
Armed with a road standard mtb with a cute basket, I joined Jack's Exitway (Hard Tail) and Daniel's new Zero (Full Suspension) on this rookie's virgin MTB adventure. We went into RRI through the Jalan Sg. Buloh entrance and 4 minutes down the road... we are lost... hahaha... someone need to update the GPS map, the trail marked require you to carry your bike down a riverside sloop, cross a medium size deep river and try to climb up the river bank again!
Anyhow we managed to find our workaround cycle into the trails which are surrounded by rubber estates as well as orchards and nursery. Most of the trails are shaded but that also means its filled with mosquitoes, the mosquitoes are so hungry that they actually bite you as you cycle by!
The trails looks easy from pictures and first look at it, but when you are actually there, a small but long sloop is actually quite tough and you get a lot of those here. Basically you will suffer uphill climb but be rewarded with downhill zoom then suffer more uphill climb again and we are already choosing the easy route. Since this is the first time here and I don't have a mount for the GPS, we have to stop on a regular basis to make sure we don't go in circles or stray too far from the our truck.
I will leave the talking to the photos, but overall, this is a good place to start, getting to know your bike and give beginner a good idea what a real hash will be demanding from you. It may not be your jungle trail but the air is good and you actually don't feel tired at the end but relaxed and good :).








Just for sharing we decided to test each other's bike to feel the difference in these trails, conclusion are:



Conclusion, I think for a rookie, we don't need a power bike yet but should at least try to get one with front suspension, thick tyres for offroad, good brakes (v or disc), speed doesn't matter too much for now, light alloy body and quick release (easy to carry and transport). Btw, insects repellent saves lives, get plenty of them before going in!
1 comment:
George ah... you can get the wheel changed to use the "quick release" mechanism one u know... could be more $$ only mah... :-)
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