1st ride on 2008

Jan 1st 2008 - Kayuhan makan ikan dekat Pekan Kuala Muda. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

MTBiking this Saturday (Dec 29, 2007)

Hard MTB hill ride from Sg Ara to Penang Hill via Air Itam. Start from Sg Ara (Shell Gas Station) at 7:30am sharp. Interested to join? Contact Danny Khaw at +60124305049.

Pesta Race - 2007

Some of the MKH friends took part at the recent Pesta roadrace and criterium. All completed safely eventhough there is a a crash at the finishing line on the Sunday’s Criterium (veteran Category) where 5 of our friends took part. Azizan took a very 4th placing in the Veteran road race despite being misdirected ayt the Pulau Betong Junction. More photos can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/14692610@N03/?saved=1

New Year ride - Dec 30th 2007

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from MKH. Our usual new year ride will fall on Dec 30th 2007 Sunday. 7:30am sharp at Padang Kota Lama car park. Team MKH please wear your jersey. See you all there, last ride before we bit farewell to 2007 and welcome 2008.

Ipoh Fellowship Ride - March 23rd 2008

Greetings all Fellow Mountain Bikers...
The Ipoh Fellowship Ride returns for 2008 with more happy trails from Ulu Kinta,near the historical town of Tanjung Rambutan.Take in the lush greenery as you flow through singletracks,bomb down descends,suffer up the "occasional" lung-busting climb and pass thru Orang Asli villages....heck,we might even throw in a stream crossing or two - just for good measure!!Take the opportunity to mingle with the locals...who knows,they might even invite you into their homes for white coffee!Yep,even the local Asli's have white coffee - it's that good*!So...come for the Ride,stay for the Food and "Ta Pau" home the memories!See you guys in Ipoh!Date of the Big Ride: 23 March,2008(Sunday)
Entrance Fee: RM50.00
Registration opens 21 December,2007 (Entry forms are available at selected bike shops in Ipoh,KL & Penang)
More Info: Vincent Lim 012-518 2996Ang He Shyang 012-515 1511Eric Tan 012-582 2808 (pmjbike@tm.net.my)Heoh Chin Kong 012-510 6915 (ckheoh@yahoo.com)or,visit www.ipohroadrunners.org
Application will be at CCI or Chin Aik shortly.

MKH Secretary

Many asked who is the one maintaining MKHKayuh blog and interesting enough some MKH riders don’t even know its existence. Well it still not too late to introduce our secretary and the only lady rider, she is none other than SL Cheah (SL= SuperLight, SuperLong Distance or whatever you can think off) . She was originally from Kuala Kangsar but live in Penang for the last 13 years. She has an amazing athlete profile in recent years from running and cycling. She did her first marathon in 4.30 and her longest ride is ~265km. She has done several 200+km rides with the group and is hell of a climber. Her leisure time up Penang hill is 50++ min and in her only up hill race(BM Hill) she not only came first among the ladies, she also beat men the leading senior veteran. Amazing athlete but chooses not to race extensively. Currently taking some time off from long workouts to make way for other life priorities but she vow on her return…and we very much treasure her return and company….. MKH mates (courtesy of Danny)

Round Cameron ride - Jan 6th 2008

Day trip: Loop from Simpang Pulai - Tapah - Brincang - Kampung Raja - Simpang Pulai. For more info please contact Lee.

Pinang Tunggal ride sharing.....

Dec 9th 2008, it is our normal weekly ride at Kulim. A very rare moment for the group to stroll around at a leisure pace enjoying the views. No disagreement with Kulim Lee and Khalib leading the pack at sub 20kmh

Chong Meng with his expensive equipment plus 2 normal and 2 extra large fuel tanks that dropped twice in the 100km ride. Wonder what else will drop if the ride is longer.

Joke of the day : Chong Meng did not know MKH website existed, he only know backside exist.

