2009 R.O.A.M Wallpaper

Hola,

Here are some of wallpaper that maybe some of you might wanna use..

ROAM 4X Jam & BBQ Blast 28 Feb 2009

Hola,
attention to all ROAMers, to commemorate our new ROAMers... we cordially invite you to our event as follows: (pls click on image for larger view)





For more info, please contact your behated Head Honcho

C ya there

DH'er on XC time trial.... (2 F' n K #2)..15 Feb 2009

Hola,

What do you get when DH'er doing XC time trial..???? got lost in descending....
UB & Red representing ROAM in annual Fakawi Tribe 2 F' n K 1 loop time trial..
we got lost on the track due to beautiful descent and missed the junction..hahahahaha
all pics courtesy of Fakawi Tribe:

UB with his all type of riding weapon




Jun's run, after everyone finished



Here is the results: (click d pic for larger view)

red got 22nd position, me the last hahahahaha
it was fun and definitely the track gonna be our training ground...yeah Red..

Thanx to Fakawi and other contributing parties....

Ciao

ROAM would like to congratulate UNCLE BULLY on WIN

Well... Big shout out to Nan aka Uncle Bully aka the HH for chalking his 1st win. Congrats buddy hope many2 more (not too many ya!) hahaha...
Winners for Masters L-R: Lano, Myself, UB, Fin & Yazid

UB Flying high

Red smooth landing


Red berming it...

AC stylin it

Oh yeah, we would like to welcome our latest addition to R.O.A.M

Mr. Ramesh a.k.a Swolf

Haris a.k.a Mr. Sloan

Please welcome them to our big family hahahahahaha.........

10 Buck Race - Mt. Austin Johore Bharu, Malaysia 8 Feb 2009

Hola,

Looks like we are ROAMing again in JHB this time. It will be the first race and ROAM trip for ROAMers in 2009 calendar.

UB, Red, AC & Ameer will roam there this weekend. We would like to say thank you to Eiger Malaysia for their support on providing transportation for ROAMers to go to JHB.

Track Map:


UB, Red & AC will depart to JHB on Friday afternoon and will be join in JHB by Ameer & Hariz.
So wish us luck for the race. 1st time racing in JHB.

C ya

Refreshing images

Hey bros,

if you wanna know how it looks like in the woods right now...take a glance. It might help you to chill in hot hot Malaysia. So whenever you swear and sweat pushing up Kiara...keep this in mind!

a picture saves a thousand words...courtesy of NSMB.com but believe me...looks the same right now here in my woods :)
I just didn't wanna take pix myself, since those ones represent so perfectly well.


Now I wanna see the pics of the new park in Putrajaya, okay? Thanks!

Another ROAMer down.......

Hola,

It is with deep regrets to inform that one our ROAMer, Elde Animal is down with hairline fractured ribs. He crashed during his ride at PCP last saturday 17 Jan 2009. He landed hard on his chest.

It seems it has became a tradition for us ROAMers. Hopefully, pray to God there wont be another fallen ROAMer for 2009.

Elde, rest well and Godspeed on your path to recovery. Drink more milk or take calcium tablet. My surgeon warns me not to take calcium tablets.

Ciao

ROAM would like to congratulate Gig on her new gig!

R.O.A.M would like to congratulate Thaksapron Khaowsuwan aka Gig aka prettyboy aka kid for signing new contract with SE Bikes for the new season!

Gig with her sponsor
SE Bikes is basically a BMX manufacturer.

->Gig with her new Rig<-
Gig will now focus on BMX. She has been chosen by the UCI to attend a 7 month BMX racing course in Switzerland, the only asian in the group. All the best to Gig and good luck!!!

New ROAMers for 2009

Hola,

We are glad to inform our newest ROAMers for 2009.
Please welcome:
Aimee


Mizie

Currently down with broken collarbone
Elde

We have grown bigger and bigger each year.
We will roam, will ride, will train, will race and will party till morning in 2009.

Our training regime schedule:
Every Friday at 8pm - Shah Alam Extreme Park
All welcome to join.

Saturday & Sunday morning - Kiara, Putrajaya or anywhere.
All welcome to join.

Hello 2009

Hola,
2008 passed thru in a jiffy... lots of things happened and we love it so much.
as we look back our achievement in 2008, really is a sweet memory. And not forgetting all our injuries we sustained hahahahaha....
The most exciting event for 2008, KLD 2008 (Kuala Lumpur Downtown). ROAM managed to be up-close and personal with Peaty and CG. Rare opportunity and experience to be able to hang out and chill with them.
UB,

Only managed to race locally due to work constraint. Didn't race in Lumut due to severe crash. Didn't race in KLD 08 due to fractured left ribs. Well my story is almost the same with Red.

