Least updated Blog in the world...

Okay, okay, I am no good at keeping up with this Blog thing. Here's an update since my last one.

Did some travelling and mountain biking with 10 others in Himachal Pradesh. The whole thing was one heck of an experience. Check out Ling's account here.

Did the Penang Jamboree and I swear that it must have been the hardest Jamboree ride ever. Luckily, the weather was terrific and here are the pics.

And that was my last MTB ride for a while. My hobby has caused much gnashing of teeth with my significant other so I have decided to reduce this activity in the short term to see if we can strike a balance.

Took Catherine and my dad to Cambodia for the last holiday of 2006. That was a very enjoyable trip with much eating, drinking and sightseeing.

Since I have not been MTBing with my kakis, I've been riding on the road and brushing up on my urban skills. Found out that my rear XT hub of 3+ years might have finally given up the ghost. There's a little bit of sideways play now... Not good.

So it was down to TEF for a brand new set of wheels - XTR hubs and rotors, DT Swiss XR4.1d rims, and Sapim spokes. Yee hah! Can't wait to ride them tonight.

By the way, BT is getting really eroded during this monsoon season. More so than previous seasons. Must be due to the tremendous amount of rainfall we've been having and the increasing MTBing population. I would advise people to stay away from it until the dry season. Perhaps another trail maintenance is in order.

Since writing up the few paragraphs above, I have put about 200+ kms on the new rims. Really stiff, and engagement is great. Bringing them back to TEF to get them checked for trueness.

Until the next update...