tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21184105375309794192024-03-19T10:44:23.977+08:00Vicious Lifecycle.....It's the sweat that oils the chain....Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.comBlogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-16378122853368687622010-01-15T13:56:00.002+08:002010-01-15T13:59:05.085+08:00Riding and Running Selfish?How to keep your Spouse and Family Happy (whilst you’re training hard) <br /><br /><br />If you have not already noticed your partner may not be so supportive when you disappear for hours on end on the bike or you talk endlessly about your love of riding. So here are some tips to keep them happy and how to manage your cycling addiction whilst not creating world war three in your lounge.<br /><br /><br />Noel Carroll in 1981 highlighted that there was a ‘selfish runner syndrome’. He suggested that<br /><br /><br />‘Runners (change this to cyclists in our case.) may make better lovers, but sometimes lousy spouses: that is the problem’.<br /><br /><br />He stated that runners/cycling are an introverted lot. They like to keep their thoughts to themselves. Their behaviour is at best anti-social, at worst utterly selfish… It can create an atmosphere that does nobody any good, and certainly not the runner’.<br /><br /><br />Unless we are competing at a very high level and earning an income from cycling, we should aim to keep a good balance between cycling and the other areas of our life. <br /><br /><br />Tim Noakes in his brilliant book ‘The Lore of Running’ adds further to this with some helpful tips. The following is from his book.<br /><br /> <br /><br />1. Limit serious running to every second year and then to only a few months of that year<br /><br />2. If you work in an office, run to and from work if at all possible. Alternately, run in the early morning or during the lunch hour or both.<br /><br />3. Don’t allow running to affect the way you carry out your household responsibilities. Doing so provides your family with a tangible reminder that they come second.<br /><br />4. Be aware of the ‘danger times’- you will know what these are in your household. At these times, be at your most attentive and, at all costs, do not open your mail to see if your running magazines have arrived, discuss running, or worst of all, go out for a run. Weekends too must be handled carefully to ensure that running conflicts as little as possible with the family’s weekend recreation.<br /><br />5. Don’t get overtired. As a runner with a family you must have to accept that, for the sake of your family, you simply can’t train hard enough to run at your best. That is the price that must quite realistically be paid.<br /><br />(Noakes, 2003)<br /><br />Noel Carroll also stated that you should <br /><br />· Never complain of being tired <br /><br />· Don’t always want to go home early on evening out <br /><br />· Don’t talk running all the time (have other topics of conversation)<br /><br />· Always play down the importance of running in your life. <br /><br />(Carroll, 1981)Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-6693022129162601372009-11-11T14:41:00.003+08:002009-11-11T14:49:33.515+08:00Got Blood?<object width="400" height="296"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7421004&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7421004&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="296"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7421004"></a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />Ive got to dedicate this to myself..paying my dues..5 crashes on the same knees this year.Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-63301008391906143602009-10-27T10:48:00.002+08:002009-10-27T10:52:02.900+08:00Decision Criteria...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">in discussing any joint action, it becomes obligatory that A should argue in favor of B’s supposed wishes and against his own, while B does the opposite. … they end up by doing something that neither wants, while each feels a glow of self-righteousness and harbors a secret claim to preferential treatment for the unselfishness shown and a secret grudges against the other for the ease with which the sacrifice has been accepted. (C.S. Lewis, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FScrewtape-Letters-C-S-Lewis%2Fdp%2F0060652934&tag=httpdumbliblo-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(109, 170, 0); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The Screwtape Letters</span></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpdumbliblo-20&l=ur2&o=1" alt="" border="0" height="1" width="1" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: medium !important; border-right-width: medium !important; border-bottom-width: medium !important; border-left-width: medium !important; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; float: right; border-color: initial !important; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, p 143)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; ">close to home in a peloton..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; ">So what should your “decision criteria” be? Obviously, that depends on you.