Beautiful.Mind.Life

Running nose. Bloody cough. Deadly headache.

Aah, couldn’t get a better Sunday could I?

November. 1st of November. I did this before, but i stopped for some reasons. Now I’m starting all over again. Beginning today, 1st of November, for at least a solid one month. Half an hour after breakfast, half an hour after lunch, and half an hour after dinner (if any).

Let see whether this time it works. Goal? Close to losing 10kg this month? Actual number targeted is 5.

With a RM1100, I can buy a Playstation3, or a pair of TEIN adjustable racing suspensions for my GT, or a custom-made carbon fiber engine hood (again, for my GT of course), or a Coach for my wife, or a lot of Baby GAP for my son, or two pairs (for me and my wife) of the arguably high performance Nike+ LunarGlide, or a lot of other things.

But I chose to buy a bike. A good one.

Decision made (after a long talk with a couple bike-freak friends), I went to the shop they recommended. Too many options though, and they all look awesome. After an hour, I finally reduced the number of options to two. A Scott Crasher and a Giant Innova. The Innova is lighter and a bit more expensive. But too girly though, or it would’ve been my first choice (and probably start to arrange the lines to explain why I choose a bloody two-grand bike).

“Basikal aa… lagi lingan aa… lagi mahal lo…” said Ah Hui, the friendly and warmhearted owner of the shop.

So I bought the Crasher. Complete with SR Suntour V2 front adjustable fork and Shimano Acera derailleurs, it’s actually a good buy.  Braking system? Winzip-CE disc brakes they are, which explains a significant weight difference from the Innova which uses the conventional V-brakes (the one you can find on most bikes, even for kids), makes the bike much lighter.

I started riding it on October 9 2009. Everyday till today. My butt hurts as hell, so I bought the 3/4 elastic-nylon-butt-padded cycling pants. Felt much better this morning for a half hour ride.

Total distance up to today is 49.68 km, accurately countered by the CatEye Velo 8. There’s even an average calorie burned counter (which I doubt the accuracy of it). Not too bad. Not too good either (my performance, I mean). Need to ride longer. Faster. Further.

PS: Next upgrade. Garmin EDGE 705.