PCP Race 31/07/2010

This morning I received an SMS from Ken asking me to join Team Mercury for the upcoming PCP Race. I've been riding MTB for almost 2 years now but have never been in any kind of race or tournament. Only been on a HASH once but what the heck...... it doesn't hurt to try right?

So, tomorrow night I will go to my fav 'bengkel' - Muzack's house to re-calibrate my T-Bolt 661 settings. I had troubled shifting the gears recently at PCP. After that will rest my bike till the raceday. I will go swimming instead, to get my stamina up.

Training Schedule
20/07/2010 - Swimming session 2100 to 2200
21/07/2010 - Bengkel Muzack (BMC) - setting T-Bolt 2030 to 2400
22/07/2010 - Swimming session 2100 to 2200
23/07/2010 - Swimming session 2100 to 2200
24/07/2010 - Swimming session 1700 to 1800
25/07/2010 - Swimming session with family members 0900 to 1000
26/07/2010 - Swimming session 2100 to 2200
27/07/2010 - Swimming session 2100 to 2200
28/07/2010 - Rest
29/07/2010 - Rest
30/07/2010 - Briefing at PCP
31/07/2010 - RACEDAY

Alamak boleh terforgot la pulak.... aku kerja on 31 July. Time to apply for Annual Leave.


31/07/2010 RACEDAY

Team Mercury-Beskal menurunkan 3 team utk PCP Speed Challenge. Bagaimanapun disebabkan terlalu byk2 swimming malam, aku kena selsema 2 hari sebelum RACEDAY.... huhuhu

Team 1 (Team Power nie); finished 8th - 1:24:30
Team 2 (1st rider power nie - Dean, Aku 2nd - rider veteran, 3rd rider - Bg Man (power gak walaupun veteran); finished 31st place - 1:57:10
Team 3 (Nie Team All Girls) - 1:58:00

Disamping RM150 hadiah utk Team 1, beberapa orang rider Team Mercury-Beskal telah memenangi hadiah2 lucky draw. The biggest price goes to Dean Jasman .... dapat basikal sejibik tu, retail@RM500++....... Memang berbaloi

In short, aku bersyukur kerana dapat mengabiskan kayuhan.... even though aku terpaksa berhenti rehat beberapa kali. Ada masanya aku rasa nak suruh marshall panggil ambulance jer.

TAHNIAH to Mercury .... hopefully boleh baiki ranking utk race2 seterusnya

Training PCP

04/07/2010 @ PCP - Training

30/06/2010;
It has been awhile since I've updated this blog. Hopefully this Sunday I will have some more pictures to upload. I'll will be riding with Team Mercury-Beskal. Hopefully can get my black beskal.com jersey that day. Ken asked me to join him in the race in July. Need to test my stamina first this weekend, only after that I can decide.

02/07/2010;
Muzack had told me that he has a Shimano 575 Hydro brakes in his MTB store at home. He wanted to know if I wanted to try it. So that nite at about 10pm, I went over to his house at BMC section 1.

Can't wait to test it at PCP!

04/07/2010;
Woke up early today. Got to go to Taman Kinrara Sek 3 to buy my wife 'Nasi Kerabu'. The queue was quite long. Only managed to get it at about 8am. Arrived at PCP at about 9:05am and waited for my older brother - Muzack. Awie was coming also with his friend Zam who had just moved to Shah Alam from Kulim.

Awie was on his 3rd time at PCP while Zam is on his first ever ride at PCP. I suggested that they go on the blue and green trail. I had to rest a little longer as Muzack was feeling dizzy a bit. He had to rest longer than usual as he hasn't been riding for 2 weeks. After the four of us rested on the second gazebo below the PCP Black. We've decided to let Zam try the 4X trail. I went down the trail first to test the newly installed shimano 575 hydro brake. It was great. At the table top jump at the end of 4X trail, there was a rider who had fell after the first table top. It looked like he injured his leg quite bad. Other than that Downhiller rider, there were several XCs' riders who had fell but sustained minor scratches n bruises.

