24th June 2017
TANJUNG MALIM TO BIDOR – 66KM
Suddenly, I felt a bubbling of excitement like a stream of blood rushed to my remaining tiny little brain, when I know there is a group of cyclist tourer organising a 4 days 3 nights long ride to Southern Perak of Malaysia. Forgetting about the heat of Malaysia weather could actually kill a cyclist riding under the hot sun, I lost my mind and quickly hopped on the wagon with these tourers. And… Sigh… This is how I started my torturing ride again under the hot sun.
I rolled out at 6:00 a.m. from my house to Kuala Lumpur Old Train Station, met the group and boarded to KTM first train at 7:08 a.m. Ticket cost RM10.50 from Kuala Lumpur to Tanjung Malim and RM2.00 for bicycle. Bicycles are allowed only at the first and last cabin. After 1.5 hours, we reached Tanjung Malim Train Station.
Came out from the train station, turned right and headed towards Tanjung Malim town. Traffic was breeze and weather was good, mostly cloudy. After we came out from Tanjung Malim town, we followed route 1 heading to Bidor, our destination for today. The road towards Bidor slowly became narrow and traffic was building up, moreover no shoulder. Vehicles and trucks started to pass us by like river. But fortunately, drivers were polite and considerate. They will follow behind us waiting patiently until it was clear for them to overtake us, when road is too narrow to overtake. After passed the junction to Behrang Toll, vehicles subsided.
The route was an easy climb, mild dragon-back ride. Though the climbs were mild but it was long climb and short descend. Along the way we found many fruits stores and shops for rest. Hence we spent quite a lot of time eating and drinking.
当我获知有一组专业骑者于这个星期要来一个中马霹雳洲南部四天三夜吃吃喝喝“吃风去”长途骑遊时， 突然觉得一阵血气翻腾；坐立难安；一股血气冲上了我还剩下一点的残余的脑袋，忘了马来西亚热情的天气，就自我推荐要跟随同去。结果就这样开始了我的又一个被马来西亚太阳虐待的残酷之骑。
清晨6时开始骑至吉隆坡旧火车站， 赶搭KTM 7:08 a.m. 的第一趟列车至丹戎马林。乘客票RM10.50， 单车RM2.00. 单车只可上第一厢和最后厢。大约一个半小时后，到达了丹戎马林车站。
从车站出来转右朝市镇出发，一路上车流量少路又宽，很适合骑行。然后我们从市镇转入一号公路朝美罗方向前进。前小段路程直到Behrang Toll前比较难骑，车多路窄，过了收费站之后车流量明显转少，一路上会不停的有些小爬坡，不过感觉还好。路上有水果档和咖啡店，吃喝不是问题。
My 2 angels, Melissa (in pink) and Jane (in green) were waited for me at the train station. The picture on the right was how we parked our bicycle while in the coach.
两个漂亮骑友， Melissa (粉红衣）和 Jane (青衣）一早已经在车站等我。右图是车厢里单车寄放处。
Our leader, Willem Hooi, a good leader and organiser. Our trip was perfect because of his good planning.
我们的队长， Willem Hooi. 在他卓越的领导下，使这次的骑行生色不少。
Tanjung Malim, was a quiet town lies between the Perak – Selangor state border, easily neglected by tourist. But now it’s a town with wall-paintings everywhere.
丹戎马林，一个悠闲安静，位于雪兰莪洲与霹雳洲 交接处。一个轻易被遊客突略的小镇。四处都是老旧的建筑物。现在正转型要打造成一个艺术镇，在大街或小巷都可见到壁画。
With relaxing pace and numerous stops of drinking and eating, we reached Bidor at about 6:00 p.m.
优闲骑和不停的吃吃喝喝，大概 6:00 p.m. 就到美罗， 结束了这天的骑行。
Crazy Old Horse 