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Route: Pulau Tikus - Mt Erskine - Vale of Temp - Chee Seng Garden - Ratu Mutiara - Tanjung Bungah - Tanjung Tokong -...
So after one and the half months of lazing around doing nothing but tendering my injured wrist I decided to go hiking!
The first is always the hardest. That 27 minutes hike from Youth Park to No. 7 really felt like I was scaling the Mt. Everest! Those flights of stairs really...
Went up Penang Hill this morning with Taiwanese friend Mr Lee. Phew!!! it was real tough !
This was Mr Lee 4th ride up Penang Hill and my first. ...
I felt a little lazy to pen this ride as the Chinese New Year mood took a heavy toll from me. The only thing in my mind was to ride my bike and increase the...
I am always wondering while cycling round island with Stingray, Lazyrider, Susumu San and Aubun, where have all the good ladies gone? It will surely be better to have some ladies joining us in our RIR. As a newbie on offroads and hill climbs, experienced lady riders would be an inspiration to me...
It was a hot Friday afternoon when most of my friends have “siu kang” (Hokkien for stop work) and did some final preparations for the coming...
Can't believe because of my wrist injury I have to get off from saddle for so long. I have not touched my bikes for the last one month. ...
Hi brothers and sisters of G Club. I am a new member and has not yet start riding with you guys yet.
By the way, I attended this mornings bicycle workshop and was impressed by the organising committes good voluntarily work. The "Ah Lau" did a good job and I like his joke saying he is not...
The cockerel crowed at a time where most people would be sleeping, enjoying the cool air. Unless the airconditioning is on, then they are not so lucky to feel the breeze. At 5am, a cockerel crowed? So early? It was the alarm from my mobile that woke me up. I was...
The sky was overcast. Perfect condition for road riding. I took my new "ahem" roadie out for an adventure. Started from my house in Tg Bunga at 10am and headed for Esplanade and then the Coastal Highway. The ride was very smooth and I also noticed that the bicycle emblems...
Ok not really a metric century since the mileage also take the ferry ride into consideration....;) I started my ride from my home at Prai Garden at 7am this morning. I met another...
Arriving into Siem Reap on Tuesday morning Nov 17, I was used to vans and buses being used as airport transfers. Imagine my surprise when we were led to a tuk tuk.
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The sky was overcast and a little drizzle. A nice weather for road ride. I was a litle late since it was so nice to sleep. I saw a...
Check this out:
This is the bike and what I typically pack for a dry (summer) bicycle tour. Touring in the early spring or winter would necessitate carrying a few more items of clothing. ...
Cycling Malaysia just uploaded a lot of pictures on their homepage.
check it our here : http://www.cyclingmalaysia.com/
you can also follow them via Facebook.
have fun !
Shaped like a boomerang, Pulau Ubin (Granite Island) is situated just off the north eastern corner of mainland Singapore and provides an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. A trip to Pulau Ubin is like a trip back to Singapore in the '60s. There are about a hundred villagers living...
You may wonder how does the trail look like. Well, here is the write up that I posted on malsingmaps.com.
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found out recently how 1 can have fun riding, drink as much as you can, eat lunch and make a few backs at the same time !!!
here's how. 1) participate in "Ride with CM" 2) drink as much as you can at the water station n base camp 3) wait for bento lunch to be served 4) sell your finsher's...
I thought so too! But when the road cleared up, The riders infront started to speed up. I found later when I checked my GPS tracklog that I...
This is yet another nice trail that's suitable for mountain biking in Penang. A favorite amongst hikers, trail bikers and mountain bikers.
I have been riding this trail since I first got into mountain biking last century.
Details:
had the opportunity to chat with Turbo and he showed me 2 of his earlier rides.
check it out :-
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Did a metric century (almost) this morning. Started the ride at 7.30am from Pulau Tikus. As posted in the ride announcement few days ago, I rode...
....but definitely will need to know your way down!...check this out:)
...What a day !!! and what a ride !!!
when i was about to get ready to leave Tg Bungah this morning for G Hotel to meet up with riders, it started to rain !!! some sms exchanged between me, Lee, Sifu, Kenny and Mike. trying to figure out what to do.
as always, the rain tried to...
Some of the blog readers email me to ask when I am going to reach the great wall? Will finish off the last epsiode.
After lunch, ride for a short distance and start to see...
a friend of mine sent me this video.
with practice and more practice, probably we could do the same !!!
enjoy the vidoe here : http://www.flixxy.com/chinese-bicycle-acrobatics.htm
cheers
China is celebrating National day guóqìng jié 国庆节 from 1-8 Oct. Except for offices and factories almost everything else are business as usual.
Met Fred at the expat bar one afternoon, decided to join him for the ride round island the following morning....
Took look368 to his 1st off road riding yesterday with Sifu. We were very tired and not yet recovered from the earlier ride at Lembah Bujang Jamboree.
His 1st visit ... Mt Erskine trail and how was it ??? i think it is better to leave it to the man to describe the overall experience....
