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.