2009 Goes by... Do come in 2010

We started 2009 with Four Fathers, Fadzlee, Felix, AC, Ameer, Budiman, Elde, Aimee & Mizie.

first race for 2009, Mt. Austin DH Challenge in Johor Bharu, southern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Claimed my 1st victory in DH. At 1st, I thought it was going to be a good year for me but it wasn't. So here are the chronology of R.O.A.Ming event worth while to highlight:
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Merry Christmas from ROAM to everyone...

Have fun during the long weekend, keep ur tires rolling and keep on riding

Latest Updates from Mt. Austin DH Challenge Poster and t-shirt... (tees sponsored by Trailridermad - Folker)

The Mt. Austin DH Challenge Poster and t-shirt... (tees sponsored by Trailridermad - Folker)
More info click here

Penang Downhill Challenge 2009 (20 Dec 2009)

Updates!!!!

Yamm DNS due to chest injury.
Sloan DNS due to shin pedal scrapping
Ameer finished 11th Men Open
Adi Bald finished 5th Men Elite with no training.
UB as usual having fun being emcee.....
Big hands to Ian Krempl for his 1st victory
Adam finished 4th Men Elite
For pics please click here
For video please click here

Hola,
ROAM is sending its squad of 4. Penang ROAM Squad are Master Yamm, Sloan, Ameer and UB. UB not racing, just be there to support the ROAMers. Its gonna be an awesome time there. We all missed Penang track let alone the foods. Rafi Nasi Kandar here we come.
So wish us luck and safety.

ROAM in SEA Games!!!

UPDATES!
The final results are as follows:
Men
Gold Medal - Popo (Indo)
Silver - Golden Boy (Thai)
Bronze - Sitichai (Thai)
Our boyz ; Stanley 7th, Kiki 8th
Women:
Gold Medal - Risa (Indo)
Silver - Am (Thai)
Bronze - Vipavee (Thai)
Please click here for men & here for women to view more results

Good Luck guys and make us proud!

I was over at the Palm Garden hotel recently to pass FakawiBanshee rider with his NEW Banshee Rampant for his SEA Games training and race...

JR with his new Rig... i guess he's happy!

The DH duo... ROAMers.... Aim Fauzi ROAM Racing Division (No3 Jr in Asia)

& FakawiBanshee's JR Stanly Jalip

Pin it boys!!! Pain is temporary! Glory is forever!!! Woot!!!

TRACK UPDATE: FLAT... FLAT... FLAT... 1 Drop! Pedal Fest!

New Kiara Line Pic - Courtesy of Nine

Courtesy of Nine, touch up by Amir FRM. Posted by BC Riders

ITS ON! - Penang International DH Race 2009 (20 Dec 2009)

The Event is On Ladies & Gentleman

Well, its On. Mark your calendars! 20th December 2009!

MUST RACE EVENT!!!

more details... click here Or visit PGDH Blog

The ROAMers at large

here we go guys..... we got 19 ROAMers till today....

we have grown bigger and better for the past 2 years hehehehehehehe... tq God and to all our friends...we need to recruit girls in 2010-2013.... know any good girls for DH?

Ramesh is the new ForeFather

I the Head Honcho of ROAM would like to announce that Ramesh is the new ROAM ForeFather joining Funn-day into the circle. He has been invited and accepted the post of ROAM ForeFathers. Everyone please extend your congratulations towards Ramesh or Swolf.

ROAM Fathers has agreed to induct him in even though he is new to our fraternity but he is our ROAM Southern HeadMan. Therefore with his passion in MTB and the directions that he has it will be an advantage for us. Lets make Johor & Melaka our roaming homeground too. Our foundation and based in Malaysia are strong already.

Here in the race poster for Johor Bharu event.