</span></span></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-39974672246363751332009-09-22T00:18:00.001+08:002009-09-22T00:18:33.193+08:00The One Car Theory<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><h1 style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 204); font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 3px; ">Imagine you could have any automobile of your choice. That auto would be your only auto and would have to last you for an entire lifetime. If it wore out, it could not be replaced. Once gone, you would be reduced to other methods of getting around, or borrowing rides from other people. One car and only one for your whole life.</span></h1><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">Would you take care of your car, or would you abuse it?</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">Would you change the oil regularly, keep it clean, park it in a garage?</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">Of course you would take the best care you possibly could of your vehicle. No going out to the drag races on Friday night. Only premium fuel for your motor. Tune-ups, antifreeze, lubrications, maintenance — always you would choose nothing but the best for your automobile.</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">Would you let your auto sit idly for a year? Never.</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">Would you push it to the limits to find out how fast it could go, or what the roughest terrain is that it could possibly handle? Absolutely not.</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; ">If you were given only one car for a lifetime of use it is clear that you would never abuse it, you would always take the best care of it you possibly could. You would provide all the necessary maintenance and care your car needed and deserved. Right?</p><p style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-spacing: 0.25em; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">What if you had only one body?</strong></p></span>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-51410961268769919302009-07-23T00:45:00.000+08:002009-07-23T00:46:21.060+08:00To be a cyclist"To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain....at cycling's core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn't matter if you're sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you're missing the essence of the sport. Without pain, there's no adversity. Without adversity, no challenge. Without challenge, no improvement. No improvement, no sense of accomplishment and no deep-down joy. Might as well be playing Tiddly-Winks." -- Scott MartinVicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-50163303516946527132009-07-13T12:57:00.001+08:002009-07-13T12:59:01.089+08:00Turn the page...( The life on the road....)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sMqNFAU0tOw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sMqNFAU0tOw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-60079063953154395762009-07-09T21:16:00.003+08:002009-07-09T22:14:31.494+08:00Finishline Ceramic lubricant<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.me.cmu.edu/faculty1/higgs/images/powder1-pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1020px; height: 403px;" src="http://www.me.cmu.edu/faculty1/higgs/images/powder1-pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/product-images/ceramic_wet_lube.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 109px; height: 248px;" src="http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/product-images/ceramic_wet_lube.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After using Prolink and Parktool PTFE lube , I have now on test is Finishline </span><a href="http://www.advceramics.com/downloads/documents/81503.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ceramic</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> wet lube. It seem to be roll better under torque and stays on way longer than any additive based lubricant ive tried so far and its easy to get off. Put in bearings and your golden...</span>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-28948024072188711032009-06-14T20:32:00.007+08:002009-06-14T21:33:14.588+08:00Biggy Wheel Slide<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XkEdcR0D1E4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XkEdcR0D1E4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />...Hilarious..replayed it twice<br />cant get it more fun than this....the coolest ever descent....Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-85162590578904611512009-06-08T13:01:00.017+08:002009-06-11T14:15:07.951+08:00XTERRA MALAYSIA<div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1976/39/68/501259045/n501259045_2261771_2313757.jpg"></a></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1976/39/68/501259045/n501259045_2261771_2313757.jpg" /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 544px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 373px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4155980.