DJL - The thirst of adventure: 21 June 2015 BFF "Food Eating" Ride

BFF Sunday Ride 👆Way Ticket. Dumpling / Father's Day Edition

Date : 21-June-2015, Sunday

Venue : Mambau

Distance : 90km

Timeline:

0530 - Rolling

0645 - ETA T.Kemang

0700 - ETA Dbl Decker & refill

0730 - ETA KM60 Dragon Fruits

0900 - ETA 1st rider at Mambau

Route desc :

-KM35 Teluk Kemang recovery pace for 2km

-KM47 Pasir Panjang Refill

Pace controlled till KM70. "RIDE AS A TEAM"

**Last 20km, free speed zone.

**Plan B**

Not available. It is an 1-way-ticket route.

Riders (choose your own menu)

1. AT - 东炎公

2. 67 - 德国热狗

3. MG - 泰芒糯米 (Najib* again)

4. AB - ???

5. LG - 龙记蛇羹

6. RH - ???

7. AY - ???

8. YP弹牙鱼饼

9. YY 鱿鱼翁菜

10. 🐠 七星班鱼生

11. FG 发记点心

12. KB 北京鸭

13. AK 强记云吞面

* due to recent no-show which happening in a very high profile politician. For all MIA rider will carries this title.

Preps

- Lights (at least rear-blinker)

- bring own foods/snacks

- cash notes

- an enjoyable & open heart

BFF Sunday Ride official breakfast venues

A-✈️

Offering delicious sar hor fun + BBQ pork sliced in a fixed 2mm thickness. Variety of Baos ate available.

Toilet rating : 2⭐️

B-McDonald S2.

Breakfast menu set A B C D from RM8.99. GST included.

Toilet rating : 5⭐️

C-Wazer mamak

Local Indian cruisane. Limited choices due to wee hours operation.

Toilet rating : 2⭐️

Riders choice

A : AT, CY, KT

B: YP (away toilet 1st), LG, AB (happy meal), AY, AK, RH...

C: nil

This is the historic ride for BFF team. It recorded the most turned up riders on a Sunday's long ride. It is a very good sign that the team is looking for higher performance ride. And the thirst of achieving greater health.

We have supprised riders that turn up last minute. Llike the long lost AK, CY & our senior Scouter Mr YY. Also the guest from China, KB

For the 1st time, there were 3 selected venues suggested as pre-ride breakfast. This is very important tips for the riders as the breakfast place is limited during such wee hours.

Ride kicked off sharp at 0530. All started with a paced speed. Thanks to Mr 67 for coordinating it.

The train started to picks up speed up upon reaching Lukut. The roadie & the only tribike look eagerly to speed off. Luckily they are kind enough to let the others on MTB to draft.

**The "Food code". There were food name besides the race code. If 1 rider prefers to test his/her performance, he/she can do so by mentioning the food. For e.g, LG wanna take 67 as challenge, he will say, I WANNA JIAO-HOT-DOG! & so on. He/she can opt for more than 1 meal.

Towards the PD town (km20+) few of the riders decided to make an u-turn. They are CY, KT, AK & FG. 4 of them form a new small train by heading home in a team. Though does not achieve the planned 90 route. Still achieved a good 40km+ ride for a rider which have not been riding for weeks (if not months).

On the other side, AB & YP also decided to make a u-turn. Reason is AB's rear sprockets were loosen. A technical problem. Lesson to learn, always pre-check your machine for optimal performance ride. However, I'm still figuring the reason why YP is u-turn.

**Operation Burung Mayat. Picked up a dead bird on the road. To avoid being roll over by vehicles, I put it on the road side. RIP

As usual, we had our R&R (rest & refill) at KM47, Pasir Panjang town. An usual photograph session is a must especially for the newbie YY & KB. As of this point, we have a 7 strong riders.

We continue rolling after the short 8mins stop. The real game is about to start at this point. The most worrying rider is AY. Legs started to jelly. However, he look determined. All of us stick together as team.

Probably a hot day, we drained out fluid quite fast. We decided to have a short break & refill near Rantau town, before heading the rolling hills section.

We saw the 1st attack when I was tail-gated by KB on a Quintana Roo CD0.1 at a hill climb. We then sped downhill and separated the group as lead group. We managed to work as a small team by taking turn to pull. We were able to stay few minutes ahead from the chasing group.

Exhaustion & drained of energy. I had this experience when I was trying to draft on KB's rear wheel. it was like 100+ rpm + high HR. Almost reaching a boiling level. Luckily there were no more attacks from KB, else I could have jiao-ed by KB.

Overall, the ride was a quick one as all arrived home by 0930. Very satisfied ride on this special Father's Day edition.