For more info of the event, please visit Johor Bharu Downhiller - JBDH blog by clicking here

Aim is 3rd Men Junior - ACC 2009

Pic courtesy of DirtTraction

Hola,
I'm proud to announce our young ROAMer, Pak Aim (1st from right) finished 3rd in Men Junior DH in ACC last saturday.
He won the lottery of RM600 from ROAM courtesy of Ramesh(Team Element) & ForeFather Yamm.
Jr. Stanley, competing in Men Elite finished 6th. Crashed in final run.
We all are proud of the good results and we hope he and stan will get better results in SEA Games 2009 at Laos.

Pak Aim & Stanley will represent Malaysia for DH in Sea Games 2009
For the ACC, Jr. Stanley would like to thank:
FakawiBanshee
Banshee Bikes
Deity
NoTubes
Dirtworks

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Sepang 4X Race 1 November 2009

Hola,

Reported by Elde the Champ.
It's finally happened, Malaysia 1st 4X race being held at Sepang Motocross track. Organized by

Tujuh Impian Entertaiment Sdn Bhd.

results: Elde - 1st, zamir - 2nd, Sloan - 3rd and other dude 4th

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New ForeFather of ROAM

Hola,

Funn-Day is our new ROAM ForeFather. He is the new ROAM Borneo HeadMan. He will be heading Sabah & Sarawak chapter. So Borneo, is our new homeground.
ROAM FourFathers name changed to ROAM ForeFathers.
"When in ROAM, do what the ROAMers do"

Please congratulate him on the new post.

Its The Hunt for Red October - Birthday

Hola,
I, as the appointed Head Honcho of ROAM by the 4 Fathers, wishes Red:
Happy Birthday Red "Good Boy" Ride......from us the ROAMers......
have a good confirmed 37 years old buddy.. keep beating our juniors.. give them a run for their money

2010 UCI DH & 4X Mountain Bike Calendar

The 2010 calendar is out:

1 – 2 May – Houffalize, Belgium – 4X (#1) & XC

15-16 May – Maribor, Slovenia – DH (#1) & 4X (#2)

5-6 June – Fort Williams – DH (#2) & 4X (#3)

19-20 June – Schladming, Austria – DH (#3) & 4X (#4)

24 – 25 July – Champery, Switzerland – DH (#4)

31-1 Aug – Val Di Sole, Italy – DH (#5) &4X (#5)

28-29 Aug – Windham, US – DH (#6) & 4X (#6)

2010 UCI MTB World Championship

30 Aug- 5 Sept – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada – DH, XC, 4X & Trials

Click here for more info.

Specialized Int' Downhill Championship - Indonesia

Results:
Yamm (Team KSH Cycles|Yeti|Oakley) - 3rd Master B
Zure (AG Suspension|Morewood) - 2nd Master A
Red (FakawiBanshee| Banshee Racing|Deity|Dirtworks|No Tubes) - 4th Master A
A-Mud (ROAM Racing Division) - 15th Men Expert
Lano (Badman & Rawbin) - 17th Master A
Nas (Badman & Rawbin) - 22nd Men Sport
Kamal (2SixDH Racing|CCI) - 21st Men Sport
Haris (ROAM Racing Division|Cycle Active-SSR) - 15th Men Sport
Amir Yazeed - 16th Master A
Fadzlee (Team KSH Cycles|Commencal|Oakley) - 9th Men Expert
Mannboy (Element, Crash Monkey, Fourteen AB racing) - 11th Men Elite
Ian Krempl (Trek - Deity - Black Market) - 12th Men Elite
Gig (FakawiBanshee) - 2nd Women Open

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Having-fun-on-the-slopes rig

A-Mud new baby girl
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We are entering our 3rd Year........ 7 Oct 2009

Hola,
Its been 2 years already fellow ROAMers. Since on 7 Oct 2007, 3 old fools and 1 semi old fool started this fraternity. No we have about 18 roamers yah.... look what we have achieved and where we are now...
We r still crawling in the MTB scene but we will strive further to ensure people of Malaysia ride MTB not only DH but other types as well.
Tq and keep roaming ROAMers. Always remember, "When in ROAM, do what the ROAMers do"

Riezman Special Weapon And Tactics

Our friend got a new bike now........
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Super Fun Rig - Stay tuned

- COMMENCAL | FOX | STANS-ZTR | HOPE | CONTROL TECH | SHIMANO | MAXXIS -

UB's new rigs for 2010.........

