It has been quit a long time din update this blog. Sorry, no idea wat to say... hehe.... below is some ride experince tat i have done. Enjoy.
MOUNTIE Ride – “TSLK Ride”
Date : 11-May-08
Time : 8.50am
Trail : TSLK @ K6 – Pg Hill –– Woodcutter – AID – balik masing-masing
KOTRTpit View By : Kevin beam me up Scottie!
I only got to know of this ride towards the end of the week. Guess the guys couldn’t decide where to ride? I was looking forward to the ride as I was off a bike since my mtb got stolen on my last ride with the crew two weekends ago. Sniff-sniff. I checked with Azmi and he confirmed where we would be riding…K6! We would ride up Penang Hill via the K6 trail from Thai Siang Loh Koon then descend to Air Itam Dam via Woodcutter Trail. Sounds exciting!
I woke up early in the morning even before the alarm rang. Hmm…looked like my body alarm worked better then the alarm clock! I spent some time in the toilet unloading everything. I went for a simple breakfast and then I cycled to TSLK arch from my girl friend’s house.
By the time I reached the junction to Air Itam, I saw Shamoon cycling alone towards Penang Hill train station. I quickly chased after him and asked why he went that way? Shouldn’t we meet Azmi at the TSLK arch? Shamoon replied that is the way to the trail head. We regrouped with four more cyclists who came all the way from Kulim. We introduced ourselves. The four friendly Kulim riders were Dave, Loo, Chong and Tan if I’m not mistaken. Shamoon received a call from Azmi. He asked the rest of us to wait at the trail head while he rode to the arch to meet Azmi.
After nearly 15 minutes, Shamoon rode up to where we were waiting and told us to regroup with the others. There were a total of 12 riders who showed up for the ride. I still don’t have any idea where was this trail head but I found out it was the very same trail I have already hiked a few times. ST mentioned it may not be too good timing for our Kulim friends to join as K6 is one of toughest climb up to Penang Hill. ST reminded everyone changed to the granny gear before we started our climb! Alamak…really so tough meh? I still remembered the Blue Mountain ride where ST hung his helmet in front of his bike. Today was no different! Never mind I would find the answer soon…
A short distance to the climb Pang experienced shifting(not shittng ah!) problem. Azmi was quick to assist him solve the problem. We continued riding. Then…“Chain break! Chain break!” someone shouted from behind. I thought it was Pang(again?) but I kept going up. It was my first ride on my new Scottie. Time to see how good and far my Scottie could go? While on my way up, I faced some difficulty with my SPD paddles. It was hard to disengage and caused me to fall whenever I couldn’t release my shoes in time!
Soon, I reached the first rest stop at a small hut. Those who were already there were catching their breaths! We waited for the rest. After the arrival of Pang and ST, we found out it was Wei Liang’s chain that broke. ST asked him to push his bike to the small hut to fix his problem. Wah, a lot of people helped to fix Wei Liang’s chain. It was like in an operating theatre! Some were holding, cursing even but eventually they managed to connect the chain. Jascha texted a message to Pang that he had turned back. We were down to 11 cyclists to continue the challenging climb!
Pushing…pushing…pushing! Most of us were pushing our bikes up the very steep climb! Even Pang, ST and Shamoon pushed! Heh-heh-heh…I took some picture as evidence of our KOM King pushing his bike! K6 may be the toughest hill I have climbed but I was also rewarded by a grand view of Georgetown. Don’t forget to look around when u are riding this trail. So many interesting things to see you may just miss something. Shamoon suggested that we should ride the same trail next week, but everyone just kept quiet!
When we took another break at the temple, I realized that I dropped my Oakley Racing Jacket! It must have happened when I fell down earlier. I quickly turned back to the place where I fell down and thank God I found it! Luckily I realized my loss early. What if I only realized my loss when I reached Penang Hill? Alamak! Sniff-sniff…my RM600 fei leh!
