indonesian pro-rider risa suseanty


mud pool!


kickass chica athena han


me with another indo-chick


me

Pictures courtesy of Foo Chen Khai @ Betterfeel

yeah baby!

So this morning's race was a complete mudfest - I lost my granny to the dreaded chain suck for most of the course and was left cranking heavy gears through the muck.

Tried my darndest to hang on to one of the Indonesian girls' tail but they were far too strong for me. Oww. The cranks were protesting so much that at one point, I almost thought I wasn't going to make it. But kept at it in my middle chain ring all the way and sooner than I thought, I was heading towards the finish line. Chain suck, sucks. Big time! I think the lesson I took home from today's race must have been that you should never slack off during a mountain bike race, coz you never know when your equipment is going to fail you and you'll lose whatever lead you have in the blink of an eye.

The ladies open course consisted of 3 loops of the mucky trail. The weekend warrior, which Wayne, Aaron and Derek took part in consisted of 2 loops, and the men's sport which Hubba and Seung did consisted of 4 loops. Oh yes the men's elite, which took part in was 6 loops. Ouch. Hubba and I came in 6th each in our categories, which was pretty cool. It was kinda sad that Angie didn't race though - Poor girl didn't race coz she had to rush off to work early. It was nice having ya around for a bit though, babe! Still think you could have raced... ;)

Here are some of my favourites from today:


crank it


woohoo wayne!


aaron finishes


andrew coasting a berm


wayne and angie


bike buds


little bike babe


with kickass risa

more pix here.

mtbr worthy shot

Where do I even start?

That ride was long. Long and painful. Today's Presidential ride, sponsored by Proton, was just insane.I can't even begin to describe the pain and the joy involved in the ride. So here we go..

We started off this morning expexting the worst. Pat had warned us about the conditions we were going to ride in and to expect pain. The warriors, fresh from their 9 day race in Himachal, were a little more prepared mentally and physically. The Wayngelas and I decided to act as one another's support. So that's exactly what we did.

The ride was slated to span a distance of 60km offroad. With 650 riders participating, we knew we had our work cut out for us. We were given ride passports which we all carried with us to 4 checkpoints along the way.

All in all, I must say I quite liked the ride in Kajang today. It was so incredibly scenic that I swear I felt so overwhelmed by the environment that at times, I felt like it was interacting with me. On our last loop, I was spinning up a slow and agonising climb on my own when I heard a constant chirrup from some crickets. Towards the top of the climb, the crickets started going faster and I could have sworn they were spurring me on! Of course this was 40km into the ride so perhaps I was just getting tired...

Anyway, we all made it back in one piece. The warriors straggled past the finish line in their own time - way quicker than us of course - and the Wayngelas, Max and I finished the ride together... Angie having done around 10km more than us coz she was tricked into thinking there'd be some good downhill - and the rest of us just being lame! (Note: I managed to get a mee goreng in whilst waiting!)

Hubba did his usual crazyass thing and cheonged all the way, coming in 10th overall out of 650. Nuts.

I ache and the tan lines have gone haywire. It sure feels good though.

Lots of great videos and pictures to post but will do that tomorrow when I don't feel quite so battered!

PCC out.

Mtb; Under 50km
Time: 8am - 3.45pm


bottleneck pushing


shooting angie whilst riding


token 'me' shot


the couple that suffers together, stays together


owww


finished!


cheehan and huimin


the wayngelas


pei ling and nik


ling and max


hubba and i


ride buds



more here

Here's Ling's edit of the PCC ride:


click to watch

Also, more professional looking shots of the trail can be found at the Merciless Album.

And if you are really getting into it, check out Ling's cut of the warriors' bull moment on their 9-day Himachal ride: Video here!

So I can't reconcile the feeling I get when I'm on the saddle on the road, with the one I get when I'm out there on the trail.

When I get good on the road, I feel like crap on the trail. And when I finally start to feel good on the trail again, I'm shite on the road. What's with that?!

Still, I chased Lin down as best I could tonight and sucked every wheel possible. Even managed to power up and crank past a few dudes.

I need to get some serious work in.

Distance: 45.5km
Time: 1.37hrs
Max: 49.0km/hr
Avg: 28.9km/hr