Hola

I'm now in the process of building two of my new project bike. For 2010, I'll be racing under a new color for ROAM Racing Division | Sticker Station | Dirtworks. I wanna say thank you to KSH Cycles & Oakley for their support during my time with them.

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Sloan is now SSR

Congratulations to our very own Sloan for locking the deal with cycleACTIVE (SSR). CycleACTIVE is a local clothing brand and carrying SSR (Indonesia) clothing for Malaysia.
So he will be competing under RRD - Cycle Active for remaining of 2009 season and start strong for 2010 calendar. So now, the competition is getting hotter... I like....
A big thanks to Yazid & Man for cycleACTIVE in making this a dream come true for Sloan.
You may visit cycleACTIVE blog here.

Next race: Mt. Erskine, Penang

The boys from the north will be holding a race sometime before the Specialized DH Champs in Indonesia.

A new and improved track said to have little or no pedaling (my kinda track!). Diggers were up there to man up the jumps. the boys from PDH really put in some serious time and effort to make this race happening. Props to the boys of PDH!

Stay tuned for more news!

(We need to go up there and scope the track boys!!!)

4th BCDC Report by Mr. Sloan

Hey,it was an awesome BC race for R.O.A.M!

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Dual Downhill, Kona Bike Park, Saraburi - Thailand 22-27 July 2009

Hola,
Pics first:
UB at starting line - after I became starter for international riders

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UKDI DH seri 3 2009 Jogja - Race Report (by Amad)

the results that i know....
me (mens expert) - 15th
UB (master A) - 9th
Yamm (master B) - 4th
JR (elite) 15th i think
thc, ian krmpl, adam i dono but mann boy crashed and got last in elite.
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JR's Weapon of Mass Domination

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Ipoh HTR Super V 7 June 2009

Hola,

We are back in KL after enduring scorching weather during the weekends at Ipoh. Seriously it was so warm and hot at the race track. No trees just open area. AC claimed his 1st championship as Junior Cat Champ. Good job AC, now you know what to do lah in your future battle.
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Jr. Stanley Jalip - New Deal

ROAM would like to congratulate Jr Stanly for signing his life away to FakawiBanshee-KCC

last friday! hahaha... Welcome bro! Hope you will enjoy being in the Team!!!

I would also like to announce that Jr Stanly and Fandi has also accepted HH's invitation to join ROAM... Nice one HH!!!

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2009 Borneo Downhill Challenge - Race Report

Arrived late on Thursday at KK. one of the last participants to arrive. Most guys arrived within the same day with the exception of the Singapore National team, who arrived early on Tuesday to scope the track.

Practically everyone was already at hotel Merdeka by the time I got in. Kamra and Wendi - still fixing their bikes though' otherwise, everyone was good to go!

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R.O.A.M RACING DIVISION

Hola,
Us ROAMers would like to announce the introduction of ROAM very own racing cartel:
R.O.AM Racing Division

The riders flying the flag are as follows:
A-Mud - Bossman for ROAM Racing Division
Haris a.k.a Mr. Sloan
Elde a.k.a Mr. Quiet
Sloan will be the first to race under RRD in this upcoming Ipoh Super V race June 6th 2009.
Long Live ROAM..... have u party with us lately....hahahahahahaha
"When in ROAM, do what the ROAMers do"
UB-HH

Newly Inducted ROAMer for 2009 campaign

Hola to all our ROAMers,

With great pleasure I would like to announce that Riezman is our new ROAMer starting 20 May 2009. He will be roaming with us locally and international level as a rider and most importantly as a ROAMer. Riezman said wanna throw a party is it, for celebration? hahahahahaha

See how happy he is..........?

