As a touring cyclist, I had never ever thought of cycling 220km a day and on top of that, the distance has to be completed within 13.5 hours. This goes directly against my “go slow and enjoy the sights” attitude when I cycle. Before yesterday, the furthest I’ve done in a day was 140km; withContinue reading “Audax Malaysia’s inaugural 200km BRM #audaxrandonneursmalaysia”
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Kayuhan Asam Pedas : Cahaya SPK Shah Alam ke Jeram Kuala Selangor
Assalam. Pada cuti umum Deepavali baru baru ini, Abang Zol, Muzammil serta anaknya dan saya sempat mencuri sedikit masa untuk melakukan kayuhan santai dari Cahaya SPK ke Jeram, Kuala Selangor. Kayuhan “tiba tiba” yang dipersetujui secara spontan melalui Facebook ini merupakan kayuhan “reunion” bersama Abang Zol dan Muzammil setelah hampir 2 tahun tidak mengayuh bersama.Continue reading “Kayuhan Asam Pedas : Cahaya SPK Shah Alam ke Jeram Kuala Selangor”
Touring from Shah Alam to Pangkor Island – Pictorial Story
Bike Touring in Malaysia: Day 4 Port Dickson to Putrajaya 73.2 km
Kayuhan Mental (It’s all in your mind) and some life lessons from bike touring The noise from the group of families camping and having their BBQ party until very late after mid night made it quite difficult for me to fall asleep the night before. I was trying hard to get some rest knowing thatContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Day 4 Port Dickson to Putrajaya 73.2 km”
Bike Touring in Malaysia : Day 3 Pengkalan Balak to Port Dickson 52km
Kayuhan Dalam Hujan (Cycling in the rain) Today was the day we had to say goodbye to Pengkalan Balak after our two night stop over. We packed our panniers very early in the morning and started to load them onto our bikes. Today’s cycling will be much heavier compared to yesterday when we were travellingContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia : Day 3 Pengkalan Balak to Port Dickson 52km”
Bike Touring in Malaysia : Day 2 Pengkalan Balak to Malacca Town and back (62km)
“Kayuhan Lempeng dan Coconut Shake Klebang” Good Morning Malacca! All of us woke up early this morning feeling fully rested and raring to explore our environment since we got in very late last night. The program for the day was to cycle to Malacca Town which is about 32km away and spend the time exploringContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia : Day 2 Pengkalan Balak to Malacca Town and back (62km)”
Bike Touring in Malaysia: Putrajaya to Malacca (Day 1: Putrajaya to Pengkalan Balak 114km)
The night before my first long bike tour I could not sleep well, call it excitement, nerves or what have you, but my mind was occupied with anticipation.That morning, I was up earlier than my alarm clock and I double checked the contents of my panniers and took out several things that I felt IContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Putrajaya to Malacca (Day 1: Putrajaya to Pengkalan Balak 114km)”
Bike Touring in Malaysia: Putrajaya to Malacca and back (15- 18 November 2012) – PRELUDE
Sometimes the best experiences in life come from unplanned adventures, an impromptu decision to take a right turn instead of going straight ahead, or a spur of the moment decision to join a bike touring trip made up of people you hardly know. Most of my cycling adventures thus far had been solo rides andContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Putrajaya to Malacca and back (15- 18 November 2012) – PRELUDE”
Bike Touring in Malaysia: Simple Malay phrases for survival on the road
One thing good about the internet, it is borderless and distance does not mean anything anymore. You can skype with a friend at the other side of the world, thousands of miles away real-time. Of course you still have the different time zones to deal with. Malaysia sits on GMT + 8 hours so byContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Simple Malay phrases for survival on the road”
My Solo Century Ride on a Touring Bike
Definition of Century Ride A century ride is a bicycle ride of 100 miles (160.9 km) or more within 12 hours, usually as a cycling club-sponsored event. Many cycling clubs sponsor an annual century ride as both a social event for cyclists and as a fund-raiser for the club’s other activities. Club-sponsored century rides typicallyContinue reading “My Solo Century Ride on a Touring Bike”
Malaysia Route 5 