Woke up at 8.30am and decided to go for a solo ride. Since this morning was also the day for Heritage ride in the town area, I didn't expect to meet a lot of riders on my way to the Fruit farm. I was wrong. Just out of the traffic junction at Gottlieb road already met...
Was riding round a corner when i stumbled upon this character straight from the Silk road. He is riding his donkey with 2 empty baskets probably to his plantation to collect dates or...
Our final stop was Danyang about 3 hours by bus from Seoul.it's a resort town as it is nearby to Chungju Lake and Sobaek-san National Park. This would have to be our favourite destination, the people are friendly, mountains all around it, a river in...
I came out around 7.45 from Pulau Tikus this morning. Clouded sky and cooling. Very nice weather for road ride. ...
Was thinking of doing a solo metric century but loved ones wanted to visit the Mengkuang dam. So I drove them to the dam and I started my ride...
Using the new dual carriage highway it's about 400 over km from Xiamen to Nanping (used to be 700km by normal trunk road) Along the way you can see lots of rugged mounains and bus goes thru countless tunnels. This highway links up with major towns like Nanan, Sanming, Yong An and Yong Chun...
The bicycle lane after clearing Beijing city center to Great wall. Can you believe it....
We arrived into Gyeongju in the evening and took a taxi to our accommodation. We wanted to experience Korean style accommodation called minbak (homestay), but it did not hit me that we will be sleeping on the floor until we got there.
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Start from Westin BeijingFinancial street HOtel at central Beijing to Bike Kingdom(...
Started at 9am for Anxi from Xiamen yesteday 17 Sept 2009. First stop after the bridge was Jimei 集美区then Tong An 同安区
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We travelled to Andong by train. Normally, I don't enjoy train rides, maybe as a result of travelling by them in Australia, where you see the same scenery for hours and even days. But the 3 hour train ride was very enjoyable. We saw mountains and valleys, villages...
Our next destination was Sokcho, a seaside resort about 3 hours from Seoul. Beautiful beaches, fresh seafood, amazing sunrise, settings for Korean dramas and a short distance from the Seoraksan National Park. The hostel we stayed in was the best of all for our...
Daniel has posted a very nice song entitled "NIne Million Bicycles In Beijing" by Katie Melua. Its a love song and I really enjoyed it. In fact I hv downloaded it into my iphone and ipod. it come complete with lyrics and it also explain in narration how they were inspired to compose this song....
G Club would like to wish Sifu a very happy birthday....
福如东海,寿比南山 !!!
Cheers,
G Club
We chose Korea for our holiday expecting good food, good wine, beautiful scenery, rich in history and culture, and, of course, hoping for a little bit of bike riding along the way. We were not disappointed. Here are some photos and notes, hopefully you will them...
Decided to take the bike instead of relying on the kamikaze china taxis.
When Penang was made twin city during Lim Chng Eu's time, Xiamen(Amoy)...http://crankymtbriders.blogspot.com/ has an interesting article on their recent Betong. We have been talking about doing it for some time esp to enjoy the cool climate akin to Cameron Highland. ...
630am, Monday. Unshaven, unwash, just woke up lah. Forecast predicted sunny summer day. Mates coming this afternoon from KL and Singapore. Plan to run 5 km, have a good breakfast and start of to Lake...
Free utility bike, very heavy Hotel Firenze bike. Come with shopping basket. Lots of cyclists in Verona town. Have Japanese for lunch and there is a bike stop place like this to lock the bike outside the restaurant!!
Mr Foo and myself in YangShou, Quilin in 2007
Cycling in Yangshou, Quilin during spring (or autumn...
My time 2 hours and 13 minutes. Best time is less than 1 1/2 hours and the last to come in about 5 hours. My triathlons friends all finished below 2 hours. Ah Guan almost 60 yrs old got 7th placing in...
The Kedah State Team taking part in the event. Some of them are fast on the bkie. They came in a convoy too and their coach is on hand to make sure they performed. Can identified them with their green and yellow jersey. They are...
The Thais came in convoy to dominate the event. My friend pointed out to a professional family, a father, mother and...
Briefing by the organizer on the route to run 6.5 km, cycle 36 km, run 5 km. He mentioned all the landmarks which are alien to most of the participants who hailed from Singapore, lots of Thais, a few...
Sunday 26/7/09, morning 3 am saw seven of us leaving for BAling for the international Duathlon. Reached Baling about 5.30 am. Even the organisers were not there and none of the shops were opened. We were...
Met Mr Lee from Taiwan with his foldable KHS bike at the top of Pearl hill this morning. Quite amazing that he went round island and Kulim with this foldable ! He bought his bike from Taiwan,...
A unplanned trip to Foo's farm in Tasik, Keroh and from Keroh we cycled to Betong..
Hired a bicycle for usd 1 per day, cycled around Siem Reap and Angkor Wat
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I got a lift to Betong, Thailand from a friend a couple of days ago. Took my racer with me (my racer could go in the back of the car without dismantaling the wheels), cycled around in Betong and also met up with the bicycle shop owner Ming. Then I decided to ride back to Penang...