KDCF Ride Report 19th APRIL 2015

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19th APRIL 2015 Kota Damansara Ride Report:-

PeteW having a go at his bike...

   One of the weirdest ride ever, conducted by PCC. You really has got to be there to actually comprehend how psychedelic the ride was. Words fail me.
   As planned, all the riders came at 8am for the ride. WC came at 7:30am. Excited would be the best word used to describe this little fella. Total in, counted 26 riders. A few from Puchong came as invited guests of Sheman. A few decided to park their car 5km away at the school and rode over to join us at the trail head. The usual ride briefing took place. Someone spoke, nobody paid any attention. Most everyone nodded something in agreement. Pebbles wagged her tail and took a pee. Rob stiffened up at the sight of that. Englishman. They are somewhat attracted to all things warm and yellow.

Big Hero 6 smiles.

   Yaa daa yaa daa yaa daa...
   'Big Hero 6' Adam somehow got nominated as the days ride leader. Rob frowned.
   Off we went. This time around. It's UNITY in towards the Hut and then HARMONY up towards SAHABAT. Arrived at the Hut and Yellow Manta came up puffing, declaring "We are one rider less now. Sheman's guest decided 1km of this was enough for him. He turned back towards his car. "
   Sheman was lost for words.

Yep. That is Manta walking his bike.

   We are now 25 riders. But i counted only 10 riders at the hut. Seems the other 15 decided to push ahead towards SAHABAT. So up we went. And into the huge tree lying across the trail we bumped. The storm last night was much stronger than anyone suspected. Ok. Under the tree we crawled. Push on. Another tree came into view. Up and over. No problem. All 10 arrived at the clearing. Caught 5 minutes of rest and off towards the Temuan and SAHABAT intersection we went.
Another tree in the way. Crawled under. Cycled 15 feet and another tree appeared on the ground. Up and over. This ride is beginning to feel like a boot camp.

   Came to the intersection and there stood the Englishman, grinning at us. Pointed us into SAHABAT and off we went. Rode downhill for 20 feet and came to a standstill. Another tree has been uprooted. Crawled under. In total, we bashed through another 4 more fallen trees before we arrived at the Temuan intersection again.
   It was at this juncture where the old goats performed a mutiny on Big Hero. No more crawling. Enough of this. Someone shouted "Let's abandon the ride and go for Curry Fish Head instead." Big Hero took 3 steps back. Wise man this fella.

Pebbles helping out.

   So instead of clockwise Scouts. We did the reverse out to prevent the old goats from going bonkers. Took another 4 tree crawling sessions before we actually made it out to the community hut. Ran into Birdie, Pebbles and Kenny going into Scouts. Confusion lingered, for almost 3 seconds. They decided to ignore us. So we returned the favor and continued towards the hut.

Vincent Hew helping out.

   An hour at the hut and the guys came out crawling from all directions. Some came from Scouts reverse. A few came from Scouts lakeside. Chee Hong was just happy riding in circles, smilling to himself.  Jacky decided it was faster to let the air out of his tyre and walk his bike out instead. Birdie, Pebbles and Kenny decided to be friends with us again and came from lakeside. Choi! and Mei appeared out of nowhere. All muddy, sweaty and breathless. Rob was 2 microseconds from asking the question. I had to grab him and sit him down. Poor fella, all these years in Asia and he still has much to learn. I counted 21 riders.

   4 more riders decided to head off elsewhere and switch off their mobile to avoid detection.


   More yapping and it was finally decided. No matter what Big Hero said. The guys are using the tarmac back towards Section 9 toilet instead of going back into the trail as earlier planned. Only the Englishman wanted to head back into the trail for more communist training and crawling. We gracefully waved him on.
   He heard someone pass a fart and a laugh. Changed his mind. Turned his bike around.

   So it was 5km of tarmac crunching back to the cars with our tails between our legs.
   In total, we did 6km of off road crawling. Spent 4 hours talking and comparing jersey color combinations. And we lost 4 riders, that somehow ended up on the NKVE. On the other side of the bloody hill!!...Go figure that out. These 4 were aiming to ride to Thailand we suspect.

Mei giving Choi the finger. 

   Then spent another 2 hours having teh tarik at Subaidah. Arguing about the freshness of the Tenggiri Curry Fish Head. Refusing to sit inside the restaurant. Choosing to sit under the sun, so that we are able to justify to the Home Minister about us getting burnt during the ride. Bunch of clowns we have become...

