Cycling at Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam Agricultural Park

Malaysian Agricultural Park , the only agro-forestry park around, is located in Shah Alam and the rain forest spans up to 1290 hectre.

Queuing for the entrance ticket. The counter opens at 8.30am, paid RM3 for the entrance fee.

The long queue for bicycle rent, RM10 per hourly charges.

…and off we ride into the smooth road and surrounded with tall trees…, an indulgent for our lungs. In the beginning, there are few uphills and downhills awaits you. If you can make it through, the rest of the trail should not be a problem.

Beware of porcupine, they will puncture your tires...

to Empangan Sg. Baru

Calm water of Sg. Baru Dam

Ratatouille shot

Uphill to Sg. Baru Dam

Couple's bike, Chris's Dahon P18 Dash and Ching's Polygon Helios F500

Daryl and Beb

The entire ride was cooling, and we only conquered 2 trails and will definitely come back for more…

Mountain Bike MPSJ Challenge postponed

Just in;

Kejohanan Berbasikal ‘MOUNTAIN BIKE MPSJ CHALLENGE’ 2011, ditunda ke satu tarikh yang akan dimaklumkan atas sebab-sebab teknikal yang tidak dapat dielakkan.

Mohon Maaf di atas sebarang kesulitan yang dihadapi.

Sebarang pertanyaan sila hubungi, Bahagian Belia, Sukan Dan Kebudayaan di talian :

03-80264350 / 3187

Found: A Built-In Bike… In A Bathroom

Cartoon of the Week

Invitation to Tern Tea Party

Nothing to do this weekend; Check out the Tern Bicycle Launch at Rodalink Bandar Botanic tis Sat ( 3 - 5pm )

Bike Love

The USJ Green Riders are all about using our bike. We love all things utilitarian that bicycles can accomplish from basic transportation to bike delivery to bike moves to emergency and patrol services and beyond.

Bikes are great tools for getting from here to there in an efficient and fun manner. But just because we focus on utility here doesn’t mean that we don’t love our bikes…or that there isn’t utility in love.

So please enjoy a little bike love movie here

Kejohanan Berbasikal ‘MOUNTAIN BIKE MPSJ CHALLENGE’ 2011

SYARAT - SYARAT PENYERTAAN

1. Kejohanan Mountain Bike (MTB) ini akan diadakan pada 19 November 2011 bertempat di Michael Badminton Academy (MBA), Pusat Bandar Puchong bermula jam 8.00 pagi mengikut kategori yang dipertandingkan.

2. Yuran Penyertaan sebanyak RM20.00 akan dikenakan dimana pelumba akan mendapat T-Shirt kejohanan.

3. Kategori yang dipertandingkan mengikut had umur adalah seperti berikut ;

A.Lelaki Terbuka 18 – 34 Tahun 10 pusingan
B.Lelaki Veteran Junior 35 – 45 Tahun 5 pusingan
C.Lelaki Veteran Senior 46 – 50 Tahun 5 pusingan
D.Lelaki Veteran Master 51 Tahun dan keatas 3 pusingan
E.Wanita Terbuka 13 Tahun dan keatas 5 pusingan
F.Lelaki Junior 13 – 17 Tahun 7 pusingan 4. Setiap pusingan meliputi kawasan sepanjang

4.6KM (lap) + 1.8km (Mula/Tamat).

5. Setiap perubahan pada jumlah pusingan mengikut kesesuai an kategori tertakluk kepada budi bicara pihak penganjur pertandingan dan ianya TIDAK boleh dipertikaikan.

6. Penyertaan bagi acara ini adalah terbuka kepada warganagera MALAYSIA sahaja.

7. Setiap peserta adalah dimestikan memakai topi keledar pelindung kepala dan pakaian yang bersesuaian semasa kayuhan itu nanti.

8. Hanya basikal jenis MTB (MOUNTAIN BIKE) atau spesifikasi bersesuaian untuk kegunaan “0n-road” sahaja dibenarkan.

9. Peserta hendaklah memastikan segala peralatan basikal yang perlu dibawa dan pelindung keselamatan yang akan digunakan semasa acara telah diperiksa dan berada dalam keadaan baik semasa kayuhan nanti.

