supply)
Regent Wong - Lending bike rack to crew car.

Photo by koosh2:

Photo by ZS:

Photo by Allan Chan:

Happy Birthday to koosh's Scott Scale 40, aka 小白!

2009-05-14T15:18:00.005+08:00

koosh2 writing..

My bike has followed me the one whole year since May 2008. It accompany me conquer many many of tough mountains, many many of long distance travel, both painful and joyful. To celebrate it's 1 year old birthday, I have gave it a completely makeover, and here are some preliminary shots.

Specification at a glance:
- Frame set: Scott Scale 40 Frame (size L, 2008). Ritchey WCS Carbon Headset, Hope Seat Clamp.
- Group set: Shimano XTR Crankset, Shifter, FD, RD with KCNC pulley, Chain, Shimano XT Cassette.
- Brake: Hope Tech X2 with braided hose, 183mm rotor
- Front Suspension: RockShox SID Race with PushLoc, 2009, Black
- Rim set: Notubes ZTR Olympic 28H, DT Swiss Revolution Spoke, Hope Pro II Hub, Hope 2009 Skewer.
- Handle & Seat: Ritchey WCS Carbon Rizer Bar, Thomson Elite X4 Stem, KCNC Ti-Scandium Seatpost, Ritchey WCS Marathon Saddle.
- Misc: Ritchey WCS Carbon Bottle Cage

Current bike weight: 10.70kg

Upcoming Event: Tour de Genting

2009-04-23T10:32:00.005+08:00

Riders List:
1. Allan Chan
2. Wiiliam Ooi
3. Ng Chun Teik (Team Mechanic)
4. Ngan Ching Wei
5. Saw Kean Tat
6. Deric Beh
7. Lim Chien Yiong (Team Mechanic)
8. Rick
9. Koosh Wang
10. Lee Nai On
11. Zhau
12. Regent Wong

Support Team:
1. John Goh
2. ZS

Dinner at Sakae Sushi

2009-03-25T08:36:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

A rainy night, nothing better to do than have a hang out with cycling buddies!

5 of us like starving ghosts desperate for wasabi!! @ Sakae Sushi, Sunway Carnival.

From right to left, bear300, ChingWei, Allan Chan, Choon Teik and myself :)

March 14, 2009 - Lalariders Weekend Ride

2009-03-15T00:38:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Route: Bird Nest (mariomum house) > 30% Carpet > Tun Sardon > BP Market (1st Pit Stop) > Hilton (2nd Pit Stop) > AID > AIP (3rd Pit Stop) > Paya Terubong Hill > ?? Offroad > Inti College > Bird Nest.
Ride duration: 4hrs
Riders: mariomum, keatkeat, kianlee, cktan, dylan, koosh (largest lalariders event ever :P)

Breakfast at Balik Pulau Market (First pit stop)

Resting at Hilton Hut (Second pit stop)

Short rest at Air Itam Dam

Coconut + Sugarcane break at Air Itam Market (Third pit stop)

Looks like we eat and drink more than we ride?! haha

Weight Comparison

2009-03-14T00:16:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

It's a rather peaceful evening but however, the environment in CT Cycle wasn't that peace, everyone is getting hot and exciting when putting their bikes on weighting scale! :P

my wheelset weighted #3 in rank but my bike is the most heavy?! WTF?!!

March 01, 2009 - Taman Kempas Ride

2009-03-02T10:56:00.001+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Feel sick today but still go for riding, hopefully it can gets me better after sweat?

8 of us were riding, route today were Teik's shop > Proton > Indian Temple > Pipeline > 7-11 > Proton > Teik's shop, total of 20km, the trail just got bulldozed, the land is soft and muddy, my 2.0 tyre has at least enlarge to 3.0!!

Another true fact proven today, Top swing type front deraileur is bad when facing heavy muddy trail! :P

Oh! I'm happy with my bike's new setting!

February 28, 2009 - Apollo Ride

2009-02-28T10:26:00.000+08:00

koosh2 writing..

It's been awhile since Zen last joined us for riding, we went to Apollo today, it's consider an easy ride, all of us were ok beside a new rider, Eric Heng! :P

Lousy posing by Eric Heng :P

International Bicycle & Motocycle Exhibition @ Singapore

2009-02-24T21:37:00.009+08:00

Zen writing .....

Check this out @ http://www.bikeasia.org/

The are a lot of activities from 27 Feb to 1 March 09 & a lots of dream bike such as 2009 models from Cannondale, SE Bikes, Colnago, De Rosa, Montante and also a new concept in cycling from Street Surfer.

Anyone can sponsor me a ticket there please? I really wish to see those show girl~

Dinasaur Setting for koosh2's Scott Scale 40!

2009-02-17T23:39:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

The Shimano XT disc brake and Fox F32 100RL folk has been sold, I leave the bike with the rest of stuff at Ah Teik's new shop, CT Cycle.

Then suddenly got an idea.. let's play around with it, how about put on a DOWNHILL folk on it? Haha..

So here we go.. Scott Scale 40 HT, with Manitou Travis 8 inch travel and a Mavic Deemax Downhill rim, looks superb?? or Dinasaur??? up to u :P

See u there at Kulim Hi-Tech Exploration with this setting? LOL!!

February 08, 2009 - Taman Kempas with KT Cycletron Group

2009-02-09T09:03:00.005+08:00

koosh2 writing..

A large large large large group of us went to ride at Taman Kempas (First section of SP Jamboree Trail) today. I not sure there is total of how many person, but I know it's many :D

William and I were the sweeper, so I didn't take any photo. Credit to Allan Chan for the photo source.

February 06, 2009 - A Black Night Riding, from Sungai Dua to Sungai Petani

2009-02-09T08:47:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

William, Allan, Yong, Teik, Ching Wei, Tatt, Joo, Siong and me, nine of us decided to go ride at Sg. Dua tonight, we were happily loading our bikes onto the van and depart on 9pm.

