Parenthon Ride 2013.

It’s a Fun Ride. Again, I had to indulge myself with a fun ride. Organised by Sekolah Sultan Ismail and Ronda Riadah. I really had not much to say about fun ride, so , briefly, on day ride, I decided to ride from my house at Setanggi. The initial plan was to ride with my fellow rider, Bahri, an old school mate from English College., from his house at Stulang Laut. As It turns out, I’m a bit late in the morning, so had to text Bahri and told him that I’ll be joining him with the rest of the MBJB rider at MBJB building instead. Arrive early, as usual, I’m the first to arrive. We started to ride from MBJB at 0800hrs. And I was there since 0700hrs.  So, the five of us ride to Sekolah Menengah Sultan Ismail, or SSI as it was commonly called. Most of the MBJB riders were begginers. Just started riding a year or two.

Reached SSI around 0830hrs, collect my goodies and wait for the VIP to flag off the riders. The school was holding an event, I’m not sure what, cause I was not concerned with the school events. I’m here just to enjoy the ride.

 Actualy, I’m quite surprised because a school helds a biking event. Too bad it was not my former school though. Maybe I could suggest to the head master. 

Nevertheless, I ride wherever as long as I can enjoy the ride. 

They say it’s the unluckiest number cause never in the history of bike jamborees, the number wins anything. I guess there’s a truth in it. As long as I can remember, in my experience yes, its true. The curse has not been broken yet.  A bit funny though putting on numbered plate on your bike on a fun ride, maybe its more for souveniers. 

VIP flags us of at 0845, a bit late actualy for a morning ride, but then again, is a fun ride. Our first check point was Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Selatan (IPD JBS). As the founding member of Ronda Riadah is a police officer, we had the oppurnity to use IPD JBS as our check point. After a simple bite of banana and mineral water, we are off. The marshals decided to change the route  as planned earlier. Its ok, as long as the weather is ok today.

here we passed in front of the famous Johor Bahru Zoo. The last time I visited the zoo was during my primary school days. That was the first and last. Maybe I should re-visited, just out of curiosity.

Most of the riders were young age groups. And not many hard core riders. Maybe they were saving energy for tommorow’s jamboree at Kluang. I’m going to Kluang also, but I consider this ride just for fun. No serious ride.  

And yes, everybody seems to be enjoying the ride. With traffic police as our escorts, it sure give us a piece of mind.

As usual, in a fun ride, I like to take videos during the ride, and from the looks of it, I’m the only rider who took video while riding. Its becoming a habit nowadays to video log my ride.  1 km to the finishing, the marshalls decided to spice things a bit. They gather up all the fixie riders and and sets them off to sprint to the finish. It sure made the kids jubilate           

For me, the ride was not even sweat breaking at all. Mostly because we were riding at a slow pace, and had few stops to wait for the last group of riders. Well, they are begginners. Its ok. As long as they have the enthusiasm to ride, its ok    

    Have to wait for the lucky draw, cause I was planning to ride back with the MBJB riders and my next destination will be the food court at Wadi Hana to meet my wife for lunch, and from thereon, my bike will enjoy the comfort of the car’s boot. The lucky draw I had a close call, as Bahri pulled out the number 002, what a luck. Missed by a digit. The main prize was a fixie bike. Left SSI after the lucky draw and we ride back to MBJB.  Reached MBJB and we depart from there.