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KAYUHAN PUTRAJAYA KE TELUK KEMANG

Persatuan Juruanalisa Sistem Sektor Awam (PERJASA) menganjurkan acara mencari harta karun (treasurer hunt) berkereta dari Putrajaya ke Teluk Kemang. Sebanyak 17 buah kereta mengambil bahagian.

Saya saja-saja gatal mulut bertanyakan samada boleh atau tidak kami ingin berbasikal ke sana. Jawapan yang diberikan sungguh mengejutkan. Kami diterima. Berita ini disampaikan dua hari sebelum acara. Kelam kabut juga mencari rakan-rakan untuk turut berkayuh. Akhirnya lima orang bersetuju.

Ramai yang tidak percaya kami boleh berkayuh hingga ke destinasi. Namun oleh kerana kayuhan Putrajaya ke Port Dickson pergi balik pernah kami buat sebanyak dua kali sebelum ini, kami sangat yakin. Malahan kami yakin akan tiba lebih awal daripada pasukan berkereta.

kami dilepaskan di perkarangan JPA, Putrajaya sudah agak lewat. Hampir jam 9am. Ia sangat lewat bagi pasukan berbasikal. Biasanya seawal 7.30am kami sudah berlepas. faktor cuaca panas adalah penghalang utama. Jarak tidak begitu membimbangkan.

Kayuhan kami agak santai pada permulaannya. Memang santai habis. Apatah lagi kerana sebuah kenderaan sokongan mengiringi kami. Semua bekalan dan kelengkapan disimpan dalam kenderaan. Cabaran pertama berlaku tidak sampai 10km berkayuh. Mengayuh mendaki bukit Limau Manis memang tidak nampak langsung manisnya. Gelap sahaja dan banyak bintang yang kelihatan berligar-ligar di atas kepala.

Kayuhan ini juga telah memperkanalkan saya dengan sesuatu yang sangat sinonim dengan pengayuh. Saya tidak pernah kena 'cramp'. Hampir tiba di PD, paha terasa sangat sakit. Inikah cramp?. Tolak sakit, tarikpun sakit. Ah tidak boleh jadi, perlu bantuan. Panggil kenderaan sokongan untuk spray penahan sakit. Itulah kali pertama cik cramp datang berkenalan.

Akhirnya .... setelah enam jam berkayuh dan berhenti rehat dan berkayuh, kami tiba ke destinasi. Ia itu Tiara Beach Resort. Kami diberikan empat bilik penginapan. Inilah kali pertama basikal kami menginap di hotel!.

PCM-Friday,30th July 2010

Dear all,
It has been a long time since we cycled as PERs.
Lets try and make it this Friday night at PCM.

Cycling on LEKAS Highway - South Kajang to Ampangan

One of my favourite cycling route is to cycle from Semenyih Sentral (bus station) to LEKAS (Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban) Highway until the Mantin exit. From there we will exit the highway and cycle over Bukit Puyoh and head on to Lenggeng, Broga and back to Semenyih Sentral. A distance of 55km.

Since 13 Feb 2010 (but only officially opened since 1st March 2010), the Setul and Ampangan Interchange of LEKAS was open for traffic. Therefore now the entire stretch of the 44.3km Kajang-Seremban Highway (Lekas) was open to traffic. Now we can increase the cycling distance.

Dr Ahmad Taufik Jamil invited a few of us to ride the new stretch of LEKAS Highway on Sunday 7th March 2010. So four of us (myself, A Taufik Jamil, Tzyya Won and Mohd Farris Mat Nawi) turned up at 7.30 am at Petronas Prima Saujana. We planned to ride from Saujana Prima to Ampangan, turn back to Mantin exit, cycle over Bukit Puyoh and head on to Lenggeng, Broga and back to Saujana Prima. A distance of 105km.

We started at 7.38 am from Saujana Prima. Starting from Saujana Prima is a bit tough for me since there were 5 climbs before reaching the LEKAS Kajang Selatan toll booth. Being an obese person, I was left far behind. Once we start cycling on LEKAS highway, the going gets easier since it was relatively flat until Mantin exit.

Vertical profile of the route until Ampangan exit.

