Ride Report #3: Round Island: The other way round

There was another group ride to Grik over the weekends but I was not up for it as I have yet to get a new gloves. The week before I went looking for cycling shorts and finally found one in my size and it was on clearance. The reason it was on clearance was because it was attached to the outer shorts like a 2-in-1 pants or like the pants which comes with built in underwear. The salesperson suggested if the shorts is not comfortable with the outer pants, there is always an option to separate them.

Since there no plans on the weekend, I decided to go for a round island trip on Sunday to test the pants. If it doesn't work out, I will have to perform 'surgery'. The last round island trip started from home and went north through Balik Pulau and back through town. This time round we will be starting from home, heading to town for breakfast then going the other way round back home.

 

Round island route

Shoei GT-Air 2 review

Recently had a helmet discussion with a colleague of mine who just started riding. He made the mistake of getting a helmet online without going to the physical shop to personally try on the helmet to get the right sizing. Long story short, he bought two helmets which were in the wrong sizes. Told my friend about the discussion and the next thing I knew she was looking at full face helmets and comparisons online and one name always came up on top: Shoei GT-Air 2. We came across the new Shoei 2020 Graphics and this particular graphics caught our attention.

When I first saw the design it reminded me of Wolverine. Mind you I do not mean the modern Wolverine uniform which we see in the X-Men movies but his uniform from the 1990's:

Ride Report #2: Group ride to Grik

Was recently invited to join a group ride to Grik by a LYN member. He sent me the plan and route and I told him I would be the trip to Grik. This would be the maiden trip for the Vulcan out of Penang. To be honest I could not sleep the night before either from the excitement or over-thinking.

Plan of the trip. 2 hr and 53 mins from our starting point to our destination. A total of 6 hours riding time including return trip

On the day itseld, I packed all the necessary items and got ready to leave at 7:10am. It was drizzling and was praying that the weather stays clear and dry for the entire trip.