Survey North West (Kiara /Segambut) for a Bicycle Route Map

It's survey time again for the bicycle route map project and this round was at the areas of Kiara & Segambut.

The turn out for this survey was very encouraging and it was nice to see new faces in this exercise.

We started the cycling from Desa Sri Hartamas and headed to Segambut side.

Jalan Kiara to Segambut where you can see the contrast of old dwellings and modern ones.

 A change of flavour from our daily norms and a great way to de-stress in the city of Kuala Lumpur.

Concentration is essential whenever on the road.

Going up steep slope with or without gears.....

Re-grouping and a quick brief for the next course of action.

Some crossings can be tricky hence we shall always observe caution and teamwork.

Slow and steadily we pedaled up the slope.

After a strenuous climb and easy roll along Persiaran Dutamas.

A brief ride through Publika.

Bye bye Publika.

A break to exchange opinions cum a good rest.

The road that leads us to a water reservoir. 

At a land higher than the surroundings for a better view of the barrier between Deda Sri Hartmas and Damansara Heights. It's so near yet so far.

Going up and down through whatever means..

We went knocking everywhere to look for openings.

It was fun riding on this half dried weeds.

Possibility 1

Possibility 2

Let's all hope that something can be materilised from here.

A Survey for Bicycle Route Map for Kuala Lumpur - Cheras 13 July '13

An event was created for a survey to assist in drafting out a bicycle route map for Kuala Lumpur and the man behind all this is Jeffery Lim. 

6.15am I rode from my house to Cheras which was about less than 10km away. Everything was still in the dark.

10minutes before 7.00am I was at this coffee shop to meet two friends for breakfast.

They were Anne & Jer Ping

Eight something we started the survey with Jeff briefing us as what we will be doing.

We went through underpass at Cheras LRT station,

We cycled up bridges across highways and bye ways.

We also cycled along shady road reserves used for river maintenance.

We even rode on dirt tracks and through construction sites.

We hit dead ends and get to know the place better.

Most importantly we enjoyed what we were doing.

River can be diverted and re-aligned to suit the current development.

What we have surveyed were immediately marked and will be properly documented.

We checked for new linkages and identify from where and to where.

We visited places of our interest during the course of our work.

At times we have to carry our bicycles up high bridges to cross busy roads.

Pudu Ulu Park is one of the interesting places found in Cheras. 

Scaling on the pedestrian of a bridge linking Taman Shamelin and Taman Maluri.

Chan & Farred went looking for a short cut for home run.

And the good news was it is linkable and a good short cut.

Farred introduced to us an interesting spot where bicycle can be used to move from point A to B.

Nice graffiti seen on the wall at the river side.

The Klang River with elevated expressway on both sides of Ampang Highway.

We found an exciting escape route even though it is a mere small opening but it saved our day.....

We were in a search for a light that will give hope for good cycling in Cheras.

The total distant clocked was 50km for a day's work & ride.