Cleared and recently used as the racecourse for the downhill mountain-biking event of the 43rd National Games which took place last month, the track is still very much visible. Some of the course-marking tapes are still in place. Even the start platform is intact. For the first time in the 10 years since I lost a rear rim at Khoa Makha, I recently got to ride there again. Two follow riders, Thagoon Laokosakul and Frenchman Yann Garin, came all the way from Hua Hin to join me in taking advantage of this rear opportunity.