Bikers Ah Huat & Mike Lim meets Kayaker FH2o on a Sunday morning at Rambungan.
Ian Chung found out from my blog that I bought a new mountain bike and being a mountain biking enthusiast, promptly invited me to go mountain biking with him this morning. I suspected that Ian wants to ‘torture’ me but he reassured me that we’re going take it easy as after all if Mike Lim at 59 can take it so should I. But then again Mike is not your typical 59 years old - he’s fitter than your average 25 year old!
Ian assures me that this is an “easy” wide open trail … yeah sure with all that sticky muck, ruts and hills. *sigh*
We met up at a coffee shop in Green Road at 6.15am; or rather Ian made me waited there at that time. Ah Huat showed up shortly and after we’ve had our “kolo-mee” we proceeded to Rambungan stopping near the ferry point. We unloaded our bikes and with Ian and Ah Huat leading the way we turned off the sealed tarmac onto one of the disused and probably illegal logging trails. It had been raining the night before and the trail was muddy and sticky.
Piece of cake, Ian says. I think he meant mud cakes!
I struggled to keep up with them trailing far behind; and the hills and tough pedaling soon took its toll on me and I had to take a long break when I started seeing “oo-pek” (black and white in hokkien). Due to my ‘condition’ they (mercifully) decided to cut short the off-road biking bit and instead we decided to cycle to the Rambungan Jetty about 5Kms away, after I had recovered.
FH2o’s a fish out of the water on a muddy dirt track.
The fresh sea breeze at Rambungan was invigorating and we decided to cycle to the beach another few kilometers away; after which we cycled back to the ferry point and back to our cars for the journey back to Kuching in time for lunch.
Catching the lovely sea breeze at Rambungan Jetty.
Rambungan beach. With rough seas like this, I’m glad to be on land.
Would I go mountain biking again? You can bet on it! And if you’re in Kuching; don’t hesitate to contact us for a ride! Don’t worry - if unker can do it; so can you!
A great Sunday morning on the ferry @ Rambungan.
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there’s just no stopping you is there uncle? when are you going to sky dive?
Hei..taking up another adventure sport ay?
I notice an obvious difference between a novice and veteran cyclist lar. The veterans wear colourfully and you?, you were in ‘oo-pek’ leh.
Hai,
Just to let you know our uni (Swinburne) have afew cyclist(beginners) and interested to know if we can join your group.
Cheers,
Jumry
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