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26th April 2007
Today, a Thursday, a public holiday to observe the installation of Malaysia's new Agong, Sultan Mizan.
As always, most of our days at the office - albeit being in different organizations - are filled with MTBoKL emails. Topics discussed ranges from bikes, accesories, apparel and everything that has anything to do with MTB. But non-MTB related talks are also present in those emails. And as always, the last few days our emails focussed on when the next ride will. The coming weekend (on 28th Apr 07), some of the team members will be heading to Senawang on Udin's invitation to recce a new trail there. Thus, the email discussions in the last few days has been on where to go next after the Senawang weekend. And as (almost) always, no decision was made.
However, as I was leaving office yesterday, I received a sms from CheMat accepting my suggestion to do a FRIM Dream Trail ride. And CheLan had earlier agreed to join. Hmmmm... only thee riders...
So, today, 26th April, a Thursday, a public holiday, I woke up early only to see that it was raining outside. I sms'd both CheMat and CheLan to see if there's any change of plan - and received a reply from CheLan that he has already arrived FRIM. So, I quickly made my way there. CheLan was alone waiting... As I got down from my car, CheLan informed me that Wak will be joining us as well.. At that time, a black Honda City pulled up to park besides my car... Apparently Abg Rashid (whom joined during Broga ride previously) will also be with us today.
And as we we (CheLan, Abg Rashid & me) were talking, a solo ride came over to greet us.... haaaa... it was Udang from our RRI ride the week before. Apparently he came to do a solo run, and saw us...hmmm welcome..... welcome..... However, that was not the end of the pleasant srprise of the day. Just as CheMat pulled up in his car, we saw three familar riders pedalling along the road... CheLan quickly pointed out that they were Kuchai, Mizand & Amir who me met on our 3rd Ride. We called them over, and with all these unexpected participants, there were altogether nine riders today!
Honda City's ~ mine, Abg Rashid & Wak
The route? well, we decided to have a go at the new Dream Track of RRI.... it was sweet.... technical single track but not as scary as the one we rode in Kiara.
Everyone was having a blast, despite having to push our bikes at some stretch. Two notable happenings as we reached the end of this track - Amir's chain broke while almost everyone were attacked by leeches! Two actually became overly fed on Abg Rashid's feet - one on each side!
It was all smiles of satisfation when we reached the end of that dream trail....
The second leg saw us climb that familiar stretch all the through the pump house (our normal 1st pitstop), but we didn't go all the way to Bukit Steroid. Halfway, we were introduced to aother single track through the lush FRIM jungle. This brought smiles to everyone's faces. A true all mountain trail !!!! To bad I forgot to bring my digicam and CheLan's digicam only had a 16MB memory card! (although he insisted it was 512MB... @#*#@) As a backup, I used my handphone to snap these four pics... not bad ehhh???
Well, what can I say..... the ride was fun and reached a level of satisfaction that has never been tasted before! For Chemat's Ride Report, scroll down.....
Here's some more pictures from that ride....
CheLan's setting up his speedometer...
Abg Rashid pondering on...???? who knows...
the steep "carry bike" descend of what has been dubbed by us "Tongkat Ali Trail"
: home :
originally written on my birthday, 26th April....
Aku paham kalau korang ada suara2 sumbang heheheh... ada yg harap ride tak jadi lah... hujan lah... itu semua cuma disebabkan kejelesan yang tak terhingga hahahaha... tp tough luck la... ride semalam jadi! Dan apa boleh kata, aku pun sampai tak tau nak kata apa2... its a blast!Aku keluar pagi hujan, ada hal lain. Henpon plak tertinggal kat rumah, balik2 ada sms abg sabri tanya jadi ke tak pasal hujan... hmmm aku pun terfikir jadi ke tak ni? Aku tak reply lagi sebab ada 2nd sms... 8:15 am "sy on d way". No choice, kena pegi. Lagi pun biasanya kalau abg sabri bawak family mesti ada nasik punya. Cheras masih hujan. Call faizi nak join ke? Tak nak, tengah packing... ok, faham, tak pe. Call abg sabri, masih on the way kat d'sara... "che lan dah sampai" katanya. Wak call, kata on the way. Tapi suara dia serak so aku tau dia baru bangun. Tapi dia dekat, aku pun chargasss.
Sampai2, setup2.. tup2 mak aiii ramai nya... ada Udang, ngan 3 orang geng army ke air force ntah yg korang ride sekali dulu. Aku first time jumpa. Ada Mizan, Kuchai ngan sorang lagi tu Amir kalau tak silap aku.