Weekly ride Dec 9th 2007

Pinang Tunggal - K.Ketil complete the mission ride. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

Jamboree Photos

Jamboree 2007 photos can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14692610@N03/?saved=1

King of the Mountain - Jamboree 2007

After a bike accident, admitted to ICU with fractured ribs and broken collarbone and bedridden for 2 weeks+, just recently started to ride again and still he beat the others jamboree riders with only a bit of sweat to be the 1st to reach the top of Penang Hill - Danny Khaw, is officially titled KING of the mountain in yesterday Jamboree. HURRAY.... another celebration. This is similar to Lance Armstrong emerged to be the TdF winner after his gruesome cancer treatment.
On top of that, some MKH kaki went to join Singapore marathon on the same day as well. And they have good timing with close to sub 4 hours. Excellent Job guys!
After hearing all these news, the MKH secratary feel so cacat now. sob sob sob....

Weekly ride Nov 25th 2007

Kulim - P.Tunggal - Sp - K.Ketil - B Putih - Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.
FYI...KL cycling trip has been postponed to x date. Will inform all MKH member once the new date is announce.

Monthly ride - Nov'07

KM - Pantai Merdekah - KM. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan. Captain said "Train will NOT wait 4 LATE comers". So please take note.

Powerman 2007 Result is out...

This year the organizer added distance to the 1st run and the bike session. 11km-64km-10km. But fortunately it started in the morning, not the last year torture 1pm. Based on the published result the MKH member did pretty well. Chong Meng rank 7th in his age group, Roger is in 28th and Kitto in 35th. All three of them are in sub 4 hours. Well done guys!

Deepavali Ride - Nov 8th 2007

Kulim - A.Puteh - Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan. This will replace Sunday weekly ride. For those interested to join G.Jerai trip can contact Nizam.

MTBiking in Penang this Saturday

Route:
E-Park - Bukit Jambul - Tun Sardon - Balik Pulau - Air Itam Dam - Air Itam - home

Interested to join? Email Peng Soon at peng.soon.yew@intel.com or inform him at 0195557609.

Meet at E-Park at 7:30am sharp.

Another accident...

FYI... editor was being escalated for not doing good job updating the web site by our Captain Lee. That is why you have four infos out in one day....not bad huh. Ok sorry, back to the accident. Our friend, Khalib, was HIT by car, did you hear i said "HIT by car! " Don't worry...only minor scratch (he must have some kong fu to avoid any injury) but his fork is broken in two. Time to have new bike la Datuk Khalib.... and he has changed his handle bar back to aluminum. As you know recently some riders are considering changing thier expensive carbon fibre handle bar back to the aluminum bar. If you do not know why then you must have not visited Danny.

Weekly ride Nov 4th 2007

Bukit Hijau mission ride.... 7;30am sharp at J.Hutan.

More rides....

The heat is on!! Not sure how because it has been raining, raining and raining these few weeks .... Yes, there are more rides other than the Sat MTB and Sun Kulim ride.
1) Now every Friday there is a night ride start at 9pm meeting at Bagan Ajam rest area. For those who are interested can contact Nizam, Harun or Maverick.
2) There will be KL/P2k ride in Dec 16th 2007. Anyone interested can contact Lee or Danny.

Danny is back and...

....started working!!....of course how can he not doing any cycling or running...or whatever make him sweat other than sitting at home. Ya this guy has been curi curi cycling even he knows he can't control his bike as good as previous. Danny, be patient la, you have two screws and a metal plate on your collarbone and it is only been 3 weeks. Anyway, welcome Danny back in action (eerr.... small action).

Danny is back home resting

Latest update: Danny completed his collar bone surgery and now he is back at his home in Sungai Ara continue his recovery.

Weekly ride Oct 28th 2007

Kulim - S.Tengas - B.Hijau - Kulim. Meet at J.Hutan 7:30am sharp.

The Incident

Firstly i would say unfortunate but then fortunate..... Unfortunately one of our MKH best rider, Danny, has an accident during Sunday Ipoh friendly ride. He has 4 fracture ribs and 1 broken collar bone. This is merely just felt down from the bike when he lost his balance during uphill on the road. He was immediately ferried to Ipoh Specialist's emergency ward and then admitted to ICU due to the lung injured by the fracture ribs. To avoid the lung being collapse he was under 24 hours monitoring. I was told he even still messaging and reading SMS in ICU, tough guy.
FORTUNATELY, (Thank GOD), he is stable now and has been transferred to Penang GMC at ward 614.
Let all pray for his speedy recovery because we all already miss him.

