Todays story is about the Mountain Bike Challenge held last year. It started from Bandar Sunway. By the way i didn't participate , i just tagged along to take photos of the valley along the way. The shots were great...but not my stamina ...you really need to be fit!!! and i will show you why ...
I heard that alot of the participants were from outstation...some came with their bikes knocked down..alot of others strapped their bikes onto the car roof...
some used their 4wD and others the larger sedans....me ..i live at Ipoh East..so i cycled over to the starting point....
i came for the scenery but the participants clothing, helmets, shoes and even their bikes were colorful and nice...i was shooting away before the race began..also their backpacks ..they looked nice and body hugging...
.."and they're racing"..from Sunway till the area opposite the Teachers Training Center it was street road..from then on it was huff and puff..first uphill..i was like these guys..pushing...
for some others...cycling uphill was a breeze...
and if you think uphill is tough...downhill is scary..the road was of laterite and it was pebbly & sandy..if the down slope was steep my bike would slide with the brakes locked...whereby i would walk the bike downslope...and if you thought the F1 corners were tough take a look at the next shot..the corner is 60 degrees right!!!! on a sandy & hard laterite road .. fun huh!!
this is the "special stage".!!see the red striped rope tied to the trees .. well you are supposed to go straight down on your bike...me i did what everone else did..i took the stairs....
..being organised..these guys had a mobile service..not bad huh..and if you couldn't wait DIY....
back to the goal..i came to take scenery shots..and there were lots of it..this was at the rest area above the Ulu Kinta falls...nice place..besides the time was around 815am...and the air was fresh and envigorating...
the new dam across the Kinta River...wish i had the time to get a closer look...
tree clearing....
palm oil plantation...beautiful rolling hills
a stream...cold clear water ..it even tasted great...notice how clear the water is ...
...by the time it reaches lowland it would be muddy.
...nice scenery huh!!
..caution note...slow as well as danger...the view below this pass is that of an Orang asil settlement....looks near doen't it..downhill all the way...no way...
after this corner....
it was uphill...
then once at the top you have to go down again and up again..note the uphill road on the left!!!
before you arrive at 'main street'..orang asli settlement...before i moved on i cycled around this settlement...and managed to photograph a makan2 the orang asli were having that day... (i'll be posting about it next)
..from there it is a metal road to this watering hole which is a half way point...
..i didn't complete the circuit.. i hitched a ride back...but i tell ya..alot of the ladies that participated were really fit..they would have a drink and bananas and were soon on their bikes and on-on up the hill again...
this is great way to spend a Sunday morning.
cheers!
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