So roll call:
Abg Rashid
Abg Sabri
Amir
Che Lan
Che Mat
Kuchai
Mizan
Udang
Wak Sabri
9 orang... hmmm not bad... not bad at all...
Ride bermula dari Tennis Court ke Jalan Bukit Bujang... naik bukit tu aku tengok ramai yg berdiri ala2 Lars Ulrich eh bukan... Lance Armstrong... perghh boleh tahan budak2 ni... aku pun try sekali... pergghhh terbakar peha siottt. Belok kiri, masuk dream trail. Lecak. Turun... naik... naik... switchback swithcback pacat, switchback turun, naik... licin...semua makin berpecah... turun... naik... sampai jambatan regroup balik...rantai amir putus... nasib baik anak angkat uncle bawak tool... sekejap je dia repair... sambil tu yang lain pesta cabut pacat... kali ni pacat brutal2 giler... wak kena kat belakang... aku pun ada kena kat belakang, dalam baju... dari mana pun aku tak tau... kaki masing2 jangan cakap la... sambung ride sat je dah sampai rover track... sampai kat gap longkang tu che lan stunt... tapi tak jadi... ok tak pe... masing2 lapak kejap ambik nafas... sambil buang pacat lagi... banyak giler...
Sambung ride ke kanan... masing2 balas dendam... laju giler... jalan basah... tetiba sampai sebelum downhill yang tar tu masing2 berenti... ada satu track usang kat situ, udang kata dia pernah masuk... best katanya... aku tak perasan sapa masuk dulu... tapi lepas tu sumer chargasss...
Tapi mak ai... giler teknikal! Kiara pun kalah. Drop 1' - 3' all the way... akar kayu melintang lalu membujur sapu... memang best giler... tak sia2 naik all-mountain... memang tested. Jauh gak strecth ni dlm 1 km kot... tetiba sampai satu jurang... tunggu2 abg sabri tak sampai2, rupanya henpon jatuh... nasib baik jumpa. Nak turun jurang ni dalam 3 tingkat bangunan, siap kena pegang tali. Perghhh memang adventure ride betul la... sesampai kat bawah jurang ni ada stream... air sejuk... kat sini pacat pun tak de sebab rasanya orang pun tak masuk tempat ni... ada banyak trail, sumer continue satu trail yg ikut sungai... sampai satu crossing sambung lagi... sampai satu kawasan ada sangkar apa ntah dalam hutan... macam cerita lost... rupanya jalan mati... abg sabri pun jerit "LOSKA?". Lepas tu semua turun masuk dalam sungai cari trail lain... kayuh dalam air... tak jumpa gak trail... tak per sumer orang patah balik ke kaki jurang tadi, udang kata ikut trail yang kanan... trail ni pun best jugak w/pun lecak... tapi pendek je dah keluar balik kat selepas padang bola... laa rupanya dah buat satu pusingan... kayuh2 200m dah sampai court tenis balik...
Masa ni ada banyak benda berlaku tapi secara ringkas:
Masing2 basuh beskal kat satu paip kat tepi court tennis, tetiba ada satu mamat otai yg tengah main tennis tu marah "woi... korang basuh beskal tu boleh jauh sikit tak! Air masuk dalam court la!". Aku fikir kalau hujan court tu tak basah ke? Wak hot! Ntah apa dia cakap kat mamat tu aku pun tak ingat... lebih kurang "Sori bang ye, Terima kasih bang ye, terima kasih!" Tapi dalam nada Lars Ulrich... aku dah risau silap2 hari mamat otai tu kena pukul dengan wak, atau wak kena balun ngan reket tenis... nasib baik mamat tu blah, kalau tak....
Lepas tu ada satu bro pakai Kona Stab Primo, 8" rear buat demo drop kat tangga tu... perggg tak cecah anak tangga langsung... lepas tu memasing belek beskal dia dan puji2 dia... mamat tu kembang je... bro pada bro ni otai sket... muka ala2 Hans Rey pakai lid DJ... naik apa ntah tak ingat... Kona Cowan ke apa ntah tak perasan... mesti otai DJ ni...
Lepas tu pek, makan kat kedai kat luar gate tu dan balik... Overall, memang best giler... tetiba je che lan cakap... "kalau macam ni aku FRIM tak cemuih lah..."
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