When we were just after Sg. Dua toll, the water temperature shoot up to the sky until red line, it scared us and we were forced to stop at highway's side. William check out the engine and radiator, the water was almost dry up. No choice then we have to call back SP for rescue, we waited 2 hours.. yeah.. 2 HOURS for the fxxking tow truck to reach us, nine of us like sitting duck waiting to be BBQ at road side, bull shitting, counting cars, teasing each other and swear! How pathetic LOL..

End up the tow truck came, tow the van, and we proceed our ride from there to home, it took us approximate 1 hour for a total distance of 30km.

February 06, 2009 - A chit-chat session at Ah Teik's shop

2009-02-06T17:10:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Few of us are chatting in front Ah Teik's shop today, and Tian Joo found he got nothing better to do with his DH bike, so he decide to go for a JUMP! :D

It's like 3 feet in height and need to be landed at 3 feet distance, otherwise, he will end up swimming in the drain!

Here's the video clip, a sunny evening, a brat jump with his Specialized Demo 9 DH bike..

Upcoming Event: Kulim Hi-Tech MTB Exploration 2009

2009-02-03T11:53:00.008+08:00

Organizer: Kulim Hi-Tech Park MTB Team
Event Type: Cross Country (XC) Jamboree
Time/Date: 7:30am, Mar 8, 2009.
Registration Fee: RM50
Venue: KHTP Business Centre, Kulim Hi-tech Park, Kulim, Kedah
Distance: 50km
Registration Form: Click here to download.
Source: Kulim Hi-Tech Park MTB Team

GONG XI FA CHAI!

2009-01-19T16:53:00.003+08:00

We from lalariders.com, wish you and your family
a Happy and Prosperous
Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Chai!

恭喜发财!

January 11, 2009 - Revisit SP Jamboree Trail

2009-01-12T10:46:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Today Uncle William, Allan Chan, Ah Tong, Ah Tek and me ride from William's shop to meet the rest of riders at Proton, Tmn Kempas, total approximate 30 riders (lost count). We were the last group but managed to keep up to the rest.

We use the shortcut, skipped Indian temple and met 1st group of riders at hilltop of palm oil estate, John, TKK, Ng, Ping, Siong were there. Met 2nd group of riders at the entrance of Pongku Hill, Siang, Yagi etc were there. And after downhill at pipeline, met the 3rd and last group there, lee, ong, wan and the rest. Shocked there was so many riders.

Then all of us proceed to discover a new area, another palm oil hill, it's a dead end up there, and some boring riders are doing downhill stunt there .. Pipedream AM frame rocks! or the owner don't know how to write the 'DIE' word? LOL. Ah Tong, the pipedream owner has made few stunning jumps, a newbie 1st day on the full susp bike and shocked everybody else.

Here some photo on the hill top, was lazy to snap other because I'm tired, too long time didn't ride..

Koosh Wang House Warming Party!

2008-12-16T08:52:00.004+08:00

Click the image to enlarge.

November 29, 2008 - Ride in the rain....

2008-11-29T15:16:00.003+08:00

Kian Lee writing....

Wake up, call Keat and Kheong but nobody answer, after 15 mins, Keat call back, and confirm the ride is on and agreed to meet at the Air Itam car park. I prepared the drinks and start ride out from house to the destination. Wait Keat for 25 mins due to he didn't bring along the wheel after drive out from house and turning back to get it. Before start the ride, we alter the route that agreed the night before to a shorter one due to weather seems like going to rain, the route is AID <> Hilton <> Sacred Heart <> Balik Pulau. Alright, we start heading to AID and arrived at the main gate, sky does looks dark, we proceed to Hilton, before we reach the Hilton, its start rain not heavy but both of our shirt is getting wet, and decided to heading to Balik Pulau since both way also rain, the rain getting heavier when we are at Sacred Heart, end up whole body wet when arrived the Balik Pulau food court. Have a quick meal while waiting for the rain to stop. Too bad that the rain is not going to stop, but at least its not that heavy, so both of us heading back to AID. Both of us arrived safely and have a coconut drinks then go back individually.

Upcoming Event (Update): International Off Road Mountain Bike Challenge 2008

2008-11-19T16:37:00.004+08:00

Upon joining, a weighting scale worth RM150 will be included in the goodie bag!

November 16, 2008 - Kuala Ketil Track #2

2008-11-16T22:25:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

LALArider: koosh2
SPMTB: William, Allan, Tek, Yong, ZS, Joo, Chang etc..

It's another sunny day and we went to the Kuala Ketil International Race track again, today is to touch up some path and bump to make it smooth on riding, this track is fun and exciting, it's a MUST try track for all mountain bike enthusiast!

* Credit to Allan Chan for supplying the photos and videos.

Ah Joo wall ride show down take #1 .. failed! hahaha

Ah Joo wall ride show down take #2 .. success! bravo!

Upcoming Events

2008-11-12T13:57:00.006+08:00

1. International Off Road Mountain Bike Challenge 2008

Organizer: Mr. Off Road Adventure
Co-Organizer: SPMTB Club
Event Type: 4X (Four Cross) Race
Venue: Mr. Off Road Adventure Park, Kuala Ketil, Kedah.
Date: Dec 28, 2008
Registration Form: Click here to download.
Source: Mr. Off Road Adventure

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2. Kayuhan Warisan Taiping 2008

Organizer: Taiping MTB Club
Venue: Dataran Kedamaian, Taman Tasik Taiping, Taiping, Perak
Event Type: Cross Country Jamboree
Date: Dec 28, 2008
Registration Form: Click here to download.
Source: Taiping MTB Club

_____________________________________________

3. Le Tour De Penang "Fellowship Ride"

Organizer: KOTRT
Co-Organizer: MPPP
Venue: MPPP Heritage Building Esplanade
Event Type: Fellowship (Round island)
Date: Dec 28, 2008
Registration Form: Please refer to organizer site for update.
Source: KOTRT - Knights of The Round Table

November 9, 2008 - BM Mountaincross 2008

2008-11-10T06:40:00.008+08:00

Kian Lee wrote......

