Malakoff Interstate Fellowship Ride 2012/2013 Day 1

31 Dec 2012

Malakoff Interstates Fellowship Ride 2012/2013

Time: 7:00am
Distance: 180KM

I never joins Malakoff Penang interstates before. Thus I decided to join this year. With off season in cycling and back to training 2 weeks before today, I'm successful complete 180KM without any problems!

No problems on bike nor gears nor tyre ! I'm physically and mentally managed to complete with so called "Honeymoon" ride pace. At one point, I'm feel like sleepy & boring!

It's 180KM with 3 stops. It's speed controlled ride. A maroon color pajero leads us. The starting point for this year begins at Bagan Jamal R&R area.
Guess many were disappointed when found out this year no Penang Bridge crossing. The 1st 60KM, some Padi field scenes, palm oil estate and importantly we rode past my hometown which is Serdang Kedah. We have our 1st stop at Caltex, Selama Perak. The next 60KM, and we still will return to the same Caltex for second stop. I never aware or know that, Selama side Perak have some awesome cycling route with some hills that can makes my heart go excited since I'm mostly on honeymoon pace with 1st peloton !

It's not too bad the 1st 60KM I achieve average speed of 31KM/Hr! I was drafting behind the first peloton all the way! Now you know why I called this "Honeymoon" Ride! Haha

In the last 40KM, I'm with the first peloton, the speed were increasing slowly from 25km/Hr plus to 30km/Hr plus... During last 10KM, suddenly "boom" sous heard! It's was one of the cyclist tyre blow! Then after that suddenly front peloton shouting SLOW ! It's seem two cyclists fell and 1 of them were at middle of road! He quickly got up, trying his best to stand up back, he try to grab his sunglasses I think and we were so fast that can't stop in time trying our best to avoid hitting him! Thank god, I'm just few CM away from his wheel! Then we continue as normal...

When we hits the highway, there's cyclists start to sprint and our speed hits 40km/Hr and above! Too bad, no one can draft with, I can't breakaway like others, just try maintains my speed around 35km/Hr...

The whole journey ends around 2.00pm plus. Basically my body wet for 7 hours! Hand dah kedut!
Checked out when I arrived, collected my goodies bag and jersey! After that quickly grab lunch to refuel. I'm still feel fresh!

After had my lunch, I followed Giant cyclists pedal back to Penang via ferry...

Thanks for the treat on ferry by S-Works Venge McLaren rider!

Back to hostel, cleaned my bike, my gears, my jersey and walked to nearby Penang road for famous Cendol and some other foods!

Regards,
Chin Ann

Weekend Cycling @ P2K - 060512

Usual weekend ride with P2K on last weekend. There's new additions to the family. The cow on the bike. 

Ding...Ding...Ding... It's DING out of LOVE. 

MCipollini RB1000. 

Somehow, the bike is matched with red water bottles plus the bib also have red stripes! 

Guess the owner of MCipollini loves RED. 

Team Magnum on NanYang news 060512

News about roadbike or rather interview about roabike which conducted by NanYang newspaper. 

It's interview on Team Magnum. 

在这次活动中，Team Magnum 迎来两位“贵宾”，他们是PCC（Pedalholics Cycling Club）的主席Don chan 和副主席Alvin Chan。

In this activity, Team Magnum invited 2 V.I.P, they are from PCC president Don Chan and vice president Alvin Chan. We all know who are them, Don Chan & Alvin Chan! Both of them are the engine behind Inter-State 2012 recently! Okay, i know them, they might not know me.  haha... 

Don chan （左）和Alvin Chan （右），清晨6时就已经出现在集合点上，准备与大家并肩并一起骑单车。

接获Team Magnum邀请他们参与单车活动的来函后，他们马上答应，也兑现了诺言出现在集合点。有他们的出现仿佛为队友们打了一支强心针，大大地提升队友们的士气。
倡导单车安全意识
Don Chan & Alvin was invited to attend Team Magnum's activity. Their attendance to the gathering boasted morale and motivation among cyclists.

单车后座安装了红灯座，以保车手的安全。

大马单车活动在这几年慢慢兴起，而PCC是在约5年前成立的，它是一个非盈利组织，当时单车运动风潮慢慢地吹进大马来，加上其他城市如台湾已经兴起这项运动，以至于越来越多人喜欢，而Don Chan 和Alvin Chan就是其中两位，他们决定成立了该组织。PCC 主要的任务是推动单车运动和倡导人民对单车的安全意识。

Roadbike in Malaysia are slowly getting popular in the community. PCC was established as non-profit organization 5 years ago with objective of promoting cycling activities and raising awareness on safety of cycling to the public.  At that time, the hype of riding roadbike were influenced by oversea city like Taiwan.

他说，尽管大马已经兴起单车好几年，但是道路方面的设施不完善，没有完善的单车通道，很容易出现车祸，至于其他交通工具的车主，面对单车时，一般上都会表现得有点措手不及，不知道如何应付走在车前的单车队伍。

Although the cycling activities are getting popular in Malaysia, but the road condition are not perfect, or not cycling friendly more over lack of proper cycling lane in city.

“到底车主是需要越过他们呢，还是在后面慢慢行走？这些交通意识，我们大马人没有什么概念，以至于单车手常常处于危险的状态中。
事实是，车主看见单车在前走时，必须放慢速度，不要靠得太近，然后找机会越过他们，越过他们时不能在转弯处，车主可以先发出轻微的车笛声，暗示他们要越过，单车手自然就会往旁边停下来。”
提供安全道路环境
他指出，希望政府能够在全马各地设建单车径，妥善分隔单车径及马路，避免单车进入马路，好为骑单车人士提供一个较安全的道路环境。
另一旁的Alvin Chan表示，除了其他交通车主安全意识要提升外，单车手的安全意识也要加强，例如佩戴安全装备如头盔等。

Beside safety traffic awareness, cyclist also need to have self safety awareness too example wearing safety helmet. 

