What a good ride it was! Made even better with a huge turnout of 51 guests and 20 members.Hare Cedric "The Swiss Connection" Bourquenee did a fine job of setting 31 km of nice cross country trail with a few hills thrown in to get the sweat glands working! He was kind enough to cut 7 km of the original plan to cater for the newbies.
Loi and Fairuz on the tandem bike going to the hash site
What is up in the sky? The paratroopers doing sky diving.
The huge turnout
Cedric doing the hearing
When we arrived at the start venue, I realised I only had the pair of slipper on and had left my cycling shoes at home. Luckily my wife was kind enough to bring them over and I started about 10 minutes late after flag off. It wasn't long before I caught up with some riders that were helping each other cross a ditch
Just a couple of kilometers ahead and we saw the front riders closing the loop and we decided to do a short cut and join them. That chicken trail cut short the distance of about 7 km. Just ahead was Cedric waiting with supply of fresh water, isotonic drinks and bananas. A sight for sore eyes.
Rudy in a Mac Gyver moment using what is available to tie the sole of his shoe
Got it!
After the water break, it was fast riding all the way to complete the 2nd part of the hash. Overall it was a good ride with varied terrain.
Thanks to guests from around Malacca, Mastana (Masjid Tanah), Batu Pahat's Nature Bikers Club and others that we may have left out, that made this hash ride successful and "meriah". Not to leave out the support of our own members, new and old.
The 1st recipient of the FRB Trophy goes to Sim Seng Chai. Congratulations on being January's Fast Riding Bastard!Sim Seng Chai
We now look forward to February's Hash Ride in Jasin which we heard will be another good ride as the Jasin Mtb group is giving us preliminary test ride of their coming Jamboree Ride.
Plus Mastanah Mtb group has volunteered to do the hash ride for March in the area of Masjid Tanah.
A very good start for 2010. Come and join us at the next ride on 28th February (Sunday). Location will be announced later.
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I recently went to watch the movie Avatar with my 2 older children.
I did not read much about it, but the very large outdoor poster hung at Mahkota Parade that looked so interesting that made me complied to watch it.
And then to find out it was in 3D made it even more interesting. Never mind the high ticket price of RM17.00 per person. It's not often we get to watch movies in 3D, let alone in Melaka.
What I want to say is that when it ended, I told my children it was the best movie I had ever watched in a long time.
Don't take my word for it. Go for it. The solid story line, the realistic computer generated images, the haunting soundtracks and best of all, the feel good feeling after the movie ended makes this movie one of my all time best.
Once again, watch it in 3D before it ends it's runs. Nothing beats watching a movie on the big screen.
We recently saw 2 local bicycle magazines launching their 1st issue. One was Cycling Asia and the other, Cycling Malaysia.
I borrowed Cycling Malaysia from Loi and was surprise with the articles inside. There was an article by Herbert Lye on Cycling101 (the basics), tips on cycling uphill, cycling in FRIM (Malaysia Rubber Institute) and the thing I wanted to bring to your attention, a write up by KLMBH (KL Mountain Bike Hash) on hashing. Well written with enough information to get you joining a local bike hash club in their regular hash rides.Get the magazine and read all about it.
By the way, if any Cycling Malaysia or Cycling Asia people are reading this blog, care to send complimentary mags to me?
That also brings us to M2BH November's Hash Ride that will be held on 22nd November. Please click on the banner below to get detail on directions.
I received a phone call from Danny on Saturday asking if I can help out as a marshal the next day in the Asean XC Championship. I was initially hesitant because I had already planned to follow Ah Heng and gang to ride the whole Burung Hantu trail on early Sunday morning which until today I have not had the chance. But I decided to help out because it is not often you get an international event held in Malacca and it would be a nice experience.
8am - Hutan Rekreasi, Ayer Keroh. Marshal briefing. It was a good thing 10 ECC members volunteered as we discovered later, the international cycling body had plans to cancel the event if there were not enough marshals. I wonder what had gone wrong with the local organisers. Anyway, ECC members are a bunch of guys with nothing much to do on Sunday except cycling, so volunteering at a last minute was an easy decision.
Beatrice A. Lajawa from UCI body doing the briefing.
Testing the podium before the actual winners use it.
The event started at 10am with the junior men category being flagged off followed by the junior women category 2 minutes later.
The Elite Women category was at 12pm and the highlight of the day, the Elite Men category was at 2.30pm.
The Elite Women category winner from China. She deserve every glory of a winner from her consistent strong peddling.
Junior Women category. This is the spot where Wahid and I were doing the marshal work. It had a short uphill ride which then had a sharp left turn. It was a good spot as it slowed down the riders to enable me to jot down the ride plate numbers and Wahid to blow the whistle to inform the next marshal of coming riders.
There was a short break in between the junior and elite races and I took the opportunity to check out the action at the starting area.
The Indonesian Mountain Bike team
Korean rider getting his muscle warmed up before the race
Iranian team doing some last minute bike tuning.
This Specialized design looked familiar. It reminded me of Chan SM's Superbow Corratec bike.
More bikes being prepped up for the race
Finally, the Elite Men category came on. When they reached my area, it was a rush. All the good riders coming in together with some carrying the bike and overtaking. It was a frantic moment for me trying to jot down the numbers and at the same time hoping not to miss out any riders. Luckily Wahid helped out by reading out the numbers.
Kazakhstan rider that came out
That's me on the right corner. Thanks Wahid for the photo.
Nice display
I always had the impression Polygon makes lower end mtb bikes, this photo proved me wrong with the Indonesian team using it.
Overall, it was a good experience playing a small role in an international event. Thank you Danny for thinking of me for the marshal job. Though it was a whole day affair, it was worth every minute of it.
We were asked if ECC members can volunteer in next year's SUKMA games mountain bike event held in Malacca and I am sure there will be no problem. We will always be happy to assist.
Loi and Fairuz on the tandem bike going to the hash site
What is up in the sky? The paratroopers doing sky diving.
The huge turnout
Cedric doing the hearing
Just a couple of kilometers ahead and we saw the front riders closing the loop and we decided to do a short cut and join them. That chicken trail cut short the distance of about 7 km. Just ahead was Cedric waiting with supply of fresh water, isotonic drinks and bananas. A sight for sore eyes.
Rudy in a Mac Gyver moment using what is available to tie the sole of his shoe
Sim Seng Chai
Sim Seng Chai