BM Mountain Cross 2008 killed me......

8am flag off and go for around 10km of on-road riding. Due to I, Kheong and Chong not in the front group, so when entering the off-road climb its totally congested and not rideable at all. And we are forced to step down from the bike and push. We almost spent 1 hour plus on the push and standing there, really boring..... like Kevin said, Jamboree = Jamboring...

After that jam section, we heading to Mengkuang dam, very nice view from there, met Khoon and BMC Kiat there they come all the way from SP. Go through the side of Mengkuang dam, saw Derek from SP rest at the entrance of the off-road, before I and Kheong pursuit the off-road, we take few bites of cheese and hydration salt, the off-road is full of root, which I am unable to handle and almost fall, end up repeat the push and ride.

When the time I arrived CP1, its 12pm. Hot sun greet to me. I'd finish around 2L of water during the CP1, so its time for me to re-fill water, ate 2 bananas, and take another 2 bananas for standby, cold down my body temperature by pouring water on my head. Then I and Kheong proceed to CP2, while Chong is rest and refill at CP1. During the CP2, I am totally exhausted and unable to climb at all, so I step down and push again, while Kheong keep on going. And some section of CP2 is really steep and not rideable, luckily got crew to give a hand to all the riders to overcome the difficulty.

I reached CP2 at 1.30pm, met Alan, BB and Dave from LP there, they are crew for this event. Rest at CP2 and ate the last 2 bananas and pouring water on my head to cold down the body temperature again and struggle whether should I proceed to CP3 or quit and getting from there via chicken route. Luckily Dave came over and brief me the CP3 route, according to Dave it all rideable so I take up the challenge and proceed.

I am able to ride for around 15 mins then starting exhausted again. I keep on repeat the walk, ride, walk, ride and get over a steep uphill by walk. Then I saw a single track downhill, slide all the way down with moderate speed, during that time I am really exhausted and not really enjoy the downhill, but I have to very careful to avoid any exception. I reached another steep uphill again fortunate that it is the last as I saw the starting point from the top, then slide down to meeting Kheong and Chong, since I completed all the CP, received a paper weight souvenir from KT's Robert. Have a few bites of quick meal there, drink ice cold water, pour ice cold water over my head. Load the dirty bike that full of mud into car, change clothes. Then we head to Look Yuen for a proper lunch. When the time I reached home, its 5pm.

November 02, 2008 - Kuala Ketil International Race Track

2008-11-03T10:58:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

LALArider: koosh2
SPMTB Member: Uncle William, Ah Tek, Refine Yong, ZS (BigFoot), XTR Sian, Put, Ching Wei, Ah Tatt, Wan Shaidan.
Route: Kuala Ketil International Race Track

It is a abandon race track for motor cross last time, but now already been taken over and will modify to a race track. We were there to test the track, so far only 1km+ done, but it's amazing, exhausted even race for 2 laps. Oh, it's muddy!

November 01, 2008 - 168

2008-11-02T12:01:00.000+08:00

Ride with Kheong and Bong to Penang Hill via 168. Its a first time for Bong to ride his Cannondale F3 at Penang. After the ride, have a breakfast then pay a visit to Chin Aik, the new shop is almost done.

October 25, 2008 - AID 7hrs deadly ride!

2008-10-26T10:29:00.001+08:00

koosh2 writing,

LALAriders: Kianlee, kheong, keat, koosh2 & special guest from SPMTB, Ah Tek.
Route: Air Itam Market > Air Itam Dam > Waterfall > Iron X > Sg. Rusa > Balik Pulau > Scary Heart > Hilton Hut > Air Itam Dam > Air Itam Market
Duration: 7 HOURS!!!

This route is killing I would say, and some more we got lost in the jungle, wasted energy and trapped almost an hour or more. But still, it is an enjoyable ride.

October 24, 2008 - Sergeant Keat's new born baby!

2008-10-24T09:42:00.000+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Don't be scared, it's a new born bike, not a real baby :P

Today few of us gather at Dreamwerkz to witness the birth of this blink blink white Pipedream, coupled with few gold color item like HOPE floating rotor, Infinity hub, HOPE seat clamp, woah!

Congratulation to Sergeant!

October 18, 2008 - Iron X > Terrapin (off-road) > Hilton Hut

2008-10-20T12:52:00.007+08:00

Kian Lee writing..

Went to Iron X and explore the off-road trial to Hilton Hut. The off-road trail is a single track, muddy and cover by trees....

Here are the pictures at the water fall before reach the Iron X.

October 17, 2008 - Sg. Dua Night Ride

2008-10-19T09:42:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

It's a rainy day but we still insist to drive all the way from Sg. Petani to Sg. Dua for a night ride.

Fortunately, when we reach Sg. Dua, no rain there! but right after we done and load our bike on van, it started to rain. Happily we head to the famous curry mee at Raja Uda for supper.

Here some photos when we are unloading our bike.

October 11, 2008 - Iron X

2008-10-17T10:18:00.003+08:00

Kian Lee writing..

First ride to Iron X with Kheong, nice environment as it got waterfall there, I and Kheong went down there, the water is so fresh and clear, I have a few sip on it.... :D

Its a challenging trail..... will go back again to explore the route the link to Ngoh Han and Balik Pulau...

Too bad that I am lazy to snap photos.... :p

October 2, 2008 - Penang Hill

2008-10-07T10:24:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee writing..

