Nine R@SKLs rode to Port Dickson in June 2020. You can read about that trip here.
Talk about another ride to Port Dickson started in June this year. By 7th July, we confirmed accommodation at the same place we had stayed in 2020: The Regency Tanjung Tuan Beach Resort.
There was some trepidation about this trip amongst a few of us. Our cycling habits have changed. We don’t ride as often or as far as we used to. So a few ‘training rides’ were organised. Some were more successful than others.
One ride in July was rained out. We had breakfast instead.
Our final warm up ride the weekend before Merdeka (Independence) Day was interrupted by a lady who needed help with a flat tire. Whether we did, in fact, assist is debatable.
We celebrated our Good Samaritan deed with breakfast anyway.
TH snuck in a last-minute solo ride a few days before Merdeka Day.
In 2020, we cycled from where I live to Port Dickson. That was possible because we rode on the Maju Expressway to Cyberjaya. That expressway is now closed to cyclists.
This time, we took the KTM Komuter train to Pulau Sebang station, and rode from there to Port Dickson.
It was cool and overcast at dawn on Merdeka Day. The roads in Kuala Lumpur were wet from an overnight storm, but the rain had stopped. The KL Tower was lit in the colours of the Jalur Gemilang (Malaysian flag).
Woo was in the middle of the ride from his home to Bank Negara station.
Martin was waiting for Leonard at the Publika traffic lights. They would meet us at Bank Negara station.
Eight others were either on their way or already at my home.
On the way to the station at 7:30am.
Woo was already at the station when we got there. Leonard and Martin arrived a few minutes later.
I got told off for riding my bicycle into the ticket hall!
Waiting on Platform 2 for the 8:02am departure to Pulau Sebang.
What is in the bag?
Zaryl, Dan and Marvin boarded the train at Sentul station. Two stations before Bank Negara station.
All together in Car 6.
It takes two hours forty five minutes for the train to get from Bank Negara station to Pulau Sebang station. That explains this pose.
SSSSSHHHHH!
Old Roots, New Routes 