Kayuhan Warisan Taiping2

Group photo

Pre start photo. Better take a photo now as tomorrow will be packed with riders.

All smiles now while we still have the energy

The first obstacle.

The VIP gave a short speech and the horn was blown to sound the flag off. Flag off was at 7.30am which was good as it meant cycling in the cool weather.

The first part was cycling on road lead by a pace vehicle. It should be a warm up ride but it turn out to be a road race! The pace car went fast with everyone trying to catch up. I was doing about 30 - 35km and struggling every bit as I had not warmed up yet. Mike and Ah Yang were the front riders and they said at times they were cycling at 40km per hour. Way too fast!

After riding on tarmac for about 15km we finally hit off road which was actually dirt road.

Ok, I thought, the best is yet to come

We cycled past beautiful ponds, lakes, rubber and oil palm plantations, kampung road, dirt road again and more kampung road but where was the track that will lead into the jungle, into the mountains that we saw on the way?

An ingenious idea of video taping the ride.

Bottle neck on a single track

Unfortunately, that was all we got. A long distance ride with hardly any challenge of mountain biking.

Waiting for our numbers to be called but we were not so lucky after all.

My precious.

IBIS Mojo SL.

After riding a full suspension bike, it will be difficult to go back to hard tail.

My old faithful Specialized is still with me. She's great for cycling on road and I use it mainly for night cycling now.

Thumbs up for a nice long distance pleasant kampung road ride.

The distance: 66km

Ride time: 3 hours 48 minutes

Time to go back.

Will I go again? Maybe, and only after I see the reccee photos.

The travelling journey was too long not to have a satisfying ride.