Red

Busted his wrist right before Bandung Oakley in March. Raced in Kao Lahn, Pattaya. Broke and fractured his right ribs before KLD '08. Have to sit out 3 races after KLD. But Champ the Master Category for the final installment of KKD #5

Master Yamm,

He got tremendous results for 2008. Always racing abroad, brought back trophies, medal and of course and a podium purse.

A-Mud,

Posted in Jakarta. Became ROAM ambassador there. Riding and racing ROAM colors in Indonesia.

FA,

Super fast guy did well in earlier KDD. 5th in KLD. But injured himself in Ciwalk Urban DH and sit out KDD #5. Stuntmant for a drink advertisement, again injured himself in the process.

Ameer,

Our Junior ROAMer has its up and down for 2008. Need to train more Mr. For-T-Uno hahahahaha

Felix a.k.a Insane, our German ROAMer came to Malaysia for a short stint.

AC,


Our very own ROAMeo. Recruited by Red in 2008, this pretty boy really knows how to throw down few tricks. Finished 2nd in Bukit Cermin DH Challenge only after few months in DH.
Dislocated his elbows while skateboarding in Shah Alam right after KLD 08.

Then again, we would like to thank all our sponsors and marketing partners:

UB - KSH Cycles, Yeti Cycles, Dirtworks (Kiki), Oakley Malaysia, Sticker Station, Eiger Malaysia
Red - Fakawi, Banshee, Dirtworks (Kiki)
Yamm - KSH Cycles, Yeti Cycles, Oakley Malaysia
A-Mud - KSH Cycles, Intense Cycles, Oakley Malaysia, Eiger Malaysia
FA - KSH Cycles, Commencal, Oakley Malaysia
Ameer - Folker
AC - Unsprung, Deity, Dirtworks (Kiki)

Without them, we wont be here right now. We are preparing for 2009 race calendar.

UB signing out
UB, Red, Yamm and FA pics courtesy of Mr. se2nd
AC pic - Mr. Darren

Bike Wash Ettiquette

After the last KDD race, apparently we did not use the bike wash area very well...

some points:

1) pls consider other users. Usually after race or ride, there will be a queue at the bike wash. please be courteous and not clean every inch of your bike. Clean it up just enough to get the bikes in the car and not every inch of the bike. However, if there is nobody, go ahead and do the necessary. - MAIN PURPOSE of the bike wash is for riders to just wash down the bike.

2) Pls check the silt trap and clean it if its full. This helps with the longevity of the facility.

We all learn something new everyday! Hope this helps as a heads up to all.

Its near!

Updates:
First and foremost, we would like to thank to all ROAMers individual sponsors and partners for KDD#5:
Banshee Bikes
Yeti Cycles
Oakley Malaysia
KSH Cycles
Fakawi Tribe
Deity
Dirtworks clothing
Folker clothing
Sticker Station

Below is our story of KDD 5.

Pics courtesy of Fakawi Tribe:

Master Cat winners (Fr left: Red, Craig & Farrandy)


All Cat winners (fr left: Hong Chun, Bandi, Red, Aim, Hairi)


Red with his Weapon of Mass Destruction

Updates:

Red managed to slide his way to victory..(when i said slide, coz the track muddy and slippery hahahaha....tq wet scream) nicely done father. With his victory, it marked his complete recovery from his injury 2 months earlier.

Yamm, great effort. But he crashed 3 times in the final. Furthermore, during seeding run he injured his left shoulder but still pushing it to the end.

Pic from Zulkhas

AC, his final run was nearly perfect due to he crashed at the end bit after the infamous dirt drop. Going out too fast from the drop and his rear end slips, he tried to counter it but was sent sliding on the dirt... only few feet from the finish line. Next time AC.

FA, did not race due to his injury from Ciwalk Bandung urban race earlier. Get well soon senior.

UB - of course, chill out and as usual talking craps to the people. Gonna start riding and training soon.

A-Mud, bogged down with work in Jakarta. But he'll be back next week.

AJ, away for holiday with his familia.

We would like to say thank you and good job to FRM old and new for a wonderful season of KDD. We hope to see you again next year. Photos of the event will be uploaded soon.

Friends of ROAM's pics:

Udang

Haris of Dirt Devil


Lano of Powerstik Racing Team
All pics courtesy of Zulkhas

So now with the completion of KDD5, we the ROAMers officially will close our 2008 race calendar and now are preparing the 2009 battle.

Hmm, ROAM must have a New Year Eve party ey..........to celebrate the glory of 2008 and to embrace 2009.

What say you ROAMers???????????????