We continued riding and some were pushing up to Penang Hill. Finally we reached the lower half of the Canopy Walk. ST took us on another scenic route. He said it’s easier to reach the food court. It took me forever to reach the exit of this trail and...…we still had another steep climb(towards 168!) before I could enjoy my delicious Nasi Goreng and Ais Kacang! Azmi had a flat when we arrived at the food court. While we ate and drank, he fixed his flat. After changing his tube and we were all freshened up…it was pay back time to downhill!
A short ride and soon we reached the trail head to Woodcutter. Pang put on his guts er guard. Kia su or Kia si? Never mind…he knew better! We started the downhill lead by Malik. Half way down, I noticed Pang started to cramp on both legs. I followed him not more then 100 meters and it was my turn cramping as well! I just laid on the ground for more then 5 minutes, doing nothing and I prayed to God to help me finish the ride today. God answered my prayer! He sent me his “angel” Pang who gave me a few shots of Cramp Stop and it helped! Along the trail we met Wei Liang who told us he fell down from the bike four times! This guy more “die hard” than me…every time we ride, he would fall down but he kept on riding. I respect you.
It was 1.30pm when we reached Air Itam Dam. We saw an uncle who rode through the road fronting the dam. We asked him and he told us it’s ok to ride through. When we reached the other end of the dam we were blocked by the security guard who accused us of cycling through a restricted area. I felt he was just making a mountain out of a mole hill. He refused to let us through and an argument broke out. He even threatened to call the Police! It was getting out of hand, I decided to call his supervisor whom I know. Only after he spoke to his supervisor did he relent and allowed us to go through. We had majority in numbers. We could’ve just ignored him and rode through if we wanted but we are not the type to do that. Anyway, problem settled and we continued our ride downhill. Most of the guys were hungry when we regrouped at the foot hill. They decided to head for the famous roundabout Mee Goreng but not me. It was getting late…I just wanted a nice bath and good rest.
Seemed like many things happened today but it was a nice ride for me. As for my bike, over all I would rate it good. As it’s a new bike, I need to get used to it and I better change my paddle before my next ride. Until then, see you guys on our next outing!
Date : 11-May-08
Time : 8.50am
Trail : TSLK @ K6 – Pg Hill –
KOTRTpit View By : Kevin beam me up Scottie!
I only got to know of this ride towards the end of the week. Guess the guys couldn’t decide where to ride? I was looking forward to the ride as I was off a bike since my mtb got stolen on my last ride with the crew two weekends ago. Sniff-sniff. I checked with Azmi and he confirmed where we would be riding…K6! We would ride up Penang Hill via the K6 trail from Thai Siang Loh Koon then descend to Air Itam Dam via Woodcutter Trail. Sounds exciting!
I woke up early in the morning even before the alarm rang. Hmm…looked like my body alarm worked better then the alarm clock! I spent some time in the toilet unloading everything. I went for a simple breakfast and then I cycled to TSLK arch from my girl friend’s house.
By the time I reached the junction to Air Itam, I saw Shamoon cycling alone towards Penang Hill train station. I quickly chased after him and asked why he went that way? Shouldn’t we meet Azmi at the TSLK arch? Shamoon replied that is the way to the trail head. We regrouped with four more cyclists who came all the way from Kulim. We introduced ourselves. The four friendly Kulim riders were Dave, Loo, Chong and Tan if I’m not mistaken. Shamoon received a call from Azmi. He asked the rest of us to wait at the trail head while he rode to the arch to meet Azmi.
