Bicycle Ride Sg. Koyan - Cameron Highland

After one of the running sessions at Seri Hartamas with Harum's group, we were lepaking, enjoying roti canai & teh tarik while discussing organizing a riding trip on a bicycle to somewhere. Then Fiza & me mentioned how nice the route Sg. Koyan - Ringlet on a motorbike. Suddenly, they kinda agreed to do this route which I think will be quite challenging because the last 40km near Ringlet, it will be uphill all the way. But since many of them are avid cyclists if not Ironman, they said sap sap sui la... I think it means kacang jer ni.

Fiza & I went to Sg Koyan on motorcycles, before that we stopped at Janda Baik to eat durian kampung at OP Doc Shah's orchard and follow with lunch. Then we waited for the rest of the group at Pekan Bentong. Radzy helped transport Fiza's bicycle while I'm volunteering to drive a support car... am I clever or what? Actually, my butts swelled from Audax 200km ride 2 weeks before. I don't think I can sit on a seat post any longer. 


At Sg Koyan we were staying at a hostel owned by Hasril who is an ex-army. He used to be an RMC cadet in 1993 not long after I was passing out. He also joined the group to ride until kampung.... errr I forgot the name.



Those clever enough rode until Ringlet then took a ride in a support car to one of the tea restaurants along the way to enjoy tea and scorns. Those who wanted to show they are the strongest cyclists continued their ride to Tanah Rata.

Steamboat dinner at the hotel
The next day, they rode back to Sg Koyan which took less than half the time they rode up. Thank god no serious accident happened during the trip, except Jean had bad gastric until we have to bring her to 2 clinics in Ringlet. 
Wefie!

Location: Jalan Ringlet - Sungai Koyan, Sungai Khazanah, 39000 Ringlet, Pahang, Malaysia

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