06122009 - Recce ride with Cyclemotion and Rideables SG

19 riders. 20kms. 4hours. Major crash.

Well, this time its a recce ride in our homeground. Established contact with Neo and arrange for a meet on Sunday morning. RV at Petronas Ulu Tiram as the trail head is just a couple of metres away.

Neo kept mentioning the 'Roller Coaster' as he had ridden this section on his motobike years back. It seems that Ayub also remembers some of the Roller Coaster route as he used to ride on his moto (together with Neo, I think).

Ride started off at 0900. I notice that some of the section here does have its own potential for a freeride flair. We weave through two prominent landmark, the Roller Coaster and the Pylon. So there is a mix of palm oil plantations and some smallholding rubber plantations.

Roller coaster ride is a killer. Super fast descend and super slow ascent (pancit, hehe), but somehow rideable.(Nice knowing you, Rideables SG) Badak even got a small burnt on his finger when he accidentally touches his rotor during a breather. That's how hot the rotor could get.

There are crashes that day. It was Sham Commencal negotiating a fast descent and got caught by a small tree and another brudder broke his MonkeyLite handlebar on our way back. Super fast crash.

Some of the section were very familiar to me and some were not. Its the wonder of the GPS thang that had brought us to this 'never-been-ridden-route' today. I had twice a puncture until I am out of spare tubes but thanks to Fazlun, he gave me another patched tube for me to continue the ride. Lega.

It was a wonderful experience for us the homegrown riders to be riding with otai's of CM and the Rideables. I had no idea how these otai's will perceive our homegrown trail. You know, it could be fun or worst, very lame. But one thing for sure, we, the homegrown riders were very happy that day. Thanks guys!