Bike and MKH Jersey matching competition

Who has the best bike color match with MKH's jersey? Carefully picked and hand carried from Oregon, USA to Penang recently… see if you scared or not? - Peng Soon. Bike owner and model is WM Cheang.

Ipoh Special ride - Oct 7th 2007

Friendly ride with Ipoh and KL riders at Ipoh. For those who are interested can meet at Bukit Merah rest area on Oct 7th at 5:30am. Please join this Sun (Sept 30th) ride to discuss detail about transportation.
p/s: MKH, be humble a bit and don't keep attacking others riders. As this is just a friendly ride to make more friends :)

Weekly ride Sept 30th 2007

Kulim - Bukit Hijau - Air Puteh - Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

Weekly ride Sept 23rd 2007

Kulim - Lenggong (Perak) one way. Then enjoy fresh water fish and Lenggong famous fish ball. For transportation arrangement from Lenggong to Kulim please get hold of Lee or Danny.

Weekly ride Sept 16th

Kulim - Serdang - B.Hijau. Siok siok ride saja. After ride whoever is interested and not fasting can join the gang to have curry prawns at S.Udang.
7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

PCC Interstate Photos

You can visit the PCC official website to view the photos. These are two i got from the website with MKH members; Danny and Khalib. If you have any PCC photos to share please do send to MKHKayuh@gmail.com

Weekly ride Sept 9th 2007

Come and join us for a warm down ride this Sunday after a gruesome 4 days interstate last week. Kulim - K.Masjid 7:30am J.Hutan. See you there.

PCC Interstate Day 1: Ipoh to Taiping

With a filled stomach from last night dinner I believe we all slept well. I look at my handphone clock and it showed 4:11am. Damn....2 hours earlier than my normal weekday routine. What to do as we love food and we must have dim sum before we suffer for the next 5-6 hours on the road. It was 5:15am when we stand in front of the dim sum store with door closed but we were lucky as one small dim sum shop already open down the street. Yum yum....
We ride to Sri Malaysia to meet up with the Kulim gang and head to the starting point, Casuarina Hotel. We let the PCC official riders go 1st since we are considered "lumba haram" because we did not register for PCC officially. At the same time Danny tyre burst so we all waitied for him for ~30mins. Danny and Khalib will need to go at least 40km/hr to close the gap with the 1st pelaton and they did, not surpise to us.
The route is really unique where it passed thru many small villages with less car and more side view. We ride thru Perlop, Lintang, Kati, Karai, Kuala Kangsar, Padang Rengas, Air Kuning and last stop at Taiping Lake Garden. Places that we never heard off and it is really an enjoyment plus the countless rolling hills that added more fun to the ride...yahoooo....When we reached Taiping my meter show 155km at 1:15pm. But Danny and the gang should be there an hour earlier.
Dinner, must talk about food other than riding la. We went to Matang to have seafood (somewhere close to Sepatang) which is recommended by a local Taiping dude. I am sure we all made our stomach very happy that night. By the way, we got a surprise call from chipsmore said he is on his way joining us riding tomorrow. Mr Chipsmore is always unpredictable. But i am sure we all happy to have him around. Day 2 Taiping to Bukit Mertajam 130km.....to be continue.

