Jan 6th Cameron Ride Report

Simpang Pulai - Tapah - Cameron - Simpang Pulai (185km). Our 1st taste of this route was back in 2 years time with only handfull of riders from Penang and Cameron. But today it was suppose to be a MKH Penang casual ride with less than 20riders and some Ipoh friends, turned out to be massive group ride with groups from KL and Lumut showed up, ended up with approx 110-120 riders

Pic 1 : Friends from KL, Ipoh and Lumut
Pic 2 More Ipoh friends

Ride to Tapah was relatively fast but smooth. Encountered issue at Tapah Shell Petrol Station when confronted by Police for alleged “Illegal gathering”. The group was held back for approximately 15min before agreeing to breakoff and ride in individual smaller groups which became very natural as we hit the hills. 45km riding to Ringlet for lunch stop was climax of suffering for most riders, especially first timers. There was a very clear spread of riders arriving to the town spanning >1 hr apart . Most groups rode on individually after Ringlet. It was very unusual to see so many riders spread out in the different Cameron towns for food, shopping and also fruit/vegetable parks. It started raining at Tanah Rata all the way Kg Raja, a real experience to ride in the cold, wet and slippery conditions. Finally despite all the suffering all riders arrived safely back at Simpang Pulai. By the way who wants to buy Lee's bike, he plans to sell off his bike as he "beh siok" a lady rider overtook him half way yesterday in Cameron. Ha ha ha ha....
What is next challenge? Penang - Simpang Pulai - Tapah - Cameron? That will give you >300km ride for a day. Any dare devil?