Our RC offroad fun in Miri

Enjoy our buddies RC off-road bashing video.

R/C off-roading shootout

Our flying r/c buddies went off-roading at local nearby hills to shoot a movie for off-roading scene in HD.  So we went over to some local favorite hill where i used to ride my mountain bike over and was favorite r/c crawling venue.  Our models aren't much consistant in size and type so there lots of funny randomness in action.   We are not the type of R/C people who do serious r/c racing yet.  But for now we like to hangout out for r/c action and had a good laugh.  Well that waht most big boys do at weekends expecially those R/c pilots when they're back on ground.

Lets crawling

Woke up early in the morning just to join my buddies out crawling nearby our house where lots of rocky steep cliff are. Its time to test out my new creation built from ground up with high tech parts and some mechanical junkies into 4WD r/c rock crawler. After done hooked the models into the computer for 1 hour tuning work then we head straight to the rocky hills. Played for almost 3 hours under the scorching mid morning sun, with precision maneuvering on the steering and gentle stroke on the throttle my crawler gripping the rocks like spider climbing way up to the top. All the mechanical and electronics such as suspension, drive system, radio response and motor system perform flawlessly. I'm happy to achive a mini scale products that works wonders.

Out into barren land

Not much haze but our scenic ride was very barren, dusty and hot, i like to ride on dry land so i don't have to wash my bike much when i get home later. Today the ride was much longer and extremely fast paced,with a group more than 25 people everyone ride at different pace resulting gap and broken to several group...some got lost, some too fast, some too slow and some seem to be wondering into the wild in their own adventure. I huff and puff my way up and down the hill chasing my rival, at night when i sleep i can feel my legs kinda heavy.

Dusky

High above the sea level i went over the highest hill in town. Greet goodbye to sunset before swollen into golden orange sea. The sea is calm, the wind was a breeze and few people wonders around here to enjoy the scene. Gave me peace and clam feeling. I always escape myself from being stuck at home. There lots of thing out there to discover. Lots of place i've discovered that offer a peace of mind.

Ride under blue sky

For two continuous week our local weather remains sunny and hot. All dry and blue sky. Good news for me but bad news for others. All pack up, bike in my sedan and i'm leaving for the trails to meet up with other mountain bikers to hit the trails that was located 5 minutes drive before Lambir National Park. As usual before ride i got my chance to view some new blings on our buddies rides, IBIS carbon bikes, FUJI carbon and SHIMANO SAINT which hardly seen at local shop. Cool.
We hit the trails at 3.30pm going up and down the hills i mean way up and way down. The surface was all hard rock and slippery so i had to keep my butt on the saddle to keep the grip down. The trail dust looks beautiful as it smokes some tails as we weave down the wide dry trails under the blue sky. We move from high hill down into fields of swampy plantation and again going up through toughest rocky trails like having 3x gravity on our feet. Some doesn't make it though but lucky me i already fuel up my body with dozen of bananas, high sugar carbonate drinks and few plates of meats in the morning...hehehee..
At the end of the ride i realised my brake lever losing its pivot king pin which holds the brake lever in its place. Damns that was the 2nd time i lose the pin. The rocky trails must have cause my bike to vibrate too much and it flew off the coop. Well time to get back and order custom parts for it. However my Sunday was well spent having back with buddies and burn back some calories so i can eat like a king again before next ride..hahahar.

Ride me up and down.

I have pretty tight schedule on Sunday especially in the afternoon. By 1.30pm i've packed my gear, serviced my bikes and ready to hit the local forest for my favorite sports: Mountain Biking. Its been the best day today since the rain doesn't seems to hit that hard unlike 2 weeks ago. So i hitch a ride on my buddy 4 wheeler and off towards the Marudi by pass trails district in the middle of the forest. About more than 15 riders show up for the epic ride up and down the hills with all dirt and wet soil smudges on our face. The wind speed was moderate and no head on with resistance. I spent most of my ride looking around 360 on my surrounding watching nature and green tropical landscape which i don't usually enjoy much in the urban. It was relaxing moment where finally i can spent sometimes away from hustle bustle of the city. Coulds here looks very with and pure blue. My bike glide like a surfer on a big wave as i cruise up and down the hills with no much pain on the leg pedalling all the way up thanks to strategic combination of gearing system on my bike. Some still crank hand on the pedals with bad gearing combination giving huge burden to the muscle. Like always said ride smart not ride hard. Go fast and feel the windy breeze on my face. very cold as we get deeper and deeper the forest. As we move i see dirt rocky biege trails, land slide, oil palms, native houses, deep valleys, local people, bushes, trees and at the end of the ride the weather started to rain in little drizzle. By 7pm were all reached to the finishing point, pop up some cans of cold isotonic drinks and exchange few laugh and chat. We went home in the dark and ready for nice clean shower and dinner. Woooohoooo!!!! my days packed with extreme activity!.. I just love my life.

