Another one ride wishlist ticked off now.
:)
Many thanks to Dino for being the ride guide and also providing the transportation.
The same goes to BC Kelolo for lending me one of his bikes.
Dino fetched me on a beautiful Sunday morning at the entrance of The Royal Selangor Golf Club at Jalan Tun Razak, which is a short distance from the hotel I was staying in at Jalan Imbi. We headed straight away to Putrajaya from there with Dino's son Irfan. At PCP, we were joined by two others, Hafiz and Kamil.
We started right off at the pump track, a short steep downhill and into the singletrack. Abruptly after, hidden from sight is a climb up upon a series of switchbacks. One word about the switchbacks at PCP: aplenty.
The trails in PCP is mostly singletrack, some tight on the ledge and some are quite wide. There are technical ones, and served with uphills matched with rewarding downhills. I failed miserably on many of the switchbacks, hence not really enjoyable - found myself hiking down most of them. I'd say 60% of the tracks are with switchbacks. Some looks gnarly, some quite tight and some are quite relaxed. So, if you mastered the skill to tackle switchbacks (both going up and down), you will definitely enjoy riding in PCP.
The trails are actually divided into 4 categories coded with colours:
Blue
Green
Red
Black - DH
*sorry, too lazy to look for info of the trails.
Dino brought us through a mix of the blue, green and red trails. Quite challenging at some sections, a good place to hone and practice your mtb skills (if you have a good guide). From my Sports Tracker's reading, we chalked only about 6.5km of riding but I tell ya, it was really intense.
Surely I'll be back, and tackle all those haunting switchbacks. InsyaAllah.
From Sports Tracker's reading:
Distance: 6.51km
Duration: 1h 16m 37s
Average speed: 5.10 km/h
Max speed: 22.4 km/h (couldn't be!)
Distance: 6.51km
Duration: 1h 16m 37s
Average speed: 5.10 km/h
Max speed: 22.4 km/h (couldn't be!)
Photos are in here:
Ride map: http://bit.ly/PJya4E