Yeop Came True!It was almost an upsetting weekend for us. By end of Friday, it seemd that only two riders confimed going to Kiara. While three others gave a "I am joining, but no guarantees" commitment (or no commitment would be more appropriate in this case!). As I left office that Friday evening, Faizal canfirmed leading the ride at Kiara with his new friend Zali (pics below) . Seken, although didn't give a sure-going answer, indicated that he would also join the ride. Yeop...hmmm... said he was joining but with not so favourable past incidents, we were on a "wait and see larr if he shows up on Saturday morning"... hehehehehe...
Faizi and CheLan were originally joining, but late that Friday night..... sms'd to inform that they couldn't make it due to unforseen circumstances. Hmmm.. what a bummer it was. In my mind, the ride tomorrow would only be by three Loskan at best.... Faizal, his friend Zali, & me. And as for Seken & Yeop, I gave them a fifty-fifty hope... hehehehe... sorry guys... that was what you indicated in the emails!... hehehehe....
I arrived just after 0800hrs, but the parking was congested. Waited and waited... no luck. While waiting, received a call from Shah "Abang Sabri kat mana? Yeop lapar nih... belum sarapan... nak singgah kedai dulu.." Wahhhh... Shah came with Yeop. He earlier indicated could not joinas his uncle were having a kenduri. But, luck has it that his daughter had to go to school... so cancelled kenduri... on ride! As I waited, Seken arrived at the car park. Still no space. A while later, Faizal called saying that he and Zali were already at Taman Rimba parking area... plenty of spaces. So I led Seken to the place.
Zali & Faizal were already geared up when we pulled into the parking place. No hurry though as Shah & Yeop were still having breakfast!
Not long after I had my bike all setted, Shah & Yeop pulled into the parking area. So, as indicated in our email, the ride started that morning just before 0900hrs.
The ride along and up the tarmac towrds the tangki air again proved to be a hard one! But all the others, especially Shah & Faizal were excellent... They did not only rode faster than me.. they did it without stopping along the way! At least I didn't see them stopping - but I saw Seken & Yeop taking a pause half way theough... hehehehe....
Well... we reached the first junction in no time... breather.... pictures... then headed down 2K towards Appolo trail... Of course Zali & Faizal were quick ahead... doing a wait-for-the-others most of the time... I think we held them back for their normal pace!
The trail were rather wet and slippery. Riding over tree roots proved to be quite tricky.... I thought my tyres were a bit over-inflated... but after releasing some air, not much difference... stilll difficult to control when going over the roots!
Finally, the end of the Appolo track.... I was again last to reach. And everyone was ready to move again! Well.... that's what you get when you 'break' for such a few months.
Yet again Faizal & Zali sped their way on the ascending tarmac. I needed a bit more rest, thus I was last to continue from that resting point. But along the way, Shah, Seken & Yeop made another stop and seduced me to join them... har har har... I pushed on to meet up with Faizal & Zali at the next junction. As the wait for the other three was a bit too long, Zali headed back to check on them. When he returned, he said that those guys asked us to proceed and they will try to cach up later or meet up at the tokong area....
Zali took me & Faizal thru the 'snake & ladder' trail..... awesome! and of course exhilirating and energy-sucking trail for me... Faizal assisted to push my bike on two occassions when the trail was "too hard" for me to manage! hehehehehe... Thanks dude!
Anyway, after we connect back to the trail leading to the tokong, I decided to head down while the two of 'em climbed towards tokong and the paln was to meet up at 'carnival' trail...
However, when I reached the pondok, Shah, Seken & Yeop were already there with few downhillers. It was a sight full of awe as various DH bikes pulled up to the place. Shah took some photos.... hmmm...
And we met with our old buddy.... whose now gone "astray"... hehehehehe Nice bullit Udang! And nice fingers Shah!
Anyway, that was that. Faizal called informing us that he & Zali has arrived at the washing bay. So, the four of us headed towards "carnival' trail to finish the day's ride. My rear tyre got punctured along the way... alas... I forgot to buy a spare tube after the puncture at FRIM few months back... so... had to push my bike most of the way! what a bummer....
As we arrived at the washing bay, Faizal & Zali were doen with their bike washing. I replaced my punctured tube with Zali's spare... after lunch at the restaurant next to KSH, I bought a tube to give back to Zali....