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">In a short update ( tired from the journey back, well , you know </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">karak</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">..having it on a school holiday makes it really rough on the journey ). </span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Xterra</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Malaysia , somehow pulled it off with its back </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">against</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> the wall.Seen the weary faces of the organisers and of course the gaps in between which was left out or decided to be left out. </span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Swim as usual becomes the standard </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/routine%20@%2015"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">routine @ 15</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> hundred meter with </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">occasional</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> jellies.</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">On a </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">-</span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">emptive</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> race recce, I was ready to </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">boitch</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> about the "</span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">mtb</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">" section , hearing that its comprises of 60% road. Somehow , being a </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">mtber</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, it </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">ain't</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> that bad after going </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> the whole course. Never the less , the weather hit hard on the red clay terrain churning red clay patty cakes of from </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">at least</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> 300 pairs of </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">knobbiest tires</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. ( </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">hmm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> mud beaters...) with many punctures too.</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">No traction and hi - tire pressure was talked about </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">alot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">.. :-) Somehow the rain is welcomed even though everyone is mud coated from head to toe.I welcome it , made the track much more challenging else it be faster.</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Trail run is anti clock wise with 2 iteration together with some tree trunks in between and some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">batu</span> cave staircases , </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">the nice part is boulder scrambling but that is already an tip-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">off. The beach run, is </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">UN</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">-effortless. I must say not providing any presentation has its springy </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">surprises</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">.</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">BUT one thing that really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">sux</span> is going <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span> the WASTE rivers meeting the sea. </span></span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">For me, i <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">hara</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">kiri'ed</span> for a higher cause. I will be full out for the next one. </span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Congrats Lydia Tan on setting the bar for her category and taking </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rank 1</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. </span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And also to Carmen , Chris whom respectively got <strong>2nd and 3rd</strong>. Simon whom got <strong>Rank 1</strong> too</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Heck , 15<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> and i <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">didnt</span> even try !! Could have gotten within top 7..</span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4k3VaKtQ9DPaLCSMcdjOLDsHrYqDWhcY_LxMCpa8gznahbLZszOza3jQjbT517mH_GmMoftky_GwH_Nirkh9XQBkvzD23GKcqYB6QP_HlHFohILq1Hg_DEszJYRa2CS59CqY4Q5PK6w/s320/4634_109077153202_549103202_2842720_2979088_n.jpg" /><br /></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">This</span> dude walked 15 km of bike section +10km trail run in the worst condition to finished the race. Overheard stories for some serious crashed which requires <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">stitches</span> from others as well.</span></p><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1976/39/68/501259045/n501259045_2261771_2313757.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345947929439225026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vZ3woNyx6YBdNyDijtgd96v0dWdCCcIDygHrlF4HJXLEvkCSBX3vXWVB6nxK6u0j301b0apX8j5aG_EPD3PzS6I8GZ4D_HB6TcdN8rQNcpgqaNuSFjBo_OGDUi5Q0jiiXxjtVirmA3Y/s320/DSC_0032.