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Notes on Putrajaya Wetland Ride 26/07/09

wetland ride#2

To me personally,this is my third wetland ride with my fellow PERs and must say,it was quite fun riding through the flooded section of the trail.My special thanks to Col Azudin for taking such a nice photo of me behaving like young boys when I rode.And my thanks also to all fellow riders-Bond,wife and son;Dr Azmi and wife,Col Azudin and Aliff.If not because of the rains in the early morning,more people could have taken part.Anyway,eight of us is more than enough, the more the merrier..

wetland ride#2

wetland ride#2

Immediately after the rains stopped we jumped onto our bikes.On the way,we stopped like before to take photos.For more photos,please see them at Ghazali aka Bond's Facebook.After we passed through the flooded section,I shared bananas with Col Azudin and Bond's son.Then a thought came over me of taking my photo like the one shown above.I have to cycle back and rode again.Col Azudin was the photographer.Thanks my friend for such a nice shot of this old chap who thought he was only 17 years old while doing the act of riding at 'high speed' through the waters..[btw,I am almost 57 yrs old]

wetland ride#2

Along the way,I saw Paul,a real Englishman(who hailed from London) who rode with his wife and four kids.My thought flashed back to 10 years ago when my youngest son then was ten years old and we rode together around our neighbourhood.If only I am younger with young kids!For those who have kids,enjoy cycling with them before they prefer to be on their own like mine.Don't wait,they are growing bigger and older every day.

wetland ride#2

The Wetland Rider

wetland ride#2

Today,it works..

Today my sport tracker works fine for my Saturday morning ride around my neighbourhood.The map looked quite accurate but I am not sure about the speed.My cycling speed varied from 10 to 20km per hour-for safety and stamina.

Using my MTB, my maximum speed on the flat ranges from 25 to 30km/hr.On downhill,I dared so far only 45km/hr at FRIM.

A Bike welcome!

When I arrived at this restaurant I saw this bicycle.It reminds me of my buddies enjoying themselves at Broga today.

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Now,everyone can advertise!

As I was cycling I saw this bike tied to a bar within the wall of a medium class condo next to my house.Next to it is an advertisement .You know what it means.In Berlin,a person who cycles to a brothel will get a discount about 5 euro!Now, every one can advertise!

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Mid July,2009 Cycling review.

Period Time Distance (km) Avg Speed (km/h) Ride Count Month of July 07:59:03 91.05 11.40 8 Month of June 12:16:48 161.70 13.17 13 This Week 00:58:19 14.05 14.46 2 Previous Week 03:50:40 48.65 12.65 4 Previous 7 Days 04:02:41 51.17 12.65 5 Previous 30 Days 15:10:11 183.90 12.12 16

Cycling around London

Evans Cycles,Notting Hill

My friend Pak Unggal sent me this photo of a bicycle shop located along Westbourne Grove,Notting Hill.He lives at Talbot Road,a short distance from this shop for the last three decades.On my next trip to London,I plan to ride a bicycle around London with him.He already got a spare bike ready for me.In case I want to buy a new bike and its accessories, this shop is a bout 5 minutes away from his home.

Some years  back when I was  in London,Pak Unggal came with his bicycle to have tea with me at a shop along Edgware  Road,located a few minutes walk from the old Malaysia Hall at Brynston Square.Since then I was thinking of cycling around London on one fine day.I hope to do it soon when I am still able to ride.Given the opportunity,I love also to ride a MTB at The Dales,Yorkshire.This hilly region of Yorkshire reminds me of my student days at Sheffield University way back in 1973-76.

Broga again on 18th July,2009

This proposed ride has just being announced by Muhd Khairil Anuar(MKA) as follow:

RV at Petronas Semenyih at 7:30am

Wheels roll at Kg Kapal at 8:00am

By the way,I am not going taking part in this event because I am joining KL Flickr for an International Photowalk on the same day at 10am in KL.

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Refurbished bicycle@ Pasir Mas,Kelantan

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Do you fancy cycling this bike to buy your groceries from the wet market in your neighbourhood? I do.And I think it is cool;-)

By the way my friend Pak Zawi has asked me to let my friends and visitors of this blog to know of a website that sells refurbished bicycles in Pasir Mas,Kelantan.Here is the link.Most of these bikes were imported from Japan.

Bike in Myvi

Below is a photo taken by AKI when I managed to put back my bike without removing any wheels into the back of my Myvi.Thanks to Kimi for helping me.Photo taken at RV ,Jalan kapur,FRIM on 11/07/09

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OMG,I have to wear a head band!

Wearing a helmet is quite weird to me initially, but for safety reasons,I have to wear it.Some folks at my Kampung Pandan had given me a stare when they saw me going to Pasar Wirawati  for teh tarik wearing a cyclist helmet  after my morning MTB ride.Previously I used to wear kopiah.This morning ride at FRIM taught me another new lesson.On the way back for Sg Buloh Hospital to FRIM Cafe,my sweats were flowing a lot and some managed to into my right eyes.It was very painful that I have to stop and hot help from a fellow rider Fadzil to wipe the salty sweat from my eyes.Thanks Fadzil.

When I told this episode to my buddies while we had our 'recharge' at FRIM Cafe after the ride,someone recommended me to use a headband.For someone at my age to wear a headband,it looks a little bit 'over-dressed', but I must get it to prevent the salty sweats from my eyes.However, I will wear it while cycling at FRIM or Broga and NOT around my kampung!

I arrived a bit late at our RV around 7:45am. Azman and Kimi were there much earlier.While getting our riding gears ready, Pak Mad came around.He is a veteran of FRIM.He is 60 years old but he rides better than me and younger men.I invited him to join us but he said he was waiting for his riding buddy Pak Aru Aru.Another of his friends are Pak Kamal and Pak Lee.This is one great example of 1Malaysia veteran team roaming all over the hills within FRIM area.

FRIM ride 11 july 2009

Note: The above photo by courtesy of AKI

Four of us,led by Azman aka AKI and followed by Kimi,Fadzil and me went up to the base of Steroid Hill.We took a few minutes rest and later we rode to Kg Melayu,Bukit Lagong.To our lovely suprise,Pak Mad and Pak Aru were waiting for us to take beyong another hill and all the way to Hospital Sg Buloh and back.While taking some juice to replenished those lost waters,I saw Pak Kamal came smiling  on a Merida bike.It was a deja vu for me because I hope and prayed he would take us to Sg Buloh.[our previous trip led by Pak Aru was halted due to bad weather].Pak Kamal also told me that he wanted to call me for this ride!Believe me,God works in mysterious way indeed!

Special Note: I tried to use The Sport Tracker in my Nokia E71, but it crashed after after a few minutes Then,I just abondoned it.

Below is the photo of the trail that I could not cycle more than a few meters.It was a long climb of 30 to 45 degrees.The Three Musketeers of FRIM happily rode to the top leaving a few of us puffing all the way up-not riding but pushing our bikes.Beyond the peak,we had our rewards-a long and cool downhill all the way to Sg Buloh Hospital.

New route at FRIM