Since the update on our next cycling journey is next week, we decided to post a feature story on one of our cyclists - the ICC President, Fadzil Abdul Hamid with his brand new bicycle.
His bicycle is a Swiss made BMC Sportelite SE01. The SE01 is a Mountain Bicycle, and it features 3 front chainrings and a 10 sprocket rear cassette for a possible 30 gear ratios.
Fadzil's BMC Bicycle
Shimano Deore shifters and hydraulic brake levers
Bright LED Lighting for a safer night ride
Cateye Rapid 5 for improved rear visibility
Scor seat
Rock Shox XC32 TK fork
Shimano SLX rear derailleur
Continental Race King MTB tyres
SixSixOne Recon helmet
Here is the video recording of the interview session with Fadzil earlier, sharing his experience in cycling. The story of him witnessing his friend crashing behind a taxi, subsequently plunging into the backseat of the taxi is really one of a kind. I mean, who has that kind of experience right?
Iskandar Malaysia has started encouraging its friends and citizens to consider utilising bicycles as a cleaner, greener, and healthier way of getting around the city and residential areas.
We should start asking ourselves, "Why not?". At least, we can help contribute in helping the environment to be more sustainable, and making the world a better place to live. Though it may seem nothing much, a small personal contribution, will definitely make a big difference when start doing it collectively. Additionally, it will also benefit your life by adapting your lifestyle into a healthier one.
The government's support also plays a vital role for the change. Hence, this is why IRDA is initiating its first step towards that, in line with our constantly hailed office slogan - Work Life Balance.
There will be more featured stories about our club members and their bicycles, so please continue to visit our humble blog.
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We had another round of Ronda Riadah Makan session last night to SS1 (Stulang Laut). This was our biggest ever session with a total of 9 participants, and there were 2 ladies joining us! Although they were borrowing their bicycles, but their passion to ride together with us makes them a true member of our small cycling club.
We are also proud to announce that we have a new cycling buddy in our midst, En. Safuan Yusof! Congratulations on your new Exitway Hybrid Bicycle! Sorry, no picture was taken... But I will publish a picture of En. Safuan, Azie and upcoming member, En. Mohamad bin Sa'elal and their bikes next week (hopefully).
Us having dinner at Sayam, Stulang again
According to my trip computer, we had cycled a total distance of 20km with
an average speed of 15km/h.
Yesterday, we had the largest number of participants to date, a total of 9 people participating. We hope to continue to increase the number of club members every week. The participants yesterday were:
Engku Ahmad Kamel
Fadzil Abdul Hamid
Suhaimi Mohd Salleh
Muhamad Saidan Sanib
Mohd Shahriman Mohd Sodari
Safuan Yusof
Faezah Ayub
Nor Azyyati Ismail
Iskandar Sabri Rahmat
You can view the route that we took yesterday at the link here http://soc.li/wmB3TTc (SS1).
Additionally, earlier in the day yesterday, we had a weigh in - we hope that by riding our bicycles at least once a week, we can become more fit, and have a more balanced lifestyle - work and play together as a team.
We will also be doing a feature of each cyclist and their bicycle as a special feature very soon, so keep visiting the blog!
Yesterday we had our 1st informal club meeting to announce a few good news to IRDA cyclists. We were all excited and happy with this new piece of information, and we were all in agreement that this is a good time to start being IRDA cyclists. There were several (interim) appointments to the IRDA Cyclists Club yesterday, and the appointments are as such:
Interim Adviser : Engku Ahmad Kamel
Interim President : Fadzil Abdul Hamid
Interim Technical Advisor : Hilmy Hussain
Interim Safety & Fitness Officer : Mohd Shahriman Mohd Sodari
Interim Marshall 1 : Mohd Shahriman Mohd Sodari
Interim Marshall 2 : Muhamad Saidan Sanib
Interim Treasurer : Nor Azyyati Ismail
Interim Blogger : Iskandar Sabri Rahmat
After that, the resident IRDA pro cyclist, En. Hilmy Hussain, gave us around of knowledge sharing session of what are the components and parts of the bicycle and other related matters. It was certainly an informative session as most of us are beginners and the knowledge gained is another step towards us becoming cycling experts! Our club's main goal for this year is to cycle to Tanjung Piai by the end of the year!
After everyone agrees to contribute to a centralised bike fund (for food, medical and other club purposes) we all proceeded to change into our bike gear and set out for our 2nd Ronda Riadah Makan for the year 2012!
According to my trip computer, we had cycled a total distance of 15km, with and average speed of 20km/h. The route that we took yesterday can be viewed at this link here: http://soc.li/sQvYhwh (SS2).We had increased the number of participants to 8 this round. The participants yesterday were:
Engku Ahmad Kamel - Lapierre
Fadzil Abdul Hamid - Exitway
Hilmy Hussain - Giant
Suhaimi Mohd Salleh - Raleigh
Mohd Shahriman Mohd Sodari - Scott Sports
Muhamad Saidan Sanib - Wheeler
Abd Halim Mohd Nor - Silverback
Iskandar Sabri Rahmat - Wilier Triestina
The IRDA Cyclists during our pitstop at Dataran Bandaraya
We plan to cycle again today, as the session yesterday was a special session to ride together with our new cycling buddy Halim as he is unavailable tonight. We hope to have another enjoyable session tonight! Destination: SS1 (Stulang Laut).
Today, we are pleased to announce that we have a new cycling buddy joining our small cycling group, and it's none other than Mr. Abd Halim Mohd Nor!
What a happy camper he is!
Congratulations to Engku and Fadzil for convincing Halim to join our ranks as a cyclist within a day! What an accomplishment!
Halim will be riding his brand spanking new Silverback bike at our session next week. The chosen route tentatively will be from our office to Bukit Indah through the coastal highway. It is a challenging course for a beginner like us - no fewer than 8 bridges to and from Bukit Indah. However, the thrill of completing the route together and new experiences every week drives us forward together!
Congratulations again to Halim for his new ride and hope you will have a good time cycling together with us!
We had a good first outing together as IRDA Cyclists, cycling from our office in Danga Bay to
Stulang Laut on Wednesday, 18th April 2012. Our journey didn't start off in the most auspicious time- heavy rainfall postponed our ride by an hour. However, all of us was eager to ride that day, and we were determined to start as soon as the rain stopped and we were all willing to wait!
Thanks to our patron for the dinner-which was somehow extra delicious as we were all tired from cycling! According to my trip computer, we had cycled a total distance of 20km with
an average speed of 17km/h.
For the inaugural IRDA Cyclist outing, we had a total of 5 participants. The first outing participants were:
Engku Ahmad Kamel (The de facto Patron) – Lapierre
Fadzil Abdul Hamid (The de facto President) – Exitway
Suhaimi Mohd Salleh (The official photographer) – Raleigh
Mohd Shahriman Mohd Sodari (The somewhat-pro cyclist) – Scott Sports
Iskandar Sabri Rahmat (The benchmark guy & blogger) – Wilier Triestina
You can view the route that we took
on Wednesday at the link here http://soc.li/wmB3TTc. I'll try to use an iPhone app to accurately mark our route and time taken for our future rides.
IRDA Cyclists at Sayam Restaurant, Stulang
We plan to cycle together at least once a week, tentatively on every Wednesday and here's hoping that we can get more people to join us next week!