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Good Job for the Xterra's org...well selected trails wtih some degree of technicality , endurance and bike handling/carrying. More offroad the next one. less road. </span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">_____________________________________________________________________________</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>5/6/09<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCetDJz4ahDeuwBpOCr9qT6BaodVr34FlE6Qd4_AHG2Hc1cKu3C_Rcc_mmydmOtNyxdQSpU_2g1XGJyBlrSftWHP4g_8k7zZQW1djR4dV-kbBK2LmNJC-MppygTCIK75asN7uJrZ4-5o/s1600-h/xtera.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">So everyone is registered? Yes i have , no i have not paid yet. Plenty of online hype i note. kinda hard sell.. i presume.. well.. lets see.. as relay 250 and individual 150 seems pretty steep for its inaugural statement fee's without historical backing. It ought to be more relay than individual.. Well..lets just wait and see if its "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hup</span></span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hup</span></span>" for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Xterra</span></span>. i am sure it would. i really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">dont</span></span> mind the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Xterra</span></span> Tattoo :) </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Update:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lousy crap <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">TCBEACHHOTEL</span></span> canceled my booking ( booked in March) via extremely arrogant owner.whom says another batch booking override my booking. i did not hesitate to give him a piece of my mind on this matter. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dont</span></span> think he be able to sustain/maintain his hotel in this standard. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">i'll</span></span> send TC "bitch" hotel a billion termites.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lucky, Reliable friends got enough room space for this bloke. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-19037483952493930202009-05-17T17:09:00.001+08:002009-05-18T17:15:33.209+08:00BikeJoring aint Bike Whoring<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p><em><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3511" title="450px-bikejor1" alt="450px-bikejor1" src="http://bikehacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/450px-bikejor1.jpg" width="490" height="401" /></em></p></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Bikejoring</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, is a dog </span></span><a title="Mushing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">mushing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> activity related to </span></span><a title="Skijoring" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skijoring"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">skijoring</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, </span></span><a title="Canicross" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canicross"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">canicross</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, and </span></span><a title="Dog scootering" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_scootering"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">dog scootering</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. It is a recreation or sport where a harnessed dog or team of </span></span><a title="Dog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">dogs</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> attached to a towline, pull and run ahead of a cyclist. Bikejoring is a non snow season (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">dryland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">) activity. Bikejoring and </span></span><a title="Canicross" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canicross"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">canicross</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> are both dryland mushing activities that probably developed from </span></span><a title="Skijoring" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skijoring"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">skijoring</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and </span></span><a title="Dogsled racing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogsled_racing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">dogsled racing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. Bikejoring is also sometimes used to train racing sled-dogs out of season.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Perhaps the local bike shop will stock Eukaneuba or Science Diet Gel (with real Chicken pieces ) or Pedigree Pal Recovery Diet. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Makes me so wanna get 2 mutts. Who's gonna be the pooper sweeper tonite?</span></span></div></b></em><p></p>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-45290300592998226962009-05-17T16:19:00.016+08:002009-05-18T10:50:03.908+08:00GBR Epic Route : Madness to the grind.<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomM1A5AiGUfjlsCZi_ZooRfRtzrRkIQHWQ2Re0Vkn3OacaCvTLZVC6xUencQAXCGQ6u3Auall4ivqv1uSS2vznS3YpQYmYzu95kRAGka0rYIEztgt98pFBhOOW3qDqb4utpj63sNn3lc/s1600-h/GFG.