The night ride...A journey into the darkness.

Just wondering, are there anyone out there who are interested in doing kemensah nite ride. Well nothing serious of course, taking down a simple trail or route. One that does not go in to deep and not to technical to ride in the dark..

Of course we have to start a bit late, maybe around 10.00 to 10.30 pm. After us muslims are done with our stuff that is.

As usual when doing a nite ride, we gonna need a good lighting systems. One your head are far better than one on your handle. Blinkers are a must, to let people know that there are someone in front.

Anyways, we might be doing this on this weekend...Lets us know if anyone wants in or if u have any comments or suggestion.

Oh yeah, of course a few of local kemensah rider will be with us.

Here's the deal.

What to brings:
1. Lighting system.
2. Your phone.
3. Extra batteries
4. Tubes and tools.
5. Med kit.
6. Drinking water.

I have only taken one night ride before this, but heck it was an amazing experience for me. So hence I am planning a couple of ride within futures time so that my friends can enjoys the ride as well.

Gears.
Now from my previous experience I have learn that lighting system are very important, specially the one on your head. The one on your handle are fix and can only light up the trail in front of u, but the one on your head? It will light up where ever you point your sight. Very useful. Always brings your phone for emergency cases, but hopefully we do not have that kind of mess to be sort in that darkness. Med kit, tubes and tools are the usual craps that u need to brings along. Actually those are the things that u need to carry every time u went out for a ride. Better safe then sorry mate.

Trails n mother earth...
Best that u choose a trail that u are familiar with, and it better be a rideable one. I do not thinks that anyone want to be pushing their bike in the dark.Huhuhu. For me, I would prefer something short n easy. Easy in n easy out. Avoid technical trail, unless u know what u are getting yourself into. Learn a things or two about your trail before choosing it.

Apparel.
One thing that i notice, it is a bit cold at nite. Especially in the forest. So if u are not a Super grade A mammal, It is best to wear long sleeves. Unless u do not mind it anything should be great.

Time...
Huhuhu... It is best that we choose a time suitable for everyone and creatures as well..ahaks. Do your stuff first if u are a muslims matey. Do not ride very late at nite, due to safety reason. Not to mention it is easier to get help when everyone are not hitting the sacks yet.

Well that is it for now...will write some reports soon...

Pleasure and pain...

How was the ride ehh??
It was amazing..

After planning it for a week, discussing about it over here and racuning our fellow rider. The day for the ride finally arrive.

The gathering point was change to UIA main entrance, due to logistic cause. 14 riders show up that morning.

Addict list:
1.Mr.beskal
2.Gabry
3.Dino (our waypoint guy,thanks bro...without u we are lost)
4.Shaque
5.Azmi
6.Nazli(mr.wohoo)
7.Zaidi (mr.timbang)
8.Redza
9.Syed
10.Meng (the sexiest rider for the day)
11.Pine
12.Faris(I hope i got it right)
13.Hj.Mat Nor (veteran)
14.Uhh..forgot!! what was that NRS rider name...(someone please tell me)


We started rolling at 8.30PM, all 14 riders with a wide happy smiled on everyones faces. They are probably clueless about what kind of hell they a getting into. or it could be that everyone was still fresh.
We had a few decent long climbs, then we were rewarded with superb downhill...I that was the most enjoyable moments of the ride. . Sweet!!


We reach kem ketanga the first river and had our small break there. Starting from there, the level change..From child play to suicidal maniac. Dino warned me earlier that it would get tougher after ketanga.(I kept it in the dark, away from the other riders)


After Ketanga,we reached Kem Ulu Sleh..We reach there at 12.30PM...No major issues occurred yet. Everyone was only paying attention to the leeches, trying to get rid of those ugly suckers. While Dino n Gaz were buzy discussing the next way point.(Good job guys).


