MDHSS #4 > Penang DH - Mt Erskine - 26th Sept 2010

 

Penang has always been known for its food and historic heritage. Tasty nasi kandar, laksa, fried kueh tiaw and so many others delicious palette satisfying food is served in a historic setting that combines east and west traditions.

Well known to be a cyclist friendly state and city where even the top politicians can be seen in bicycles around Penang. Due to the very nature of the island being hilly, it’s no doubt the IDEAL place for the Downhill Sport to flourish.

Sunday 26^th September 2010, participants from all over Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan came to battle to be crowned as the King of Erskine. Loads of goodies were given away with prize money to the winners. There were in total 6 categories raced for the event - Elite, Expert, Sports, Masters, Junior and Hard Tail. In total 80 riders participated in the event.

Hard Tail Category Winners

Junior Category Winners

Master Category Winners

Sports Category Winners

Expert Category Winners

Elite Category Winners

It was a grand and truly fitting finale to the much anticipated MDHSS fourth installment Penang Downhill 2010 Race > King of Mt Erskine. A "Penangkia" called Ian Chin (CCI Penang) was crowned the King at the end of the race, truly fitting and deserving. He clocked the fastest track time of 2 minutes and 35 sec.

King Of Erskine

All participants also took home lucky draw and some even got frames for free thanks to Da Bomb. Go Pro, Deity, Kona, KTM, Fox, Maxxis, CCI, Pink Bike and many others supported the event with their contributions.

 Winners of other categories, best dressed, wisest and the lucky draw prizes.

In overall the track was awesome(damp) with total eye candy riding from start to finish. Based on the organisers arrangement there is in total 22 jumps (table tops + gaps) in this 1.5 km track. Wide, and clean with berms and mini rock gardens to complement the A-Line of Malaysia (A line is a route in Whistler BC Canada). All the riders loved the track and there is nothing but praise. Overall organisation was good with great support from factory and top brands.

Great work guys ! All your hardwork and preparation was worthwhile.

Element Riders for this Race
2nd Position under the Expert Category - Ameer (RRD - Element) - Congrats.

5^th Edition of the MDHSS is currently in discussion.

Till next time, Ride Safe

  

The Beautiful month of Ramadhan

Hi Guys

Selamat berpuasa sempena bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini from Element Cycle.
Have a great fasting month ahead with prayers and happiness.



Nor Azman, Azhman, Sharil, Ah Chai, Ramesh

Upcoming activities/events in MTB Scene

Just to give you guys an update of whats happening and scheduled for the rest of the year in the MTB Scene

DH Races
MDHSS #4
Date : 26 September 2010
Location : Penang
Website : TBA

Jamboree's

October 2010

Campaign For A Lane
Date : 17 Oct 2010
Location : Esplanade, Penang
Website : http://www.pbb.com.my/



Burung Hantu Ride #2
Date : 30/31 Oct 2010
Location : Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Website : http://burunghantu2010.blogspot.com/


November 2010

Kedah Jamboree
Date : 13th November 2010
Location : Kedah
Website : http://kedahjamboree.com/blog/


December 2010
Bernam Jaya Jamboree
Date : 5th December 2010
Location : Bernam Jaya, Selangor
Website : http://pknsmtb.blogspot.com/

Ride On !

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pictures courtesy of Deity & Sicklines :)

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- Drop outs : Horizontal with intgrated hanger (standard), Maxle With integrated hanger(Optional), Vertical with integrated Hanger (Optional)
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Blkmrkt Killswitch at the Banshee Kiara Rage 2010

Come and test ride the bike.. where else - at the element bike shop in JB.

Banshee Kiara Rage 2010

25th july 2010 was a blast ! Great day, great track and excellent riders !

The track was a 1.7km parkinson inducing ride ! :) If you want to test ya handling skills or rather if you can hold on to the handlebars.. this track would be it.

Straight forward and simple (understatement).. no gaps, and eye candy in this track.. everything was totally nature.. berms, rock gardens.. never ending and some pedalling. Afterall this is an MTB event.



Practice day (24th July 2010) was awesome.. the track was dry and tacky excellent for the minions that the team used. We hoped that this would continue but every local guy was like.. its gonna rain.. walked through the track checking up the possible lines and also assist riders with uplifts.

Thanks to Nissan for lending us the 5 Nissan Terrano's for the event. Greatly assisted the uplifts.

Race Day -
With minimal hiccup's the race start at 9.30 with race boy timing tagging all the bikes. Hardtails, Junior, Women , Masters, Open, Expert and Elite went down the ideal track .. in blistering speeds ! The fastest time recorded was by Popo from indonesia at 3 mins 33 secs. A good 14 seconds a head of the rival at 3mins 51 - Adam.

Everyone was wondering , if there is a possibility that popo can be beaten in the form that he is in. Everyone was talking.. riders and spectators.. if the finals going to be close or already won !

Well as expected, in the finals the clouds came in.. after the masters went down.. its started raining cats and dogs.. the timing went from super fast to and ok speed. However, that didnt deter the experts and elites from battling out for the champions prize !

Malaysia's Aim and Adam came in first and second respectively in the elite category.



Some pics from the race
Element Cycle Booth at the race with NEW Deity Products


Master Category Riders getting ready to board the uplift vehicles & Azhman screaming through banshee


Killswitch ! Its Malaysia First !


Riders :
Herman Arsek (Elite)
Azhman Ismail (Master)

We have an online Store Now @ ebay !

Element Cycle is proud to associate ourselves with E-Bay.

We will soon be listing items that are available in our store for everyone to purchase online !

** Currently the store is being relocated from SG to Malaysia. Once the relocation is done :) we shall put up all related stuff for your view and purchase


Cheers !

Jamboree MTB Jasin 2010

Hi guys

Time to put on your XC shoes and get some lung busting & leg drilling exercise done. Guys in Malacca have been busy setting up trails for us to ride on. The historic city of Malacca has been home to some fun rides in recent times.


Host for the event - M-Bike JBC

Event Date : 2nd May 2010
Start Time : 0800 hrs
Start Location :
Jasin Stadium, Jasin, Malacca. Google Maps / GPS Coordinate - +2° 18' 53.66", +102° 25' 54.68"



Estimate Distance : 50 km

Proposed Route :
Area around Jasin. Scenic route via road, rubber plantations, palm plantation, villages and housing estates.

Entrance Fee : RM 60.00 after : 02 April 2010 (Goody Bag/Jersey will be sent via post) Bank Details : CIMB 04070013430527 via Bendahari Belia 4B Air Barok Jasin.

For More info
Contact : Zakaria 0166563704 / Megat – 0173278080 / Jai @ Rizal – 0126732973 / Hafiz – 0122264887.

Via Website
http://jasinjamboree-mbikejbc.blogspot.com

"BURUNG HANTU" 2010 jamboree

Hi Guys !

Its back ! Malaysia's BEST night ride Jamboree. Its going to be a GREAT HALLOWEEN !

When
30th October 2010 and 31st October 2010.

Where
The historic city of - Mallaca

Visit Environment Cycling Club (ECC) Website for continuous updates : http://www.eccmalacca.blogspot.com/

Will post up more info as we get access to it !

DIRTDROP @ Kiara DH trail Closed for construction

Guys.

Please take note that the dirtdrop (named after Dirtworks) in Kiara will be closed till MDHA #3 race in July for reconstruction work. Thank you.

Rizal Redride

We guess its going to be higher.. :)