Ride up to Penang Hill from Botanical Garden 0 to 168 with few riders from Sg Ara, and coming down via Tiger Hill to Air Itam Dam.
Though its a tough ride and tired, but its fun and nice experience.
Too bad that, lazy to snap some picture, there are few nice scene, maybe next time.

October, 2008 (Hari Raya week) - Ngoh Han

2008-10-07T09:55:00.014+08:00

Ride few times at Air Itam Dam to Ngoh Han during Hari Raya week....

Some scenery photo from Ngoh Han.

Here is the drinks after the ride......

September 20, 2008 - Bukit Kayu Hitam Ride

2008-09-22T13:30:00.009+08:00

Bear's writting..

Zen and I went for the Hatyai de Tour with friends but we plan to go until Bukit Kayu Hitam and come back because due to some personal reason, we cannot overnight @ Hatyai with them..
The ride is great i would say... Everyone enjoy cycling..

The participant: Uncle William, Tek, Zen, Allan Chan, CJ Ong, Yong, Deric and me..
The Driver: Wen Juin, Boon Liang

The time:
600 - Sungai Petani
655 - Gurun (Breakfast)
815 - Guar Cempedak
903 - Alor Star
1049 - Jitra
1205 - Changloon
1326 - Bukit Kayu Hitam Border

The weather is consider good except when we arrive Alor Star. When we arrive the Junction of Southern Alor Star Toll, it started to rain.. The rain is so tiny until we ignore it and stop by the junction to took some pictures while waiting for the rest.. And then, the rain suddenly turn HUGE.... **ji ba bom** We all run ka beh tit hu.... Luckily we can across the drain and run to the nearest shoplot to hide from the heavy rain... #$!%^#&
We all thought we have to stop already since the rain is so heavy... but then, the rain only last for around 15 minutes and turn small again..

We continue our ride with wet road... It's fun to gets wet and dirty.. We continue our journey but forced to stop to wait for the Van.. They were lost in Alor Star and we have to guide them through phone.. We stop somewhere at Kubang Pasu for awhile and head down to Jitra..
Zen outperform all of us when we head down to Jitra.. Uncle William and gangs stop at the town center while Zen called back because he overshot and stop by the petrol station further..
I stop by at where Uncle William they all stops but i go further to meet Zen alone after that..
After the rest, we head up to Changloon.. Tek and Uncle William is chasing each other and left us all at the back.. I've tried my super very best but end up cannot even see them even it's a long straight road to Changloon.. wtf... !@#%^

We stop by Changloon for light lunch so that they have the energy to continue their journey up to Hatyai for Chicken Rice.. Me and Zen continue our ride to the border and stop at Sadao..
We went for bath and body massage so that we can refill our exhausted body... It's an enjoying trip and i would go again if i have at least 3 days of free time.. :)

September 20, 2008 - BJ -> Dam -> BJ

2008-09-21T02:40:00.004+08:00

Today Kian Lee has planned out a long route after 2 weeks of resting because he cut finger while cleaning his rotor :P
The route go from Bukit Jambul shoplot (Near mariomum house), Bukit Relau, Paya Terubong, Air Itam market, Air Itam Dam, Ngoh Han Temple, Balik Pulau, Tun Sardon and back to Bukit Jambul. Total distance of 33km!

Kian Lee and I reach the car park about 7:30am, and OMG it was raining, kinda heavy til mariomum had start to suggest where to take breakfast, when I heard about Gurney Bah Kut Teh, my saliva has drooling :P luckily the rain slow down after 10mins and we quickly unload our bikes and prepare for the ride.

The road starting was wet, the water spill til my jersey full with dirty water mark (sighs, I wonder how long time I need to clean them off)

Keatkeat meet us at Air Itam, then we proceed to climb Air Itam dam, it was just a day after my 5 days fasting therapy, I expect my self performance will drop but fortunately, I still able to keep the normal me, the route is tough, but I still manage to climb hassle-free. Everything go well and safe, we had our pit stop Balik Pulau Market, we took our breakfast there and 'Buah Pala' juice, it was fresh blended, we never taste such nice drink before, it was so nice until I buy another 1 litre and put into my camelbak hehe.
After the breakfast, we proceed to climb to god-damn-it Tun Sardon, I started to regret the 1 litre juice on my back, the sun coming out, luckily I still manage to climb it. The only unfortunate thing during today ride happens here, when we about to downhill, we suppose to cut to opposite lane during downhill and go into off road trail to Carpet, mariomum asked me to follow Kian Lee, but stupid me had got attracted by the downhill speed and lost control! I reach the maximum speed of 75km/h!!! It was the highest value I could achieved ever :P Sorry Kian Lee, sorry mariomum, I will guai guai follow u all next time.

September 13, 2008 - SP Jamboree Track video

2008-09-14T23:50:00.006+08:00

video description-
we were block by a river and the small wooded bridge were patah... so we have to slowly pass over the bike to cross the river.

1.we were decided to take a picture.. so ask tek to be the camera men.
2.we steel there and witting for tek say 1 2 3..
3.few second pass.. we still steel, but tek still say nothing...untill we notice he was taking video.
4.someone was f*cking that there are a cow shit on 1 of the bike, that make his hand dirty while carrying bike.

September 14, 2008 - Butterworth Ride

2008-09-14T19:35:00.004+08:00

After yesterday ride, I went to Yong shop to chit chat .. then Uncle Thiam, Jin and Matthew ask for a ride today, so I just decided to join them since I nothing to do (even though my legs still muscle still have not recover from cramp and pain :P)

The ride start at 7:30am this morning, with total 9 riders of Uncle William, Uncle Thiam, Matthew, Jin, Ah Tek, Yong, BMC Keit, Bear and me.

