Links and Resources Useful stuff for the inveterate mountain biker and outdoorsperson.

Janda Baik, May 2001.

Links

Malaysian cycling clubs, bike shops and links

• Alive on 2 Wheels You'll need to sign up as a member
  
• Bicycle Planet (http://www.bicycleplanet.freeservers.com) Dead link. Move on.
  
• Bicycling Malaysia Join Paul Kok and friends on their mountain biking jaunts.
  
• Bike-Ecology Centre Eric Lim runs a mountain bike park and guesthouse in Ulu Langat.
• Bike-Pro Center A favourite bike shop among many hashers due to the affable nature of Boon Foo, the proprietor.
  
• Bushmen Mountain Biker Really slick page of mountainbikers in Bintulu, Sarawak.
• Computer-Sport.Info Another page dedicated to mountain biking in the Klang Valley.
• Cyclemotion 2000 Beautifully laid-out site by Rokkerboy. Cycling group in Johor Baru.
  
• De'RojakMTB De'group dat goes de'mtbing in de'Klang Valley
• Dragon & Phoenix Bikers Mountain biking group in KL.
  
• Fakawi Tribe Huderfakadey?
• Flying Wild Bunch A wild bunch or road cyclists (dare I say it: roadies) who meet out of Boon Foo's on Sundays.
  
• Kemaman Cycling Misfits Cycling group in Kemaman, be it trails or road.
• Khabar Bike Guitarist, columnists and cyclist, RS Murthi runs site mountain bike resource site.
  
• Kian Seng Heng Competitively priced shop, with branches in SS2 and Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
• Klang Valley Hash Website has comprehensive information on hashes near Kuala Lumpur.
• KL Mountain Bike Carnival at Bukit Kiara.
• Knights of the Round Table Excellent bunch of folks who ride in Penang.
  
• Malacca Bike Hash Brethens in the historical city of Malacca. Nice photos.
• Malaysian MTB Open GP Circuit A MTB Race circuit.
• Langkawi Mountain Biking Information of trails and group rides in Langkawi island.
• Mountain Biking Miri Ooooh, slick site! Mountain biking. In Miri, Sarawak.
  
• mtbAsia.com Mountain biking "portal", based in Sarawak.
  
• MTB e-zone Rhys Ng's personal mountain biking site.
  
• Nuikar69 A group of riders in mainland Penang.
• Pedalphiles Cycling Club PCC is an excellently run club with a year-round calendar of events catering to riders of all denomination and ability.
  
• Quick Release Adventures Adventure racing organisers and mtb tour guide
• Spokesworld Malaysia (www.communityzero.com/spokesworld) Nothing to see here folks, it's a dead link.
  
• Ulu Klang Trailblazers have the good fortune of living next to some of the best jungle trails around.

Regional Bike Hashes

• Bangkok Hash House Bikers Our counterparts in the Kingdom of Thailand.
• Malacca Bike Hash Brethrens in the historical city of Malacca. Nice photos.
• Singapore Bike Hash Apparently the first bike hash in the world (1989).

Other bike hashes around the world

• CRABS The Cambridge Randomly Active Bike Hash, and its newsletter, Cycling Weakly.
• The London Bike Hash.
• Wheelhopper Mountain Bike Hash House Harriers from Atlanta, Georgia, have been around since 1992.
• Wellington Hash House Bikers from the windy city in New Zealand.

Regional and Singaporean Bike Shops, and Links

• Formosan Fat Tire Association Mountain biking in Taiwan.
• Soon Watt & Co Large, high-end retailer and distributor in Singapore. The regional Seven distributor.
• Team Absolut A riding group in Singapore.
• Togoparts.com Singapore-based mountain bike portal. Check out the comprehensive listing of Singapore bike shops.
• Treknology Large store in Singapore. Merlin dealer.
• Two Wheel Action High-end shop in Singapore. Carries Moots and Santa Cruz.

Eclectic Links

• MTBR.com contains user-reviews of mountain bike parts
• Pete & Ed books. Books, videos, maps and other useful information relating to cycling and other outdoor activities.
• Brett Wolfe Seattle Post Intelligencer article about Brett Wolfe, an above-knee amputee who competes in 24-hour races. Without a prosthetic.
• Park Tools On-line Repair Manual This is helpful if you're thinking of meddling with your steed.
• GPS Information All you wanted to know about global positioning systems (GPS) and much besides.
• Sejarah Melayu The history of the Malay Peninsula.
• Nomad Adventure runs an indoor gym as well as adventure races.
• Rock Climbing in Malaysia. Useful internet site giving topos of outdoor routes in Gua Musang and Bukit Takun.
• Baby Carrier for your bike Important assessory for moms and dads of aspiring cyclists.
• Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang Example: 'rhoid buffing v. going down a hill so steep that your butt touches the rear wheel.
• PeacePedalers Two guys plan to cycle 100+ countries in 3-5 years. On special S&S-equipped single bikes that can be converted to tandems so that they can pick up guests.
• John Stamstad My hero
• Poor Man's Singlespeed Technical how-to from Dirtrag.
• Niki Gudex Vavavoom vavoom. Something for the boys.
• Mavic Tech Manuals Technical manuals for Mavic products available in .pdf format.
• What Should I Put on the Fence This defies description.
• He ain't heavy, he's my son A father competes in triathlons with his non-verbal paraplegic son on a specially made tandem.
• Homebrewed HID Make your own metal halide gas arc headlamp.
• Wildasia An independent guide to Asian nature, travel and adventure.
• Frogweb is THE site for local herpetologists.
• Sideways bike. Genius rears its head in strange and wonderful ways.
• Geocaches in Malaysia.
• Geocaching.com Have a GPS receiver? Learn about geocaching here.
• Trapped solo climber amputates own arm with pocketknife. Moral: leave a flight plan, so people will know where to look.

KL Bike Shops

See also links section above.

• Joo Ngan Bicycle Centre.
  3 SS21/37 Damansara Utama, PJ
  Tel: 717 8741
  Fax: 717 8742

• Concept Cycles. High-end Italian road bike shop, easily mistaken for an art gallery.
  No 12-1 Jalan Wangsa Setia 3
  Wangsa Melawati
  53300 Kuala Lumpur
  Tel: 4149 9330

• The Yellow Bicycle
  No.37, 3rd floor , Amcorp Mall
  Petaling Jaya. (tel: 7956-3869)
  Tuesday- Sunday , 10.30-8.30

• Bike Pro Centre
  31, Jalan SS 24/8, Taman Megah,
  47301 Petaling Jaya,
  Tel. Tel : 6 03 7805-1989
  Fax : 6 03 7803-3995
  Web: bikeprobicycle.com
  e-mail: enquiry@bikeprobicycle.com

Outdoor Equipment

• Advanced Equipment. Distributors for Garmin GPS receivers.
  No 43A Jalan Jejaka 2
  Taman Maluri
  Cheras
  Tel: 985 8062
  Fax: 985 0162
  

Other Resources

Contact the following people to be included in their mailing lists:

Batu Pahat Nature Bikers: Terry Ho at (012) 7372337 or Dr KT Koh at (07) 4345129 during office hours.

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