Penang Mt Erskine Trail...

This trail is situated right behind the Mt Erskine market. Guess it should be consider a freeride trail. There's a lot of artificial and natural jumps that can be found here. One of our favourite trail so far.

When I started cycling about 6 months ago, I only plan to do cross country. Never thought that this trail can be one of my favourite. Please don't get me wrong. Favourite means I like this trail, not that I am an expert here. I pushed my bike quite a lot of time during my first ride here(pai seh, dare not to ride down the rock gardens).

After that ride, I started to google for more freeride and downhill videos in youtube. With the help of the videos, I became more confident compared to my first ride. Went faster this time. It is true that wacthing more youtube will make you become more daring(in hokkien, I call it khi siao). I figure out a new mathematics formula on my second ride:
Daring + No Skill + Paria Bike = Crash

And here's my reward.

Crashing is inevitable for beginner like us. All of my friends crashed before. The most serious one is having to get more than 10 stitches on his head and getting fractured rib. He got this when he tried to do some difficult jump on his first ride. His name is Gee(maybe spell as Ghee) and he is one of the best "jumper" among us. He can do almost all the jumps in Mt Erskine.

If you don't wanna get serious injury, it is better to get a sifu or get advise from the expert. They will tell you where you can practise your jump and which jump to avoid. We got a very good sifu. His name Ah Gee aka Ah Pnia another Gee, not the one who got fractured rib. He is one of the rider who constructed this trail. Don't know how come all Gees are good in riding. Another one is Gee Atherton.

This is one of jump that we should avoid.
There's no proper landing ground.

Frequent Mt Erskine riders will not jump here. You cannot get a proper landing ground. We don't know about this until Ah Gee told us. So you see, if you can get advise, you can prevent injuries.

Ah Gee showing us how to jump the roller coaster.
The one in front is Ah Gee(aka Ah Pnia aka sifu)
Followed by Azril.

More photos here and here.