They were initially having fun rides around BM hills during most weekends and the idea of forming a club was brought up by Mr. Walter Chooi who is now one of our Permanent Chairman and supported by other riders. Its first meeting was held at Take2 Cafe in Raja Uda and the name of LP MTB Club...love pedaling mountain bike was born, with 6 members. The club was officially registered on 3 Septembe
r 2008. Our weekly Sunday rides around the hills in Penang States is the club’s first and main activity till to-date. It has become our signature activity and from these Sunday rides, keen mountain bikers and sports enthusiast came to know our club. However, they got to join our Sunday rides first to become a member and it is subject to our club committees’ approval based on the applicant’s attendance in our weekly Sunday rides. Our club is known for its strict qualifying criteria but its aim is to have members who are committed, active and passionate to the club and its activities besides their personal passion on spending time on two wheels. For this reason, to-date we have 86 committed members and target to have a total of 101 members only and would stop recruiting. We aimed at creating for our members a closely knit family for them to have lots of fun, leisure and make good friends on their rides. We also encouraged our members to develop sense of humour as some people says is good for the soul. For effective support and services, we have divided our members into 4 groups, led by its captain. We aim at providing quality and excellent services to our members. LP MTB Club has been formed for 6 years and since then it has gained recognition and reputation in mountain biking through its activities and events. Not only with cycling enthusiasts but our local council, MPSP as well. Our organizing committees and its members always go all out to carry out its activities/events and each time it gets better and bigger because they are all fired up with passion and dare to be different. As such our Club does not need to employ staff to manage/run the Club. Also our activities are outdoors, we do not need our own venue yet but our Permanent Chairman, Mr. Walter Chooi has sponsored his own shop building for all our meetings and preparation works. We use our funds to organize activities/mega events for our members. LP MTB Club is a non profit club and its activities/events are not commercialized, they are organized to such super scale all for the love and passion for this sport. As such our local council,MPSP invites us as their main supporter for its council events. Cycling is becoming popular as it is healthy outdoor exercise for the whole family and our local government is trying to promote this activity. MPSP has build a Cycling Park in Taman Bandar Ampang Jajar, Ptg Pauh, Seberang Perai and we organized its grand opening rides for 50 children on 20 January 2013. They are planning to build bicycle lanes in the island and Seberang Perai. LP MTB Club has been appointed by our local council, MPSP as a Consultant for their bicycle lanes in Seberang Jaya.