For 2009, ROAM fraternity will go big and better. The brotherhood of handlebar will rise to the challenge to compete and party with other fellow MTB'er.
With 15 ROAMers on board, I as the Head Honcho of this group of people are proud to have all of you as our brothers.

Lets ROAM the world. More good things to come as we the Four Fathers are in planning stages to rock ASEAN MTB-DH scene with the assistance of our Indonesian, Thailand, Singapore and Pinoy counterpart. We go BIG.

"When in ROAM, do what the ROAMers do."

KK race FINAL!

We the ROAMers and on behalf of others would like to say a big thank you for our KK friends for their kind hospitality. They really take good care of us. I wont mention ur name coz its a lot and you know who you are. We love KK. UB love the sumandaks

got call from Uncle bully.....
well not much but some updates on the KK race....
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Rampant vs. Tazer vs. Yeti4X

This is our 4X / MTN-X / DS / BMX Specialist

Well... here are some pics...

The Tazer

The Rampant
2 great bikes. Super PCP machines. With these, u can ride PCP all day long!!!
another addition... no introduction needed!

Kuantan Enduro DH 2009 (18-19 April 2009)

Hola, ROAM racing calendar will continue for 2009. Yamm and A-Mud canoeing in Bandung race end of March..... not a good weather.
Red just completed his challenge in TLBF early April, finished 5th even with a bad knee (speedy recovery dude)
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Race Report TLBF '09

Terry Lazarrabal Bike Festival 2009. 2nd – 5th April 2009

Jay McNeil (COO of Banshee Bikes) and Chief were invited to attend the Terry Lazarrabal Bike Festival by Goyo Lazarrabal, the organizer and also a distributor for banshee Bikes.
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Changes in training days

Hola,
We decided to change our training days for 4X from Wednesday & Friday to Tuesday & Thursday starting today (9 April 09).
Time still remain at 8pm till 12am.

Please take note.

EARTH HOUR 28 MARCH 2009, 2030-2130 HRS

Hola,


We the ROAMers support WWF Earth Hour project by switching off our lights from Malaysian GMT 2030-2130 hrs.

To register please click HERE

We love our Earth.

My 4X machine, the PDC Kingpin - Martin Ogden Signature Model

The bike is alive again... and its ready for Shah Alam!!! but my knee is not! adoi...

weight: 30lbs.
Ameer: waiting for your Folker frame...
Felix: Where's the C******?
LD: Predator still sleeping?
Chan: U cant use this for timing purpose anymore!

XC Day with Grand Master - 15 March 2009

Hola,
aha... another great Sunday... another great XC day.... yup, ROAMers are venturing back to XC (for fitness & endurance)
It was a great riding experience with our Grand Master (mizie) became the wolf pack leader. Others:
UB, For-T-Uno, Sab, Wan (panjang), Wan (Haris 's elder brother), Bang Hassan and Elde.
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3rd Bukit Cermin DH Challenge 8 March 2009

Hola,

What a wonderful race it was, we all were stoked to be racing again after Mt. Austin in Johor Bharu.

A big thanks to the organizers, Ride More, BC Riders, Dirtworks, Folker, Bikes Extreme, Tat Seng Cycle, Team Element (sponsoring the Live Timing – Dirt Traction, Jason & crew). A big thanks to all our sponsors & partners:

KSH Cycles Malaysia, Oakley Malaysia, Banshee Cycles, Fakawi Tribe, Dirtworks Hardwear, Folker Malaysia, Sticker Station

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Valparaiso Downtown 2009 - 22 Feb 2009

Hola,

CG took another win at Valparaiso (Chile) Downtown 2009 - 22 Feb 2009
He won by 8 secs.
Look at the pics below:
CG & Podium

Gap Jumps














And the jumps, drops and gaps...really massive....