Gabe's First Day on his 24" GT Palomar

For a first time MTB owner, FRIM is a good starting ground.

We set out at a late 9am. The plan was simple; take a simple ride on tarmac to warm up, then some small off road, gravel, earth pathways. Maybe cover about 10km should be enough for a first timer.

First complaint was the hard seat! But that soon went away after we hit some nice sights and hard rides.

The climbs were tough enough.

We hit the lakes managed by Hong Leong bank, a quiet place that nobody knows about with nice pathways. Then a quick 2 min break and we headed towards Steroid Hill. Gabe was determined to get there (riding it was a different issue altogether). And got there we did... after some pushing uphill. After 6km riding and reaching the foot of steroid, he decided it was too much to continue. Took a quick look and we headed back to the lakes and then the car.

11.5km in total was quite enough for a 12 year olds first time. All 1hr 30mins of it.

'twas good for me too.

KonLoh Mee at Bentong anyone ?

September 01

Ai say... there's nothing like small town Konloh Mee!! With a touch of that non-halal crunchy stuff chee yau chah... Bliss...

The morning began real early at 6am. Drove out to our usual stop the Sempah hospital. The plan was simple: Ride up 16km of easy hill climb to the foot of Genting (where McD. is); then a nice downhill (30-40km/h) to Janda Baik. Loop at JB and back.
But... as it turns out, our plans changed. Bernard and I decided "hey Patrick hasn't been to Bentong right?"... Right.

Off we went, from the foot of Genting... down to JB; PAST JB and added another 30km down to Bentong!

The weather was moody but we weren't. And we enjoyed the cloud filled skies with a touch of breeze, and at 30km/h + breeze = bliss.
Old country, well maintained tarmac, trees left and right...so so typical of our roads. Nothing short of beautiful.

About 10km into that road to Bentong, we passed a high waterfall, a not-very-popular hot spring called... uhhh... Kolam air panas Bentong, what else.
Arrived the small town of Bentong in 1.5 hours and headed straight for "Soon Goh" (go where I wonder). I remember dad telling me a story when i was kid about a shop named "soon goh fatt". Laughed quietly to myself when I saw Soon Goh.
Hungry hungry hungry... only 2 slices of bread covering 50km... NOT ENOUGH!

The Konloh mee was excellent... all chek poon of it + 1 packet of rm1 nasi lemak... and the usual nescafe peng to finish it off (caffeine getting dangerously level)

Well... all downhills had to come to an end. The way back was all uphill !!! ... PAIN... pain...
So we stopped at Kolam Air panas BENTONG!!!
Unfortunately green waters and slime infested walls not my type of swimming pool. Dipped my hands, smelled the water and off we went again.
Saw the waterfall.. dipped my hands, smelled the water... and back up to Sempah.

All was over and back to the car at 2.30pm...
Nice and memorable.
Where to next I wonder.

This is the place I want to take my trail to !

Alas... where is it?

Trials or Trails... ?

A day gone cos of piping issues at home... ho hum