Broga Jantan 180km

I started the ride from home approx 7.00. Hope to catch jaja's group doing broga jantan.
For cyclist, broga is synonymous with 140km of torturous hill climbs, which starts from hulu langat bt 18, tekala, semenyih.
Then turn into broga, lenggeng, klawang, and back up to bt 18. I have reach broga once, but not actually a loop because after semenyih, i head
straight back home.

Managed to reach bt 18 in 1 hour, but the guys were not there. So I went ahead trying to cycle to Tekala, then semenyih. Stopped by Semenyih for a drink,
and soon found that I dropped by sunnies some where...oh well. Then head straight for Broga, Lenggeng, and finally reaching the first major climb.
Gradient is around 7 percent. But the second climb was a bit less harder. Zoomed down in 62km/h.

Then reaching the junction to bukit tangga. But still I havent seen the group. Have seen some riders doing the broga 'pondan'* though.
I stopped by to have some jackfruit and coconut water. There'll be some major climb after this.

I anticipated climbing bukit tangga from this side tough, but actually it's way easier. Save for the early part, the rest is a smooth climb up.
Then it was zooming to klawang. I think I reached around 12pm. Had lunch at the restaurant. I asked the boss if any cyclist came, and he said none.
I think I must have missed them somewhere.

Now for the last climb to Peres, it was a bit tough, but actually not so hard. There's around 3 hill climbs but also some parts are downhill.
Save for the last climb up Genting Peres, the rest were pretty manageable. Then it's all the way to bt 18. Plus the distance from home it's 159km.

At last for the last climb up Ampang Hill, this is way tougher. Then back to home to record 180km right on the dot. Hey...ironman distance!

* 'Broga pondan' and 'Broga jantan' is copyrighted by Shazly Khan.
Broga pondan goes the other way round. So it's compulsory for male cyclist to do the broga jantan, unless you want to be labelled pondan.


Year of the cow...

At the border of Jelebu...this is at the top of Bukit Tangga.