Fourth Solo Ride to Tanjung Tualang.

Started off from home at about 7 o'clock this morning and arrived at the Taman Halaman Indah house in Tanjung Tualang about forty minutes later. The weather was cool and cloudy, and traffic was quiet.

Had breakfast with my wife who drove there on her own, and cycle back at about 8:30 while she stayed on to tend to some pots of flowers in the driveway.

Reached home via the long way through old town, past the disused Impiana Centre, through the back lane behind AmBank and looping back by the market.

A total distance of 26.49km, taking 1 hour 23 minutes at an average speed of  19.1 km/, reaching a maximum of 30.7 km/h.

Solo Ride to Malim Nawar again.

Second day of solo cycling after the long ride to Fraser's Hill more that a week ago.

Today I took the main road A1, 15 km to Malim Nawar where I stopped for breakfast at Kenneth Sai's shop. Then, proceeded along A114 another 6 km to Kg. Sikh, just outside Tanjung Tualang, before turning around and headed back home by the A110.

Monday blues

After cycling for 21 km, I turned around here. Didn't proceed to Tanjung Tualang town today.

After 35.75 km, at last I'm home. The look of delightful fatigue.

The joy of unlocking my front gate

Solo to Malim Nawar: Breakfast.

First day of solo ride since the expedition to Fraser's Hill more than a week ago.

Wifey visiting the daughter in Singapore, so I cycled all the way to Kenneth Sai's Coffee Shop, 9 km away, for a simple breakfast.

Cermin gelap baru beli, Nampak tegap Hati geli

Cycling Expedition to Fraser's Hill

Five of us members of Kampar Cycling Community set off in two cars from Kampar at about five o'clock in the morning and drove for about an hour to the Kuala Kubu Bharu stadium where we parked our cars and assembled our bicycles. There we were joined by another four friends from Kuala Lumpur.

After a simple breakfast in KKB town, the nine of us embarked at 8:30 am on our 12 km ride towards Sungei Chilling, our first stop, which we reached just before 10 o'clock.

After that we rode on for another four and a half hours and reached Fraser's Hill at about 2:30 in the afternoon. Well, almost . . . after a total of 32 km of climb up to an elevation of about 800 m above sea level, dehydration and lack of sleep got the better of me.

Our group decided not to proceed with the remaining 8 km of steep gradient up another 400m of altitude, but instead to call it a day and return downhill.

The Destination

At the Gap to Fraser's Hill, 837 metres above sea level, after about six hours of slow ride punctuated with numerous stops for rest to regain our strength. Technically we had entered Fraser's Hill town council limits. Practically, we're another eight km away from the centre of town, a whopping 400 metres above our heads.

A Hill to far: 8 km of steep climb left for another day.

Decision time, decision time. To press on or not to press on, that was the question 

A solemn reminder to take this last 8 km steep uphill stretch seriously, which I did not embark on

My still quite new Raleigh Echo 27.5" MTB, on this second long ride since I bought it on 20Apr2015.

Looking East towards Raub and Bentong on the Pahang State side.

Looking back westwards, to Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor from where we started

The Climb 

Some photos of our slow and painstaking journey up from Kuala Kubu Baru (60 m above sea level) to Sungei Chilling (12 km) and pressing on uphill to The Gap, the entrance to Fraser's Hill town. (another 20 km), at 840 m above sea level.

All dressed for the kill

We were all still fresh and cheerful on our first 13 km to Sg Chilling.

A group photo at a popular stopover spot.

The satisfaction lies in the journey itself.

Exhausted, overheated and hypoglycaemic. I had to shed the arm warmers to cool down.

This wasn't what I expected by being dressed for the kill . . .