Monday 30 January 2012

New Handlebars!

I ordered some Ritchey Biomax Pro handlebars last week and they just arrived today! They won't be seeing any use for a while as I intend on putting them on my Donhou expedition frame which I recently had made. It's still in the UK at the moment, although it should arrive pretty soon.

Ritchey Biomax Pro
Nerdy specs:

  • Triple butted
  • 7075 Aluminium
  • 44cm wide
  • 130mm drops
  • 5° flare
  • 245g (I don't really care about weight, I'm in no rush)

Friday 20 January 2012

Malaysia...

Here are a bunch of photos from Malaysia. I'll stick some captions up soon. In the meantime, I'm going to celebrate Seollal down the pub!

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Batu Caves:
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There are monkeys everywhere you look at Batu caves.

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This ticks every box. That's my kind of deity.

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Need I say anything about this photo? No.

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This is what you think it is. Right in the middle of downtown Kuala Lumpur

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I'm huffing [glue] in the rain, just huffing [glue] in the rain, what a glorious feeling...

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This is the coolest butterfly I've ever seen. I think it was an Indian Leaf butterfly. The other sides of its wings were a beautiful blue.

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Dinnertime.

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Kickapoo joy juice. I got a kick out of it.

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Rain, rain, rain.

mosque

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Waterproof headgear.

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My frog dish. Tasty, but a pain to eat.

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This is the swimming pool at my sister's apartment. The water was nice and cold. So refreshing on a hot KL day.

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Tim, lurking.

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Pow, pow!

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Sage advice.

Melaka:
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Te Ice.

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POUT! Go Greg!

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Domo caused my camera to break. Waaaaaaaah!
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Strange toilet top configuration in Bangsar station, meaning you can't actually use the toilet properly.

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The strangest name for a lantern shop.

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1 for 2? What that actually means is 3 for the price of 1. Confusing.

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Give me some of that sheep placenta.

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Below you can see some photos from the 5 star hotel Greg was staying in. He was on a work trip and the hotel was in the middle of strange inner city resort with a water park behind it. Outside the entrance are these sculptures of tigers attacking some deer.
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This is what greets you inside. A magical wonderland!

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These fish tickled us to death.

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We went on a cookery course at LaZat. It was loads of fun. Now I cook sambal all the time.

Pangkor Island:
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Meccam that way!

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Greg and I hired some dreadful bikes and cycled around Pangkor Island. It's a small island, but it has some really steep hills.

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A hornbill enjoys a Nasi Lemak on the back of this abandoned car.

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Steep, steep, streep!

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The gears on this bike were appalling.

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My first live snake in the wild, albeit a tiny one. I'd only ever seen dead snakes before this. We saw a huge roadkill snake on the way to the ferry. It looked like a huge python.

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Pippa gets super excited!

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Pina Coladas all round.

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