Getting the gu...

Despite my lack of sleep the night before due to clogging son's nose, the spirit to breath the smell of tarmac drove me to end my 3 hours sleep. Saiful drove in to my place a quarter to 7 and we rushed away hoping to rendevous with Jami & co. along the way to Batu 14. Traffic along the way was heavy at this hour, maybe sebab ada jamuan hari raya at the local school. The unconsiderate ones were the lorry drivers...dang. This stretch is getting busier by the day & more dangerous to the locals when these construction lorries zooming in and out chasing trips transporting earth for a few more housing development. Not a good sign.

We reached Batu 14 and found the rest of the parties. Jami & co and the triats. Alwin planned to tag along with the triats to Kuala Klawang craving for his long ride since raya. The ride took the normal route towards Batu 18, on to Sungai Lui route to the junction and up to Genting Peres. My last ride up here was a few months back. Climate remained unchanged, nice. A few resurfaced premix along the climb. Never felt better to sweat oneselves dragging the grannies and later rewarded with a cool 48km/hr descent back down to the junction. We carted away from the Kuala Klawang attemptees.

As I worked my back through Sg Lui, having Saiful drafting, we managed to consistantly paced ourselves an average of 30km/hr which was something of an achievement for me. Something that was impossible when I first start riding a roadie. The cool and awesome cruise were struck by a strong smell of warm & spicy laksa buyong as we passed the stall. Pergh! The drivetrains were disturbed when the mind sent signal to the tummy to sprint all the way to Batu 18 for roti canai...hahaha.

We sloppily gulped away our breakfast and cruised back through the mid-morning traffic towards home. It was an awesome ride.

Facts:
Route: BTHO - Bt14 - BT18 - Sg. Lui - Genting Peres - BTHO
Jauh : 80km
Masa : 3hrs26min