22nd JULY Gombak Ride Report

Gombak / Sungai Pusu Ride Report by the Yellow Manta:-

Group Photo in session

   Despite the last minute arrangements, 16 turned up to take Adrian 'Tai Look' Chan's punishing ride. All thanks to the wonder of Whatsapp. So those of you dinosaurs out there, quickly sign up for Whatsapp.

Spot the monkey

   And a tough ride it was indeed. After one long hill that goes up and up, Tai Look says we have 6 more to come! And when the downhills came, they were mostly just 10% of the climbs we did. Not to mention the countless 'lepto' pools that we had to skirt around with the images of Chia Lat in our mind all hooked up with wires in ICU.
   The Gombak part of the ride were mostly a climb and push affair. Downhills if any were just short dips. But the fun came after we exited the once theme park to go. Mimaland which sadly now lay in ruins. The giant water is no more and the chalets looked more like breeding grounds for lepto. No wonder Chai Lat gave this ride a miss, like he had foresight of what to expect.

UGLY Malaysian

    Heading towards the Sungai Pusu side. The trails were truly great. Especially the muddy and slippery ones. Here it's the matter of putting on the right amount of pressure to the pedals to avoid skidding and losing traction. I loved this part of the ride best.

Feeding time 

   Saddest thing was seeing tonnes of discarded plastic bottles at what was the last checkpoint of a jamboree held there 2 weekends ago. Kind of very irresponsible for the riders to mar the landscape like that.
   What made the ride really great was the prefect weather we had. Overcast but no rain. Otherwise i don't see how we could have managed on those steep hills.
   Thanks to Tai Look for leading us on the ride.

Ride report courtesy of the Manta.