i survived..

a 70km cycling trip..

CYCLING TRIP - Pengarang, Malaysia (25-26 MARCH 2005)
hearing the distance to b covered..
-from house to changi jetty
-then 13km to our reward place (seafood restaurant for dina)
-another 9km to our chalet..
i wondered again n again y i agreed to go for the trip..

so the nite b4.. i was already paranoid.. went to sleep as early as i can.. to let my body hav MAXIMUM rest.. coz i haven been cycling for dunno how long..

on the day.. jus barely 1km fr my house.. after crossing a killer slope.. my first thought was "CYCLING IS NOT MY GAME".. n then i wondered if i'll get butt cramp.. coz it already feel crammy..

n the worse part.. i forget to stretch.. bicycle tyre needed a pump.. seat was too low.. tsk tsk.. totally ill-prepared!.. it usually happen to first-timers.. i guess.. coz u dun hav all the necessary stuffs.. n a borrowed bic n stuffs..

then of all things jus after shortly after getting seat n tyre in plc.. there was a loud ppsssssssssssss............. yucks!! tyre flat..

bunk boat seats got rearranged n i was alone on the boat.. arghh.. leaving a first-timer on its own.. but nvm.. jus take the boat then wait at the destination..

while cycling from pengarang towards the seafood plc.. the only tot in my mind was "Drafting".. my fren says it worked.. but i dun c any diff.. argh.. to mi the headwind was still strong anyway.. but i shdnt risk otherwise.. so i CONCENTRATED on keeping 0.5 to 1 wheel behind the front cyclist.. trying very hard not to tink n jus go-through-motion.. but once in a while i'll hav tis tot pop up - "JUS DUMP THE BIC N GO HOME.. i wanna go hommeeee.. .." hee.. desperatly wanna rest my butt.. the ting is i already had extra cushioning.. bought a gel seat.. i dunno if it worked.. doesnt seemed to coz it really hurts.. but cldnt imagine w/o it if it really worked..

n oh.. i tried out a bic w disc brake.. n guess wat.. barely 5 min on it.. i tried to brake.. happen to hav only my right hand on the handlebar so i jus press the brake w/o thinking.. it happened to b the front brake..(n i DID NOT press HARD).. but i was kinda thrown off.. blar.. so i got a real serious blue-black from the fall..

n the last part to the chalet was really a test of my endurance.. i cld hav jus thrown the bic.. sit down on the rd.. n stamp my feet.. if i had any lesser dignity.. =P

second day was much much better.. did 27km in 55min.. but the butt part was jus bad.. pain.. ouch.. .. luckily i managed to lombang n get a ride home fr jetty..

rest of them wasnt so lucky n had to ride in the rain.. n when they reached my plc(stopover) abt half an hr later.. they were all drenched n tired.. really thks for the ride mann..

anyway.. it was a pretty gd trip.. n i MIGHT consider buying a bic for myself..