Merdeka MTB + Run

Was an amazing outing with the buddies.   Newbie of the day - Mr Monggo. His 1st ever virgin ride. Good job he did it and finished in 1 piece.

Ride of the day, waser - bus stop - tower - 4 bros - Puncak - Mambau Road section - waser.  Some skipped the tower part. Overall,  all done it at a much improved speed, short waiting time.  The formation of drafting skills is improved. Well done guys!

Right after the ride, was thinking to save petrol by running home. Was fainted as some said is 10km+ away to run home!!

Just some of the facts to share
- Wazer to Aeon - 3km
- Aeon to Pal Mall - 2km

   The heat at 1030am is quite bearable,  but adequate liquid intake is crucial. Saltstick really do the work. No sign of muscle cramps and dehydration.  Strongly recommended to be used in the heat and long duration workout/activities. Doing it at 5:15 - 5:30 pace.  Supposed to be at 6:00 pace. Seems it is out of targeted pace.  Pacing is important!

24th Aug 2014 Negeri Sembilan Nature MTB Race, Kuala Klawang

1st "Race" event after weeks of MTB with the buddies.  It is the MTB Jamboree cum Race @ Kuala Klawang NS Nature MTB Race.

Pre-Race photo session at the car park in front of KFC, Kuala Klawang.

Pre-Race photo session at the car park in front of KFC, Kuala Klawang

Selfie with bombed by buddies at the car park in front of KFC, Kuala Klawang 

Busy photo session at the starting line @ Kuala Klawang, Negeri Sembilan

Selfie, which Ben Siah, Yow Peng, Carraro Wong, Von in the scene.

Look Nervous? No, these guys are READY!  Check out the one that smiling....  Team boss of Team Funkier!

Mr Yow Peng, always ready for the races!

Pre-load with anti-oxidance food is good for race-day fuel.

Head light? Just in case of darkness in the jungle.

Piling up of MTBs.  Ben Siah & Yow Peng looking at "something"

Last group photo.... 

Last call....  getting ready...  Race is starting in 5mins..   Smiles

Last call.... getting ready... Race is starting in 4mins..

Last call.... getting ready... Race is starting in 3mins..

Last call....  gear up gear up!... Race is starting in 2mins..

Team boss is all set for the race.

Team coordinator Mr Victor....  Ready!  GO GO GO!

The Race Begins...   it was a loop around the town before entering the trail head.   Some smart fellas triggered a bee hive where many of the riders got stung by the honey bees, including myself.

Some technical section where many got fall down.  But not serious. 

***   2 hours later ****

Finishers of the race... Happy faces.

Getting refreshed while waiting for others to come back home.

Medals of finishers.  Line up properly.

Chicken's back side.  Not sure the taste. 

Taste of medal.. - Mr 67

Taste of medal.. - Mr Ben Siah

Taste of medal.. - Mr Yow Peng

Biggest prize winner...  Giant carbon MTB worth RM8,000+ won by our team boy...  Lucky fella!

Celebration with the lucky draw grand prize winner!

The winner is too kind for a chicky lunch!  Time to re-fuel the cals.

 Race venue is always good place to  meet long time friend

Team Funkier's Team Boss.  Looking over of his boys at the race venue.  Mr Paul the Hong Zhai

I would like to express the "LIKE" to all the buddies that joined this wonderful event!  The time spent together is precious! 

..END.. 

17 Aug 2014 6th Edition Campaign For A Lane (CFAL), Penang

86km Round Island,  4200 cyclists

10 Aug 2014 MTB de Seremban (Puncak + 4 bros)

POW-WOW (Ride details)

10 Aug 2014,
7am to 10.40am

21 rider - 4 bros + Puncak (32km as recorded by GPS device)


GPS Ride Data

Overall

Improvement on the ride pace. Stopping time is shortened much.  Traveling longer distance with same amount of time as per last ride.

Team doctor giving immediate treatment to team-mate.

There are few rider muscle cramp.. either is too long no ride or pushing to max limit.
E.g. : Mr Yow Peng the hydration man (with twin-bottles this time)..👍 u push your self max.  Mr Woon also experiencing mild cramp.

Advise : Cut alcohol intake.  drink plenty of water.  Load sar-hor-fun or Roti canai pre-ride!

Few crashes during the ride.  But non are serious, so it will be a lessons to learned.  You will have much better bicycle handling skills to share with other virgin riders!

Take note. When on road, try all ride in same side (single-file). Is danger if we taking both way as big lorry will find difficult to avoid us.  The lead-pack should control the pace so the others from the back can draft and we ride in a proper formation (Team works!) 

Special thanks to:
Mamba Snake - sweeper cum SAR.  He is taking over the role of Victor & Tong...(both of them cuti....😜)
Simon - Video man

Ben of CSC team - Speed trap cameraman

All riders - Make another epic ride

Oh..today no flat tyre👍

 

Pre-start hello.  All look fresh.

 

 

A must-have group photo session.

 

Climbing up the hill, happily (video by Mr Simon Wong)

 

  

Speed trap camera point by Ben of CSC Team.  Mr Simon Wong  taking the lead ahead of the chase riders

 

In the photo, Mr 67er & Yam enjoying the downhill.

 

 

Mr Happiness Man - Paul THM ("The Haha Man") speeding down the trail

 

Mr Yam posiing with peace! 

 

Mr 67er recovering when cruising down hill 

Force speeding downhill with hair-pin turn, Chap-Kor-Na. (video by Mr Simon Wong) 

 

Mr Peter - The Apes is speeding up hill.

 

Ouch... Mr Simon Wong.  Nice photo by Mr Ben of CSC team.  Very greenish look.

 

Regroup prior the tackle of "The Puncak"

 

HEADING HOME.  Road section with speeding camera. (video by Mr Simon Wong) 

 

 

The peak of "The Puncak".  A windy, chilling & cool place where every rider MUST COME.  You will have an bird's eye view of the Seremban.  A very well worth of pain which you have struggle when climbing the slopes.  Well worth!

Thank you for reading!  Join us if you are interested!