Hitting tarmac today for a change ...

Iinocently went into Lian Huat bikeshop Sunday morning with the family to check out motor-bikes (kapcai, electric scooters and perhaps a 150cc) but eventually ended up with 2-BMXs for the children and a hybrid roadie for yours truly. Cheaper than the motor bikes for sure.

Cycling used to be a big part of my daily routine: 6:30-7:30am rides before; and 5:30-6:30pm rides after work when living in Miri. Weekend rides with like-minded folks almost every Saturday and solo rides on Sunday. In flat Holland while working in Assen, I cycled to work and back daily together with other colleagues and schoolgoing children.

That routine abruptly stopped when we returned to Miri end of 2004. The 2 Dutch bikes simply fell to disrepair with no place to go, Hilltop, where we live is kinda hilly was the excuse.

Today was the first day I took out the bike and cycled again! Felt kinda good ... waiting to see what pains crops up tomorrow!

Seven-speed old skool roadie.

Single-speed old skool custom built roadie with an upright handle bar, in voluptuous red!

Broke it in this morning through a 32km Hilltop-Lutong-Pujut-Bypass-Kpg Lusut-GH-Jalan Cahaya-Hilltop loop. Other than hairy downhill runs in tandem with Miri drivers, toxic exhaust fumes, sooty road grime, and thigh-busting uphills at the end, it was kinda fun but most painful.

Leg01_31May2011 covered 32kms from Hilltop to the office and back.