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Pink Ride 8.0

Posted on January 16, 2025 by alchemyrider

Graphic courtesy of Audax Randonneurs Malaysia

Audax Randonneurs Malaysia (ARM) marked its 10th Anniversary with the eighth edition of the Pink Ride. The Pink Ride honours the power and spirit of lady cyclists. This now iconic ride is free for all ladies, encouraging more women to take on the challenge of long-distance cycling.

I did my first Pink ride, the BRM 200 km distance, in 2019. Read about that twenty-strong group ride here.
A dozen of us did the BRM 200 km distance again in 2020. Read about the Pink Ride 3.0 here.
It was 2023 before I did another Pink Ride. The Pink Ride 6.0 was the first edition that offered a Permanent 100 km distance as well as the usual BRM 200 km route. I opted for the 100 km event, which you can read about here.
Four of us planned to do the Permanent 100 km Pink Ride 7.0. Read about why only two of us did the ride here.

Four of us signed up for the Permanent 100 km Pink Ride 8.0. We all agreed that given our respective states of fitness, the BRM 200 km event was a step too far.

The start and finish was at MesaMall in Nilai. My Biker Chick and I were at the mall the afternoon before the ride to collect four ride packs.

Photograph courtesy of Audax Randonneurs Malaysia

Apart from some stickers, a discount coupon for cycling products, isotonic tablets and the all-important brevet card, we also got a super useful waterproof pouch. Perfect for holding a mobile phone and some cash.

The Pink Ride 3.0 in 2020 also started and finished at MesaMall. I stayed in a nearby hotel before that ride. Since then, apartment blocks integrated with the mall have been built. I booked two homestay apartments, one for my Biker Chick and one for G and V.

We had a nice view of the hills around Nilai.

G and V arrived that evening. We hit the mall right away, looking for food. Campur Campur Kitchen was a winner.

We walked off some of those calories by exploring the mall. We added calories by eating ice cream at Nice to CU. We bought drinks and nibbles for the morning at Jaya Grocer, and then it was time for bed. I set my alarm for 3:30 am.

G, V and I went downstairs to meet M at 4:30 am.

About 150 of us rode into the dark a little after 5:00 am.

The Permanent 100 km route took us from MesaMall through Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi, Sepang and over the Sungai Langat at Banting. It was very pleasant once dawn broke and we could see where we were going. The forecasted rain stayed away, and the air was cool.

We made our first extended stop at Kampung Batu Laut. Not counting the twelve-minute stop after just 9.6 km to fix my flat tire.

I refilled my 750 ml bidon for the second time at Pantai Batu Laut. I was making a concerted effort to drink a lot. I am sure the reason I struggled on past long rides is because I didn’t drink enough.

I had more to drink at our breakfast stop at Kafe Cikgu Kundang 2.5 km later. The bike racks caught our attention. The food was worth stopping for.

The first checkpoint was 3.5 km down the road at Tanjung Sepat. We met old cycling friends there.

From Tanjung Sepat, we rode to Sungai Pelek, where I refilled my bottle again. The weather continued to be kind to us.

Photographs courtesy of Audax Randonneurs Malaysia

The BRM 200 km riders turned right at Pekan Sepang and rode to Lukut, Port Dickson, Rantau, Sendayan and Bandar Baru Enstek.

We rode from Pekan Sepang straight to Bandar Baru Enstek and back to MesaMall.

Map courtesy of Audax Randonneurs Malaysia

About six and a half hours after we left MesaMall, we rolled back under the Start / Finish arch and into the mall to the final checkpoint.

We collected our medals and celebrated our successful metric century ride.

We all felt it in our legs the following day, but apart from that, we were none the worse for wear. I am sure drinking more than three litres during the ride made a positive difference for me.

There is another Pink Ride scheduled for May. Perhaps we will be fit enough to ride the BRM 200 distance.

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A Half Dozen to Port Dickson and Back

Posted on December 12, 2019 by alchemyrider

Some of the best rides happen with very little planning. A chat on the 5th led quickly to an agreement to ride from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson on the 11th. And back again the next day. We had four others opt-in within a few days.