10. Peserta juga hendaklah memahami dan sedar bahawa tahap kesukaran trek yang disediakan untuk acara ini mencabar dan memerlukan daya ketahanan dan kepakaran teknikal untuk melepasinya.

11. Penganjur berhak membuat sebarang pindaan terhadap acara dan trek jika perlu tanpa sebarang notis.

12. Klasifikasi hadiah pertandingan yang disediakan adalah seperti berikut ;

Bagi Kategori A, B & E ( medal juara hingga ke tempat kesepuluh ) - Wang Tunai Juara - RM 300.00 - Wang Tunai Naib Juara - RM 200.00 - Wang Tunai Ketiga - RM 100.00 Bagi Kategori C, D & F ( medal juara hingga ke tempat kesepuluh ) - Wang Tunai Juara - RM 200.00 - Wang Tunai Naib Juara - RM 150.00 - Wang Tunai Ketiga - RM 100.00

13. Adalah menjadi tanggung-jawab setiap Pengurus Pasukan untuk mendapatkan kebenaran ibubapa/penjaga bagi pelumba-pelumba dibawah umur 21 Tahun

14. Pihak penganjur serta penajanya tidak akan bertanggung jawab sekiranya berlaku sebarang kemalangan, kehilangan harta benda , kecederaan atau kematian semasa, sebelum atau selepas menyertai kejohanan ini.

Sila muat turun syarat penyertaan dan borang penyertaan

Cartoon of the Week

DIY camera mount on bike

Use a tripod top mount, screws and bicycle reflector mount

DIY on board camera, can be mount to digital camera or video camera

MTB at Putrajaya Challenge Park

Finally, the time has come for me (victor) to do some trail on my HASA Race 9.0 MTB with my buddy Kaz on his Specialized Stumpjumper. As a beginner on doing the trail, Kaz brief me on what to expect and techniques of handling with some trails. Eg. lean forward when uphill, smallest front crank and keep the cycling momentum... as for downhill, push yourself backward and control the brakes...

Reach the first trail, and wow..... the slope is higher then it look from the photo. Took a few moment and off we go...

1st stop. It was just a mere 5 minutes trail from the slope and here we are, panting... (in between i lost my momentum and have to push my bike at certain upward terrain with sharp corners) imagine doing hiking while pushing a bike!!!

came out from the trail (left side), go across the bridge and more uphill climb...

Finally reach at the highest peak.

Next challenge, downhill...

Completed the intermediate trail... and now going for the red label...

up ahead, a winding downhill trail... from here there is no stopping (approx 2 minutes downhill) till the end of the trail...

End of the trail... completed 18km trails within 2hrs. "Not bad for first timer, man... and made it without a fall", said Kaz.

Well, it take lots of guts and nerves of steel to tackle those downhills.....

Verdict: It's fun and challenging. Will definitely do it again.

Food for thoughts

Cartoon of the Week

Hulu Langat -> Semenyih Dam

10 riders took up the challenge to cycle from Hulu Langat @ Pekan Batu 18 to Semenyih Dam (44.5KM) with long uphill and downhill. Started with a breakfast (hometown style), steam kaya bread, toast kaya bread, Kampong chicken half boiled eggs and nasi lemak.

Yum! yum!

Our tummy filled and it is time to rock and roll…

1st pit stop, to choose a 9km all the way uphill K.Klawang (left) or

some uphill and downhill to Semenyih Dam (right) ...

2nd pit stop, puffing fresh air into our lungs at the morning breeze and

a nice scenic view with some mist still visible across the mountains behind.

Daryl with his hybrid polygon Heist 5.0

Rachel with her Mini Cooper Folding bike

Ching with his new Polygon Helios F500 roadbike and Vic on a hybrid Exitway MRSUB

Eric, HASA R1 roadbike

Reached our check point.

Rivern, all Red MTB

Daryl, still the uphill king

On the way back, spotted some kids playing home made wooden stilt. Cool!

3 folding bikes, 2 MTB, 2 road bikes, 2 hybrid bikes made it. 1 folding bike reached halfway and turned back to wait for the rest.

More photos...

Photos courtesy of Eric