70km Ride in the City of Kuala Lumpur

This event is a combination of 2 routes into 1 and making it a long city ride. It started with an idea to do a long ride within Kuala Lumpur if possible a huge loop around Klang Valley and it was after a ride organised by Jer Ping to Ampang that prompted us to do this. 24 of of us made ourselves free for this event.

We gathered at RSC Dataran Merdeka and were supposed to start at 7.30am but as usual and expected it was slightly delayed. The ride started at 8.15am.

I did not expect the turn out to be so good (24 of us). It is nice to see many riders riding together though it is not easy to manage one but luckily we have fellow riders helping to marshal the ride. Thanks to all these good buddies. 

The first place place we visited was the river side of Klang River to see some attractive mural drawings on the wall.

I realised that many of us like this place it's unique and a favourite place for photography.

We were fortunate that the place was dry enough for us to ride on it cos it has been raining the last couple of days. The surface is not safe to ride when it is wet.

This event is relatively a long ride and fuel is obviously very important in order to have enough energy for the journey.

We were slightly hindered by a passing rain never the less the weather was good most of the time.

We left Brickfields around 9.10am after our breakfast and moved on to Ang Seng connection  for the motor lane at Federal Highway.

After a 40 minutes ride from Brickfields we were at Hutan Pendidikan Bukit Gasing for a brief stop.

This was the first painful climb @ Gasing Hill some of us did not complete it. They knew that the group could come back the same route hence they waited. See this lady on the left Suit Yan she is strong she did a few climbs of this stretch...don't play play gentlemen!!!

10.15am - at the top of the Gasing Hill and that was the completion of Stage 1. Well Done!!!

This is Leo Sumulis, a touring cyclist from United Kingdom was happy to join us in this event, we hope he had a memorable time with us and will see this document when he is back home in approximately 5 months time.

10.30am - we were thrilled by a water festival at Chetawan Thai Temple at Jalan Gasing, yes it was Songkhran festival and we were so lucky to be able to celebrate it in Malaysia. Khap koon kap.

By 11.30am we were back to RSC Dataran Merdeka as a few of us have to leave earlier. We took the opportunity to rest and reset ourselves for the next stage.

We then cruised out of the city centre towards Ampang.

We regrouped at Ampang Park LRT Station and left at 12.20pm

12.45pm we reached Sri Ganesar Temple at Kg Pandan but unfortunately it was just closed for a break.

The time was about 1.30pm many were hungry and "angry"....some ate Thai food.

And some ate Ampang popular Yong Tau Foo. A word of caution never delay food for riders especially when one is hungry..... and everything was back to normal after a filled tummy... hehehe.

3.00pm - All set to roll for the balance of the exploration, substantial time was used for lunch it could have been improved with lesser meal time. 

3.10pm - Crossing into Ampang Indah, Taman Mulia near Saujana Ampang for the last kill.

The early finishers at the peak taking up limited shade as the sun was scorching hot and merciless.

Jimmy Chow, our veteran rider cruising steadily up the slope.

3.35pm - Siew Kheong was dehydrated and needed water badly if given a cold drink to him that would be absolutely marvellous.

4.10pm - MRR2 into Pandan Perdana. We took a different route back to the city going through housing schemes like Melur, Putra, Pandan Perdana, Shamelin and Maluri.

What a relief we completed the event and were back to RSC Dataran Merdeka at 4.45pm. It was a long day indeed an enjoyable and memorable 70km ride.

Restoran Hai Thian for another Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday to Lai Yoong & Wei Xiang. Last year we were at the same restaurant for the same celebration, time ready flies...

Delicious poached chicken was juicy and tender....yummy yummy.

Deep fried tilapia fish with creamy curry sauce - what a spicy taste of fish.

Two flavour squid dish was a favourite with its succulent bites and fresh taste of sotong.

Fried Tofu and century eggs served pickles another good choice for a different taste for the night.

Simple stir fried bean sprout and green pepper and preserved vegetable was fabulous and nice.

Pork with sweet coating was good choice for a complete dinner.

Happy Birthday will we see you again at Hai Thian next year? Anyway Thank You for the lovely treat.

Restoran Hai Thian 海天酒家

No. 9, Jalan BPP 8/2

Bandar Putra Permai

43300, Seri Kembangan

Selangor

Malaysia

Tel: 603 - 8943 5002 / 603 - 8948 8781 / 603 - 8945 4160

Business hours: Lunch 11 am - 2.30 pm daily; Dinner 5 pm - 10.30 pm daily

(Closes on every Monday except if public holidays fall on the Monday)

GPS : 2.985963,101.66482

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Riding with new friends to the Land of Ampang

The person who took us up here is Jer Ping and together are friends whom we met a day before in a mapping discussion. I enjoyed the route going through new places with interesting discoveries. Well done Jer Ping.

I left my house at 6.45am everything was still in the dark.

Yut Kee Restaurant was only about to open when I reached there.

Jer Ping, Roberto & Dhruv having a good breakfast before we start to ride.

We were ready and Ampang here we come.....