This ride consist total of 66km, we spent about 3.5hours to complete it, the route was started from Giant -> Batu Lintang -> Tikam Batu (Small Pit stop) -> Kota Kuala Muda -> Bumbung Lima -> Penaga -> Butterworth (Half time break at Roti Canai Aziz, the food they took looks nice, but too bad I don't get a chance to taste it because I am on some kind of therapy, which I cannot take food at all) -> Bertam -> Kepala Batas -> Main road back to SP.

The ride was great, superb weather, not hot at all until 10am, just that a bit windy during the way back :)

September 13, 2008 - SP Jamboree Track

2008-09-14T19:23:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Tek, Odin, Kim Beng, Xiang, Tommy and me decided to go for a ride a SP Jamboree Track today, me and Ah Tek gathered up at William shop, had our breakfast and proceed to Proton to wait for the rest of them, which they riding from Xiang house at Bandar Putri Jaya. It was a tiring cycle trip for me as I don't really ride after SP Jamboree on August 10, 2008. It was a muddy ride, and Tommy feel dowm 2 times! Luckily not big harm to him and still able to ride. My both legs cramp when we are at the hilltop near feeding station!

Video! Gunung Jerai

2008-09-05T18:31:00.003+08:00

Very nice Job by Denear a.k.a Ah khoon

August 30, 2008 - Sg Ara, Blue House and Carpet with SPMTB riders

2008-08-30T23:00:00.010+08:00

Zen writing..

Add up some picture here.

prepared myself and wait for XTR Xien to pick me up....is about 6:40am, still dark outside.

arriving at Pg Sg Ara car park..."quickly" unload bike.

Kian Lee Ready

Finally arrive on d top of carpet

August 30, 2008 - Sg Ara, Blue House and Carpet with SPMTB riders

2008-08-30T19:43:00.029+08:00

Bear writing..

Hi all, this is my first entry here... Apologise for lousy english..
Our initial plan for the ride is actually:
dinas >> UH to blue house >> carpet >> DH to tun sardon >> UH to vege farm >> DH to dinas

But we have to change our ride to:
dinas >> UH to blue house >> single track banana farm >> DH to vege farm >> UH to carpet >> DH to steep, narrow, thrilling single track shortcut offroad >> DH to dinas
because we were late big time, letting kian lee and keatkeat to wait for us.. and also, few of our new member(including me) cannot stand the journey anymore...

This is the toughest offroad ride ever for me... i usually ride at Apollo offroad in sp, which is much more easier than blue house it's own.... hahahaha...
I like the banana farm alot... The leaves blocks most of the sunlight and it's cold there with lots of fresh air... :)
Eventhough it's a hard track to me, it's worth it... uphill is suffering, but when we stop to rest and look around, the scenery is so nice, the air is so fresh until we forgot about the tireness, fatigue body and exhaustion... So we went up, up and up to the peak..
And here we come to the most interesting part... DOWNHILL...!!
Single track cement downhill with hairpin need concentration... but it's fun to play around... hehe... There are few places of offroad downhill which is kinda dangerous.. the road is slippery and bumpy, kinda hard to control the bike...

It's overall an enjoying trip for me. Thanks to everyone who keep dragging me to go.. I'm sure i will regret if i didn't go with you all.. Sungai Ara Blue House + Carpet, I will come again, again and again... And i hope i can do the complete track with all of you in the future!!

There are some photos below.. enjoy.. :)

Discovery

2008-08-27T23:57:00.005+08:00

Zen writing again...

found some picture while I organizing my handphone storage card, found this interesting one, this is a discovery trip of I & k2 on 19th July 2008, we were trying ourself to find the road from shortcut to meet another group of people, they are on somewhere around check point 2 of Jamboree track, the preparation of SP Jamboree 2008...at last we failed to join them.... this trip was really killing me, total about 40km distance of riding, and I was riding on an unknown road... mental crashing.

We was on a top of dunno what hill... the climbing was really taking my life.

A group of about 50 cow was keep on passing around at the road that we need to pass trough, I was really scare hit by the cow, we are ridding over the road with full speed in the middle of d time that the cow crossby and before they run back, we took 15 minutes to consider, and finaly we did it!

SP Jamboree 2008 Meeting Leakout!

2008-08-26T23:19:00.015+08:00

Zen writing...
SPMTB held a meeting tonite at Kelab Cinta Sayang, review on the jamboree.

this video is part of the discussion with Deric regarding "masalah makan"

Today my first time try to clean my chain, chain maintenance....after ridding about 700km for this few month..
take a long time to clean, damn dirty neh, i think i got to do it bi-weekly or weekly next time.....

Zenny - SP MTB Sexy Rider!!!

2008-08-26T01:19:00.003+08:00

Zen writing..

sleepless night, surfing around and found some nice picture to share about.

Sexy~

August 23, 2008 - Gunung Jerai

2008-08-23T22:47:00.004+08:00

Posted by Kian Lee...

Ride with SP MTB team to Gunung Jerai. Odin and I are riding the new Pipedream frame. We do 12km of uphill. We saw a python snake but not sure whether its dead or asleep. And got 1 mate saw wild boar.

Next saturday, SP MTB will coming to Penang for the ride.

ZenBike.....

2008-08-23T00:48:00.009+08:00

Zen writing...

is 23/08/08 1am now... my dear mechanic Ah Yong has juz done my bike for me, i just called him and he was still in his shop completing rider dream... salute dear Yong, thankz for rush out a fantastic job by building my bike for me, sorry for giving u so short of time frame due to i really wanna ride it out at tomorrows Gunung Jerai~ coz Kian Lee my pipedream gang was their too~

22/08/08 4:45pm, rush out from office to ah yong shop and start waiting for him, already a long q waiting him to fix their bike...
6:45pm, finally ah yong come back from stock refilling and start his work...
7:15pm, Ah Jin Stunjumpper has juz done and is my turn~
11:15am Bike Completed!!! yoo yoo yoo~ This Is d Birthday of ZenBike! the next day after K2 birthday~

Coming soon.. ZenBike by lily!

