2nd Assault on Kampung Tanah Runtuh

We failed to find the Kg Tanah Runtuh’s trail on our first attempt. We were hoping that this second assault will find us that secret trail.

As usual we meet up at Ayie’s burger stall at Taman Fajar around 0700am and start pedaling to Kg Tanah Runtuh. For today ride, we were joined by Amat, Aie, Apek, Amri, Rosdie and Haizal. Physically fit and mentally strong, these riders should be able to find that trail.

As we climbed towards the first hill, Apek had his rear tire puncture. After replacing with a new tube, we continued the climb and reached the top with less energy used. The view was spectacular. Well that’s the beauty of doing mountain biking. You got the chance to enjoy the nature. We took a few pictures and continued our downhill to another two hills top which are the location of telecommunication towers.

We continued our ride and this time right after the last hill, we got into an oil palm plantation estate. We were tested again this time when Rosdie’s front and rear tires get punctured. Fortunately, we still got two last spares of tube.

After replacing with new tubes, we decided to call it off due to worried of punctured tires. Maybe 3rd time will be our lucky day!!!

Jun Chong's Trail + G Lambak's Trail = Sweat + Satisfaction

Yes, that is the right equation if we want to describe the combination of those two trails.

We did not ride during the weekend (13-14th Feb), due to many of our members had others commitments.  It was on the 16th, just two days after the Chinese New Year Calibration that we decided it was time to sweat.  We decided to marry those two trails to find out if we could handle both of them in one ride.

Fadli, Fairuz, Ahmad, Rosdie, Ham, Kadir and Amri were the raiders to try this married trail.

No need to write again about those two trails but if you missed it, check out this two links....The Complete Trail of Jun Chong and Going Downhill at Gunung Lambak.

Did not take a lot of pictures, but just want to share one video where Ahmd were maneuvering one of the steep slops of Jun Chong. 

By end of the ride, everybody was tired but that did not dampen their spirit to do it next time.

Bukit Keretapi - We Saw, We Conquered

Just as plan, we rode to Bukit Benut Estate to explore another challenging trail the estate has to offer.  We knew Bukit Benut has a hidden trail that has never been ridden before.  And our target today was to find and enjoy that trail.  All we knew is that, the highest peak is Bukit Keretapi....and that the place we want to park our bike today!!!!!

Kluang MTB welcomes Cikgu Ali, Ham and Suratmin joining our weekend ride.  As usual, Rosdie, Ahmad, Ayie, Arie, Haizal and Kadir made up the group today. 

We took off from Bandar T6 around 0730.  After a few snaps, we headed straight to the estate.  It is a four kilometer ride.

It was an effortless ride for us in the beginning.  But we knew, we had to save all our energy if we dare to conquer Bukit Keretapi.  After asking for direction a number of time, we finally saw the peak of Bukit Keretapi.....Wow!!!!

From the distance, yes it is high enough for bikers like us to handle.  But none of us wanted to go home without taming Bukit Keretapi.

Slowly we paddled to the top.  With no more palm oil trees to shade us from the hot sun, the climb was long and tiring.  The hill was too steep, and sometime it was almost impossible to control the front tire.

We finally made to the top of Bukit Keretapi.  The view from the top, made us forgot how tired we were.....

The Jun Chong's Trail Got It All

I have been missing the weekend ride with the guys for the last 3 weeks. That is really sucks. Every time I called them, they said I missed the new trail they discovered over a month ago that they described as "Got Everything", "A complete set", "The best so far" and so on.

They called it The Jun Chong trail caused the off rad starts next to Jun Chong's factory. This trail is actually laid inside the Kluang Oil Plantation estate.

So last weekend, no more excuses for me. With Ayie, Rosdie and his son, we tamed that famous trail at around 5pm. The weather was excellent and we knew we will soak with sweat today!!!!

We took off from a Shell petrol station at Jalan Kota Tinggi. In just 5 minutes we were already entering the entrance of the trail. By just looking at it from the main road, I was quiet impressed with the contour and landscape of the trail.

The first few kilometers were raiding in open space. The oil palm tress had been chopped down but that was not an excused not to enjoy this trail. Wow....it was either climbing uphill or going downhill....after you got tired of that, than only the trail offers you a flat off road for you to take a breather.

The trademark of this trail is climbing the peak and going downhill from there. We did not really bother how high is the climb....but I can tell you it was a long and tiring climb!!! There is a sign board along the trail cautioning not to overtake and use low gear!!!! Yes...that's right...just like climbing Genting.

After we successfully conquered that last climbed, it was all downhill...and believe me, it was loooong and ride able all the way to the main road.

We finally arrived at our meeting point half an hour past six. The total kilometer recorded was 15 kilometers. No complaint from me. it is a short trail but is is good enough for our weekend ride. And I agreed it got everything. I would rate it as the best trail so far in Kluang.

Thanks to Rosdie, Ayie, Ahmad and Apek for finding this trail!!!