At about 11:30ish  the sky was turning darked. So we hurried through the final trail. It was really windy. Felt like a storm was coming our way.BTW I had also wanted to take video on the DJ but when I got there, the maintenance crew was starting to cover back the jumps. Sigh..... may be next time.

Finished the ride at about 12noon.

Star Wars Trading Card

Since I first saw Star Wars Episode 4, I've been a fan.

For Star Wars fans out there....... I have a collection of SWTC for sale (If I am not mistaken, this is from Episode 2 edition). If you are interested to get your hands on this SWTC, kindly email me at zoolihsan(put in the at sign)gmail.com.

Notes: All of my cards are in good condition. (If you are not a Trading Card fanatics.... this means that the cards had been used/played. However, all of them are in it's own protective plastic cover)

Item 1

As you can see, this is a rare holographic card

Item 2

Uncommon non-holographic card

Item 3

This is a common card but it's holographic

Item 4

Uncommon non-holographic card

Item 5

Rare non-holographic card

Item 6

Common non-holographic card

Item 7

Uncommon non-holographic card

Item 8

Rare non-holographic card

Item 9

Uncommon non-holographic card

Item 10

Uncommon holographic card

Item 11

Uncommon holographic card

Item 12

Common but holographic card

The following is the complete list off all the cards in my possessions:-

1. Master and Apperentice - Battle Card (3pcs-Uncommon)
2. Power Dive - Battle Card (1pc-Rare)
3. Jedi Counsel Summons - Mission Card (1pc-Rare)
4. Surge of Power - Battle Card (4pcs-Common)
5. Wedding of Destiny Mission Card (2pcs-Uncommon)
6. Swoop bike - Ground Card (4pcs-Common)
7. Naboo Defence Station - Ground Card (1pc-Rare)
8. Elite Jedi Squad - Ground Card (3pcs-Common; 1pc-Holographic)
9. Naboo Spaceport - Ground Card (1pc-Uncommon/Holographic)
10. AT-TE Walker 23X - Ground Card (3pcs-Uncommon; 1pc-Holographic)
11. Plo Koon - Character Card (2pcs-Rare)
12. C-3PO - Character Card (1pc-Uncommon)
13. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Force 5) - Character Card (1pc-Uncommon)
14. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Force 4) - Character Card (2pc-Common)
15. Padme Amidala (Force 5) - Character Card (1pc-Rare)
16. Yoda (Force 5) - Character Card (2pcs-Uncommon)
17. Yoda (Force 9) - Character Card (1pc-Rare; 1pc-Holographic)
18. Anakin Skywalker (Force 4) - Character Card (2pcs-Common; 1pc-Holographic)
19. Anakin Skywalker (Force 5) - Character Card (1pc-Uncommon)
20. Anakin Skywalker (Force 7) - Character Card (1pc-Rare)
21. Corellian Star Shuttle - Space Card (4pcs-Common)
22. N-1 Starfighter - Space Card (3pcs-Common)
23. Bravo N-1 Starfightere - Space Card (4pcs-Common)
24. Jedi Starfighter 3R3 - Space Card (4pcs-Common)
25. Republic Cruiser - Space Card (3pcs-Common)
26. Republic Assault Ship - Space Card (3pcs-Uncommon)

P/S: Anyone remembers how to play? It's been a while since I played it with my younger brother

SILK Night Ride + Project Spinner Eagle Fork

On the night of 23/04/2010, I decided to join Muzack on his home turf road ride (SILK Highway). I have read from other bloggers about the 'Bukit 3 Beradik' and now it's my turn to try it myself. Muzack & I started from his house (Sect 1 BMC)

Arrived at Muzack's at about 8:40pm (T.jams at Kelab lumba kuda round-about

Muzack with his Specialized M5

We arrived at the meeting point. Two more riders from BMC was waiting at the mamak's

This was the last pit stop. Just after the toll before BMC.
Earlier, Wondermantz (Yellow JC) waited four of us at SILK Highway









I was to tired climbing the 3 brothers. Did not even have the energy to take pictures. I managed to find my rhythm just before the last pit-stop after getting valuable pointers from all the otais that night.
(Last pit-stop - beside Twin Palms residential)

Khairudin and Muzack taking cigarette break on the last pit-stop. (Power dorang nie walaupun perokok tegar - hisap kretek lagi tuh!)

