Only one thing that are highly commendable for this Jamboree. The creativity of organizer which will set a new standard for the rest to follow.
Water refill station at your own convenience, highly mobile and can be found everywhere with the flexibility to choose either tap water or water from the river. Thanks to pudin for the great photo at the right moment.
Photo taken from blmer.blogspot.com
Photo from Adiharriman
Thank to Adiharriman for this photo
I'm so frustrated with the way the so called a well known cycling team in Taiping organized this Jamboree. As if they are not a cycling team but a political institution. A very good gimmick with grand flag off, one malaysia bla...bla...but nothing inside.
I don't want to elaborate on the delay of flag off, uncontrollable situation, haywire of situation at the opening of the ceremony. I am more interested on the trail. I went there to experience mountain biking. What is the point when 70% of the time I have to push my bicycle either climbing or downhill. It is unridable. It is more suitable for jungle trekking but not for mountain biking. That why I said these people not a cycling team but a political team.
After more than an hour pushing the bicycle on the jungle trekking, a lot of energy are wasted, drinking water almost dries up, there was no water refill station at the CP????????...I'm so dissapointed with the way they organize this event. People will remember this jamboree as the worst jamboree of 2009.
A group of 6 rider ketegar Jitra went to Ulu Pauh Trail, with a mission of uncovering hidden secret of soon to be famous trail of northernmost part of Malaysia. Last time I rode on this trail on Dec 2008 and and this time like an annivessary to me. The trail never lost its touch, just like before eagerly waiting to swallow the visitors. So many riders had fallen down to earth and today is no exception.
A large percentage of trail revolve around the rubber plantation estate. There are so many paths to take and you can easily lost in the middle of nowhere and might end up in Kodiang, a small town in neighboring Kedah. It is a matter of preference which path to take because every path has its own unique flavor.
There are a lots of climbing, some are quite steep but ridable with no chance to take a long breath. The downhill part are quite harsh because of the waterways and big loose stone which can easily bring you down to earth. Now I know why Perlis riders invest alot in their fork- to absorb the harsh environment with confident.
The trail will definitely satisfy both novice and pro equally. Let's ride up north. Perlis Jamboree here we come. I followwwwwwww...
My best ever 2009 snap he...he. Thank to Pudin for the photo. This photo taken on 15/12/09 night ride at Ladang Tebu Chuping, Perlis.
My gadget of the year Philips high pressure steam iron. This iron cut ironing time by half, my wife are happy, I'm also happy. When everybody happy, more time for mountainbiking..he..he.
My trail of the year- Wang Pallas Trail a combined of Bukit Wang and Jati Pallas trail. Short but full of adrenalin. Can be completed in 1.5 hours. Suitable for the people like me who do not have the time luxury.
A row of rider ketegar Jitra a.k.a rider D'Pallas a.k.a rider hantu air
From left: cikgu Lotfi, zaim, senu, newcomer cikgu madi, syam GFisher, pudin TTG and zn@gerekbaru. Photo copyright of saifuddin
On 04/12/09, a group of riders from Jitra completed a mission of conquering the Ladang Jati Perik, kuala Nerang. For me, this was my first time on the trail but not to some of the riders like senu, zaim and cikgu lotfi who always on this trails with Red Flag riders.
My first impression, this trail is superb no wonder the Red Flag Team never get bored pedalling days and night on her. The foreplay parts introduced you with long climbing and also rewarded with long downhill. The trail become a bit technical on the last 40% with steep downhill and climbing. Its truly bring me to the climax with multiple ejaculation especially with my new air shox. Zaim and Senu always reminded me not to apply any brake during DH for safety. At first I thought they were joking, only when I was thrown out off my bike on one of the downhill then I know what's that mean. I learned something 'brake can kill you', do not stop the momentum at its height. This is where bike control at high speed is important which I'm still learning.
I am looking forward for a more enjoyable ride on this trail. Learning process will never stop. The more you ride, the more ......??don't know.
For a more report on this ride, please visit Pudin MTB blog
ALL CREDIT TO THE POHOTOS HERE GOES TO SAIFUDDIN YAAKUB OF TITI GAJAH
Ini bukan no 1 tetapi dikelilingi oleh No 1
No 1 Open
No 1 kategori rider tegar Wan Blitz
Saifuddin- gaya seorang pro rider bersama anaknya yang juga jurufoto dalam posting ni
Penguatkuasa MDP dok tunggu nak saman saja, tak kan kat sini pun kena bayar parking ?
Lagi gambar dikelilingi oleh peminat dari Kedah. Gerek depa pun cap Kedah, beli kat kedai mana tak tau?
7 biji kereta dengan jentera masing masing bersiap sedia berlepas ke Bukit Perak, Pendang jam 6.30am dari Jitra. 7.45 am sampai di Bukit Perak selepas berhenti sarapan dengan geng Red Flag Lontruth, Wan Blitz bersama Ravi.
