31 August 2020

Kayuhan Solo Hari Merdeka ke 63 di Temerloh

 Solo ride at Temerloh - Happy Malaysia Independence Day



Kayuhan solo di bandar Temerloh sempena cuti Hari Merdeka.
Saya asal dari Temerloh, tapi tak pernah lalu jalan ke Bangau Tanjung/Lubuk Kawah,  jadi saya search google map dan rancang perjalanan saya malam sebelum kayuhan.
Bertolak dari rumah pada jam 7:40 pagi, menuju ke tapak Pekan Sari Temerloh, bergambar sekejap.
Lalu ke  tepian Sungai Pahang untuk gambar pemandangan pagi berlatar belakang "TEMERLOH"
Selepas Hotel Sri Malaysia belok ke kanan melalui jambatan merentas Sungai Semantan, kemudian kayuhan ke timur-laut (jalan Bkt. Tingkat C119 )  ke Kg. Bangau, menyusuri Sg. Pahang, laluan port-port patin popular seperti Kancil Raja Patin, Patin Madu, Warung Cendol Fancy, dll.. Jalan tak sibuk dipagi hari.
Selepas berkayuh lebih kurang 8km, belok ke kiri saya sampai di Kg. Lubuk Kawah. 
Seterusnya ke Kg. Bukit Tingkat, yang menyajikan  bukit landai 2%
Sampai di Kg. Raja belok kiri  ke jalan Temerloh-Jerantut (98), melalui Kg. Lompat, Kg Megat Segama.
Seterusnya turun ke Taman Sri Semantan, Songsang  ke kiri Jalan Mentakab - Temerloh (87)
Kelihatan satu kumpulan MTB riders menghala ke  Jerantut, juga bertemu seorang pemuda menunggang classic vintage road bike, matching leather seat dengan handle bar tape.
Kolej Vokasinal (ERT) Puteri Temerloh
Kg. Batu Satu, kelihatan menara Masjid Ubudiah di belakang sana.
Sampai di rumah jam 8:45pagi. Distance 21.23km (+ keliling Taman), Elevation gain 88m


16 August 2020

Covid-19 - We still not won - New Virus mutation D614G strain

Covid-19 - KIta masih belum menang - Virus baru  mutation D614G strain
The new strain of SARS-CoV-2 known as D614G detected in Malaysia.
Latest mutants that are easily transmitted and more infectious, confirmed by The Director General of Health Malaysia. The genome sequence by IMR (Malaysia Institute of Medical Research) was detected from three cases from northern Malaysia.

Covid-19 Banner at Taman Tasik Raub
 

22 July 2020

Virtual L'etape Du Tour De France - Paris Champs-Élysées

Virtual du Tour de France - Stage 6 Discovery Ride. I ride the category D (power out put less than 3W/kg)
Paris Champs-Élysées
La Résistance de 1814 and La Paix de 1815 changes to Cyclist  sculptural
The Arc de Triomphe

The above image is the Tour de France 2019, from SORTIRAPARIS.COM - Here
Sponsors Logos - Zwift,  Continental Tyre, Skoda, NTT,  LCL, E. Leclerc, Krys, Tissot, NamedSport,
Lauren Stephens of  TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank team, won a Yellow Jersey
The above image shows her on the live stream after winning stage 2 of the Virtual Tour de France (Image credit: ASO).
Mabel Demavivas from the Philippines
Julie Peers from UK
Virginia Riches from Australia
Michelle Dunkley from UK
Ride report - DNF - Not enough time, only complete 3 of 6 laps of the circuit .

13 June 2020

11 May 2020

WAHOO KICKR CORE and ZWIFT


After 8 years of using a dumb M1 JetBlack magnetic turbo-trainer,   finally upgraded to the smart one.
I ordered the unit from Ligamas Cycle Sdn Bhd, and it takes 17 days to arrive.
Very-very quiet, the only noise is coming from the cassette and chain, so I can train in the living room in front of the big television.
The Zwist software is running on my son's gaming desktop PC, with AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core Processor 3.20 GHz, RAM 16.0 GB,  and upgraded graphic card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX  1060 3GB with two the fan cooling system. Using an HDMI cable, I connect it to the Panasonic Plasma TV 42".
Wahoo Kicker Core is in the middle of the Wahoo lineup, so it did not include the cassette, which is good for me.
Using cap Ayam cassette cogs removal and installation tools, I installed an SRAM PG1070 10-speed cassette (11-26T), since my groupset is an old 10-speed SRAM Red. 
You need to insert a spacer (supplied),  because the Kickr core come with an 11-speed hub.
Using a Magene ANT+ dongle with three three-meter USB extension cables, the Zwift software can detect the Kickr Core easily.
Kickr Core paired with three parameters - power, cadence and resistance (controllable) using the new ANT+  FE-C (Fitness Equipment Control) protocol.
Eating dust at downhill Watopia's Jungle circuit
Upgraded to level 11 - unlocked Digital Camo jersey Kit, but that jersey is not for my taste.
Cycling with Movistar - Canyon bike
Tour for ALL first stage,
Tour for ALL
27 meter to the end of Tour for all second stage, 193rd of 373

With the old dumb trainer, I install a Garmin speed sensor to the rear wheel hub.
I can't believe that I got this megawatt. Maybe the trainer lost contact with the tyre, and paddle with a crazy spin, so Zwift calculates to that very high watt power. Maybe that I'm really powerful ;)

Just Scrape It and Hit 800 watts
The Blowdrier Hit 900 watts
Premier Power Hit 1000 watts
Off the Rocks Hit 1100 watts
1.21 Gigawatts Hit 1200 watts
 Hill Route completed
 Complete the Volcano Circuit CCW (Counter Clock Wise) route
 Beautiful panorama at Feugo Flats
OMG, 15%  gradient on the way to Box hill
Training guna iPad,  sambil mendengar Sheikh Abdul Karim Omar Al-Fatani Al-Makki di TV9 (Tanya Ustaz) tentang Muazin. (26 Jun 2020).