A leisurely ride to Malim Nawar for breakfast

27Dec2014

Just a 10 km short ride with Lim Eugene to Malim Nawar for breakfast again. This time, Sai's shop was closed, so we had our coffee next door.

No photos.

My biking accessories, so far

26Dec2014

Bicycle pump, mounted beside the water bottle

TrinX M066, MYR550

My Trinx M066 with headlight, cyclometer and saddle bags

CatEye Combo

Coffee and toast in Temoh, Ice kacang in Mambang Diawan, Rambutans in Kampar.

Sat 20Dec2014

A 26 km short ride to Temoh (breakfast), Mambang Diawan (ice kacang) then back to Kampar where we were treated to some excellent rambutans at Ganesan 's house.

Final stop of this morning's short ride with Kampar Cycling Community was at Ganesan Raju 's home. It has a cool shady beautiful compound surrounded by fruit trees and flowering shrubs.

Arriving at meeting point: bus stop opposite Petronas after the Mambang Diawan junction

Dazzled by camera flash

Lush greenery on the way to Temoh town

The birds in Temoh were online when we arrived

After breakfast, we set off for Temoh Stesen and Mambang Diawan

At Temoh Station

Atop the steep bridge over railway tracks below

Approaching Mambang Diawan village

With group leader Ganesan Raju, who took all these photos

New Saddle Bags

19Dec2014

New saddle bags.

All set to ride with Kampar Cycling Community : Temoh - Mambang Diawan - Kampar Loop tomorrow.

First long ride, and off road too.

Sun 14Dec2014

A 47 km long ride to Malim Nawar, off road to Tronoh Mines, then on road to Kg Timah for breakfast and back to Kampar via Tg Tualang.

With seven other riders: this group is riding to Gua Tempurung

At staging point opposite McDonalds, first time meeting Adrian Wong

Rambutan break after first offroad stretch: on the way to Malim Nawar

Pit stop opposite post-office in Malim Nawar

Adrian tries out the 3 storey footbridge

The bridge before Tg Tualang, about to go offroad riverside to Tronoh Mines

Swollen river, swift currents

The soggy track most of the way appears to have been submerged under high tide the previous night

Waiting in the damp grass bank for repairs to a member's broken seat post

Close up of broken seat post

Had to dismount and push over a muddy stretch

Ganesan, Adrian and me were stopped by an unhappy bull

Another view of the swollen river

Back on road again after 7 km of muddy river bank ride: heading towards Kg Timah and Tg Tualang

After Kg Timah we arrived at Tg Tualang

Out of Tualang towards Kampar

Approaching the railway bridge west of Kampar new town under the scorching noon sun, almost gave up

First meeting and ride with Kampar Cycling Community

13Dec2014

10 km short ride to Malim Nawar for breakfast at Kenneth Sai's coffee shop, and back. First time meeting Ganesan, Mike, Eugene Lim and Derek Chung.

In front of Mike's house, all ready to go cycling

First time meeting Ganesan

With Mike on the left, Eugene on the right and Derek Chun partly hidde

And off we went . . .

Looking back towards the eastern hills, the sun rose to greet us

At last we arrived at Yen Lee Thong Coffee Shop, Malim Nawar, also known as Sai Shop

All my new-found friends from KCC at Yen Lee Thong coffee shop

Green, green grass on the way home

Inaugural solo ride.

06Dec2014

From my house at 10 am this morning.

Helmet, gloves, jersey, shorts: checked
Water bottle checked.
Cyclometer, LED checked.
MTB checked.

All set for my first short ride to my in-laws house in Tanjung Tualang.
The 14km ride took me about 50 minutes, registering an average of 17.7km/h.

Looks like these old bones cannot go very fast after all. Haha.