Brian, Kellie, Kenneth and I started before sunrise from Petaling Jaya. We rode to the Sanctuary Mall in Bandar Rimbayu, where we met Jake and Mark. There was time for coffee, Milo and roti canai before we pointed our bikes towards Port Dickson.

We took our regular route to Jenjarom, and then rode the quiet secondary roads to Tanjung Sepat.

The only animal life we saw on the way to Tanjung Sepat was of the domesticated variety.

It took us about two and a half hours to get from Rimbayu to Tanjung Sepat. Which meant it was time for food and drink. We went to Hai Yew Hin. Home of excellent rice porridge.

And pretty good fish balls too.

20km later we were waiting for the ferry across the Sepang River.

Kenneth asked where the river originates. I didn’t know the name of the river then, let alone its origin. Thanks to Google Maps I know know its name, that it originates in Sepang, and forms the border between the states of Selangor and Negri Sembilan.

It was 1:30 pm and 34ºC when we got to Port Dickson. Our first stop was for bowls of . . .

We checked in to our usual PD accommodation. The Waterfront Boutique Hotel.

After a shower, it was time for a late lunch. We got into the Double Queue Thai Cuisine restaurant just in time. The kitchen closes for a two-hour break at 3:00 pm. A lamp post outside the restaurant was a convenient place to hang my laundered kit to dry 😂.

After a post-lunch nap it was dessert time. There is a McDonald’s within walking distance of the hotel. Mark has the McDonald’s app. As luck would have it, there was an ice cream promotion that he could redeem. A soft-serve cone, an Oreo McFlurry and the choice of a strawberry or a chocolate sundae for something like RM8.00.

Mark had the McFlurry. I had the cone and the chocolate sundae.

Mark and I sat in McDonald’s until dinner time. The others joined us there, and Jake researched dinner options. Gerai Hock Kee was on the opposite side of the hotel from the McDonald’s. We walked along the waterfront and past Port Dickson Public Library to Gerai Hock Kee.

The restaurant is small and unpretentious. No flashing neon sign here. The food – thick noodles in dark soya sauce, fried mantis prawns, fried shark, oyster omelet, and green leafy veg – hit the spot.

There was beer at dinner. Which was enough for most of us. But not for two, who had couple of nightcaps at the Pattaya Pie Kitchen & Bar.

It was bedtime for the rest of us.

There used to be a bhangra pub beside the Waterfront Boutique Hotel. The loud music kept us awake for most of the night on a previous visit. The pub is gone, so we all had a good night’s sleep.

We were on the road at 6:00 am, with a breakfast stop 10km away in Lukut. Dawn broke through cloudy skies as we headed to the ferry at Sungai Pelek.

Our route back was slightly different from the one we took to get to PD.

We took a detour to Avani Sepang Gold Coast.

We also took the more direct route along Federal Route 5 from Tanjung Sepat to Morib. We stayed on Federal Route 5 through Banting before turning right onto Jalan Kampung Sri Cheeding.

Restoran Al-Arefin Bistro is our regular hangout in Rimbayu. And for many other cyclists. So much so that the restaurant recently installed a sturdy bike rack out front.

Jake and Mark ended their ride in Rimbayu. Brian, Kellie, Kenneth and I made it safely back to Petaling Jaya. Once again, lots of kilometres ridden without any punctures.

Murphy’s Law – If something can go wrong, it will – didn’t strike.

Yhprum’s Law – Everything that can work, will work – held instead.

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Tanjung Sepat for Congee

Posted on August 21, 2018 by alchemyrider

The last time the R@SKLs rode to Tanjung Sepat, we had drinks at the Hai Yew Hin coffeeshop. While we were there the proprietor gave us sample bowls of their congee (rice porridge). That porridge was so good that stuck in the minds of some. Jake, Mark, Martin, Simon and I rode to Tanjung Sepat last weekend just for the porridge.

Starting at 5.30am has caught on with some of the R@SKLs. Better the pain of getting out of bed at 4.15am than the pain of getting sunburnt after 1.00pm.

We had planned on parking at IJM Land’s The Arc show gallery in Bandar Rimbayu. I first parked there in June. It was just Lay and I in my car. As we were setting up our bikes a security guard came up and told us that parking at The Arc was not allowed before 7.00am. The security guard then walked away. I locked my car and we rode off.