Day1:PCC Interstate Eve ride - Aug 30 Pg to Ipoh

Total distance based on my speedometer: 171km from Penang Island to Ipoh Utara.
Early in the morning where the moon is still high in the sky we started our journey in Penang and 2nd group in Kulim. We met up at Sungai Bakap after 2 hours ride plus ferry to Butterworth. Traffic at Prai was horrible and we have to stop multiple times to squeeze thru between cars/bas kilang/lorry and some senseless/selfish drivers. Our 1st stop at Kamunting for a quick breakfast before we continue our journey. Another stop at Kuala Kangsar for a cooling "mata kucing" and "air kelapa". Someone has to recall my memory because i think we stop at Chemor (or somewhere else) to take cover from the heavy rain. It is to avoid the bike getting wet and dirty (ya for those who loves bike more than themselves). For the last 20km the secretary was suffering as the lactic acid accumulate on her tight that she can hardly pedal >20km/hr. Thank you for those who waited for her. We parted at Tasek and ended our 1st day ride with all arrive safe and sound. The Peng Soon's group took a cab to the town to have a sumptuous feast at "Lo Wong" bean sprout chicken shop. We consumed one whole chicken with many phoenix feets as well (chicken feet la in lay man term). We called it a feast because for the last few hours we only have water, 100 plus, water....... Of course we did not stop here and continue to have fried koay teow the ipoh way then fruit ice kacang before we call it end. What a day! Got to sleep early as someone suggested to go have breakfast at 5am!!

Merdeka Ride - Sept 2nd 2007

Joinly with PCC last day ride in Penang. Road or MTB are welcome.
7:15am at Padang Kota car park. MKH members please wear your jersey.

Pre PCC warm up ride - Aug 26th 2007

Getting ready for 4 days MKH interstate ride?? Come and do some warm up ride this Sun. Kulim-Air Puteh-Kulim kayuh siok siok. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

PCC interstate the MKH way....

Initial plan:
Day 1 (Aug 30th): Penang/Kulim - Ipoh (one day earlier than actual PCC interstate ride)
Day 2 (Aug 31st): Ipoh - Taiping (follow PCC group)
Day 3 (Sept 1st): Taiping - Penang/Kulim
Day 4 onwards is your own choice.
For more info please contact Kulim Lee if you want to start from Kulim and contact Peng Soon if you want to start from Penang. We will meet somewhere at Sungai Bakap to regroup.
Let go and have fun.....

Weekly ride Aug 19th 2007

Kulim - K.Ketil - Lata Bayu - Malau - Kulim. Time: 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

Other than cycling - we went hiking

A few MKH members (also from Cameron) take some timeoff from the bike to go hiking instead. According to the sign board, it claims it is the longest trail in Penang Island. Starting from Teluk Bahang, Hutan Rimba and ending at Penang Hill covers total ~11km. We manage to complete the route in ~ 5 hours (quite relaxing pace according to Danny). Personally i love the trail because of the view from the watch tower. For those who is interested to experience the trail please do us know (SL or Danny).

Aug'07 Monthly Ride

Kulim - B.Kurau - Selama - Mahang - Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

Weekly ride Aug 5th 2007

Complete the K.Pegang mission ride. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.

tdf - more and more negative news....

Vino is out caught blood doping, Moreni and Cofidis leave Tour after positive testosterone test and last but not least..... Rasmussen is being FIRED by Rabobank. Which caught some of us losing the interest to continue watching tdf. Just another 4 more stages to go....

Weekly ride July 29th 2007

Kulim - K.Pegang - P.Panjang - K.Ketil - Kulim. Meet at J. Hutan 7;30am sharp.

Sharing....A dude cycling home from US

Just came across a news from Star, a dude from Taiping, Perak, is cycling home from North Caroline when he completed his study. You can visit his website for his daily journal. He just completed his US route from LA to Washington DC and started his Europe trip now. Look at him from Day 1 to Day 38, i think he has loss at least 10kg. Interesting journal.

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/longwayhome

More News

You can see MKH members everywhere now, it was in the STAR newspaper last month and last week it was in the New Straits Times. Both news are related to Ipoh Century ride. You can visit the website http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2007/6/8/north/17716727&sec=north

For NST you can look for the newspaper on July 16th 2007. (not able to upload to blog due to different file format). MKH Boleh!! ha ha ha......

Sale, Buy, Search for bike parts

For all MKH members, now you can advertise any bike parts that you want to sale, buy and search. What you need to do is sms 012-4948496 or email to MKHKayuh@gmail.com with these info:
1) part short decription
2) price
3) your name / contact
It will be published in this blog. Whoever interested can call the person directly or write down info under the "comment" button.