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 168px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336710568284773938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomM1A5AiGUfjlsCZi_ZooRfRtzrRkIQHWQ2Re0Vkn3OacaCvTLZVC6xUencQAXCGQ6u3Auall4ivqv1uSS2vznS3YpQYmYzu95kRAGka0rYIEztgt98pFBhOOW3qDqb4utpj63sNn3lc/s400/GFG.JPG" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Image courtesy of Adzim, Mastermind by Terry , Supported by Fuzen , Chuah , Support vehicle by Shaharin & Razali.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">There are biking routes that makes you sick till your ass n legs hurts, but this one makes you sick till you cant feel your nuts, eyes are glazed and a sore asshole.<br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">There is no time for posuer photo but only to refuel. There is systematic pulls , unwritten rule not to let anyone behind. 8100 feet of climbs over 200 km within 10 hours. Legs over the top tube, everyone know whats in front and knows what must be done.After going up Fraser the thought of another climb is prickling.Just think of it as 200 km of pleasurable sex with 3 climax.The rain came and went , somehow it was therapeutic This ain't your regular PCC rides. Don't think anything can top this for the moment in scale. we didn't really full fill the promise as the main summit climax is left out. Thankful for this bargain set at gohtong jaya somehow shows of false tiny flats, but never did it plateau. No water in the bidon aint goona help much. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">With 7 of us working together. We can only take our turn on the flat and each its own on the climb. Nothing much is said , only during the pocket's of rest , jokes are cracked. Maybe its just me. Perhaps Vintry (the nite before) and epic ride tomorrow don't gel well. Brutal.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">There is a sheer bliss of accomplishment within surrounded by some silence of thoughts. with occasional funny trash talking taking place on to lift the spirits up. Makes it worth while getting up at 5 am , Looking at the helmet ,stacked gloves and stuff into the brain bucket.Looking at my cold oatmeal prepared overnight.Then looking at my two wheel knowing as i pushes it out, It will take me out there somewhere today with the wind in in my face to wake me up.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I would like to thank the guys in the ride and they out on support. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Truly. epic. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Just snort..if someone mentions broga...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-33443611514317008222009-05-17T14:49:00.002+08:002009-05-17T18:55:46.155+08:00Raise EPO level by taking Echinacea<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17962712"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The effect of 4 wk of oral echinacea supplementation on serum erythropoietin and indices of erythropoietic status.</span></span></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Thus the belief giving relief to colds.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Of Course you can try it... </span></span></span></span></span></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-2268320444175429312009-05-12T13:57:00.000+08:002009-05-12T13:58:33.554+08:00We are what we do.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">We say, "In calmness there should be activity; ' in activity there should be calmness." Actually, they are the same thing; to say "calmness" or to say "activity" is just to express different interpretations of one fact. There is harmony in our activity, and where there is harmony there is calmness. - D.T. Suzuki...</span></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-68005315647028015322009-05-07T11:02:00.002+08:002009-05-07T11:10:42.603+08:00i want a HAND JOB...like this<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqWEQQjplJ4_6Ab-PViX5X8WW89GX4o2c43DJxZn4o5EqZ7YBJCqt75Ae5vVxR8nzlonqjRovmocGmiEFfVknoA2g3y-wgu4eqgAeYuGQUrp0UAyBGmS2hcKTzkC0hHBn3ZA4zftz7LY/s400/Hakkalugi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqWEQQjplJ4_6Ab-PViX5X8WW89GX4o2c43DJxZn4o5EqZ7YBJCqt75Ae5vVxR8nzlonqjRovmocGmiEFfVknoA2g3y-wgu4eqgAeYuGQUrp0UAyBGmS2hcKTzkC0hHBn3ZA4zftz7LY/s400/Hakkalugi.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mKDWZippaeUkKHDXShra1LWb8TLjUbNKyfWHLGP7t74DgEBiIfk1E8vSevd4e9lx9QRgOzEEDNTrTMDCZRBMfRfiUescoOMkcvr_Aaue7AXHOYAl4FRAGdTalm4DkFMim5GNVh3rYf4/s400/Hakkalugi_BB_closeup.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mKDWZippaeUkKHDXShra1LWb8TLjUbNKyfWHLGP7t74DgEBiIfk1E8vSevd4e9lx9QRgOzEEDNTrTMDCZRBMfRfiUescoOMkcvr_Aaue7AXHOYAl4FRAGdTalm4DkFMim5GNVh3rYf4/s400/Hakkalugi_BB_closeup.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrioKsMROsYmhQQ7W1YVMp9-DT_cjfiDcMtz4YUQk1iIhIG2OtsdR0_yZauRhfr587XQPxB2sjYKEyGcglHLRi5HZ9AETajC084Uv7GjkFsb_7q5MXnBkWUreLbfjsjmqFeFLNrV-dHs/s400/Hakkalugi_Handjob_closeup.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrioKsMROsYmhQQ7W1YVMp9-DT_cjfiDcMtz4YUQk1iIhIG2OtsdR0_yZauRhfr587XQPxB2sjYKEyGcglHLRi5HZ9AETajC084Uv7GjkFsb_7q5MXnBkWUreLbfjsjmqFeFLNrV-dHs/s400/Hakkalugi_Handjob_closeup.jpg" /></a> Just too cool.. i wet the underneath of my desk..<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-26514419938951055742009-05-06T15:38:00.002+08:002009-05-06T15:44:39.118+08:00Some days is like this.