I never thought of going and ride in Penang because my friend told me it's another level up from the route in SP.I actually wanna go to Penang with Odin to buy the back protector at Dato Kramat, but end up go cycling with him and the lalariders....
This is the toughest route i've ever took before.. uphill all the way... 0-47 is crazy.. i stop after 500 meter... ride for only 500 meter and step down to push the bike.. my body sweat like bathing.. my face is covered by sweat... when i'm cycling, i can see the sweat dripping down all over my head to the ground.. While i stop at the roadside to make sure my leg is ok, k2 came up with Alex Tan. K2 ride my bike up to 47 while Alex, Angie and me walked up. We have a short rest at the hut at 47 while everyone is waiting for us and continue our journey up to 84!
I took back my bike and started to ride up.. 47-84 is better... Not as steep as 0-47. I only took a rest from 47-84. FYI, from 0-47, my speed is around 0-4kph while from 47-84, it's around 2-6kph only.. most of the time is 3-4kph..
The fresh air and nice view made me forgot about the suffering route i took up to 84.. We all sit on the bench, sharing our experience.. Odin is great. He can ride up with lalariders.. I'm amazed..
After a short rest, we all started to prepare ourselves to go down. All of the riders took the offroad downhill path while me and the hikers(k2 and Alex) took the road we went up. My leg had enough rest and i "slide" down from 84... while i'm "sliding" down, i took a few stops and turn back up, trying to cycling up a little bit and the turn back down while i feel a little bit pain at the back.. from 84-47 is nice to slide but from 47-0, the odometer can go up from 14kph to 30kph in 2 seconds!!! I press my brake all the way down and for the first time, i feel that V-brake sucks...
It's noisy, it heat up the rims and the worst is, it lost the braking power when it heats up... Luckily i don't really like downhill ride, else i will need to upgrade to disc brake already.. :P
When i reach the bottom of the botanical garden, I ride into the carpark and i got a weird feeling.. The cadence and method of riding is weird.. Normal Onroad cycling and uphill cycling method is totally different.. I can't really tell you how it is.. But it is different.. totally different.. I have to ride many many rounds in the carpark to get back my onroad cycling style...
This is a very good try and i actually like it. Normal onroad riding has no nice scene, no leng lui, no fresh air, but we can cycling in longer distance and build up our stamina.
Uphill has nice scene, leng lui, the excitement while doing downhill, but at my very own point of view, it's more dangerous... tougher and rougher compare to onroad..
ok now, here is the stat:
Time: 1:25:45
Distance: 12.19km
Average: 8.5kph
Max 42.1kph
Odo: 400.5km
Here is some photos that i took. Will get more photos in after i get it from the lalariders..
Pictures from lalariders
It had been a long time i did not eat bak kut teh. I will reward myself a meal of bak kut teh when my odometer reach 500km.. hehe...
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