More bumps, bruises, crashes and scratches

Someday i'm lucky some day am not, but sometimes its best to crash once a while on two wheels and last few days ago i have my faceplant after drop down the steep edge of the trails. Wasn't that bad since i get used to it all the time but when i got up it made me wanted to go over the edge again since it was like "what? that's it?" For me every crashes is a step by step path to enlighten my karma, an added ingredients to my adrenaline junkie. Feels like a real man when you had one or more. Life is a bummer when you're like "no pain no gain" thing. So...Adrenaline kicking, ride fast, jumps, crashes, gets up, a smile in the face, thumbs up and lets do it again. Is life an awesome adventure!

Life is just awesome!...going everyday on two wheels.

After years commuting on bicycles to work finally i think life was too perfect for me.  Feel younger, active and just kill 3 or more birds with one stone. Life is very lively.  I loose massive weight, my long pants getting extremely loose..very loose!, have time to enjoy radio control hobby/activity in between, save fuel and money, save traffic headache, save time because i can slip through traffic, had a good sleeping time, wake up late but stay fresh, have time to eat proper home made breakfast and my health is improving plus getting strong leg muscles.  Wow! all these because i'm skipping from drving my car to work and getting on my bicycle...this is so awesome!  Other than that it seems my often presence on local road have become part of familiar appearance among traffic user which is good for me so that they aware that i'm using the same road everyday too.   When the weather is all good with blue sky and white clouds its nice to tour around and enjoy the scenery..just plugin into my MP3 SONY WALKMAN and there goes enjoyment. Sunset always been so beautiful along the coastal area as i'm riding on my way home.  Sometimes if i get hungry i have lots of mobilty opportunity to wonder through several burger stalls, cafes and food stores without worry about parking space problem.  I can also go about wondering my own business without worry time and fuel. 

Pounds bye bye!

Check this out, i'm losing some weight right here. Was awesome to see i was able to shed a total of 9 Kilogram in less than three week through biking on both road bikes and mountain bikes. Shedding those load makes my body feel more light and agile and my pants seem to loose digits. My BMI (Body Mass Index) improves too. Now when i climbs some stairs i don't feel much load strains on my knees, feels so good! Looks like i have no excuse eating more good food as long i keep on pedaling daily. But on the other hand shedding those fat under the skin leave me bitter cold on normal office tempreature and during rainy days, can feel very drastic changes in tempreature drops. So cold i had to use a very thick winter jacket to keep me warm. Another pros and cons losing some weight but for food yes!..

I like it hot and windy

Ah! Just the right day to ride my mountain bike on hot and windy afternoon. The sky is clear blue, cotton clouds, dry trails and life full of nature's energy around me. I keep my pace slow and steady climbing up the hills, not in rush like i used too. As i got aged i don't think i'm willing to put too much competitive speed on the trails like racing around up and down with other riders but to ride as nature tourist sight seeing wonders of nature. Lot of alltitiude ride today as we go high above the sea level overlook carpets of forest canopy. The sea looks glowing gold and the grass just like in the Praire hills as it waved by the winds. I wish this hilly trails was my backyard and months of holidays on my calendar so i could spent most of my happy life more meaning full on earth. After years of riding my dependance on living in urban concrete seems to fade and the trump card within in pull me back to mother nature where human used to dwell as habitat. But that doesn't mean being i can't integrate myself with modern world. Thankfully we still got internet connectivity and portable everyday technology behind our bag to keep us updated everywhere we go.

My speed collection

Well i decided to show my land machine annual portrait. A new comer just entered into my life...the white road stallion..its a MERIDA. Now i got two buddies to fill my cheerful weekend and keep health and human performance top notch. My mountain bike already had enough dna upgrade and soon the road bikes will get her too soon. I'll try get some carbon goodies and stuff to keep it 7kg and below. I hope my body weight doesn't bog the machine down. I would probably get an ULTEGRA upgrade and CAMPAGNOLO wheels or a MAVICs but not until all the part got worn out under over use. I do hope i could do that by end of this year since my cycling intensity doubled each week. For the last 3 week road bikes seem to be the ultimate speed machine that keep my legs feels like bionic. Drop mine 3kg per week except when someones keep cooking some good food.