Shah's Report
petang Jumaat tu wife aku call cakap anak aku skolah esok (Sabtu).. skolah ganti la tu...fuuhhh, suka giler aku, sebab hajat ke Kiara nampak cam nak menjadi..best besstt..
balik2 je rumah, blom sempat bukak helmet, anak aku dah tunjuk surat kena skolah ganti esok.. aku pun tros je la tanya wife aku "hah, tak balik Cheras la kita ni... takkan nak suruh Aisyah ponteng skolah lak... camni, boleh ke saya ke Kiara esok..? saya tumpang Yeop jer.." dengan selamba wife aku jawab "boleh, asalkan kereta tinggal laa.. nanti saya nak hantar Aisyah nanti.." terkejut beruk aku... macam takde hal je wife aku jawab tu.... tros confirm dengan Yeop..... yahoooooooooo.com
mlm tu gak aku ke rumah Yeop bawak beskal utk load dalam Avanza Yeop.. padhu... dan Yeop hantar aku balik rumah lepas tu... esoknya seawal jam 7:20am Yeop dah tercegat dengan rumah aku.. bersemangat betul Yeop nak ke Kiara pagi tu.. tak penah sampai katanya... aku dah banyak kali ajak dia.. tapi manjang ada hal Yeop nie.. takpe laaa...
perjalanan pagi tu redup jer.. cuaca macam nak ujan pun ada... sampai kat Kiara aku call Abg Sabri tanya lokasi nak letak keta, rupanya Abg Sabri dha kat Tmn Kiara tu... Yeop ajak sarapan dulu... aku cakap kat depan skolah tu ada makcik jual nasi lemak.. bila kami ke sana, takde lak.. yg ada Cina jual sarapan diorang... pusing2 dalam, jumpa Abg Sabri, dan inform kami akan park keta kat Tmn Rimba Kiara dan nak sarapan kejap... pi la sarapan... masuk je keta, Seken call tanya dimana... dah nak jln nie... bergegeas kami ke Tmn Rimba Kiara tu...
sampai2 Abg Sabri, Nizam dan Faizal dah siap dah pun... ternampak si Fazli (betul ke eja namanya)... bersalam dan unload beskal.... segan pun ada, sebab bawak T-Bolt je kami nie... maklumla T-Bolt selalu kena kutuk time pergi kedai beskal... Jumaat ptg tu waktu ke HeHeong Cycle kat Tmn Nirwana pun kena kutuk gak T-Bolt tu.. lepas kayuh kat Kiara ni pun kena kutuk gak kat KSH TTDI.. takpe laa.... nanti aku cerita dilemma rider T-Bolt dalam msg lain lak.... my findings...
kami mulakan kayuhan dalam jam 9:05am kalau tka silap... mendaki jln tar 3km tu... Faizal dan Fazli memang power giler...Abg Sabri, Seken, Yeop dan aku kat belakang laa... tetapkan pace kami.... sampai gak kat simpang 4 tu... kami decide nak ikut 2K dulu... On we go... Fazli dan Faizal dah laju kat depan.. Seken folo diorang... ABg Sabri, Yeop dan aku last sekali kat belakang... 2K, apa nak cerita lagi.. memang best giler... at one slope, Yeop dok banyak main brek, aku yg menjauh kan diri masa start tu tau2 dah sampai nga2 belakang tayar Yeop dan cuba ngelak dari langgar Yeop.. toing, beskal aku terhumban ke kiri dan aku terjatuh... handle bar berpusing dan menusuk tros ke dada kanan aku... macam nak tercabut dada aku rasa.. sampai tak boleh menjerit... senak sangat rasanyaaa... tertusuk handlebar.. isskkkk.. aku bangun balik... tak rasa sakit sangat.. tros sambung kayuh.. tapi kali ni aku slowkan sket pace aku dan cuba menjarakkan dari Yeop... tapi 2K memang best.. kat satu simpang, terdengar suara Faizal berborak... rupanya diorang masuk ke kiri tros ke jln tar belah bawah tu.. "alamak, sini ker, nanti kena mendaki nie balik nie jln tar tu.. takpe laaa" aku pun stop dan tunggu Yeop dan Abg Sabri sampai utk tunjukkan diorang jln ke sana... biasanya aku akan completekan full loop 2K tu sampai tempat dimana kami bermula tu.. utk elakkan mendaki jln tar tu...
sampai kat jln tar tu, ternampak geng fakawi yg biasa sangat aku tengok mukanya kat LTM nun tengah dok repair rantai beskal yg putus.. aku offer chain clip, tapi diorang tak nak.. aku biar je laa.. elok aku nak duduk dan bukak helmet Fazli dan Faizal dah ON ON menandakan utk continue kayuh.. aiikkk, aku baru je sampai, nak rest kejap dan kena kayuh balik.. "Ini Tidak Adil.." Style Abdul Wahib dalma 3 Abdul... tanpa bertanya, kami pun continue kayuh... baru half way, aku nampak Nizam dah slow2 kayuh depan aku.. aku kejar Nizam sket, dan bagi hint utk berehat.. cantikla.. rupanya Nizam pun dah kepenatan.. "aku baru nak tanggalkan glove Shah, dah kena kayuh balik.." jawab Nizam.. gelak je kami.. Yeop pun berhenti gak.. tapi Abg Sabri tamau berhenti.. puas kami racun soh berhenti, dia tak nak.. padhu Abg Sabri..