FreerideMalaysia's 5th and final Kiara Downhill Domination race for 2008 is here!
Be there!
14 December 2008
Taman Recreasi Bukit Kiara
Taman Tun Dr Ismail KL
more info on FreerideMalaysia.com.my

Well, the final race is here. Is everybody ready? new sections have been added. new fast and flowy sections to test the nerves of all participants. King of Kiara will be announced! I believe, FakawiBanshee's award for Junior of the year will also be announced!

This will be the last race of the year and lets all support the boys from FreerideMalaysia! Lets check out of 2008 on a high! See you there!!!

As usual, ROAM will be represented by:

Yamm - Master Cat
Fadzlee - Elite
Rizal - Open
Aaron - Junior

UB - out with injury but present as MC of the event!
Ameer - Away on holiday
Amad - N/A (indonesia)

Wish us all luck!!!

MTB Urban Downhill Ciwalk 28 - 29 November 2008

The usual suspects went... and the usual suspects got left behind. Again.

Anyway, the ROAMers that went:
Yamm | Oakley KSHYeti
Fadzlee,| Oakley KSHCemmencal
Amad | Oakley KSHIntense

Things did not go too well for some of us and went very well for others... In short, Amad and Fadzlee did not make it into the finals and u will know why in a sec. Yamm won the Master B cat. while Zure finished 2nd in Master A.





Here's what Amad had to say:

"well, good weekend for me.

pushed off from jakarta friday at 5 after work... the traffic was super massive heavy... i ended up reaching bandung at 12midnight, yes thats 7 hours. besides, i took the long way round instead the straight forward highway... i friend from my office recommended and i will never trust him after this.

saturday woke up at 5 and was at the track as early as 6am (the sun is up high already in bandung), met scott, feri and marta.. had mcd for breakfast. then wtf the registration not opened yet until 8, the organizing guy told me to come early.... wasted 2 hours waiting, might as well sleep to recover..

walked the couse and realized that the downhill part is only 10% overall (3 sets of strairs and basement parking lot ramp), the rest is pedalling. so i told my m3 that its going to be a hard work.

come seeding, i was the very first rider off the starting ramp... crossed the finish line with a slight problem at the very last "U-turn" (better described than a switchback), maybe 2-3 secs slow.... and the marshall told me that my timing wasnt right for some communication problem with the starter, and told me to start again as the last rider............ that really cut off my race mood, 70 riders in open and i have to wait again.

okay did my 2nd seeding and hit the basement stairs rail... it was such a tight place to recover and to get back on the bike. oh well a race is a race.
timed 1.40... 23rd in seeding and did not make it to final.."

and Fadzlee:

"i crashd during training in the morning on saturday.. it was the crash of the day. zure was riding behind me, he saw everything, even yamm saw it! he was beside the table top ramp. i was going too fast (that's why we call him fastlee - ed) before the table top jump and was over the jump and crash head first, basically a front flip!.. i hurt my back and arm, but still managed to continue in the seeding run with all that pain.. seeding run wasnt good either, crashed at the stair and hit the rail pretty hard but managed to complete the run, 6th place. The night before the final, the pain got worse, i could not even straighten up my arm let alone hold any kind of weight!.. so no final for me .."

Yamm was not available for comment after the race! hehehehe... we know why!

AC......... Being 17

Hola,

Just wanna share what I saw today's morning........ hehehehehe

Our ROAMeo.... left profile headshot



Red, u pick the best kid in town..... now we have untapped resources...hahahahaha

good job AC...

Kiara Downhill Domination - Final Installment (14 December 2008)

Hola,



the final installment for KDD has arrived and confirmed.
The date is 14 December 2008
It will be held at:
Taman Rekreasi Bukit Kiara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

for more info please visit FreeRide Malaysia website.

It will the last battle for ROAMers for 2008 racing calendar.
And it has been a tremendous year for us. Thank you to all friends who have supported us since the very beginning of ROAM.

C ya in Decemba'

My Banshee Legend MK1

it finally arrived...


My Parts List:

Mavic 729 on Hadleys F&B or for FRO wheel set (DT Swiss FR2350)
FOx 40 RC2 (Using Ben's at the moment while waiting for mine. Thanks Ben)
Thompson Elite Seatpost and Stem
SDG Seat
ODI Grips (Is there any other?)
XTR rear shifter
'08 XT brakeset
Deity Dirty 30s
Ultegra 9 sp RD
SRAM cassette (similar to Steve Peat's)
Maxxis Minnions DHF on front and Back
FSA Gravity Lights 165mm (83mm - will be for sale soon) - to be replaced with Middleburn Crankset
Atomlab Aircorps Pedals
E-13 LG-1 chainguide
FSA PIG headset

Cant wait to give it a go in the weekend...