Weekly ride July 22nd 2007

Destination - Pantai Merdeka via new route start from Kulim. So come and have a try.
Time - 7:30am sharp
Place - Jabatan Hutan

For Sale

Spinergy Xyclone Race Wheelset (Front & Rear) for MTB
Description:
Used once for a ride up and down PG Hill jeep track. Need to sell this wheelset since I am converting my MTB brakes to disc brakes. Will give spare PBO spokes and bearing for the wheels.

For more details: http://www.spinergy.com/Bicycle/xyclonerace.html
Selling Price: RM1800 (negotiable)
Interested?: Contact Peng Soon at +60125265000 or psyew555@yahoo.com

Penang Round Island - Sat July 14th

Calling for all MKH who wants to join the Hari Keputeraan YDPN round island ride. Starting point: Padang Kota car park 7:30am sharp.

Update

Tekun photos uploaded to the yahoo photo shop:
http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maycheah_2006/album?.dir=/8f89scd
2nd batch of MKH Jersey will be open for order now, please contact Kulim Lee if you are interested.
There will be t-shirt especially made to bid farewell to our MKH member, Khalib, who will start his world tour on bike next month. Please contact Kulim Lee for price and info.
Sunday July 8th Kulim ride: Kulim - T.Dawai - Merbok - Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan.
Saturday July 7th Penang round island: Meeting point E-park guard post at 7:15am.

Tekun race - July 1st 2007

Well well well.... i received updated news from Danny about the recent Tekun king of the mountain race. Guess who's adrenaline come out everytime he sees a hill...especially steep hill. Whoelse but Danny Khaw and he has proved it with a champion medal this round. Congratulation!! When is the celebration? ha ha ha..... Can someone tell me who beats Ja? Ja, you need to train harder la and stop talking on the handphone.

Results (MKH Podium finisher): Congrat all!!! Mesti nak belanja.
Men Open – Jafaidus 2nd
Veteran Open 1st Danny 2nd Azizan 3rd Shahran
Veteran Junior – 4th Wahab 5th Lan

There is a continue episode from the Mengkuang race between Mr40 and Mr39. At this Tekun race Mr39 has upgraded to Mr41 and he beats Mr40 at the finishing line by only a wheel distance....... HURRAY and the Scott has conquerred the hill.

MKH secretary is out this week

No update on this sunday ride. Please get hold of captain.

Kulim Weekly ride - Jun 24th 2007

Kulim - B.Kurau - Kulim. 7:30am at J.Hutan.

No title

I believe most of us do not know who is Terence Powerbar Penguin. Here is what I know: He was selected as PowerBar Team Elite in year 2006. He competed in marathon, duathlon…..One year ago he was diagnosed with brain tumor and he has passed away last Friday at aged 40+ (married with one kid). Do I know him? No, I don’t know him but I did see him during one of the Malakoff race. The message I want to emphasize is, LIFE is SHORT. Sometime it is shorter than we thought it should be. So don’t take things for granted. Don’t worry too much because by the time we have answer for our worries we may be either left the world or too old to do anything. Go out and achieve something for yourself. Don’t worry whether you can complete the race or not, we can always come back and try again as long as we are still alive. There is no winner who never has failure. Just Do It MKH!! Something to share http://cjcphoto.com/can/

Mengkuang MTB GP 2007 (Jun)

No cover story because secretary absent during the event :) But photos are uploaded to http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maycheah_2006/album?.dir=/5560scd
And we have a new nick name for David, Mr39. Ask him if you want to know why he he he he.....it is related to Mr40.

Race result (from Danny):

Men Open - Jar (4th), Ah Boy (10th)

Men Veteran (35-40) - Khalib (3rd), Danny (4th), David (8th)

Men Veteran >41 - Wahab (5th), Isa (7th)

Kulim Weekly ride - June 17th 2007

Kulim-B Hijau-Serdang-A Putih-Kulim. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan. Enjoy the Father's day ride for all the bapa.

June 2nd Kulim-Perlis

Tagging along with the heat of Giro d'italia, the MKH decided to organize a MKH d'Perlisia. There is no Di Luca because Cannondale rider vacation in Cameron. But we have Danny Schleck with his favorite Cervelo and David Simoni who conquered Monte Zoncolan ha ha ha......Anyone plan to get a BMC? Cool time trial bike.