The second time I parked there was in early August. I was with Mark. Again in my car. I parked further away from the show gallery building than I had in June. Security was nowhere to be seen.

I was back there the next day. This time there was eleven of us spread over ten vehicles. We parked away from the show gallery. The security guards were visible but they didn’t approach us.

Last Sunday I was the first to arrive at the road leading to The Arc. To discover that access to the car park was blocked by these. Tanjung Sepat Barriers

IJM Land really do not want us parking at The Arc before 7.00am.

So I went hunting for parking where the Ecoworld development is. I found a place which would fit four vehicles at the spot circled below. Hopefully, we don’t get blocked from that area as well.

Tanjung Sepat Parking

The five of us set off at about 5.45am. Once out of the Bandar Rimbayu area headlights were essential.

Photograph courtesy of Martin Low

It is just under 70km / 43.5mi to Tanjung Sepat via the back roads.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

At 8.30am we were riding through the fishing village of Tanjung Sepat.

Tanjung Sepat Fishing Boats

A few minutes later we were in the Hai Yew Hin coffeeshop.

Photograph courtesy of Jake Sow

This is what the guys came for. Salted egg, century egg and chicken congee, garnished with yew char kway (Chinese crullers).

Photograph courtesy of Simon Soo Hu

We also had some pau (steamed dumplings) delivered from the shop across the street. Apparently, the original vendor of the famous Tanjung Sepat pau is Hai Yew Hin. As demand grew, a separate pau only shop, with a slightly different name, was opened across the street.

Photograph courtesy of Simon Soo Hu

After breakfast, we checked out one of the stalls selling another product that Tanjung Sepat is famous for. Locally grown and roasted coffee.

Photograph courtesy of Jake Sow

Photographs at the Instagrammable locations were a must.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

It will be Independence Day in less than two weeks. Malaysian flags are starting to fly everywhere, including at the end of this pier.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

Our route to and from Tanjung Sepat is a bit longer than it could be. One reason is that we want to avoid riding on Route 5, which is a busy trunk road. Another reason is we have to take a detour along Jalan Kenangan Baru, Jalan Saga and Jalan Nangka, instead of riding on Jalan Kenangan Lama.

Map courtesy of Ride with GPS

This is what Jalan Kenangan Lama looks like from Jalan Kenangan Baru. Nothing wrong with the road from here.

Photograph courtesy of Google Maps

And this is what Jalan Kenangan Lama looks like from Jalan Nangka.

Photograph courtesy of Google Maps

Jalan Kenangan Lama turns into an unpaved track somewhere between Jalan Kenangan Baru and Jalan Nangka. So better to avoid Jalan Kenangan Lama completely than run the risk of having to ride over a stony, rough and muddy trail.

Throw in a cendol stop and we were back at our cars before 1.00pm. It won’t be long before we will be riding to Tanjung Sepat with other R@SKLs to wreak more damage on the local congee and pau.

Tanjung Sepat Empties

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Tanjung Sepat x 2

Posted on August 5, 2018 by alchemyrider

Tanjung Sepat View 1

Rides from Kota Kemuning to Morib and back have formed the basis for a number of my posts.

September 2016
March 2017
June 2017
July 2017
March 2018

Rides to Morib and back are about 100km / 62mi long. Long enough that we don’t venture further down the coast unless the destination is Port Dickson or Melaka.

Tanjung Sepat is a fishing town about 18km / 11mi down the coast from Morib. Tanjung means cape, and Sepat is a type of fish. This is one of the towns that we ride through on those longer rides.

March 2014
August 2016
December 2017

Lately, Tanjung Sepat has become a destination in its own right. I first rode inner roads to Tanjung Sepat with Lay in June. We returned via the coastal road through Morib. In July Mark led a group of R@SKLs on a Morib ride extension to Tanjung Sepat. Last Saturday Mark and I rode to Tanjung Sepat entirely on inner roads, bypassing Morib completely.

The photographs Mark posted led to some R@SKLs asking if Mark and I would lead a duplicate ride the next day. Which we did. Hence Tanjung Sepat x 2 for Mark and I.