2008-08-22T09:56:00.003+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Aside from the happy owner of the matte black PipeDream, we have another happy owner in Dreamwerkz too.. stay tuned, I am sure the bike will be on the road today, and you will see it as well if you are joining the Gunung Jerai Ride tomorrow!

Featuring .. ZENBIKE, powered by Lily.

Good bye Scooby, Welcome Doremon!

2008-08-22T09:35:00.004+08:00

koosh2 writing,

It's a snaking day, everyone like no need to work! almost all of the LALA Riders are gathered at Dreamwerkz yesterday :P

We have a sad moment because the Scooby (Black Scott Scale 80 belonged to Kian Lee) is going to leave us .. good bye Scooby, may you rest in peace :P

But then .. we gonna celebrate for the new born baby for Kian Lee, DOREMON! A fierce looking Pipedream Absolut, in matte black! omg omg ..

August 19, SP Eastern Bypass Night Ride

2008-08-20T09:33:00.006+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Went for a night ride with Odin at Eastern Bypass to test out his brand new folk.. a Black Fox F-Series RL, which exactly the same as me, Kian Lee and Keat! haha.

It just an on-road riding, so Odin not really test out the performance yet, but I am sure he will like it!

August 17, 2008 - Sg Ara Blue House and Carpet again.....

2008-08-17T22:31:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee writing...

Receive SK call on Saturday noon and said want to have a ride on Sunday and venue is Blue House and Carpet, so I decided to ride on Sunday morning.

Meet up with SK 8am at the junction of Blue House, quite a number of riders from LP team turn up, around 16.

Here is the route, Blue House -> Carpet -> shortcut offroad downhill to the hut and back to staring point.

August 16, 2008 - Sg Ara Blue House and Carpet

2008-08-17T22:26:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee writing...

CK, Keat and myself went to Blue House follow by Carpet, downhill to Tun Sardon middle span, uphill for 20 minutes, end with downhill again to Cherry Blossom.... total mileage is around 25km.

August 10, SP Jamboree 2008

2008-08-10T23:46:00.030+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Today is the big day for SP MTB Club, we have successfully accomplish the mission for organizing the biggest event in the year, SP Jamboree 2008, which consist total of 50km!!!

Kudos to all the committees and marshals for co-operating to make it a great event.

And would like to apologize to those who injured, hope you get well soon..

And congratulation to our lalarider member, OOIKL for completed the trail even he fall for twice! haha, you need a better bike, a Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Pro perhaps!

The section that Kian Lee fall.....

July 26, 2008 - Sg Ara

2008-07-26T12:58:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee is writing...

Depart real early in the morning from CK's house to Blue House then follow by Carpet, and try the new route to Taman Tun Sardon at Balik Pulau and went through a nice offroad from Taman Tun Sardon back to Cherry Blossom, then stop at the coffee shop for food then back to home. Total mileage is 25km and done in around 3 hours.

July 14, 2008 - Sg Ara Carpet

2008-07-14T18:02:00.002+08:00

Kian Lee is writing...

This morning went up to Carpet with CK... no hot sun but few drops of rain that generate fresh and chill air...

We going downhill on new offroad route.... its NICE! Full of single track hairpin corner....

Gunung Jerai

2008-07-13T00:52:00.011+08:00

12/07/08
Tour De Gunung Jerai
Ridder -Zen, Koosh2, Xien, Derrick

9am, arrive on hill leg of Gunung Jerai, unload our bike and preparing for d ride

yeah.. i am d guy with glasses & wearing d "khidmat negara" bendela

1st stop on about the 4th km, due to brother derrick stop for vomit out his last nite outstanding of beer

d red shirt is Ah Xien & Black Shirt was brother derrick who drunk till 4am on last nite and join us for this ride at early of 8am on d morning

ushh...nothing to do

brother koosh2

hemm... how to shit here

yeah.. arrive~

July 12, 2008 - Sg Ara Blue House and Carpet

2008-07-12T13:28:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee is writing.....

Made some new friends..... SK, Alan, BB, Dave and Loo... Nice to meet you guys, and looking forward to ride with you guys again....

It a nice weather and a nice ride...

Enjoy very much... and learn a new terms... LP = La Phu (cocky).. :p

Too bad that I can't join them for Sunday ride, as I got a church service on every Sunday morning....

Will upload photo when I got it.

Photo from Loo.

July 10, 2008 - Buddy, muddy ride at Bukit Gambir

2008-07-10T23:32:00.002+08:00

Kian Lee is writing...

3 crazy fellas are decided and heading to Bukit Gambir for a crazy muddy ride...
Its a nice ride, due to tiny drops of rain and caused the temperature is nice and air is chill..... end up cover by mud....

Semarak Tank

2008-07-09T00:51:00.003+08:00

Zen writing..

Yoo all.. 大家好, dai keh hoo, I am Zen a.k.a Odin a.k.a Ah Jen,
been a member for lalaMTB for quite some time,but really lazy to post anything yet...
this is my 1st post and share a video for u all

June 29, K.Kangsar Jamboree

2008-07-08T22:47:00.002+08:00

koosh2.. successfully completed! Sorry for the late update :P

July 5, 2008 - Botanical Garden 84 - Part I

2008-07-08T22:35:00.004+08:00

Botenical Garden - Penang Hill #84 Onroad & Offroad, part I.

July 5, 2008 - Botanical Garden 84 - Part II

2008-07-07T11:13:00.004+08:00

June 29, 2008 - Botanical Garden 84

2008-06-29T22:35:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee is writing...

This morning arrived Youth Park car park (exit area) at 710am, while on the way, Keat SMS me he can't make it. Wait till 720am, CK call and said overslept, so I told him no need to come, I will give myself a try and see how far I can go.

