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I almost forgot about the sunny Sunday ride on May 2nd. Anyway, better late than never.

Farizal proposed to do Putrajaya route on Sunday but due to poor response we had to settle for Sungai Long instead and that's why we love this route. Its a mystical bond, unexplainable, something that one cannot fathom except for the Addicts. This is our home field, our sacred arena. But then again, this is unequivocally the easiest route.

Salam Gang,

*UPDATED*

Below is the propose route for our coming Sunday Ride as requested by Suhaimi aka Mitador.

Propose date: 9/5/2010
Total distance: Approx 55km
Terrain: Lots of climbing especially around Sg Merab area.
Propose refuel stall: Presint Diplomatik/Kg Abu Bakar Baginda

Let's discuss this route at our chatter box.




For Saturday ride: Sg Long 1 1/2 Loop with 1/2 loop in reverse climbing of Big Mac
From left: Zaha, Farizal, Romzi, Faizol, Mitador(Suhaimi) Saipol, Ah Meng, Zam & Syamsul.
P/S: Too bad the camera timer was preset, otherwise I would have set it to 30 sec and see how many of us can hold our tummies breaths.  posers!

It's already 1st of May 2010. For all labours out there, happy labour's day!

Hard to tell how far the wheels would roll. So far we've added additional flavour on the weekend ride menu. A dash of variety wouldn't hurt would it? To much of Sungai Long route is not good for the fun factor either  but it all depends on individual  "domestic" schedules.

From left: Suhaimi, Zam (Besar), Syamsul, Ah meng, Razi, Faizol, Zack, Bro Man, Farizal, Wan, Zam (kechik) and Romzi
Location: Bukit Kajang Toll (SILK)

Prelude

There was no solid plan for Sunday.  There’s this seed idea on doing a ride to Mantin last week but generally most of us were a little hesitant due to few factors but the crazy hot weather was the mother of all reasons. The horrid time we had to go through during the ride to Pajam was still fresh on our minds.

I find this situation as very odd. At times during a ride, while under immense conditions (searing sun and headwinds), I felt like throwing my bike off a cliff or just ditch it on the road site. The LEKAS hell can bring the beast in you yet after the ride you yearn for more...One thing for sure, if you’re riding at 12 noon on LEKAS, you’d be running on adrenalin.

From left: Ah Meng, Sham, Zam (Besar), Farizal, Bro Man, Zaha and Faizol
Note: I seriously have any idea why this picture has a huge watermark on it...

The Prelude
Zaha texted me on Saturday that the gang wanted to do the Putrajaya route. An interesting choice indeed. Bro Man would have had something to do with this decision. All of us knew how much he loved this route.

From Left: Farizal, Sham, Syamsul, Bro Man (Penasihat) Zack, Suhaimi and Zaha


It’s gloomy Saturday morning. Received a text message from Zaha on Friday evening that said “Sungai Long saja”.  It's hard to tell how many will be riding on Saturday as some of our friends are working and some have fixed domestic problem. So this week we’re going Dutch again.


Finally Saipol is sharing some of his actions with us. He gave me a call yesterday asking me to upload some pictures taken from last Sunday ride somewhere near Broga. 

Riders From Left: Ah Meng, Wan, Zam (Kecik), Li, Zam (Besar), Faizol, Farizal
Marshall: Razi

Going Dutch
Dutch Treat, Dutch Date and Going Dutch are variations of a common term for a slang, indicating that each person participating in a shared activity pays for himself or herself, rather than any one person paying for anyone else. Of course weekend ride has nothing to do with anyone paying anything but it describe the situation of late. Everyone went out at different times hoping to get lucky and met up with other riders. It seemed that no body was coordinating Sunday rides and everyone went "Dutch Treat".

@Sungai Long's hill

It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The sky was blue and it was not as windy as Saturday where at some point the gushing winds blew like the speed of 60-70km/h (just my gut feel).

To be honest, I'm not really a fan of afternoon rides for a few reasons. One, the traffic is busier. Two, it definitely is hotter hence I usually get dehydrated faster and  three, the air is less fresh in the afternoon. But given the challenges of both domestic and work related commitments, afternoon ride does look as a better option compared to not riding at all,  provided that it doesn't rain.

@ the Pit Stop near Bandar Sg. Long

Honestly, It's frustrating to miss weekend rides. But sometimes thats the way it is. Its something that one can plan but circumstances may change.

This reminds me of James Clavell’s Shogun. The part where back in Anjiro, Mariko was telling Anjin-San (Blackthorne) not to worry about the future. That the Japanese lived a simple life. Tomorrow doesn’t exist, only today, now.  In someway the line does make sense but its a matter of thoughts.



It was late Friday evening and the sky was dark, rumbling with lightning and thunder. From my house, I could see dark clouds over Putrjaya and KL.

I quickly texted Farizal asking him if he was still keen on PCM. The answer I received was just baffling and confusing. Instead of a simple yes or no, he answered me in a perplexing manner...something about KL was already raining and Putrajaya might just had a rain splash... Hmmm still persistent...So I told Zaha the plan was still on....regardless...


I am 3 minutes down my best time on Sungai Long route, an obvious degradation of fitness. It's something that needs remedy and it's a simple one...Do Not Miss Weekend Ride for this shall be my mantra...

I usually don't prefer to ride on Friday morning should holiday break fall on it but considering the fact that Farizal had given Saipol his word that we'll ride when the chance comes, I just couldn't bail out.

This time around Saipol was the Ride Master for Friday ride(the one who arrange the ride plan and send invites). After a string of well coordinated psychological campaign to lure him back to road,  I think we've nailed it guys, Saipol is back and on fire.... YeeeeHawwww!

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