Riding up Gunung Agung


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Posted by GaryD on Thursday, 17. June 2010 at 07:37 Bali Time:

In Reply to: Good to hear!! posted by mountaintoadten on Thursday, 17. June 2010 at 03:07 Bali Time:

Last year, I rode up to Budakeling which is a small village with several blacksmith forges making simple implements.

From Budakeling, I rode up the slopes of Gunung Agung passing quarries where lava is dug out. The road soon petered out and the slope became steeper. I kept changing down the gears to climb the volcano until I finally gave up.

I turned the bike around and headed back down the slope. I was going too fast and I grabbed the front brake causing the front wheel to skid and flinging me over the handle bars. Surveying the damage, I noted that my leg had been cut deeply in two places, the handle bars were bent, as was the footpeg and the brake pedal. I then rode to a bengkel in Budakeling where they fixed the bike.


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