From 0 to 47, its really tough, road is steep, my maximum speed is unable to beyond 4km/h, and some section I paddle in really slow and get a 0km/h. I make a few stops, at 15, 30, 35/37 for a quick rest and recovery, and 44/45 due to miss handle the bike and force to step down, attempt few time to get on the bike, but failed to, end up walk up till 47's hut, rest for few minutes, and pursue for my target 84!

From 47 to 84, the road is not that steep and much more better to cycle.

End up, reach the 84's hut, enjoy the view, fresh and chill air. And downhill back to 0 from 84.

Overall, the weather temperature is nice, chill, around 26~28 degree celsius. Air is fresh as surrounded by the big and tall tree. It took me estimated 1 hour 40 minutes to complete the entire ride, from start, rest and back to the car park.

Pictures time......

June 28, 2008 - Air Itam 1200 steps

2008-06-28T19:04:00.004+08:00

Kian Lee is writing.....

730am meet up CK at his house, as usual Felix fly a concorde plane, Keat just backed from outstation yesterday and need a good sleep, so I and CK depart from Lake View to the destination Air Itam 1200 steps...

Below is the route....
Lake View -> Paya Terubong -> Kek Lok Si -> 1200 steps -> Balik Pulau market -> Tun Sardon -> Relau -> Lake View

Around 30km, took 3 hours plus to finished the above route. Almost 30~40% of round Penang Island route... :p

Here some pictures took from 1200 steps hill while offroad downhill...

June 21 - June 22, 2008 - Tour De Betong

2008-06-25T13:59:00.021+08:00

koosh2 writing..

Organized by Refine MTB and SP MTB Club, a group of 10 riders were gathered up and go for this challenging 180km mountain bike tour from Sungai Petani, Kedah to Betong, Thailand.

Riders are including me (koosh2), Yiong, Deric, Uncle Thiam, Fook, Matthew, Roslan, Ramli, Yusoff and Ismail..

The tour was started June 21, 2008, 6:30am, meet up point at Maktab (MPSAH). First pit stop is at 40km, Baling town.

The whole trip is fun, tiring, and challenging!

Special thanks to Francis for escorting us :)

SAWAADEEKAPP~

June 21, 2008 - Sg Ara

2008-06-21T18:18:00.003+08:00

Kian Lee writing....

This morning two 747 flew over.... Felix and Keat, please submit your penalty fee to treasurer... :p

7.30am met up with Kheong and cycle out from this house to Blue House and follow by Carpet and went down via Cherry Blossom.... estimated 20km, and clocked around 2 hours for the entire journey....

SP Jamboree 2008

2008-06-19T00:59:00.002+08:00

For more information please logon to: SP Mountain Bike Club Forum

If you need some particular info, feel free to contact me and I will try to help you as possible as I could.

Email: koosh2@lalariders.com
MSN: koosh2u@hotmail.com

New site name, new team name, new domain

2008-06-18T14:29:00.004+08:00

Dear fella,

We are now officially switch over to a new URL. We are LALA Riders, and our new website will be..

www.lalariders.com

June 16, 2008 - Rear tire puncture....

2008-06-16T22:23:00.005+08:00

Went to Carpet with CK at 6pm...
Clocked a good time of 42 minutes to reach the field, while rest, CK found a 2 inches plant lay on my tire, CK try to remove it.... whos know, after removed, hear a pssshhhhh sound... OMG..... tire puncture, there is a 5mm thorn poke into my rear tire, we quickly get back the thorn and poke in back to the tiny hole, the air still leak but not that much.... we can't replace the tube, due to both of us not bring along any hand pump..... immediately we ride down while CK at my back to monitor the tire condition.... after 70% of the route, i can't continue anymore, tire almost flatten, and have to step down from the bike and walk the rest of the route to the nearest petrol station for tube changing.....

The lesson learn today is, even bring along a spare tube, tire lever, so what....
It is useless without bringing a hand pump..... :s

The first thing that that I and CK going to do when reach home is to mount the pump on the bike.......

June 14, 2008 - Sg Ara Carpet

2008-06-16T22:22:00.002+08:00

Riders.... CK, Keat and KianLee.....

Welcome bear300!!!

2008-06-16T15:02:00.001+08:00

Yo yo yo~ lets welcome our new member, bear300 aka Ah Siong!!!

June 4, 2008 - Bukit Gambir

2008-06-04T23:26:00.004+08:00

Due to keat keat is having an adhoc meeting with KL staff and jepun kia (kheong) is exhausted after company community service (painting in school)...

So I proceed to cycle alone after my offsite traning at Evergreen hotel, enjoy the training very much... thanks to Dr Larry R. Williams.... hope that I can open my thinking towards creativity...... rose.. rose... i will remember Queen Elizabeth... :D

This round i didnt carry my camelbak, a b'day present from my lovely wife... *blush*
And strive for 1 shot to the hilltop, too bad mobile rang in the middle of cycle... arghhh.... its Joe (jaleen, yes its that Joe that you and me knew... :p) calling and asking me about that petrol price, spent 2 mins on the call then proceed to crank!! i knew the petrol price before i leave my house as keat keat called me and informed me about this..... and clocked 35 mins to the hilltop... maybe its without the camelbak weight but satisfied with the time... although i am flat when reach the hilltop... rest for 5 mins, then downhill back.....