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKym7dXJnGzlqp_jzOzhnXNtaJXZSjPpI_ib82LgTCrnTp-nibTI3Vx4HMdl3xr_JJQ9xiqioh5DRjZ87qCdURPQiPQU6ao9_8eEtvQJ051MZuJISt3CycXLcerG_qGCkc07Sm2VWWq8/s1600-h/ff_mot_poster_7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332612465849537458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKym7dXJnGzlqp_jzOzhnXNtaJXZSjPpI_ib82LgTCrnTp-nibTI3Vx4HMdl3xr_JJQ9xiqioh5DRjZ87qCdURPQiPQU6ao9_8eEtvQJ051MZuJISt3CycXLcerG_qGCkc07Sm2VWWq8/s400/ff_mot_poster_7.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-57726648703632640702009-05-04T15:41:00.002+08:002009-05-06T13:50:15.434+08:00MountainTorq - via ferrata mount kk - kinabalu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF58c_QG5ipVbZkkdR3p0Nna5x-2irszYas1loTuYtL69Rkxa2DcklBsQTBUwmXFU6-_Qcz2Sr5y2i9uCLrXAeuHC2y2mHUICVhyphenhyphens3Wi9hF4XPHdEQQMtWT5xYpv3ra4I2C-zfcHUSsE/s1600-h/IMG_1357.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331985526759570002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF58c_QG5ipVbZkkdR3p0Nna5x-2irszYas1loTuYtL69Rkxa2DcklBsQTBUwmXFU6-_Qcz2Sr5y2i9uCLrXAeuHC2y2mHUICVhyphenhyphens3Wi9hF4XPHdEQQMtWT5xYpv3ra4I2C-zfcHUSsE/s400/IMG_1357.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZypXIsOC94Qr8w_luIgbtXy8k9371Ou_FidLK8n3-12Wv-E2NbrVN1NEuiKOrRu-U8XET3d58I1AAXG1w8YG1Ny2G0kSsUmTiEUgZXH174ctzoibB2PB6w8xrhyphenhyphenx0fBuxSm4hYSWpR4/s1600-h/IMG_1362.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331985155877764834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZypXIsOC94Qr8w_luIgbtXy8k9371Ou_FidLK8n3-12Wv-E2NbrVN1NEuiKOrRu-U8XET3d58I1AAXG1w8YG1Ny2G0kSsUmTiEUgZXH174ctzoibB2PB6w8xrhyphenhyphenx0fBuxSm4hYSWpR4/s400/IMG_1362.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCRnKa7d-f2vmsV0H2HIKDAqv91bbvfnpctLbJhyQtSYhQvkeFMjw-I3HSgNznRo3FqFYMvsRVeLc8r_eLEVFVvmuAPWJN9aM1EIZzdBNmMe4A1RpTGoQAkeKG6iV5xRsOLNnLOWfx8U/s1600-h/IMG_1346.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331984546776670802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCRnKa7d-f2vmsV0H2HIKDAqv91bbvfnpctLbJhyQtSYhQvkeFMjw-I3HSgNznRo3FqFYMvsRVeLc8r_eLEVFVvmuAPWJN9aM1EIZzdBNmMe4A1RpTGoQAkeKG6iV5xRsOLNnLOWfx8U/s400/IMG_1346.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROJ0KOv68iGYCYuctXmeoV1ATFB5PtQHL1hpnTpy4vT7gq8uwTl8sZG6eobSDHa65evH5Llb7DFP4mYurcgCV8hyphenhyphenP0ahUYMGoZtYMbSvr4keMGkfrw9TwFe_FiQrxKsnNMxJVj8D-zU0/s1600-h/IMG_1339.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331983578383309474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROJ0KOv68iGYCYuctXmeoV1ATFB5PtQHL1hpnTpy4vT7gq8uwTl8sZG6eobSDHa65evH5Llb7DFP4mYurcgCV8hyphenhyphenP0ahUYMGoZtYMbSvr4keMGkfrw9TwFe_FiQrxKsnNMxJVj8D-zU0/s400/IMG_1339.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.varhove.com/userfiles/image/Mountain%20Torq.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.varhove.com/userfiles/image/Mountain%20Torq.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Time to climb some more granite step up on cold steel rails....and non-Teflon coated cables. Gonna try the air up </span><a href="http://www.mountaintorq.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">there</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. May 28. "Must be cleansing"<br /></span><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Kina_Balu_from_Pinokok_Valley.png"></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Climb the mountain and get their good tidings . Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The wind will blow their own Freshness into you and the storms their energy , while care will drop off like autumn leaves. " John Muir.<br /><br /><br /><br />Minor Update:<br /><br /><br />Just got back from it.Not bad at all. can be pretty scary/repetitive for some.Pounding headache. Freezing nuts and finger..busted knees on the climb down to timpohan. 16 hours of sex-like euphoria and depleted energy. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Meanwhile check these guys out they were "here" just last month . <a href="http://borneobigwall.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Borneo Big wall </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">check video 6# @ 1.10 ... gnarly </span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331985739858979890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xKO5tJEYH1jdyTUXh2ONN98mF2gm7TgPXNLHTZAdlHnNepyp1YlvQPvQQxxLbSKgdQ38HiAty8ATGmhiZ4mhjklEsfnn9hk0RCcbeNhB34IYBFVCXyzSKo99C6d2zNFyyYz8gdfMCjU/s400/IMG_1234.jpg" /><br />Major update comes next :</p><p> </p><p>We climb from mesilau, mesilau resort is nice enough to give us guys the suite. ( includes a room heater ) unlike the ladies whom got the bunker. however it goes vice verse in laban rata we guys will get the bunker. :) Steam boat dinner was excellent. </p><p>We had scramble up from mesilau to laban rate in sub5 hours..Everyone got in by 2 pm. Free flow of coffee and tea is highly sought after. On to Mountain Torq briefing and training. Safety and procedural technique is attended to. No drama there , except some ladies whom isn't to sure about the equipments. </p><p>Dinner is served @ 5.30 . the food there ain't that bad. </p><p>Everyone started to disperse after dinner to get some much needed rest after the hike up. </p><p>Assault to Summit starts at 2 am.. (too early for people like us ). the climb in the dark is therapeutic , only glimmer of headlights forming daisy chain as far as it glows forms the route. Some rested the summit too early and some just in time. but most of all ( the fast ones ) suffered the cold from the storm up there for 2 hours. </p><p>No sunrise, sunshine. (our luck) </p><p>On to via ferrata, looks pretty normal..untill one comes to the edge. the the fear factor starts creeping in. i myself can feel fear creep. Being a climber before, maybe its the cold magnifiying it. </p><p>Safety factor is 3 level. cant think of what can happen there unless it gets really slippery.