Brilliantly Clumsy Desaru Ride

A bunch of us went to Desaru for a long ride. All was going well, I managed to keep 30+/- kmh for most part of the ride, thanks much to the tailwinds we had and long downslopes. Strategy today was to keep playing with the front gear. Today's route was the reverse of what we did with Wung Yew and Kenneth earlier this year. We stopped at Petronas for a break. Wall's Cornetto Royale ice-cream at only RM2.80 (it is S$2.80 here)!

Continued along the coastal road back. Good ride, until the fall. Sigh. Accidentally rode into a sand ditch at the side of the road (to give more berth to vehicles) and skidded and crashed. Could not unclip in time and went down with the bike. Scrapped my left elbow and left hip. Immediate self-check: knee ok, good, still can run. Alber helped me to rinse with water. Blood was fresh red.



Picked up the bike and continued. Had problem leaning my elbow on my aero bars. Then strike 2! Went round a bend fast, which had another sand ditch and deja vu! This time on my right side - badly scrapped the right elbow and shin. Argh, not my day at all. Super sian by then... Speechless at my own stupidity to make the same mistake twice, within 10km. *$^#*%! This time the cut was quite deep and blood was dripping. Literally, bloody hell. Haha. And I was sort of covered in dusty sand all over. Brilliant....

Made it finally to lunch restaurant and cleaned myself as best. After lunch, stuck some gauze onto the wounds, and we headed back to jetty. We completed the ride in good time actually, everyone of us. Back at Changi Village hawker centre, we stopped for ice-kacang and food. Saw many Sundowners getting ready and having dinner. Reminded us of our run last year.

Brought my bike to be serviced. Handle bars and aero bars took most of the impact, scratched and torn taping. Went home after that to lick my wounds, literally..... Swollen bruises and bad scraps all over. Looks like I would not be swimming next week....