Kami tidak meletakkan harapan yang tinggi sangat pada penganjur, lagipun ini adalah jamboree anjuran pertama mereka. Asalkan boleh kayuh, ada marking yang cukup, ada minuman yang cukup dah kira ok. Secara keseluruhannya, pihak penganjur menjalankan kerja dengan baik walaupun ada serba sedikit kekurangan yang kecil yang mungkin boleh diperbaiki pada tahun depan. Makanan tak cukup...memang dah dijangka sebab banyak last minit penyertaan. Walauapapun tahniah kepada Majlis Daerah Pendang kerana penganjuran yang berjaya dan jamboree ini akan dimasukkan dalam kalendar penyertaan kami tahun depan.
Lebih kurang 300 peserta (anggaran sahaja) mengharungi hujan renyai renyai dan jalan berlumpur dan licin untuk kegarisan penamat. Bila aku nampak barisan pelumba dari Majlis Sukan Negeri Kedah, aku tau dah sapa yang nak menang. Seperti dijangka, no 1 kategori lelaki dan wanita dibolot oleh pelumba MSN dan veteran no 1 dibolot oleh Tok Wan Shahidan dari Perlis. Kebanyakan pelumba cukup berpuas hati kerana mendapat no dibawah 100. Bukan senang ooo nak dapat no bawah 100 ni di jamboree...ha..ha....haha. Che Senu hantar SMS kat aku dapat no 10 kategori veteren, orang panggil nama dia nak bagi hadiah dia dah cabut balik....bukan apa unsangkarable. Tahun depan hangpa jangan harap la nak dapat nombor tu...hua ...hua...ha.. Lontruth dapat no 80, katanya first time dapat nombor below 100 dalam mana mana jamboree.
Trail dikategorikan easy to medium difficulty. Jalan cukup licin sekali dan banyak rider yang jatuh, macam main drift. Disinilah yang membezakan rider pengalaman dan novice. Rider pengalaman macam cikgu Lotfi, dia cool saja ambil side dicelah celah lurah gelinciran. Pilihan tayar juga memainkan peranan yang penting dalam meredah jalan yang licin.
Syabas Majlis Daerah Pendang dan jumpa lagi tahun depan.
p/s: still waiting Saifudin to email me the photo of the events because i don't bring my camera.Gambar atas cedok dari Acong Cobra
Kepada pengayuh pengayuh MTB yang baru terutamanya geng Gerek Baru, acara jamboree ataupun perlumbaan XC race adalah sesuatu yang mesti disertai. Inilah sebenarnya tempat menguji tahap kuupayaan seseorang pelumba menghadapi cabaran fizikal dan mental. Disinilah juga sebarang kelemahan dihalusi dan diperbaiki.
Berikut adalah panduan kepada peserta peserta dalam menghadapi sebarang jamboree ataupun perlumbaan cross country.
1) Pastikan anda cukup training
Anda mesti cukup training. Jika sesuatu acara memerlukan kayuhan 40KM, pastikan anda train diri anda buat kayuhan 55KM, lebih sedikit daripada yang perlu. Pastikan kayuhan anda mempunyai selingan interval (saya akan menghurai lebih lanjut berkenaan interval training pada post akan datang). Secara ringkasnya, kayuhan anda mestilah sampai satu tahap sukar untuk bernafas (denyutan jantung pada tahap maksimum ). Kayuhan ini diulang seli mengikut kemampuan anda- kayuhan ke tahap maksimum kemudian kayuhan biasa- kayuhan ketahap maksimum. Jika boleh, cuba cari kawasan berbukit untuk training kerana semasa mendaki, anda akan cepat sampai ketahap maksimum(orgasm).
Lagi banyak anda training tahap ini, lagi besar cc enjin anda dan inilah yang akan membezakan kereta kancil dengan BMW.
2) Persiapan masa perlumbaan
a)Pastikan anda bersarapan pagi jika perlumbaan waktu pagi
Tahap glycogen (tenaga yang disimpan dalam otot kita yg dibina dari karbohidrat)berkurangan masa kita tidur dan perlu di ganti baru.
b) Pastikan anda minum air yang banyak.
Minum air walaupun anda tidak berasa dahaga. Ini kerana badan kita mengeluarkan air yang banyak semasa aktiviti ekstrem ini dan perlu diganti segera.
c) Pastikan anda sediakan makanan ringan yang kaya dengan karbohidrat/glukos yang mudah diserap badan semasa perlumbaan. Contoh: coklat, buah tamar, biskut oat, pulut udang dll. Ini penting kerana semasa aktiviti ekstrem ini, badan kita memerlukan banyak karbohidrat yang disimpan dalam bentuk glykogen untuk menggerakkan otot otot kita dan tenaga ini perlu diganti. Karbohidrat ibarat minyak petrol pada kereta, semakin lama anda kayuh semakin berkurangan.
d) Jangan over-push diri anda
Ketahui tahap keupayaan anda dan jangan over the limit.
