My mainland ride during the Raya Break
Was thinking of doing a solo metric century but loved ones wanted to visit the Mengkuang dam. So I drove them to the dam and I started my ride from there. Ride distance was shortened by half!
Distance: 46.36km
Time: 105min 48sec
Moving average: 26.3km
View of Jalan Gajah Mati. This is where the gradient started to increase. Not long but good enough for me to gasp for air!
This was taken near the end of the climb. There are hardly any vehicle here. This was used to be my routine training ground when I was active in road racing.
It may not look like it. But it's actually start to go down from here. At the far end is a sharp right turn and care must be taken when negotiate the turn. I have taken my roadie friend from Penang to try this route before and saw him overshot to the other side of the road!
I finally hit the busy federal highway at the junction in Valdor, Sungai Bakap. Saw a nearest mile stone, Butterworth is 27km away!
Got home at Prai Garden after one hour plus of riding. Loved ones already arrived before I did. They thought I could have reached first. Naah, age catching up! *sigh*
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