Unbelievable'







Updated 23rd APRIL 2015:-

   Apologies but it has come to our attention that there was a discrepancy in one of the attached picture. We received a complain that the picture was wrongly addressed and has caused much distress to the correct person in the photo mentioned. Please accept our sincere apologies and find the correct and proper photo attached below.

"Yep. That is Manta walking his bike."

 

Tasik Biru Ride Report 5th APRIL 2015

5th APRIL 2015 Tasik Biru Ride Scribe:-

   It was a Hot Hot Hot ride. And we ended up in Holland. Thanks Tailook for the torture fest.

Ride Report courtesy of KRANKSTER'.

Tree hunt in progress.

River crossing.

Yep. That really is the elusive WILLIAM MOK on a mtb.

Holland found...!!!

KDCF Ride Report 4th APRIL 2015

4th APRIL 2015 KDCF Quick Spin Report:-

   Kota Damansara is one of the best trail to hammer out on a Saturday. Almost zero rider traffic in the trail except for the occasional monkey making faces at you. Otherwise, it's perfect to have a quickie. Right smack central of everything. Exit from the highway, and you are at the trail head within minutes. Car parking aplenty. Shaded trees. A huge shed to set up your bike or nasi lemak stall.

   Kiara in comparison, it's a mess nowadays. The amount of rider traffic is so obscene even the monkeys have decided to move away. We used to see more monkeys in Kiara those days. Now. It's almost impossible to spot even one. What you get in Kiara nowadays? It's like being in East Coast Park Singapore. Lotsa 20 thousand dollar bikes being paraded. The owners looks so fresh at the cross road junction it makes you wonder if they had chartered a taxi to send them all the way there. Not a single drop of sweat is seen on them or a speck of dirt on those bling bling bikes. Makes you wonder... How do they keep their bikes so spanking clean?
   Can't say the same for those old goats i rode with last Saturday. We had one Billy goat, 4 old goats and one loudmouth. Total in 6 rider. 5 decent looking bikes and one bike that looked like it was just pulled out from the lake in KDCF. Not so bad in terms of recruitment for a Saturday ride. If you could ignore the fact that 3 riders decided to drive and park elsewhere before being hailed upon and begged to come join the other 3 goats at the correct start point. Dementia is an amazing thing to discover when you age. It creeps up on you. Makes you forget who your real friends are. Or that it was Saturday, and you were supposed to be at work.

   Off we went after much arguing on which is the best loop possible. The thought of having to back track searching for old confused goats is very disturbing. It keeps your senses sharp and alert. Backtracking in KDCF is only for the foolhardy. All 6 of us are just plain lazy. Fools we are not. Plan ahead they say. If we lose you on a Saturday. Good luck my friend. It was nice knowing you...
   So. We shook on it, and off we went.
   Krankster led all the way up towards Sahabat. He only fell off his bike 3 times at this juncture. Then it's off towards the back end of Sahabat. Up towards Temuan we went. At the Temuan junction, an apple break was called. Yellow Manta needed his apple. His heart felt funny. It was either giving the man an apple or giving him a kick in the chest. We chose the apple option. 5 watched while 1 chewed...
   Apple all chewed. Up towards the 2nd half loop of Sahabat we went again. This time, it was a left towards Unity and hopefully connect towards Harmoni. From here onwards, Krankster decided to switch on his Zombie mode. When you are in Zombie mode, you are absolved of all things earthly. Any falls off the bike now will not be accounted for. So the 2 falls from here onwards to Unity has to be struck off.

   At the wakaf connecting Unity and Harmoni. We took another apple break. Makes you wonder eh? How many apple does the man bring along ? Apple was half eaten before Zombie came out from the bush grinning.

Gerard brimming with enthusiasm.

   Spent the next 15 minutes staring at the trees, and arguing about which cardiologist is the best. Lotsa point was put forward. Cost was argued upon. Distance taken into account. Downtime considered. Made a call to the insurance agent and Nirvana Agent. Almost a fist fight. We finally agreed. Please pay attention.

Guinness Fish Head 

   If ever a dog or a poodle overtakes you while riding in the trail. Best go for a stress test and get a firm answer from your cardiologist on why and how that is possible. Otherwise... You will morph into a Zombie within the month. We have proof.

Unbelievable.