Miri Wet Land adventure!

Yesterday was a special day for me, was unexpected it turnout to be interesting ride of the month. Sunday morning was a bit drippy morning after raining throughout dark morning but ended before 6.00am. Usually i don't plan to ride during wet season because it would took me more than 1 hour to clean and maintain the bike after muddy dirt and muddy ride. Somehow there was strange feeling everytime when i look out into the windows staring into the sky with mixture or dark cloudy background with bring white cloud and blue sky noon at 12pm. A little drizzle rain, i called my friends and they said they are planing to ride somewhere near Bakam district which is very very distance from bad city weather. So i took my luck join them hoping i could escape from gloomy rainny city weather. I load my bike into my Sunday joyride car which i use to carry my trusty and dirty bike and drove kilometers away from home via coastal beaches using MIRI-BINTULU road. Its was a very clam and gentle weather as i move towards the outskirt of the city and into the remote country side where everthing is blue and green.
Upon arrival everyone in large number of biker already gather around unload their bikes and apparel. We're near the beach at our usual parking spot where you can see beatiful sight and scene around the beaches. The seaside is very bright litted light golden silk cloth waving on the surface and the wind really pounced on my body feel very refreshed and cleansed. By 3.30pm we start our ride through the villages and deep into the woods. It was dry surrounding at first entry but as we go deeper into the bushy and dense crowded jungle everthing getting very wet and muddy, We have to navigate and balanced our bike through slippery terriains, wet mud holes, narrow tree gaps, falling tree trunks, upp and down the hills with very high speed turns and corners. The best part is we have chances to clean our bike by going through very heavily flooded jungle with deep murky water which probably due to heavy rain and flood nearby some river. The water almost reached our knee level but we pedal as much torque as we can to avoid being stuck and spread the water into break it to minimal flood level. Through out our ride we encounter wet - dry - wet - dry -wet -dry - wet - dry situation. Our trail space become much narrower and narrower the further we break into the jungle. To to large number of people we need to stop due to heavy traffic...hahaha. Some of our rider really old people but they really have extreme endurance and power like a teenager thanks to their daily workout on their bikes, so far no one of them have problems with broken stamina and injury. We stumble lots of difficult obstacles especially with deep river grooves where long channel of river was crossing our path. We have to cooperate by helping each other to pass through the river. We have to help carry other people bike to another side of the river banks and up to stiff cliff. I can see there lots of positive team work and heavy task to help people around us....at the end everyone manage to get through the difficult challenges. Our rides sure comes with crashes, human splat into the water, same tumble into the dirt while other loose balance and fell into the clif,..barely.. for us that's is fun and exciting and no one argue about it else its wouldn't be called adventure ride. Thanksfully we didn't think about dangers like wild animal, reptiles and danger that lurks around us.
After hours being in deep forest we finally spotted an open air land just above the hill, we climbed up by passing through the river, climb up the dusty crusty hills and on our way towards the logging hils. Its all up and down, zig zagging and full speed to the highest peak on the land. On top of the dry dusty land we take a break and enjoy the beautiful sight around us. Its was the best moments being up there high above the sea level looking below carpet of trees, distance seas and experience fresh breeze of wind drying our soaky wet bodies which dry us in an instant. I took lots of beatiful photo on my PSP cam. A mixture of golden sunset rays and sunny blue sky, white clouds and orange yellow trails provide contrast and harmonic view on my camera lenses. Everyone was tired, i can feel my tummy become more and more slimmer as fat burned out excessively, i can see my six pax now..hee heee... So we continue our journey again with convoy of mountain biker exiting the logging trails and heads towards nearby tarmac road road which leads toward the beaches where we parked our car. Its was quite far distance and we need to pedal fast to reach the destination before dark. Due to fact some of the riders are roadies these guys sprint so fast few of us have to break away like F1 car. I have to push my power and leg muscle to the max to give a hard chase and draft at least on of the top 5 rider behind so i can draft behind another rider with less wind head-on resistance, everyone travel very fast with at least 1cm gap between each rider tyre colse enough to catch low wind resistance....we called it DRAFTING.
From exiting point at "Sungai Rait" tarmac trunk road to Bakam finishing point it tooks only around between 10-15 min to reach there at screaming speed.....by the time we reach there everyone hearts and muscle felt like it wanted to explode...hahaha., Thankfully we all serve with chilled cold and gassy isotonic drinks full with sugar to relieve our body ache. At the parking spot the sun already behind the sea glowing dim orange ready to give way to glittering stars. We hangout for a while and chat about the rides. As for me this is totally cool adventure ride, totally and emotionally keep me alert and excited. At least i dont have boring life, everyday life is always full of adventure. I loving it!