Saturday, November 03, 2007

And then there were no more trails ....

I am bored, stiff & sleepy ...

XC is almost dead .... there weren't much trails at a good distance (30km plus). Big city boys goes for ride with big springs and those without springs ... uhh, I mean me and my rigid goes none of those except for a sweet ride. Suspension? Unless wheels + springy soft tires are suspension, yes ... I have been on good springs all these while. Maybe just 2mm of flex is enough. 4 inch on a front & rear is a drool but I was really thinking, .. this is Malaysia. What do we really ride here? 10 footer drops? Huge boulders? Do we ride those every weekends? Not much at all. Not that we don't want to, we can't find good clean sections like these. Even if yes, you need to drive very far off north.

Most of the time here, we sweep through tight singletrack of some unknown tall trees, it is slightly uneven, lumpy with brown gravy (since it is in a jungle), braking hard, spoil the trail and ta daaa - The next thing you know, a trail maintenance is needed. Halfway through, the fact is ... a project development is ongoing and you never know what's going to happen on your trail maintenance. What a piece of bull.

And when the Minister/Mr.Rich Pluck comes around and BS, he says ... "Ahhh, this is the piece of land I've been dreaming of. I would like to build my dream project here".

Sick.

p/s: Ignore me, I am just rambling today.

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