After nearly 15 minutes, Shamoon rode up to where we were waiting and told us to regroup with the others. There were a total of 12 riders who showed up for the ride. I still don’t have any idea where was this trail head but I found out it was the very same trail I have already hiked a few times. ST mentioned it may not be too good timing for our Kulim friends to join as K6 is one of toughest climb up to Penang Hill. ST reminded everyone changed to the granny gear before we started our climb! Alamak…really so tough meh? I still remembered the Blue Mountain ride where ST hung his helmet in front of his bike. Today was no different! Never mind I would find the answer soon…
A short distance to the climb Pang experienced shifting(not shittng ah!) problem. Azmi was quick to assist him solve the problem. We continued riding. Then…“Chain break! Chain break!” someone shouted from behind. I thought it was Pang(again?) but I kept going up. It was my first ride on my new Scottie. Time to see how good and far my Scottie could go? While on my way up, I faced some difficulty with my SPD paddles. It was hard to disengage and caused me to fall whenever I couldn’t release my shoes in time!
Soon, I reached the first rest stop at a small hut. Those who were already there were catching their breaths! We waited for the rest. After the arrival of Pang and ST, we found out it was Wei Liang’s chain that broke. ST asked him to push his bike to the small hut to fix his problem. Wah, a lot of people helped to fix Wei Liang’s chain. It was like in an operating theatre! Some were holding, cursing even but eventually they managed to connect the chain. Jascha texted a message to Pang that he had turned back. We were down to 11 cyclists to continue the challenging climb!
Pushing…pushing…pushing! Most of us were pushing our bikes up the very steep climb! Even Pang, ST and Shamoon pushed! Heh-heh-heh…I took some picture as evidence of our KOM King pushing his bike! K6 may be the toughest hill I have climbed but I was also rewarded by a grand view of Georgetown. Don’t forget to look around when u are riding this trail. So many interesting things to see you may just miss something. Shamoon suggested that we should ride the same trail next week, but everyone just kept quiet!
When we took another break at the temple, I realized that I dropped my Oakley Racing Jacket! It must have happened when I fell down earlier. I quickly turned back to the place where I fell down and thank God I found it! Luckily I realized my loss early. What if I only realized my loss when I reached Penang Hill? Alamak! Sniff-sniff…my RM600 fei leh!
We continued riding and some were pushing up to Penang Hill. Finally we reached the lower half of the Canopy Walk. ST took us on another scenic route. He said it’s easier to reach the food court. It took me forever to reach the exit of this trail and...
A short ride and soon we reached the trail head to Woodcutter. Pang put on his guts er guard. Kia su or Kia si? Never mind…he knew better! We started the downhill lead by Malik. Half way down, I noticed Pang started to cramp on both legs. I followed him not more then 100 meters and it was my turn cramping as well! I just laid on the ground for more then 5 minutes, doing nothing and I prayed to God to help me finish the ride today. God answered my prayer! He sent me his “angel” Pang who gave me a few shots of Cramp Stop and it helped! Along the trail we met Wei Liang who told us he fell down from the bike four times! This guy more “die hard” than me…every time we ride, he would fall down but he kept on riding. I respect you.
It was 1.30pm when we reached Air Itam Dam. We saw an uncle who rode through the road fronting the dam. We asked him and he told us it’s ok to ride through. When we reached the other end of the dam we were blocked by the security guard who accused us of cycling through a restricted area. I felt he was just making a mountain out of a mole hill. He refused to let us through and an argument broke out. He even threatened to call the Police! It was getting out of hand, I decided to call his supervisor whom I know. Only after he spoke to his supervisor did he relent and allowed us to go through. We had majority in numbers. We could’ve just ignored him and rode through if we wanted but we are not the type to do that. Anyway, problem settled and we continued our ride downhill. Most of the guys were hungry when we regrouped at the foot hill. They decided to head for the famous roundabout Mee Goreng but not me. It was getting late…I just wanted a nice bath and good rest.
Seemed like many things happened today but it was a nice ride for me. As for my bike, over all I would rate it good. As it’s a new bike, I need to get used to it and I better change my paddle before my next ride. Until then, see you guys on our next outing!
KOMPang is pushing his bike
The Gang
K6 - The toughest climb
Nice Penang View
The Bikes
Eat ah..... Nasi Goreng 1 Ais Kacang 1
