Thursday, May 15, 2008

May 17 - Riding from Penang to Cameron Highlands

Few riders from Cameron Highlands will be in town on Friday to collect a new bike. And they will be riding from Penang - Ipoh - Cameron. ... 260KM... . If you are interested to join the fun, let me know. My contacts are: psyew555@yahoo.com or 0195557609.

We are starting from E-Park at 5:20am on Saturday morning. 4 riders (including me) have set the mind to ride all the way back home while 1 or 2 riders may just ride to Ipoh.

Update on the ride:

5 riders completed the full route on May 17. 4 on road bike and 1 on MTB!!! Total riding distance was about 245KM.

7 riders started (4 road bikes and 3 MTBs), and two called it a day at Kuala Kangsar and Chemoh respectively. The 5 riders reached Ipoh at 4:20pm (2hrs 20mins behind the expected time due to some incidents at Simpang and Changkat Jering). At 5pm+, we started the climb (60KM) from Simpang Pulai to Kg Raja... two riders started to suffer after 30mins of climbing, but they held on to complete the ride at 9:55pm!!!

The riders who completed the 245KM ride are Choon Seng, Choon Seng's son, Peng Seng, Mak, and me. My brother in law (who started to ride MTB in Feb'08) ended his ride at Kuala Kangsar after a "minor" bike accident, and Peng Seng's son ended his ride at Chemoh.

So, Penang to Cameron ride... who is next?


Pictures from the ride:

Riders: Cheng Choon, Peng Seng, Mak, Choon Seng & his son, Yin Yong (Peng Seng's son)