On a cooling June 2nd 7:30am at Lee's house, 14 riders are all set to complete the 185km ride to Perlis Padang Besar. At mid day when the temperature is rising it starts to drain out the riders energy but we were fortunate to be treated with kenduri style at Wadi's house for lunch at Kangar. After recharged team continue to complete the 30+km to Padang Besar. The day ended with seafood and shopping.

Second day, captain suffered from diarrhea but the ride has to continue as well. The plan is to go around Perlis area from Padang Besar passing thru the sugar cane area. We stopped by at the Bukit Ayer Jungle Park for group photo and continue the journey back to Padang Besar. Wahab treated the team with his kampung style home cook lunch. Yummy.

For more photos please go to http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maycheah_2006/album?.dir=/a7cdscd&urlhint=actn,ren%3as,2%3af,0

Weekly ride June 26th 2007

Kulim -B Bahru - S. Tengas. 7:30am sharp meet at J. Hutan.

Ipoh Century Ride - Result is out

MKH Boleh !!! We are proud to say that we grabbed 4 awards out from the 11 they offerred. Bravora!! The 1st pelaton team has a good strategy (2 pages) started with 6 riders and the top 3 riders did it in sub 5 hours (wa lau). That will be Ching Chai, Danny and Stephen. Well done guys. The 2nd big pelaton manage to reach finishing line at 6 hr :1 mins (average). Total distance based on my very "lau ya" speedometer is 164km. Everyone has a lot of fun and i am sure we will be back next year. We can suggest to the organizer for 200km!! No problem la, the Kulim team has been doing weekly ride about 100km-180km. Please start training now as many riders wants to defeat MKH next year. May be next year we will wear something without the word MKH. If not will kena teruk teruk attack here and there. For more photos please go to: http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maycheah_2006/album?.dir=/763escd&.src=ph&.tok=phNEStGBPw7U.j12

June Long Distance Riding..Perlis trip

Day 1, June 2nd: Kulim Perlis (senang senang kayuh)
Day 2, June 3rd: Tour De Perlis then drive back from Perlis to Kulim

For more info please call our captian Mr Lee. 012-422-1088.

MKH chapter 1

MKH?? Ok, the team was formed early 2007 by a group of cyclist from Penang and Kulim. Some say Butterworth, KL and Cameron..... Anyway, it does not matter because the group will take whoever are interested in cycling be it road or mountain bike. There is no member fee required and you just need to buy the team jersey with approval from our captain. Who is our captain? You won't miss him in the crowd because he is >6 feet tall. (see photo on right).

Captain: Kulim Lee (nick name, because Kulim is not a Christian name...ha!)

Coach: Danny (consultant for bike building with desire weight and cost)

Secretary: SL (part time with no pay)

eBay expert: Peng Soon (as well as Penang sat and Cameron ride organizer)

Ironman category: Khalib, Danny, David, Chong Meng and Ching Hoe

Bike cleaner expert: Nizam (even up to the chain which looks new all the time)

Mr Chipmore: Chong Meng

Dog's rival: Ah Beh (always attacked by dog during cycling)

Most punctual riders: Harun, follow by Danny

Regular riders: David, Zul, Khalib, Chin Chai, Kitto, Roger, Jai Wei, Nizam, Eddy, Yeoh, Tommy, Ching Hoe, Peng Seng, Choon Seng, Jar....

Total number of members: ~60

Weekly ride: Sunday 7:30am meet at Kulim Jabatan Hutan. (May 13th: Kulim-S.Tengas-Bukit Hijau kyh siok-siok)

Email address: MKHKayuh@gmail.com

We make our 1st team appearance on Sunday May 6th Ipoh Century ride organized by Ipoh Roadrunner club. 30 MKH members took part and managed to grab 4 awards out from the 11. 3 from men open and 1 from women open. You can view the event photos: http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maycheah_2006/album?.dir=/763escd&.src=ph&.tok=phNEStGBPw7U.j12

p/s: if you want to know what is does MKH stands for...come and join us.