Movember Recce Ride

Pegasus Cycles is organising a charity ride in aid of the Movember Foundation.  Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide.

Last night twenty-two of us tested a potential route for the charity ride.  I mapped a route which starts and ends at Pegasus Cycles and does not require crossing major roads.  I had anticipated the first deviation from my plan.  The road around the TPC golf course is closed for repairs.  So we planned to u-turn at Sungai Penchala instead of continuing through Taman Tun Dr. Ismail.

It is a good thing we tested this route out.  When we got to the left turn marked by the arrow below, we found that the road ran through a gated community.  Not accessible by a raffish bunch of R@SKLs.

Map courtesy of Ride with GPS

After a quick powwow with people who knew the area better than I, we rode this route instead.

Map courtesy of Ride with GPS

By the time we deviated from the planned route, we had already decided that it wasn’t suitable for a charity ride.  There was too much traffic and the road surface was poor in places.

We stopped at Plaza Arkadia in Desa Parkcity to link up with Mark and Martin.

Photograph courtesy of Lee Heng Keng

Photograph courtesy of Robyn Lim

Then someone thought it was a good idea to do the 100m / 330ft climb to the water tank at the end of Jalan Desa Bistari.  It is amazing how a camera brings out the smiles, despite the gradient!

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

Photograph courtesy of Daniel Lim

The huffing and puffing to get up that hill were worth it.  That is Genting Highlands seemingly floating on the right.

We regrouped at the bottom of the hill to agree on a way back to Pegasus Cycles.

Photograph courtesy of Robyn Lim

Some just waited for a decision to be made.

Photograph courtesy of Robyn Lim

We rode back to Plaza Damas through the various Kiaras.  Most then spent a laughter-filled hour over roti rawa, roti canai, roti tissue, paper thosai, chapati and fried chicken, washed down with teh halia, teh tarik, teh o ais limau and milo.

The food was good, but the company and the laughs were better.