</p><p>And slippery it was when it started raining on the way down @ 40%. Ferrata abort was called. </p><p>Had to climb back up. morale was on a all time low. Suggestion was taken for consideration for waiting on this passing rain. Fear of water fall occuring is in most of our mind.Mountain gods is smiling. Weather is clear with no rain. we proceeded. Its nice. reommended to go with a team you know. you will be more patient and forgivin instead of people whom can or will slow you down. </p><p>climbing up from mesilau , assault to summit , doing the via ferrata and going back down to timpuhan within 36 hour can be daunting. ur warned. </p><p>i felt its tougher than ironman. 3 ironman agreed.</p><p>well depending on how fast you climb. ;)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><br /><br /></span></p>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-61494674590328415852009-05-03T13:00:00.002+08:002009-05-04T22:54:42.315+08:00Emo Support<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Pdp6G-VUP1Kxhx0tvWCY5psY59I681LmgVTagON9_XTJUk3veavxABk2mkfR3xrcIYlmV6dgmzO291QrDKTlu3zfudZzLpuq4uoQxtA0Hchb1F1fPK-raDnxRJTrglYZoyKs4lLd3xg/s1600-h/mtb-mountain-bike-adventure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Pdp6G-VUP1Kxhx0tvWCY5psY59I681LmgVTagON9_XTJUk3veavxABk2mkfR3xrcIYlmV6dgmzO291QrDKTlu3zfudZzLpuq4uoQxtA0Hchb1F1fPK-raDnxRJTrglYZoyKs4lLd3xg/s400/mtb-mountain-bike-adventure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331831910659902898" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501110212.htm">This the reason</a> why sports person huddle together for emotional support as the non-sport person will never understand the sport person's waves of heighten sensation & crashes of emotional senses. Enduring the serotonin, adrenalin and endorphin blasting vs performance expectation vs ego.Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-37896285942336601012009-04-27T22:34:00.003+08:002009-04-27T22:39:05.207+08:00Arrogant Smack Talking Bikeshops....... there is a time and place for everything and with times like these i'd like to give my "50 cents".<br /><br />more later.Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-29270439977894517382009-04-27T10:36:00.003+08:002009-05-04T11:27:38.411+08:00Healing in progress.( moist healing ) 85% Complete.<div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Using </span><a href="http://wound.smith-nephew.com/uk/Product.asp?NodeId=813&UniqueId=0.9.2217.396.430.813"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Opsite Flexgrid</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.en.elastoplast.ca/med-info/wound-care-and-advanced-healing/moist-wound-healing.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Moist wound healing </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">promote healing in matter of days instead of weeks with </span><a href="http://www.medicaledu.com/exudate.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Exudate</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> .so those folk-tales stories about cant eat certain food (like eggs and seafood ) are rubbish. Any protein will heal the wound. </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Note the difference between Moist healing and Normal "dry" healing. Latter being much faster and smoother in comparison. Moist healing has better overall healing process as the second skin provides better wound protection unlike a scab.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329571960205378594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui-C4yAMkzjV7EdNWR04N47f6QgZyQ_SQlaeB7WDn3Bc7m3BB2M1qo8EXafvZeAR2kMhRbfGzMTYonTllI-Su4W9y29rhooOGjolbniYCY03KA3kRbOUWhidzgWfAEFi8e6ARryCdCPY/s400/PIC-0194.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329572078615903634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFYoSQYeT27fQxVBCCLcRpAaBOZTFsaiWG-Uhakq6yT9Xq97jQAYHkR6Jh9v65bkDaFOdgNak-7YVTGvP9WbNPWC_dLZmdkNn6mtbHFeUtfYNq_Ha26W_dTSeVzD1LP7uGC8j0IEfbBo/s400/PIC-0193.jpg" />Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-69664917620768579842009-04-24T23:49:00.001+08:002009-04-24T23:49:32.935+08:00Qoute of the week..Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you’ll be sick.Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-7588156165716504862009-04-24T23:34:00.004+08:002009-04-24T23:49:48.261+08:00You choose...<span style="font-family:verdana;">Found this gem. No wonder some are still the way they are...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You go to a fast food chain restaurant. You look at the menu board and notice that they have recently revised their offerings to include a new side salad. You place your order for a $10 restaurant style McBurger and the person taking your order asks you, "would you like a fries, a baked potato, or a salad with the burger?" