Bergateh: Let's do it!

Salam..

Since the beginning of the year, there were a lot of hype on organizing cycling activities in most health offices in all districts. The event has been sluggish in the past year, and motivation seems to be the encumbrance to the whole campaign.

(from http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2006/12/verifying_motiv.html)

With the return of the new bos, who himself is into cycling as a recreational activity has rejuvenated the interest to organize at least a monthly cycling meet. Every district will propose the route to be used, and all cyclists will rendezvous in the scheduled district on a purported date.

Our starting point was in Bachok Health Office. Initially, out of sheer enthusiasm, we wanted to cycle up to Tok Bali in the Pasir Putih district. Midway, the increasing volume of traffic and the heat from the eastern sun soon dwindled our enthusiasm and we decided to take an off road route in the shades of the trees towards Bagan Beris Lalang. Thus, our route became shorter and more pleasant for my already soaring perineum. From there, we completed the cycle by riding up to the health Office, as in the map below. Total distance covered on the odometer (yep, his canggih (hi-tech) new bike has got odometer on it - and its digital!)  is 36.2 KM in 1 hour 55minutes, thats an average of 18KM per hour. Lowest speed recorded 16KM/hour, top speed 26 KM/hour.

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Gearing up for the ride. Not the actual picture taken on this private cycle.

The new sleek machine of Abe Za.

 

Cycling in a Malaysian town is not that safe with the number of vehicles and the breaking neck speed they are going. The idea of having dedicated bicycle lanes as in the pic below is still far beyond our imagination. If such lanes were to be created, it will be automatically turned into parking spaces. Or, it will be fully utilised by the road hoggers to go at their own sweet leisurely speed, wrongly thinking that their action is courteous enough to let other faster going vehicles to pass.

from WOBO

  

The ride was well worth it. The calories burnt and the friendship that we fostered is a treasured thing. More rides coming up in this new local vogue. New route will be planned and perhaps - a new bike? he he.