Trail to try!

The Forest Research Institute in Kepong has a number of interesting and scenic trails set in the forest reserve. The tall canopies of dipterocarps (literally, "two-winged seed", a family of tropical hardwood forest trees) provide ample shade and ensure a pleasant, even if not hardcore, ride. The main trail is the Rover Track, with other subsidiary (and sometimes overgrown) trails branching off it. Click here for directions to FRIM and for a map of its trails, and click here for a short description of each, all of which link to the FRIM website.
Update (06/03/02): A race, Kayuhan Belantara, was held in FRIM in 2001, for which a section of trail was cut. It is quite technical, and very different from the other trails in the area. The trail starts from a 4wd track (accessible from behind the ethno-botany garden) and exits onto the Rover track. The trailhead can hardly be seen from the Rover track. If you ride it in the reverse direction of the race (ie towards the Rover track) you will avoid the hike-a-bike section and will instead be rewarded with a nice technical downhill, a la Mondo Cool. Enjoy