The long-standing start point for rides to the coast has been Restoran BR Maju in Kota Kemuning. Since that ride with Lay, I have started from the Bandar Rimbayu Show Gallery instead. That cuts out 8km / 5mi of road made dusty and sandy, or muddy, depending upon the weather, by legions of earth-moving lorries.

The other R@SKLs have bought into the new starting point too.

Tanjung Sepat Route

These are the photographs that prompted other R@SKLs to want to do this ride also. Lovely quiet country roads.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

So eleven of us fired up our lights and rolled out of the Bandar Rimbayu Show Gallery carpark at 6am on Sunday.

The run to the bridge over the Langat River is the same one we always use. The only mechanical issue o the day came at the apex of the bridge, where Annie dropped her chain.

Photograph courtesy of Annie Lim

The new route I plotted kicks in about 1.5km / 1mi from the river, where we turned right off Jalan Pusara onto the much quieter Jalan Kampung Sawah.

Different day, same conditions.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

Happy faces!

Photograph courtesy of Chew Wee Giap

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

Photograph courtesy of Chew Wee Giap

Tanjung Sepat via these inner rural roads is 65km / 40mi from Bandar Rimbayu. Everyone was hungry when we got there. The first stop was for breakfast.

Photograph courtesy of Alfred Chan

By some accounts, Tanjung Sepat’s fishing fortunes are in decline as the sea in that part of the Straits of Melaka gets increasingly polluted. It retains its reputation for good seafood restaurants, of which there are many. It is also developing other attractions.

A wooden jetty known as Lover’s Bridge collapsed some years ago and has been replaced by a concrete pier. It is not a particularly romantic structure, but it is worth going out to the end for a photograph.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

You also get a ride track 350 metres / 1,150 feet out into the Straits of Melaka.

Map courtesy of Ride With GPS

Some enterprising locals have also built a series of Instagrammable structures out of old wine barrels. Quite a tourist pull on weekends. This dragon, for instance.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

And this bridge between two towers of wine barrels.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

There is something for all ages!

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

A longer-standing attraction is the Hai Yew Heng pau (stuffed buns) shop. Famous for over forty years for its traditional home-made Hainanese steamed buns. The buns sell like hot cakes (pardon the mixed metaphor). I’ve been through Tanjung Sepat three or four times, and this was the first time the shop was open. There is no seating in the pau shop, so we sat in the coffee shop across the road

Photograph courtesy of Annie Lim

We rode back to Bandar Rimbayu was under mostly overcast skies.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Lim

We made our customary cendol stop after we re-crossed the Langat River. It made a difference having 8km / 5mi less to ride to get from the cendol stall to the carpark. I think the Bandar Rimbayu starts are here to stay.

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BCG Tour Klang – Port Dickson – Klang Day 1

Posted on August 9, 2016 by alchemyrider

Johan Sopiee, Danial Marzuki and Foogie Sim organised the third overnight bike ride under the BCG Tour banner. This time from Klang to Port Dickson and back.

The start was in the parking area outside the Hotel 99 in Bandar Botanik, Klang. We loaded our bags into Johan’s car, collected our cue sheets, and paid attention as Danial briefed us on the day to come. In the meantime Johan was already into his stride as official photographer.

Unless indicated, all the photographs in this post were taken by Johan.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Start2 Johan

A dozen of us were going to spend the night in Port Dickson before riding back to Klang the next day. Another eight or nine were joining us for the ride to Port Dickson, and were planning to turn around and ride straight back. A 240km / 150m round trip.

All the formalities were done by 7.45am. Danial tooted his roti man horn and we were on our way to Port Dickson. Johan led the way in his car, while Danial and Foogie were in a pickup, on sweeper duty behind the group.

BCG Tour Klang - PD - Klang Support Truck Danial

Photograph courtesy of Danial Marzuki

The roads from Klang to Banting were not as busy as they have been on my previous Saturday rides through that area. Fikri and I started riding together, and we stayed together all the way to Port Dickson.

Morib is about 40km / 25mi from Bandar Botanik. Which made it a good place to stop for a drink and a nibble. Some of us had soft-boiled eggs and kaya toast here.

