Weekly Ride Jan 20th 2008

Kampung Masjid siok siok ride. 7:30am sharp at J.Hutan. Please be punctual.

Ipoh Fellowship ride group registration

To all MKH MTB riders,

We are now collectting names and payment for riders who wish to participate in MKH group registration. Those who are interested can contact and pay Peng Soon OR pass Danny your details and payment during our sunday ride on Jan 20

Date of the Ipoh Fellowship Ride: 23 March,2008(Sunday)
Entrance Fee: RM50.00

Saturday Jan 12, MTB Ride up to PG Hill

MTB ride up to PG Hill thru a different route in Air Itam; near the Police Station and next to the 4-D shop.

Peng Soon will start from E-Park at 7:15am, and will meet Danny and other Sg Ara folks at Lake View traffic light at 7:35am. Then, we will proceed to Air Itam to meet at Air Itam market at 8am.

Interested? Contact Peng Soon at +60195557609.

Ride outcome: 7 riders turned up for this tough ride and 6 made it to the top

Sunday Jan 13, Road Ride up to 130km

Kulim to Kuala Muda...Purpose for the Kari Ikan and Ikan Bakar that we missed 2weeks ago. Ride start at 730am sharp from Jabatan hutan. Will not wait for late comers

Ride outcome: Total distance 115km. Hilite of the the Day: Got to enjoy the delicious fish curry. Guess how many pieces of fish Kulim Lee and Chong Meng individually consume? ....clue equivalent to the number of cables on their bikes. Relatively fast ride, and most riders managed to keep to a manageable gap.

Lowlight: 19 riders showed up at the meeting place only 6 was ready to ride at 730am...Some arrived even after 730am... Guys what happen to our discipline !!!. Shahrin got lost near the end of the ride. he decided to add 7km to include his own Tour of Kulim before calling it a day

Joke of the day : Our ironman Chong Meng started to drop things again during ride, this time dropping his water bottle twice and CO2 cartridges. Wondering what will be next

Round Island Ride on Thursday (Jan 10)

Apart from the Hard MTB ride that Danny is organizing, we also have a round island ride on Jan 10... it will be easy and slow ride :). Start from E-Park at 7:15am, picking up riders at Gurney traffic light at 7:40am.

Route:

E-Park - Gelugor - Greenlane - Gurney - Tg Bunga - Teluk Bahang - Balik Pulau - Tun Sardon - home

Interested to join, contact Peng Soon at +60125265000.

Hard MTB ride on Jan 10 2008

Very Tough 3 hill climb ride Starting from Bikut Gambir to Air Itam to 1200 step templeand proceed to Penang hill. Meet at 7.15 am SHARP at the bottom of Bukit Gambir Junction. Interested or more information call Danny Khaw (012-430-5049).

Jan 6th Cameron Ride Report

Simpang Pulai - Tapah - Cameron - Simpang Pulai (185km). Our 1st taste of this route was back in 2 years time with only handfull of riders from Penang and Cameron. But today it was suppose to be a MKH Penang casual ride with less than 20riders and some Ipoh friends, turned out to be massive group ride with groups from KL and Lumut showed up, ended up with approx 110-120 riders

Pic 1 : Friends from KL, Ipoh and Lumut
Pic 2 More Ipoh friends

Ride to Tapah was relatively fast but smooth. Encountered issue at Tapah Shell Petrol Station when confronted by Police for alleged “Illegal gathering”. The group was held back for approximately 15min before agreeing to breakoff and ride in individual smaller groups which became very natural as we hit the hills. 45km riding to Ringlet for lunch stop was climax of suffering for most riders, especially first timers. There was a very clear spread of riders arriving to the town spanning >1 hr apart . Most groups rode on individually after Ringlet. It was very unusual to see so many riders spread out in the different Cameron towns for food, shopping and also fruit/vegetable parks. It started raining at Tanah Rata all the way Kg Raja, a real experience to ride in the cold, wet and slippery conditions. Finally despite all the suffering all riders arrived safely back at Simpang Pulai. By the way who wants to buy Lee's bike, he plans to sell off his bike as he "beh siok" a lady rider overtook him half way yesterday in Cameron. Ha ha ha ha....
What is next challenge? Penang - Simpang Pulai - Tapah - Cameron? That will give you >300km ride for a day. Any dare devil?

MTBiking this weekend (Jan 5 & Jan 6)

Penang Round Island Ride - Saturday (Jan 5), start from E-Park at 7:15am sharp.

Penang Hill Ride - Sunday (Jan 6), meet at Botanical Garden entrance at 8am sharp.

Interested to join? Contact Peng Soon at +60195557609.

Jan 1st 2008 ride report

Kulim ride to Kuala Muda for fish lunch. Big surprise when 30 riders turnup. Smooth ~110km ride. Met a GIANT cyclist on touring bike from Germany. In comparison Kulim Lee looks like Kitto…and Kitto looks like k**. Hard to describe thru words…look at the pic. Downside for the day, the famous ikan panggang at Kota Kuala Muda store was closed. (reported by Danny)

Dec 30th 2007 ride report

140 cyclist from all over turn up in all forms of bikes, Road, MTB and tribike. Pretty much out of controlled ride due to the span of cyclist but it was an enjoyful event. One small accident involving our MKH mate, Stephen in Batu Ferringi, turns out he is ok and was able to ride back safely. Hilite of the day: Chong Meng turns wild and decided to “punch” Kulim Lee in a disagreement over ……guess what? (reported by Danny)