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You choose:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(a) the salad</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(b) the baked potato</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(c) the fries</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The correct answer.. let me just say that according to some recent research in the Journal of Consumer Behavior it isn't the salad. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the article Vicarious Goal Fulfillment: When the Mere Presence of a Healthy Option Leads to an Ironically Indulgent Decision researchers maintain that having a healthy item on the menu may make you less like to choose it, and more likely to choose the worst thing on the menu.Here's their explanation: The most common way that people perceive progress in attaining their goals is to actively pursue them. If, however, you have made some progress toward your goal, you may be tempted, at least temporarily, to choose some alternative that is not necessarily in line with your end goal. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The authors give the example of people who have just finished working out. They may feel that they have successfully satisfied their goal to be healthy (at least for the day) and therefore allow themselves to indulge in dessert at their next meal.What's even more interesting is that just intending to reach your goal makes it easier to indulge. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So if you take today off from training but you tell yourself, "tomorrow I have a long run scheduled" you are more likely to eat dessert tonight, even though you've done nothing today toward your goal. The authors' call that "vicarious goal fulfillment." Or, as the researchers put it, "when individuals have the opportunity to engage in a course of action that is consistent with healthy eating goals, as they do when a healthy alternative is merely present in a choice set, the consideration of this option will satisfy the goal—at least temporarily—and, in turn, license them to indulge".</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The researchers set up a series of experiments in which participants were given a list of food choices. Some lists included healthy items. Some didn't.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If the healthy choice were present, the unhealthiest option was chosen. In addition, if you were a "high self-control" person -- someone who was very self-disciplined -- you were more likely to do so. The researcher's bottom line: ""Just because we consumers want to see healthier items available does not mean that we are going to choose them." </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The bottom line for athletes: Stay out of fast food restaurants -- especially those that offer salads with their fries!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br />and still the way they are...Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-55649824406516220912009-04-23T00:28:00.006+08:002009-04-23T00:40:01.961+08:00Coming to Consciousness<span style="font-family:verdana;">There is no coming to consciousness without pain.<br /><br />It seems so dark and nihilistic were it not for the fact that pain , as much as we cushion it in modern society is still pure and intense affirmation of life.It help us shape our world , and when we step away from the comfort of air-conditioning, two-ply toilet paper and other social tranquilizer. Whenever we strap down/ ratchet those uncomfortable shoes tight on our feet.Hunched over the handlebars and stomp our whole body one leg at a time on the pedals with every fiber of being screams in agony.<br /><br />We know we are completely alive.</span>Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-13210527649144001862009-04-22T15:24:00.001+08:002009-04-22T15:25:51.459+08:00Danny Macaskill is the next Hans Ray...<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z19zFlPah-o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z19zFlPah-o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />freaking amazing.. i feel like i am shit on a bike..Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-3232714212348926632009-04-22T10:42:00.003+08:002009-04-22T10:44:08.566+08:00KLMTB Hash @ ulu rening<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV8Wmswt7nwMZ0AF0cMDiBUd1MGT0iNnkI80d0jPSjmUyh0PRrzE3tlfkLIf7uJ87m5RIbTQjdCqKKoezdo7Tdw878xLN2obJ02dj8rVTDkK4WYzWpUU9Pu_m325Blx-v9s2P_1yXT_c/s1600-h/Image007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV8Wmswt7nwMZ0AF0cMDiBUd1MGT0iNnkI80d0jPSjmUyh0PRrzE3tlfkLIf7uJ87m5RIbTQjdCqKKoezdo7Tdw878xLN2obJ02dj8rVTDkK4WYzWpUU9Pu_m325Blx-v9s2P_1yXT_c/s400/Image007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327340668029620834" /></a><br /><br />A nice progreesive build up ride nicely shaded with some fast fireroads.<br /><br />its goona be a nice epic ride on 10th mayVicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118410537530979419.post-44626862975994993472009-04-16T00:33:00.001+08:002009-04-16T00:35:15.700+08:00Roller Cool...<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CccMwodeV8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CccMwodeV8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The darn LBS here got to install one of these...babies..Vicious Cyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104776273325751309noreply@blogger.com0