The only photograph that I can contribute

Others rolled a further 500 meters to the food court at the beach.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Morib kentmoo88 blogspot com

Photograph courtesy of kentmoo88.blogspot.com

Then it was onto the 25km / 15mi stretch along the coast to Kampung Tanjung Rhu. A sea breeze was blowing. Unfortunately it was a gusty block headwind. I was thankful to have Fikri with me. He did more of the work into the wind than I did. I was finding the going tough. Fikri spotted one reason why that may have been. My rear tire was slowly losing air.

We stopped just after Tanjung Sepat. A few seconds later Danial and Foogie pulled over ahead of us. I decided to risk just pumping up the tire rather than replacing the inner tube. It was a hot morning, I had been working hard, and one of the things I like least to do is fixing a flat with sweat pouring down my face.

Rear tire fully inflated, Fikri and I headed onward into the wind and sun.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Tanjung Sepat Johan

40 minutes later we were on the lookout for a place to stop for some fluid. Fikri’s bidons were empty, and I needed a refill too. The PETRONAS station in Sungai Pelek fit the bill. Cold drinks and air conditioning. Danial and Foogie stopped there too, so I had my rear tire topped up as well.

By the time we got through Sepang and the climbs along Route 5 to the right turn onto Route N4, the skies were darkening and thunder was rumbling in the distance. In a matter of minutes the heavens opened.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Rain Johan

It wasn’t long before we were completely soaked. Both by the rain and the spray from passing vehicles. The wind was still in our faces, but at least we were feeling a lot cooler in the wet.

At about the 100km point the group of ‘out and back’ riders rode past in the opposite direction. The weather probably played a part in their decision not to ride all the way to Port Dickson. Even so, they probably covered 200km / 124mi by the time they were done.

The roads were wet all the way to Lukut. Fikri and I caught up with some of the other riders as we rode through Lukut. With 4km to go to the hotel in Port Dickson, Asni had a puncture. I wasn’t much better off. The hole in my inner tube was getting bigger, and I was losing air at a faster rate. After Johan fixed Asni’s flat tire, I had my tire fully inflated again and sped off, hoping to get to the hotel before my tire went flat again.

My tire held out, and everyone else made it safely too. We stayed at the Waterfront Boutique Hotel. The location on the esplanade walk of the PD Waterfront development means that the hotel is amongst a variety of food and beverage outlets, a bank, and shops. Best of all, the hotel allowed us to take our bicycles into our rooms.

After a shower and a short rest a bunch of us headed out to lunch. Danial and Johan drove to Teluk Kemang, one of the more popular beach locations in Port Dickson. The eatery of choice, based on their past experience, was Cowboy Place.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Cowboy Place Menu sharinginfoz blogspot my

Photograph courtesy of sharinginfoz.blogspot

Renowned for its grilled chicken and steamed rice.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Cowboy Place Chicken azienamico blogspot com

Photograph courtesy of azienamico.blogspot

The merely hungry ate quarter chickens. The really starving ate half chickens.

Lunch was late. It was about 3pm by the time we got to Cowboy Place. By 7pm or so we were all thinking about dinner.

Foogie’s local knowledge took us to Restoran Seri Mesra Ikan Bakar.

BCG Klang - PD - Day 1 Restoran Seri Mesra Ikan Bakar TripAdvisor com

Photograph courtesy of Tripadvisor

You pick what you want from a variety of fresh fish, prawns, crab and other shellfish, and choose how you want each item cooked. Sit back and wait a few minutes while everything is being prepared, then roll up your sleeves and dig in. We had fish cooked two different ways, batter-fried squid, vegetables and rice. Delicious.

We still had room for dessert. McDonald’s was running a Mango Mania promotion. A mango sundae sounded like just the thing.

Photograph courtesy of Golden Arches Restaurants Sdn Bhd

Four of us went straight to the McDonald’s near our hotel after dinner. Only to be disappointed. They had sold out of mango sundaes. We had to settle for chocolate soft ice cream cones.

Then it was time for bed. It would be another early start the next day.

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes *

Posted on March 10, 2014 by alchemyrider

Image courtesy of Dave Ern

The weather has not been kind lately to Kuala Lumpur. It has been very hot and dry. The month-long drought has had two effects. One is that water rationing has been imposed. The other is that forest and peat fires have sprung up, driving air quality to unhealthy levels.