After that the going gets tough since there was a vertical ascent of 140m in 7km distance. Farris kept me company for most of the climb to the top. It was a tough climb but do-able. I didn't push to the max since I know that I have a long way to go. My heart rate during the climb was only around 160 bpm.

Red line = heart rate in bpm, blue line = speed in km/hr, dark brown line = altitude in metres.

After the tough climb, it was an amazing downhill ride. Despite pressing on the brakes, I was hitting 56 km/hr. You don't want to make any mistake at this speed on a road bike, otherwise you'll be kissing the asphalt and end up with an amazing road rash to display instead. The only "speed bump" was the Setul toll booth, halfway down the hill. We had to slow down to navigate the narrow cyclist lane at the toll booth.

We had two choices, to exit at Sikamat or Ampangan. We chosed to exit at Ampangan since we were hoping to find a food stall. It was already 10 am and we were hungry after cycling 46km. The Ampangan exit brought us to Kuala Klawang road, which led to Jelebu via the Bukit Tangga road. We turned to Panchor Jaya and had roti canai at Teratak Restu Ibunda foodstall.

Map to Teratak Restu Ibunda food stall

After a good rest, we started our ride back. Since there were many hills to climb on the way back to Mantin exit, once again I was left far behind. They waited for me at the Sikamat exit, just before the long steep uphill climb to the Setul toll booth. Farris again waited for me at the Setul toll booth just to make sure I make it up the hill.

Coming down the hill towards the Mantin exit would had been fun, if not due to the strong crosswind. I was having difficulty keeping my bike upright and straight due to the strong crosswind.

Due to the hot weather, riding on the LEKAS highway under the hot afternoon sun was not an option anymore. We already ran out of water so we got off the highway at the Mantin exit and headed towards the nearest 7-11 in Mantin town. After refilling our water bottles, we rode on towards Beranang. To escape the hot afternoon sun, we took a detour into Kg Jalan 6 Kaki and came out at Jalan Bangi Lama. We headed towards Semenyih and reentered LEKAS highway via the Semenyih interchange. We rested at the R&R at LEKAS Semenyih toll before tackling the final hill climbs before Prima Saujana.

By the time we reached Prima Saujana, it was already late. We ended up cycling 103 km in 04:52:53 hours with an average speed of 21.10 km/h from Saujana Prima to Ampangan and back via LEKAS .

Map of route

Speed:Avg 21.10/Max 56.60 km/h,
Heart Rate:Avg 153/Max 176 bpm,
Avg Cadence:44 rpm,
Calories:6200,
Ascent:700m.

To Dr A Taufik Jamil, Tzyya Won and Faris, thank you guys for your patience :-)

After suffering under the hot sun, instead of using this route, I would like to suggest another option.

Instead of cycling to & fro on the same route, it would be nicer to cycle in a loop. It would be better to ride on the highway in the morning when it is cool and turn back using the old trunk road since it would be shaded and easier to find stalls for food and to stock up on drinks.

One route suggestion which has already been tried out by Pak Wan and the Gedebe group is to start from Semenyih Sentral, get on the LEKAS highway and ride to Ampangan. Then take the Kuala Klawang road towards Pantai and Pajam. Can have a meal break at Pantai. At Pajam turn left, go over Bukit Mandom to reach Lenggeng. Another meal break here. Then a leisurely ride to Broga and back to Semenyih Sentral. Only 90km.

Alternative route, return via Lenggeng, only 90 km.

PNR Malam Akhir Mac 2010

Salam,

Kepada semua pembaca blog PERS dan juga anggota:-

Malam ini kita berkayuh ya!

Tempat: Dataran Putra, Putrajaya
Masa: 9.15 malam berkumpul
Tayar golek: 9.30 malam
Basikal : Kahwin (MTB boleh, RB boleh).
Kategori: Santai!
Jemputan : Pengayuh baru, jomlah!

Jangan tunggu lama-lama, nanti lama-lama tak boleh kayuh!

P/s: kalau hujan sekitar maghrib, tunggu sampai reda, kebiasaannya hujan akan reda sekitar lepas isyak. lepas itu ok dah untuk kita berkayuh!

Apa-apa hal hubungi Che Bond @ Aliff@ Pak Muhaimy yea.