Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Scouting ride to the office



Alhamdulillah..finally i've arrived in KL.Received a sms from my boss stating he wants me to be working at night around 9PM.So early in the morning instead of the usual cycling route, i decided to scout for a new route to ride to my office in TPM which is through the KL-Putrajaya Highway that is near to my house.

Based on my research using the googlemaps, i found that the route is quite straight foward but what seems to be the question right now is... are there any nearest exit to the TPM?. So i decided to find out.



wake up for a subuh prayer then check my bike, gears and lighting and wait a bit for sun to show up.. then start to cycle thru the RNR which is near to my apartment and start to cycle thru the KL-Putrajaya Highway... heading to the bukit Jalil.Hmm great.. not so many cars on the highway.. which is a good.. no smoke.. no polution early in the morning.. which is good for me to breathe as i cycle my way to the rendezvous point.So far so good as i haven't encounter any training partner(dogs) chasing me along this route...






ride for a bout 4KM until i saw the roof top of the TPM building.Saw a route which exit thru TPM around under the bridge.. unfortunately it has fence over it.. tried to check whether is there any possible exit thru that area.. but still couldnt find one.. which then i decided to continue my ride thru the highway heading to the Kompleks sukan Negara exit.

hmmm means i have already out from the course so exited to Kompleks Sukan Negara approximately after 2KM ride.. and ends up going thru the Lebuhraya Shah alam and exit the intersection of Jalan Merah cagar in front of Indah Parade and going thru the LRT bukit jalil route and back to the main road which i ride above the bridge just now(danggg one whole round) so made to the office about 30min compare to my normal route thru puncak jalil and Bukit serdang which is 20mins of ride.

So my conclusion, to me i guess this is the quickest route(provided there is some exit b4 the TPM) and the safest, kinda straight foward..route, have a own lanes compare to the usual ride which i need to share with cars and motorcyclist... another best part.. no dogs chasing me within that area but i can still hear them barking from the woods beside the highway but then it all covers with a fence.. so it still safe.










3 comments:

azizan abd aziz said...

What is d distance like compared to your normal route. Your average speed? So which route do you prefer?

Afrezal Karim said...

Azizan,

The distance is a bit far compare to my daily route.But it would be shorter if there is an exit direct to the TPM.What makes it far is that i need to take another exit which is already out from the course.. and i need to turn back.

ur using roadbike..?

azizan abd aziz said...

I am using either a fixie i.e conversion fr old road bike frame or mtb chromoly bike to commute.