From Ulu Sleh, we need to reach Old Dam...So this is where the real pain of the day begin. . There is no route or trail that we can follow, so we had no choice but to make one. But it is not working out great for us, I mean we are not 10 tons bulldozer beating the craps out of the bushes n trees. But that is not all, when reaches the river, we need to find the Old Dam. Same problem as before, no noticeable route. We had to Zig Zag our route to the way points.Crossing the river.Damn I do not know how many river crossing we had done that day. Led by Gaz and me, I am pretty sure the guys at the back were hating us that time.Sorry fellas, but no route.What to do??


We reach the old Dam with a tremendous relief in our hearts..According to Dino there should be a trail from there. After taking a quick break and off we go. However the journey had to come to a stop again. Zaidi's bike was punctured, so we had to do a quick fixing to that but just when we thought we were done. Gaz's bike had the same fate...(Zaidi said to Gaz..padan muka ko) .


After the minor issue were fixed, and we are off. K.Sleh are no longer far away, we are hoping to have a short break there. Shaque already plans to practice his swimmings skill. Unfortunately for Shaque...kem Sleh was crowded that day. A groups of campers were already there.


Next way point Junction...We had to pedal with all our might, I am depleting already. Reach the big tree junction and the rain starts pouring. Making the trail harder to ride.


We are out from the trail at 5.30pm..
Casualties..1..Hj.Mat Nor lost it all n cannot ride anymore.
Lost..Cateye meter. belong to shaque.
Lost..Syed...front quick release bolt.

A very big thanks for all the rider that joined us yesterday..especially Dino for leading us, Shaque for 'tuba' more rider and others for making the ride fun n joyous. It was a great ride guys. Thank u all.



The ride was great and torturous at the same time.I can still feels the fatigue the next day i woke up. Went to see Gaz n Zaidi last nite, and those crazy dudes are already talking about doing Sg.congkak - Kemensah ...Maybe the long strained ride has taken a big tolls on their mind and affecting their decision. But what the hell...Who want in?

Call me out..hehehe

Welcome to Mr.beskal blogs...

23/06/2008

Assalamualikum dan selamat sejahtera kepada semua...

Selama ini saya cuma membaca blog-blog orang lain dan tidak pernah terfikir untuk menghasilkan sebuah blog sendiri.(writing are definitely not my strong side). Tetapi sejak akhir-akhir ini, saya merasakan aktiviti berbasikal or mtb(mari tolak basikal) nie memerlukan publisiti yang lebih agar dapat menarik minat semua golongan. Muda, tua, lelaki, perempuan, yg sihat, yg kurang sihat kepada sukan berbasikal ini.

So what the heck..lets just give it a try..Kalau salah tue harap maaf.

That guy in the pic is me, hehehe.So that explain my nick a bit..Mr.beskal. I started biking in 1998, and have been riding ever since. My first bike is a Kona. Explosif 16 inch, cromoly tubing, plus with XT groupo. Bought it at RM4.6k...Damn expensive rite? But if u ask me, it is all worth it..Every single cent of that money. For all the places i have seen, all the rides i have enjoyed, all the race i have won n lose, and for the people I have met. That money is nothing compared to my precious friends and experience I have made along the ride I have taken.

What I hope to do in this blog is...Share my little experience with everyone who have the same interest or simply just want to learn more about moutain biking before taking a step in to it. I will try to update this blog as much as i can and share what information I can about moutain biking. Either in maintaince,fitness, injuries, bicycles, Accessories, riding techniques, trails, events and many more.

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tips: if your seat is not in the right position your leg does not stretch properly which means less power goes into the pedal and you wont be using all your leg muscles which effect your fitness.

Basikal ni dia ada saiz, sama mcm baju. XS, S, M, L, XL. saiz pula ditentukan ikut ketinggian penunggang. Jadi pastikan anda membeli saiz basikal yang betul dan sesuai dengan tinggi anda. Kalau salah saiz, boleh mengakibatkan masalah jugak. Cam spender lerr, patut pakai L silap beli S...mau xleh nafas wooo.