As scheduled the Saturday roadride was supposed to be an added milage since we started cycling around Langat last week. All the preps and mindset were in place, ready to KILL KILL KILL!
6 cyclists turned up at Batu 14 parking, 4 of them Ironman. Bachin, Dicky, Azwar & Suffian. This is going to be an interesting ride...as I whispered softly to Saiful hiding behind the car...kui kui kui.
So far so good. The pace was consistently maintained at 27-30kph till the Peres junction. Beautiful indeed. The 9km staircase was persistent despite a minor glitch for Azwar's bike when his front tyre POP due to aging factor. He decided to meet us at Tekala instead.
The ride to Tekala was a different perspective this time around when Saiful and me were wondering and cursing our ourselves away due to the "additional" climbs. Aik?! Ada lagi bukit ke? Ingat dah sampai...hmmm. Those were the words & a minimal laughter did not even appear on our bored faces.
We reached Tekala and joined the rest for breakfast. The session was noisy with jokes followed by laughters. About 10.30am we hit the road back through the staircase to Savana. We decided to end today's ride with the short abrupt 3km wall up Bukit Hantu. That was where I learned the sky is the limit...more like my limit for today. None of my previous attempts up this hill were glitched with curses but today, it was worse. I had to stop 4 times!!! That bad maaa...aiyo! My kaki was melting not just due to the killing sun behind my back, but also maybe from the distance covered earlier this morning...plus the terrain.
Saiful couldn't agree more. He suffered the same degree of pain. It was a good move to schedule our prep rides like this or else there won't be another yardstick to gauge our capability after our long haul.
dude..the ride was superb!! cuma tang naik bukit antu tu mcm haram!! wa tak sangka kaki wa boleh jadi lembik siot...wa dah macam menurun ilmu sakai bukit siot masa panjat bukit antu tu...wa rasa elok sangat la ditukarkan nama bukit antu kepada bukit antu lembik ke...haaa..haaa..nevetherless it was a good ride, good pace and good to tag along ngan ironman dudes ni...so wa tau la tahap kelembikan sebab diorang ni tak penah lembik kot wa rasa keras memanjang jee!!! haa..haaa
ReplyDeletehello uncle robie, itu hari uncle robie sudah boleh jadi uncle rebeh juga la macha...muahahaha...
ReplyDeleteanyway, it was a good yardstick la bro. kalau tidak kita tak tau tahap ke-pongeh-han kita satelah 3 minggu tanpa kayuh lassat...
thx for dropping by uncle... :P