Sri Ganesar Temple @ Kg Pandan - started in 1951 but this structure was only built in 1955 and was the first in the area. 

Our next destination was to invade old Ampang Town, we were at the crowded market and had a thirst quencher from one of the stalls nothing like a cold glass of coconut water with its fresh kernel and it was so refreshing.

A brief stop at the Nine Emperor Gods Temple of Ampang and I bet it was a good visit for our oversea friends.

Roberto has rode to Ampang several times via different routes and he brought us to this trail but unfortunately it was not passable and we had to to turn back and continue our ride for the last climb.

That was it the peak of our ride for the day good climb and an easy roll back into Ampang. This was at mid road of Jalan Hulu Langat. There could be more climbs further up and we opted to cease at this junction and called it off for the day ride.

Wai Sek Kai of Taman Putra, a road with two long rows of food stalls and surely a food paradise in this part of the world. We settled for some sweet dessert and cold drinks.

We tried some of the popular foods like Ais Batu Kacang ABC and cendol.

Opposite to where we were eating I saw this attractive stall with long spread of dishes for economical rice. I would like to try it next time.

Finally we came back to KL city and it was a lovely ride with an excellent weather. Thanks to jer Ping for leading us this route.

After coming back into the city centre, we dispersed and went separate ways to our respective homes. Passing by Kg Baru is my regular route back home.

I was glad that I have done such a workout on a beautiful Sunday and has prompted me to create an event for my cyclist friends .

Ma' Cik Nasi Biryani @ Curve

Of late I have been going regularly to The Curve and during one of my visits I came upon accidentally to this shop with a sudden crave for some oily rice. 

The rice was served with a hot pot and at the base of the rice it was slightly burnt and crusted just like those found in Chinese Clay pot rice.

I opted for egg biryani and for once I am avoiding meat. There were two eggs in it. I enjoyed the bryani and also loved the prickles too. 

Ma' Cik Nasi Biryani

Lot 156, Level One

Western Courtyard

The Curve

Mutiara Damansara

47800 Petaling Jaya

Selangor.

Tel: 03 – 77106188

Searching for a Cycleable Route from Dataran Merdeka to Bangsar

Looking for new routes for cycling has become an interesting task for me as there are not many connectivity from one place to another be it a ride for leisure or work. This time around we wanted to connect Dataran Merdeka to Bangsar. 

Riding in backlanes is always interesting and is part and parcel of route searching.

Free hot soup for the homeless at old Klang Bus Station Jalan Bandar which is tucked next to Klang River. I was surprised to see so many homeless people in Kuala Lumpur. 

Getting down to a path running along the river towards Brickfields was an unusual experience. This route has a great potential and it is a prefect choice to convert it into a proper cycling lane. Let's hope the relevant authorities can take notice of it and make it happen.

Yes! we managed to make it to Bangsar with our bicycles, I guess the most trickiest was the crossing of Jalan Bangsar from Jalan Travers. It requires a mere push via several pedestrian crossings assisted with traffic lights. Thanks to Seang Nee for accompanying me in this search.

It was this lady in green who requested a ride to Bangsar that initiated this event. We gathered at RSC Dataran Merdeka for the ride after our individual works.

There were some of us who started from Bangsar led by a Sifu to the Independence Square.

Together we headed for the beautifully drawn graffiti at Klang River behind the famous Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

It is relatively a long stretch of paint work colourful, surrounded by skyscrapers and old KL buildings. Please note that cycling along this river edge is only possible during dry day.

Confidently the group took the narrow path along the river towards Brickfields, certain section of the path is uneven, at times some even have to carry their bicycles ...I like when some said it was educational going through this paths along the river.

At last we reached Bangsar and had a chance to meet an interesting person with his Cycling KL Map project, Jeff briefly explained the objective and aspiration of this map project. 

Looking back at Little India @ Brickfields is Mr.Kwan, from here we went forward to Chinatown to meet another cycling group for supper. So now we know how to get to Bangsar from Dataran and more connections and discoveries to be identified. Let's enjoy our city ride. 

Critical Mass Kuala Lumpur March 2013

This is my first time joining this cycling event called "Critical Mass" which is actually a global event held over 300 cities on the last Friday of the month. I was made to understand that this event in Kuala Lumpur have been around for the last couple of years initiated by some Mat Salleh cyclists and the response was tremendous.  

The purposes of this event is to create awareness of bicycling culture in the city that is still alive and to gain a fair share of the road usage.

The group started to gather at Ampang LRT Station from 9pm and a total of approximately 50 cyclists turned up for this mini carnival. We started to roll around 10.30pm.

There were all kind of bicycles from small bicycles BMX to old classic bicycles including two on roller skates. The mass was good enough to create attention and we had a pit stop to regroup at Bukit Bintang shopping paradise.

Dataran Merdeka seems to be the common stop for this ritual and it was the last stop for some of us. Some continued their ride to other part of the city for supper and some went back. The ride was short but relaxing which was fun and a chance to meet new cycling comrades. Let's us support this group even though there are some controversial issues arising out of this event but all in all there is a common objective that can be achieved and in the hope of creating good cycling awareness in the public in the name of safety riding.