Selamat berjamboree dan jumpa anda di Pendang
More photo from bro Saifuddin camera on on Hantu Air Ride on 14/11/2009
Macam dok kat Genting diselaputi kabus
Pendakian Bukit Wang
Acara sukan air bermula
Senu menunjukkan cara cara kayuhan melawan arus
Cikgu Lotfi dok kernyih seronok main air diikuti oleh anak bro Saifuddin
Lepaih ni kalau ada jamboree dalam air aku mesti masuk punya... garenti tak mau pi ragaih bukit dah pasai syok main air
nasib baik ada budak budak ni kalau tidak gerek aku lepih dalam kok U
Ikan haruan lekat kat crank, jenuh kena cabut
Masa ni kayuh kena tawakkal saja pasai tak tau apa didepan..lubang, parit...
Lepas randuk air, acara freeride pulak...
Kayuhan kali ini memberi sedikit kelainan. Seramai 12 rider menyahut cabaran yang julung julung kali diadakan. Kayuhan dimeriahkan dengan penyertaan Wan Blitz, rider Redflag yang sedang meningkat dan 3 orang lagi rider dari Alor Setar. Diberitakan, 3 rider ini memulakan kayuhan dari Titi Gajah ke Jitra dan terus ke lokasi berkumpul di kedai basikal Yeh D'Pallas Taman Suria. Geng ni memang laju sampai aku pun tak sempat nak tanya nama.
Kayuhan dimulakan tepat 7.30 am dan terus menuju ke trail Bukit Wang dan memulakan pendakian demi pendakian dan terjunan graviti. Kemudian, kayuhan diteruskan ke trail Jati Pallas untuk kayuhan off road dan DH lepas brek.
Semasa perjalanan ke Bukit Wang, kami diberitahu penduduk setempat bahawa kawasan perkampungan Paya Tok Teh dan sekitarnya telah ditenggelami air hampir lebih satu meter dan semua perhubungan darat telah terputus. Untuk pengetahuan, kawasan Paya Tok Teh adalah termasuk dalam trail Wang Pallas iaitu laluan perjalanan balik.
Kami mengambil keputusan untuk melalui kawasan banjir tersebut walaupun dinasihati oleh penduduk setempat supaya mengambil jalan alternatif. Bersesuaian dengan nama rider ketegar ini, kami pun terus meredah aliran air yang deras untuk merasakan kayuhan dalam air. Kepakaran Lan Diamondback digunakan sepenuhnya. Kampung dia bersebelahan dengan kawasan banjir, jadi semua lubang, taliair dan parit dalam kepala dia. Selepas ni kalau sape2 nak buat jamboree dalam air boleh la jemput kami..he..he..
Lokasi permulaan
nih kena apa pulak??
shok kayuh dengan hangpa semua...boleh berenang ngan gerek
wan blitz sama senu
Bro Saifudin tak sabag nak terjun DH dalam air
Lan memang cekap kawasan ni pasai tak dak sapa pun terjun dalam parit
aktiviti kayuhan dalam air bermula
Enjin masuk air
We love to ride but the constraint is time. We cannot ride everyday because we don't have the time. We can't ride all day long on every weekend because we have other things to do. So, when we ride we need a good quality ride that can satisfy both the time constraint and adrenalin pumping action.
Today trailblazing ride in search of perfect trail designed to solve those basic problem. We combined two trail namely Bukit Wang Trail and Jati Pallas Trail into one and we named it Wang Pallas Trail. Bukit Wang Trail starts at the back of Bukit Wang Forest Reserve comprising half tarmac climbing and half off road climbing and steep downhill straight through the Rimba Rekreasi Bukit Wang and exit at the front gate of the recreational facility. In tandem with the status of the forest reserve, we spotted two babi hutan running wildly crossing the trail in front of our bike. Luckily no unwanted incident happened otherwise I don't know what to do. Then, we continued the ride to Jati Pallass trail which was 100% pure off road climbing and downhill and on the way back we took rubber estate trail around Binjal area heading toward paddy field area in Paya Tok Teh straight back to Taman Suria, Jitra. Total trail distance is 35 KM and can take 2-2.5 hours to complete. Just nice!!! It has all the right ingredients.
As usual, this trailblazing ride was lead by Yeh D'Pallass and supported by Senu, Zaim, Cikgu Lotfi, Sham, at bata, zn and two 'rider cilik' Amirul Aiman and Audi. I am impress with our 'rider cilik' because of their right attitude- never give up, quick to response, far sighted and anticipate the unanticipated. These are the future rider with the winning attitude.
We would like to thanks Bro Saifuddin and his son who came all the way from Titi Gajah, Alor Setar just to join our ride. We feel so please and excited to welcome you and bring along with your vast experience in MTB and Kelab Rekreasi Kedah. 
Bro Saifuddin (left) Camera shyed blogger (right)
From left: Cikgu Lotfi,adik amirul,zaim and senu
Bukit wang trail
Jati Pallas Trail
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