My thoughts behind "Share our Roads" campaign

It is 2.30am in the morning. We were just finished a long night of confirming many things and trying our best to close the best deals that we could with limited budget getting the maximum production done on the campaign memorabilias. It was so tiring afterwork non stop running here and there just with the core three of us trying to visit as many potential sponsors as possible to try our best to make the up coming event the best that we could bring to all participants, just because of one thing to make us all so determine and focus, that was the love the passion about the true essence of cycling.

Cycling is not just a sport but a sport which can make you healthy and able to connect with people. You have to interact with people around you when you cycle. But only through organizing an event which makes the bond to your cycling buddies much stronger and made me learn a lot from both of them.

I am able to learn to negotiate better with more emotional intelligence involve into my skills. I am able to learn from a good sales personnel how to pitch for a better deal, how to talk smoother and not to be too fast too direct.

I am able to learn how to systematically deal with authorities and government bodies plus government agencies which sometimes are very tedious and time consuming.

Thank you lord for giving me such brothers to learn and excel from. I am fast dynamic and able to think of many ideas in many ways. I thought my public relations skills should be fine but well I have so much room for improvement. I thought I am humble but I am quite egoistic indeed. Thank you lord for giving me some very thoughtful helpful and understanding brothers.

I was in the shower thinking what has happened throughout these few months, many reflections and a voice keep asking me why? Why keep doing this? Why make yourself so tired? Wasted so much of your energy for what? Someone outside really care or not? Then I answer myself, I don't know about the others, but for sure me and my brothers, we truly cares a lot. What we are planning and executing is not just simply for ourselves now but also for the future generations of many Cyclists too, not just in Malaysia, but the impact could be far from what we could imagine, all start from a small group of people all having the same passion, the passion for cycling in a safe environment, to share our roads with all road users.

Share our Roads is a campaign which unites all cyclists, all shop owners, all bicycle dealers suppliers and Road Transport Authorities. Everyone should take up a part as their own responsibility to contribute to the same goal - towards a safer better cycling environment for everyone to share our roads. If everyone is just saying, not my business, start to question what can we do in such a small scale with limited funding etc. If we do not change our mind set and keep thinking like that, nothing could have accomplished at all. Remember Rome doesn't create in one day! All start from scratch and gradually build up and accumulate more.

All of us simply envy in foreign countries how much safer, nicer to cycle there, with so much facilities cater for cyclists, so much law enforcement to ensure the safety of cyclists etc. why not start to do something to make this happen for all of us too here in Malaysia? I am from Hong Kong, I started to learn cycling here in Malaysia, I fell in love for this country and I wanted to make this happen for us here in Malaysia to enjoy our roads shared by every road user. I am doing my little part with my brothers, so are you ready to contribute yours too?

Technology make the news spread fast. You might not even expect that the world is watching us too. So make our "Share our Roads" Campaign count as a Global Influencial event campaign and make our voices known through our Picture Petition counts through your images, make your voices count through the upcoming Ride of Silence Event to honor our fallen cyclists and make sure our safety awareness message are going to be heard worldwide !

It's 3am now so Good night you all and may our God bless us all, Ride Happy, Ride Safe.

What so Special about Cycling to you?

After so many accidents and near misses happened on the road, why do people still take up cycling as their hobby? Wouldn’t the gruesome accident pictures involving your fellow cyclists freak you out enough already? Wouldn’t the rudeness and ruthlessness from drivers scare you more than enough already? WHY? WHY are we still cycling on the road? Wouldn’t it be silly when you know your friends have died abruptly and suddenly during cycling to be able to deter you to get out from cycling and get into somewhat “Safer” sport? 

Transition during Xterra

This is Elaine Kar Yan, a.k.a. Sunny Bunny. I will give you my views and hope this article could be an interesting interactive piece for everyone to contribute your views beneath mine.

Waiting at the starting line.

 Cycling is a great sport to engage in, it keeps you fit , healthy and become more socially adapt to get to know more friends and people from all walks of lives. 

Cycling is such a wonderful Social Sport =) knowing all walks of lives.

Cycling is my transformation journey which makes me relate to what is happening in life – the ups and downs. From the start of learning cycling at the age of 30, the part of trying, and nonstop trying, I fell, then I got up and do again, it’s like what is happening in life. Once I grasp the balancing, and started my cycling journey, then I have to take up the next Cleat skills on road bike, then countless fell and getting up and re-do again till I am able to do so. The cycle keep on going as next is learning stage was MTB – MTB Cleats – more fine tuning of skills etc. etc. till now the mission is to bring out the message of “Share Our Roads” for more people to feel safer to engage in this sport. I believe there are much more challenges installed ahead for me as long as I keep on pedaling.

Cycling is unique in a sense that it took me to many places. I am a social / leisure cyclists (sports girl) which I do not chase the podium placing so much. I always value highly on my journey, the people I met, the places I am at and have been to, the food and drinks, the scenic views, the nonstop of so much greeneries. This is the Malaysia – Truly Asia which I saw from my eyes after I started cycling here. 

Training session during Langkawi Ironman Race 2010

Cycling open up my mind, my eyes of seeing the world. When I am on my Roadie or Mountie, the world seems so different. I am more in tune with my surroundings. I felt I am part of the earth which I live in. This is a sport which you can use as a mode of transport as it has zero carbon emission and my vision for our future to be able to still stay on planet earth instead of moving to Mars, we have to all go back to use cycling as our mode of transport and limit the use of automobiles and planes. Mother Earth needs us to save and we need more bicycle lanes, laws and regulations to ensure cycling is a sport which is safe enough for more people to engage in.

I treasure cycling and my cycling skills a lot, I never took it for granted as I do not have the privilege to own a bicycle and learn the skills when I was at a younger age. I learn the skills and own the bicycles while being in Malaysia, I never looked back even till our close cycling buddies died in front of us in the news. These news only strengthen up my mission to bring the “Share Our Roads” message out to as many people as possible and to create the impact so big that Government and authorities to take actions to ensure a safer place for all of us to engage in the sport.

When I first started cycling during my first Ipoh Century Ride 2008

I admire Malaysia Government trying to create many cycling events to promote the sport and even Tourism Malaysia is trying to promote Malaysia Cycling Tourism. But if during cycling races, cars can simply barge into the racing area to hit national cyclists, our cyclists got hit and harassed on the road, no awareness and proper planned education programs initiated by Government to ensure safety of cyclists, then how to promote cycling and cycling tourism further?

“Share Our Road” message is a MUST for everyone to spread out as much as possible as these are the immediate actions which we all must do.  Keep Support / Snap & Post your pictures onto facebook. I believe as “A picture speaks a thousand words; let our voices all be heard.” Remember only having a safer environment then only cycling as a sport, cycling tourism and cycling industry will flourish. I have pledged to support “Share Our Roads”, have you? Now is your turn to answer the question posted - What so SPECIAL about CYCLING to you?

I Pledge to support "Share Our Roads"