“有许多外国城市都有规定单车者必须带头盔，以策安全。但大马却仍未有这项规定，佩戴者纯属自愿性质，往往因为没有足够保护而造成不必要的伤亡。

若单车手发现自己体力不支，就必须停下来坐在路旁休息一会，假如硬撑，这样反而更危险，往往会让自己晕倒在路边，一旦马路上的车辆来不及刹车，很可能会酿成车祸。”
一般上，他们是不会鼓励单车手在幽暗的马路行走，因为路上偶尔会出现飙车党，会出手抢夺他们的财物，所以不要为了这而去冒险。“单车手必须要自重，懂得如何保护自己远离危险地带，这样才算是合格的单车手。”

What you should do when you found yourselves lack of energy to continue cycling? Stop and rest at road side for a while. If you're continue cycling ignoring your weak body status, it's will be dangerous and possible you might be faint at roadside. If there's incoming car on the road, the driver will not able to respond in time to break and might be hitting the cyclist. Normally, they did not encourage cyclist to cycling along on dark condition route and you might encounter robber to rob your precious bike and money. A cyclist must know how to behave, respect and protect themselves, that's important criteria to a quality cyclist.

抽筋怎么办？
急速骑行很容易引起抽筋，感觉有征兆时，应尽快减速下车。
手指：抽筋的手先握拳，然后用力伸张打开，反复此动作，直到复原。
手掌：两掌相合，未抽筋的手掌用力压抽筋的手掌向后弯，再放开，重复动作，至复原为止。
手臂：抽筋的手先握拳，再将小臂屈肩，然后伸臂伸掌，重复动作，至复原为止。
足趾：用手握住抽筋的脚趾，向后拉，重复动作，至复原为止。
小腿：用手握住抽筋一侧的脚趾，用力向后拉，另一手向下压住膝盖，使腿伸直，重复动作，至复原为止。
大腿：将大腿和膝盖弯曲至腹部前，双手环抱，再放开并将腿伸直，重复动作，至复原为止。
骑车当中发生抽筋时，除了紧急处理外，回家后至少要有数日的热敷及涂药按摩，避免再次抽筋。
报道：温淑君/摄影：张胜杰
 Source: http://www.nanyang.com/node/443319?tid=722

Remark: Due to coughing, i'm not able to translate all rest you need google translate!  Time to meet zou kong. Goodnight.

Cycling - November 2011

Cycling, cycling always my childhood activities back at hometown. I cycled to school, cycle around villages and sometime will try to explore kampung road. It's was just plain exploration and excitement when jump on bicycle. 

As growing up, the need for speed grow. During secondary school time, i got the most expensive mountain bike in town to ride! Feel so good with 21 speeds. Almost everyday, cycle up side down in my hometown... 

After secondary school, left hometown for study in Penang, since then hardly ride on bicycle. 

Just when back at hometown only have chances to ride. 

Cycling time almost become zero over the years... 

In 2009, i get to know my old man colleague is a passionate cyclist ! It's was a good enjoyable able to chat with him about bikes. Learning from him piece by piece. 

While at that time, my friend also have interested to start cycling. So i'm were gathering information about bikes. 

I even borrowed my old man's cycling magazine to scan and sent it to my friend for reference. 

Guess i'm so excited about cycling with my friend. 

But i never realised that whatever shown in magazine are huge different from the real world outside plus the affordability of a entry level roadbike. 

The figure on magazine is quoted in USD... 

Anyway, it's just for reference and for knowledge. 

Since 2009, I'm been getting information about roadbike. 

It's always talk about cycling with my old man colleague. He shares every single bikes information and cycling news. Yet, he never push me to get a roadbike plus i'm still waiting for my friend. 

Old man colleagues retires last year August 2011. From 2009 until 2011, i'm been getting feeding bikes information. In 2009, I went Taiwan, and i got myself a helmat, a CatEye speed meter, a small hand pump, hand glove which i'm anticipate im going to start cycling soon, some where 2010. 

Nothing is concluded in 2010 as waiting for friend. Still waiting. In 2011, I completed my Sundown Ultra 100KM and completed another 100KM TMBT ultra. Friend no respond. Thank to my old man ex-colleague tips, i managed to get the roadbike which suite me after all these long period of getting feeding on bike info. 

In November 2011, I'm officially start my cycling journey. 

The rest is history. No turning back. Looking forward to my 1st ever major cycling event - 3 days Inter-State 2012. :) 

Revolights - Kickstarter

I was looking for lighting system for my bike where i'm planning to have evening cycling after sky is dark.
Been looking for cheap China made option till the expensive lighting yet it's look not that promising and it's normal. It's not something that interest me by looking at it online.

Somehow, i'm came to this Revolight project in kickstarter. It's an awesome lighting system that makes me feel excited about it! I wanted to get it when i'm 1st saw it.

Amazing right! 

Amazing is one thing. So automatically the next thing to look for is the price tag. It's really turn off for me, at least as a Malaysian, it's not yet in the market, but scheduled to launch in late June 2012 with a price tag of USD220 plus international shipping of USD30.

Those who contribute in Kickstarter paid USD200 with international shipping USD30. They will be the first batch users receiving Revolights when it's ready.



Enjoy the video.