Books galore!

Forgot to mention that I've been doing lots of reading especially before going to bed.

I read until the wee hours of the morning......

Current books are:

Jefrey Archer 3 volumes (Volume I - Hell, Volume II - Purgatory & Volume III - Heaven) about his life in prison after he was incarcerated for perjury. Very interesting but makes me wonder if he is as innocent as he seems? I've actually finished reading Volume I & II. Volume III is at my study table waiting tantalizingly!

Arsene Wenger - The Professor by Myles Palmer. Being a hardcore Arsenal (Gooner) fan since my early teens this was too good a book to miss about the manager of my beloved Arsenal.

Combat - a collection of short war stories. Can't remember the author as I'm just too lazy to go upstairs to my bedroom to check. Still not finished yet. Some of the stories suck........

One Day in September - Simon Reeve. Haven't read this book yet. It's about terrorists in 1972 which massacred Israeli athletes in Munich, Germany.

As you will notice, I'm a war buff and unfortunately Tom Clancy has not got any new books worth mentioning. My all time favourite is still 'The Hunt for Red October'.

Besides that, I've still got some cycling training books which I have not finished yet.

Only problem though is that when you've got a good book, you don't want to put it down. I read in the bedroom until 3 or 4 am before retiring. Not good........ But can't help it...... ha..ha....

Good night mates.

 

 

 

Minoura bike trainer! (Yeeha.....!!!!!!)

Hmmm......have not posted here for some time. Actually, been quite busy with work and was running up & down for a seminar we organized recently at Beverly Hotel.

Furthermore, the weather sucks and have not been cycling for about 2-3 weeks.

But, I did manage to get a stationary bike trainer from KL while on holiday. The brand is Minoura and i have managed to get some mileage on the trainer. Unfortunately it's not as good as the actual riding experience and you can get bored easily. I watched a DVD movie on my laptop while on the trainer and that makes it bearable. The movie was about 90 minutes so I managed to spin at about 70rpm cadence for some light workout. Without the movie, I think I can only last about 30 minutes or so.

Unfortunately, I can't make use of my Vetta cyclo-computer to get a cadence read out and heart rate reading on the trainer. I'm making use of Dav's Kona Stinky hardtail for training purposes. The stupid thing is, I can't use my own Stumpy on the trainer as my Shimano XTR wheels's spokes are not the typical spoke setup! Should have used Mavic Crossmax wheels instead of Shitmano! ha..ha....

Picutres of the trainer are attached.

That's a short update and got to go to shower.....mandi bah.......very smelly.......???!!!!!!!!*******