Here are "national geography or postcard" style photos again... as Dr Larry asked me to explore more, and not narrow my interest... so who cares.... photoshoot la..... :p

Here is the hut at the hilltop, got lots of hikers rest and gossip there.....
Halo auntie.... its Sharon Stones who critic on China earthquake disaster, not Céline Dion.... :p

Here is the impact after the new petrol price announced... extremely jam on petrol station that nearby my house when on the way back....
Estimated 100 cars queue up for fill up the petrol..... i failed to took the picture where the car queue up to the main road.... :(

May 31, 2008 - Gertak Sanggul #2

2008-06-03T23:45:00.002+08:00

koosh2 writing..

kheong, lee lee and me met up at Joo Leong for our yummy breakfast, it was a sleepy mornig .. yawn~ :P

Today not in the write mood of blogging, but got force by somebody, so have to post up the photo at least .. haha

P/S: I lost when riding!!! damn it, luckily still manage to come out :D

Click for Joo Leong info 1

Click for Joo Leong info 2

May 26, 2008 - Bukit Gambir

2008-05-26T22:30:00.006+08:00

5.40pm I start cycle out from Greenlane Park to Bkt Gambir to meet up Kheong.
Took me 15 minutes to cycle 3km from Greenlane Park to destination.
Once met up Kheong, we start our cycle session towards the hill, in the middle of the session I reached the junction and showed Kheong the route that I and Keat were chased by the dogs. Arrived the top, took a rest and ready to downhill, half way meet up my ex-manager Chong, then I and Kheong decided to cycle up again with Chong. Reach the top again, rest and simply "blow water" then we start downhill again.

Finally I am able reach the ground safely and counter my phobia due to previous accident. And happy with my FD setting, now able to ride smoothly on the flag road.

Here are some pictures taken by my phone camera... its a sunset photo.. :)

May 24, 2008 - Bukit Gambir

2008-05-25T22:34:00.003+08:00

I and Keat decided to cycle at Bukit Gambir 4.30pm, its not that hot...
In the middle of the cycle we met a Y junction, left its a steep route, right its a flat route which never been before, and decided to go for the flat route.... end up chased by 8 to 9 dogs.... luckily that we are save coming out by my self defense technique and the help of the dogs owner.... and downhill back....

Sorry for the blur photo, due to my camera in my camelbak with ice cool water and caused the lens foggy when meet the outside temperature...

Keat posing X which will never ever go to that route anymore....

Keat posing OK sign which will come back again next time.

Keat downhill in action....

Biker Profile || lala keat keat

2008-05-22T10:15:00.002+08:00

Frame - Commencal VIP Team (M)
Fork - Suntour XCR 100mm with Lockout
Derailleur front/rear - Shimano Deore
Brakes - Avid BB7 Mechanical Disc Brake
Cranks - Shimano Deore
Wheelset - Sun Rim Double Wall
Tires - Pending for update..
Handlebar - Commencal
Stem - Pending for update..
Headset - Pending for update..
Saddle - Nexus
Seatpost - Commencal
Pedals - Xtension X-Pedal
Grips - Commencal

Biker Profile || lala Kian Lee

2008-05-21T13:05:00.007+08:00

Biker Profile:
Name: Kian Lee
Location: Penang Island

Bike Specification:
Bike: Scott Scale 80
Size: M
Weight: ~13kg
Frame: Scott Scale Alloy 7005 DB hydrafrom monocoque tubes, V dropout design, Delta SST bridge / Integ. HT, BOX chainstay bridge
Fork:
Headset:
Derailleur (Rear):
Derailleur (Front):
Shifters:
Brake Levers:
Crankset:
BB-Set:
Handlebar:
H'stem:
Pedals:
Seatpost:
Seat: Scott Racing
Hub (Front): Scott Comp Disc
Hub (Rear):
Chain:
Cassette:
Spokes:
Rims:
Tires: Scott Ozon 26 x 2.0

Biker Profile || lala mariomum

2008-05-20T23:42:00.012+08:00

Frame - Trek 6500 (15.5")
Fork - RockShox SID Team
Derailleur front/rear - Shimano XT
Brakes - Shimano Deore
Cranks - Shimano XT
Wheelset - Shimano Deore XT
Tires - Maxxis Ignitor (front and rear)
Handlebar - Truvativ Team
Stem - Truvativ Team
Headset - Cane Creek S8
Saddle - Fizik Gobi
Seatpost - Thomson Elite 31.6
Pedals - Wellgo
Grips - SARS

Biker Profile || lala koosh2

2008-05-20T21:57:00.004+08:00

Biker Profile:
Name: koosh2 aka weiyiik
Age: 27
MSN: koosh2u@hotmail.com
Location: Sg. Petani, Kedah

Bike Specification:
Bike: Scott Scale 40
Size: L
Weight: ~12kg
Frame: Scott Scale Alloy 7005 DB hydrafrom monocoque tubes, V dropout design, Delta SST bridge / Integ. HT, BOX chainstay bridge
Fork: Fox 32 F100RL Air spring, Rebound Adj, Lockout, 100mm travel
Headset: Ritchey
Derailleur (Rear): Shimano XT RD-M772 SGS Shadow Type / 27 Speed
Derailleur (Front): Shimano LX FD-M580A / 34.9mm
Shifters: Shimano LX SL-M580 Rapidfire plus, 2 way release w/gear indicator
Brake Levers: Avid Juicy 3.5
Brakes" Avid Juicy 3.5 185/F and 160/R mm Rotor
Crankset: Shimano LX FC-M580, hollowtech 2, 44Ax32Ax22 T
BB-Set: Shimano Cartridge / 68mm shell
Handlebar: Upgrading..
H'stem: Upgrading..
Pedals: Xtension X-Pedal
Seatpost: Scott Comp / 31.6mm
Seat: Scott Racing
Hub (Front): Scott Comp Disc
Hub (Rear): Shimano FH-M525 Disc
Chain: Shimano CN-HG53
Cassette: Shimano CS-HG50-9 11-32 T
Spokes: DT Swiss Champion Black 1.8mm
Rims: Alex TD-24 Disc 32H Black
Tires: Scott Ozon 26 x 2.0