mmm dah LOSKA, lepak je la kami tepi jln tar tu.. borak2 sambil isap rokok dan borak.. besttttt.. seketika Fazli dtg.. rupanya dia risaukan kami.. "nko nak naik dulu, go on Li.. aku dah tak larat dah rasanya nie.." jawab aku selamba.. sebab akibat jatuh tadi, tiap kali ank bernafas dan berkayuh rasa menyucuk kat dada kanan ni.. sakit tul.... Fazli menjawab "OK"... kami menyambung pendakian jln tar tu... azab beb.. tiap kali aku kayuh belah kanan, tu diaaa punya mencucuk... sampai kat simpang 4 tu, Fazli, Faizal dan Abg Sabri dah takde.. kami melepak kat situ.. aku tanya Nizam, nak ikut mana lepas nie... cadangnya nak ikut 4K dan continue ke Carnival sampai parking lot balik.. cun aku ckaap, tapi kena rehat jap....
sesambil berehat tu kami memerhatikan sorang dirt jumper yg dok mencuba skil2 dia.. siap helmet DJ, dengan Jeans dan Loose Fit punya baju.. cun lak.. ada gak orang Malaysia yg main disiplin nie... dan berskil lak tu... seketika dia berehat dan sempat la borak2 dengan dia..
"aiiikkk, turun balik ker..?" jerit Nizam kat Abg Sabri..."tak larat laa... diorang sampai atas, saya half way je, malas laaa.." jawab Abg Sabri.. rupanya Abg Sabri turun balik... tak larat.. kesian Abg Sabri...
trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.. tu dia, geng DH sampai... dengan helmet terikat kat belakang beskal.. sorang2 sampai... aku memang tak kenal la diorang nie.. tapi teruja beb tengok beskal diorang... Terima kasih kat Nizam sebab kenalkan aku yg mana Zure, yg mana Fazli. selalu dengar dan tengok dari jauh je diorang nie, tapi tak kenal mukanya... Zure sempat borak2 ngan aku pasal Wan Pechiko tu... sesambil tu aku melayan beskal2 DH tu.. Comencal ada, Transition ada, Intense ada, Haro ada, Santacruz ada, isskk, macam2 laa... siap ada yg tunjuk2 skill diorang
lagi, dan memang berskill laa...
Udan pun muncul dengan beskal Bullit dia... Abg Sabri siap dah confirm nak sambar dah.. siap suruh Udang bawak AM1000 tu je.. dia nak bawak balik Bullit tu dah.. muhahahahaaaaaaaaaa cuak Udang kejap....
"kita orang dah sampai tempat basuh beskal.." Faizal call Nizam.. "OK OK, kami turun.." dan tros kami decide utk turun balik ikut Carnival je... best giler.. switchback jangan cerita laa... hampir tergolek aku beberapa kali... nyaris..... switchback kiri dan kanan.. stim siot layan switchback Carnival nie... di beberapa tempat terdapat pokok tumbang yg memaksa kami berhenti dan angkat beskal melepasi pokok tersebut.. dan malang utk Abg Sabri sebab tayar belakangnya tros pancit.. aku ngan Yeop stop kejap utk mencuba utk menukar tiub, tapi tiub kami semua jenis Schradder, bukan Presstar.. menolak le jawabnya Abg Sabri... aku sambung kayuh ngan Yeop.. memang best.. all the way sampai tempat basuk beskal kat parking lot tu...
selesai sessi basuh beskal, kami ke restoran disebelah KSH TTDI tu... Alhamdulillah Yeop bayar hutang... terima kasih utk Yeop.. Semoga Murah Rezeki nko Yeop.. kenyang ami tengahari tu..
lepas makan, cam biasa layan barang beskal kat KSH... ikut katanya frame beskal nak naik harga 10%... so, sapa2 nak beli frame baru tu, segerakanlah... menengok2 barang kat KSH memang best.. banyak barang2 Fox yg baru sampai, dari Glove, Jersey, Baggy, dan Fork.. fuuhhhhhhhhh..
kami bersurai lepas tu.... dalam jam 12:40pm rasanya... Kiara, memang la best... singletrack..
uhhhh manjaaaaaaaa.........regards
shahrizal a rahman
Well... Shah's report says it all.. Kiara dah memang best....
Adios muchahos... see yer next ride!beareye, 21 Apr 2008.
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