My white road stallion

A month later i fell in love on my new found friend, she's fast and very elegant looking. Been riding mountain bike for 15 years now, its time to shift the pace to step my other foot fully on-road to utilized the advantage of speed and higer pedalling candence. So its time to get the ultimate road rage machine. Yes few weeks ago this white stallion took my heart away. A road bike with intermediate level groupsets, carbon fork and some "just enough" performance parts gave me wings on the road. I got totally hooked with this bike on its first day of flight pushing me extra 40% speed advantage over mountain bike plus its easy on the pedal too. The shifting and braking was a bit very awkward for me since my hand kinda twisty over the goatee handle bar since the finger muscle already adapt much for mountain bikes, so i have to get use to the pain reaching the foward vertical position brake lever and shifter. My mountain biking apparel also isn't suitable and ergonomics enough for road biking since all those compact posture and sitting position risk getting blister and drag so i have to dig in robin hood men in tights which is so un-MX like. 4 weeks later i've become the fastest man on the road. Constant 32km/h, 47km/h on sprinting, 65km/h on drafting and top speed at 95km/h when chasing behind huge drafter. Now i got two mad machines. I love it!

Journey through the plains

I'm glad its not raining today which save me some potential wash work on my garbs and equipment cuz it was a little drizzle early in the morning. However today weather is super blue and hot. Surprisingly today is very much easier and gentle ride, slow and steady just enough time to turn my heads around watching around the scenery as we pass by several villages, forest and great plains of bushes towards the horizon. "Taking easy" during the ride was a good mode to enjoy my sunday unlike previously where we have to compete each other who's the fastest. Today journey is very much slow and breath taking adventure, my mind very cleared and refresh after taking a nice view over big green scenery around me.

Food fest: Night burger

Under the twinkling twilight of night life in the city we enjoy our meal with some nice BBQ taste hamburger...plus another that makes 2x. Its great to be out again for cycling out under the sunset till night. We get to experience night life along the city edge.

Food fest: Fish rolls

After riding beyond 75km milage for today we reward ourself with yummy treats at local steak house. Heavy but essential to replace our burned calories and recovered our dire tired muscles. We have not yet encounter such "fatty phobia" yet. With our current activity what comes in burns out so nothing left being fatty except our butt.

Food fest: Hot chocolate & buns

We skip the usual dinner dishes and go for Victorian style tea time. Another way to enjoy after evening hard cycling around the city.

Head cam action

Finally i got my head cam worked all throughtout the ride and stay static on my head. Here are some of my recorded action from my helmet POV. Comes with crash test introduction from our biking buddy Mr. Vincent who show us how to recover from crashes in more macho ways. Enjoy the 10 minutes clip.

Windy upper land

Our Sunday ride went very easy, not much of a challenge. Just going up the hill and enjoy the beautiful view below us; fields of plantation and dense forest on our south side. The wind kind of cool and breezy too at 4pm.

Local ice yummies!

We called it our local SPECIAL, some may refer as ABC ice "Air Besi". Anyways this is my favorite "cool off" iced food after long hard ride under the sun. We've been cycling more than 75km under the hot sun today and i'm the first to reach the food stall for 3 rounds of iced SPECIALS. Inside are some milked cream ice, some jellies, corn, beans, syrup and lychees.

Sunset horizon

Sunday return! hot and dry... i love it...at least save me some cleaning task. Throught the day the scenery been all golden yellow sunlight as we travel in and out of dry barren forest. Thanks goodness i've been more prepared for long rides by sleeping more than 12 hours to keep my body feel refresh and energized. My bike performed superb excellent after been well serviced and maintained by my 1st class bike mechanic. Grass lands, dusty trails , hills and valleys, cold drinks and adrenaline speed junks are what my Sunday is all about that outs me a big grin in my smiles.