The end - for SILK ride jer

After finishing the ride, Muzack wanted to pass down his Spinner Eagle to me as he had bought a new Fox Float fork for his Merida AM-400. So, the night continued with Project Spinner Eagle. I was going to exchanged my Spinner Grind1 which was going to be fitted on his Specialized.

Upper Left - Changed SAR's saddle to Salle Royale (Reason for changing the saddle - after each road rides, my b**ls were numb.....lol)

Upper Right - Muzack's Spinner Eagle

Bottom - Project failed due to the Eagle was shorten before this to accommodate Merida AM-400 short headset. T-Bolt's headset is a lot longer. May be I'll get Fox Float fork just like Muzack? May be not.....lol

Projek Tayar Road

I have been belasah-hing my 2.35 on the road for sometime now. I think it's time to use proper road tires for roadie rides. With the help of my older brother Muzack. I will get myself a new Kenda's road tires from Kedai Basikal Simon. I haven't seen the tires myself. Will see them maybe on the next ride with Muzack this weekend. Hopefully Simon will give discounts. I remembered the first time I went to Simon's with Muzack. I purchased my trusted 661 Mullet at a very cheap price. Thanks to Muzack's, I got a brand new helmet for RM90.00 Very cheap right? I saw a seller at BBS selling a used one for RM80.00

Can't wait to get my hands on the Kenda's. Here I come DUKECT and pujMAC riders. Baru la boleh follow DUKECT on the Bukit Tunku, Bukit Sri Hartamas and other Bukits yg dorang selalu layan...... hopefully la. For pujMAC pulak baru la bolehh kejar Poey, Shahrin and the gang kot?

Macam nie agaknye rupanya tayar road utk T-Bolt 661 nanti

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At last, I have a set of tires for roadie rides. Can't wait to install and try 'em. Will follow Ken of beskal.com on Tuesday night for my first road ride on the new Kenda. Tonite, I will upload my newest project pictures (Project - Kenda's Road tires 1.7)

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On 12/04/2010, I had to go back to Kodiang. My beloved grandmother had passed away. Arrived back in Kangar at about 10-11pm. Could not be sure the exact time. The only thing caught my eyes was a group of riders riding towards Kangar via Jalan Repoh. Saw them just before Kampung Guru. May be it was team Perlis Power MTB. Any way,  it's time to proceed with Project - Kenda's Road tires 1.7

Before - 2.35

Kenda 1.7 Road (Commuter)

DIY tools

T-Bolt - naked

Time to change the tires

Work in process....

Still in progress......

After - Macam kecik sangat la pulak tayar nie

Front tire

Rear tire

Finally it's done

pujMAC night ride 23/03/2010

23/03/2010@BukitJalil
Tonite's ride will be recorded by TV9 for Nasi Lemak Kopi O programme. Rugi kalau miss this ride..... dapat masuk TV tu (",)

Arrived in front of Bukit Jalil Stadium about 9++.Shortly afterwards, Taslim in his Ranger arrived. Judging from the cars parked along the road, I was the third last rider to arrive.

<----- Both my rides were still dirty. T-Bolt 661 still penuh with PCP's dirt. While my Viper SE3091 was full of dust from the construction sites beside the office.

We started cycling a few minutes before 10. After a brief briefing from the cameraman.

Riders eager to start and of course nak masuk TV9... (",)

This was our 2nd pit-stop (Jalan Tun Razak)

Still resting and waiting for the rest of the riders

Ready to continue onwards to KLCC

@KLCC - TV9 cameraman tgh shooting

Baru kena sound dgn security KLCC - moving on to Dataran Merdeka

Continuing with the shoot for TV9 @ Dataran Merdeka

 Shooting at a very low angle

From Dataran Merdeka we moved back to Bukit Jalil via Jalan Travers/Kampung Pasir/Old klang Road/Sri Petaling....... Finished at about 1:20am. I went straight home as it was getting late. Hopefully my face will be on the tube..... lol