It is fast becoming my norm to conduct a simulation ride a week before my oversea tour. So my way of simulation ride is testing the bike ( I have 2 recumbents ) and carry all the stuffs inside my 4 Ortlieb panniers + a saddle bag into the bike racks, and goes for a long ride,preferably with ascents and descents of hill and mountains. And this time around, I had chosen a simulation of ride and camp from Genting Sepah RnR downhill to Bentong and via a Chinese village of Sang Lee, famous for its musang king durian and nanga madu, and then a left turn at Tranum to the Fraser Gap for a total distance of 90 km.Ann Daim,a female season rider was brave enough to join me on this tough ride, and I would like to thank her for keeping me company.You are truly Amazing!!!. Another person i would like to say a big thank you is my best friend Mr Foo,who wanted to come along not cycling but driving my car to lend support.What are friend for !!!I am glad Ann and I made it to the Gap without the help of the support car,although I was soak cycling in the rain for the last 2-3 km before reaching the Gap at almost 6 pm.We did not even set up our tents as the restaurant owner allow us to sleep in the house, as it was raining quite heavy and it will surely be a very cold night sleeping outside. We ordered our Kari mee and fried mee as our dinner, before going to bed very very early at 8.50 pm.
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| Genting Sepah RnR starting @ 8 am with Foo n Adli |
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| The fast roll down to hot spring |
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| 1st rest stop hot spring |
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| 1st rest stop hot spring |
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| Ann Daim on the roll |
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| Me on the roll |
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| Nice new tarmac |
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| Some race is going on the way to Sang Lee |
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Some race is going on the way to Sang Lee
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| Some race is going on the way to Sang Lee |
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| Ann stop to chat with the police outriders |
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| Sang Lee's icon - musang king |
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| Sang Lee Chinese village |
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| Sang Lee Chinese primary school |
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| Into the mountain |
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| It seems that my rear tire is under pressure |
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| Ann taking a short break |
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| This is also a ride to mark our "Merdeka" |
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| Approaching Tranum T-junction left to Fraser,right is to Raub |
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| The climb start here 21 km to Gap |
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| Ann is leading the climb |
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| Super quiet road |
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| A tall giant tree |
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| And lots of bamboo trees |
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| A very dark canopy section of the road |
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| The climb is all the way,no rolling ,no flat |
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| Lots of fallen leafs |
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| With threatening dark cloud looming up in the mountain |
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| Stepping up a gear slowly catching up with Ann |
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| Luckily we did not succumb to the temptation of the support car |
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| Did I not told you is a fully loaded simulation ride? |
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| Building a retaining wall |
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| Just wonder why someone had to leave a badly torn blue plastic sheet there, remove it if the thing had served its purpose |
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| The entrance to a waterfall trail |
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| Nice road steep climb |
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| Lots of greenery |
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| Lots of greenery |
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| Lots of greenery |
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| Lots of greenery |
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| Crossing a slippery iron bridge |
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| Bukit Fraser 12 km minus 9 = 3 km to the Gap Yeap!!! |
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| Landslide |
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| You almost there !!! |
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| We made it to the Gap by 6pm. Ann 5.30pm |
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| We were left occupying the whole place as the shop owner served us our dinner of Mee kari and teh tarik |
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| But we do have these 3 little cats for company |
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| The mist and fog are closing in |
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| Hardly any soul around after 6 |
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| Ann with Foo |
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| Exit junction from Fraser Hill |
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| A jubilant Ann say she made it in her toughest ride so far |
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| On the way down the next day |
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| Time trial is going on ,but that doesn't mean you had to block the whole road |
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