It is no wonder Dave Ern posted weather and haze updates in the days leading up to the Iron Horse ride.

Image courtesy of Dave Ern

The main concern was the haze. The air quality was in the moderate range on Wednesday. Conditions deteriorated as the weekend approached. By Saturday the API value was in the unhealthy range.

Nevertheless about forty people gathered in the car park at GM Klang for the start of a two-day round trip ride to Port Dickson and back.

Photograph courtesy of Nelson Ng Hong Tuck

The ride would take us out to the coast at Morib. We would then ride south along the coast to Port Dickson.

The early going was not pleasant. This was on the way out of Klang enroute to Banting.

The air quality got worse the closer we got to Morib. Many of us had masks or bandannas over our mouths and noses. I had neither, but made sure that I was breathing through my nose rather than through my mouth.

There was little we could do about our stinging eyes though. Except hope that the air would be clearer and cleaner along the coast.

At Morib we should have been able to see the beach and the sea. We couldn’t.

It was not until we got to Tanjung Sepat, about halfway to Port Dickson, that the haze started to clear. At that point I was in a group of six cyclists that was ahead of the other riders. Traffic lights, flat tires and other stops had slowed the rest down.

The six of us made our first stop at Tanjung Sepat. Soft boiled eggs, buttered toast and kaya, and iced tea for everyone.

The wind had picked up by the time we got rolling again. Not so good that it seemed to be a constant headwind. Very good that it cleared the smoke and haze.

Photograph courtesy of Junie Leow

At Sungai Pelek we took a detour through a housing estate and an oil palm estate to get to the little ferry that crosses the Sungai Sepang.

Photograph courtesy of Ann Daim

We got onto the ferry in the state of Selangor, and disembarked a few minutes later in the state of Negeri Sembilan. This is the Selangor side of the river.

Photograph courtesy of Junie Leow

The first half of the ride was a battle through the smoke and haze. The second half of the ride was a battle though the heat. We stopped for cold drinks and ice cream at Sungai Pelek. We stopped for more cold drinks and ice cream 15 km later on the outskirts of Port Dickson. We had only 10 km further to go, but it was so hot. We had to rehydrate and cool down.

I dove into the freezer cabinet and discovered Nestle Apple Sourz iced lollies. They were so good, and I was so hot, that I had three of them. Those frozen treats, and the air-conditioning in the 7-11, cooled me down enough to face the final 10 km to the Avillion Hotel.

Photograph courtesy of ScoopyScoop.com

Twenty five hot minutes later the six of us rode up to the lobby of the Avillion Port Dickson.

Photograph courtesy of Travel Advisor

Our relief at arriving at our destination was short-lived. There are two Avillions in Port Dickson, and we were at the wrong one.

So we had 5 km more to cover before we got to the Avillion Admiral Cove.

Photograph courtesy of Travel Photographer Asia

The other Flipsiders had made a stop along the way for clay pot chicken rice. They arrived later but not as hungry as I was.

Photograph courtesy of Brian Tan

I was thankful for a cold shower and air-conditioning. My young riding partners were staying at the Best Western. A further 15 km down the road. They hung out for quite a while in the lobby of the Avillion Admiral Cove, waiting for their friends.

Photograph courtesy of Brian Tan

The most adventurous ones in our group camped on the beach.

Photograph courtesy of Kellie Itoe

These true tourers packed up their tents the next morning and rode the 115 m back to Klang.

Photograph courtesy of Ann Daim

The guys I cycled together with did the return trip also. These guys rode an extra 20 km to get to the start at GM Klang. They then had an extra 15 km to the Best Western Resort in Port Dickson. So in all they rode about 315 km.

Photograph courtesy of Brian Tan

I took the easy way back home. As a passenger in my biker chick’s car.

The ride was smokey. The ride was hot. Given the chance I am sure we all would do it again.

Photograph courtesy of Ann Daim

* With thanks to The Platters

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Pink Ride 8.0

A Half Dozen to Port Dickson and Back

Tanjung Sepat for Congee

Tanjung Sepat x 2

BCG Tour Klang – Port Dickson – Klang Day 1

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes *

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