Subang - Port Dickson Ride : Day 1

In the wee hours of a beautiful Saturday morning ( 6:30am ), 4 riders departed from USJ3/1 Padang for what would be our longest ride to date, since the coming together as the Green Riders. Our destination, the seaside town of Port Dickson in Seremban.

We met up with the 5th rider, the very experienced Recumbent Sifu Meng Fook Cheun ( bentonthealps / Bentonhimalaya ) in front of Summit Hotel and proceeded to Sri Petaling for DimSum breakfast b4 starting our journey proper at 8:00am.

Our luggage laden bicycles attracted much attention from the restaurant patrons who were full of questions about the what, where, when and WHY!!!

After some confusion with regards to the route to take, we were finally back on track towards Sepang via Dengkil.

A wide motorcycle lane on the way to Sepang; but no one was using it

Fully loaded Touring Bikes

With a wonderful GOD BLESSED weather, our group of 5 were on our merry way; traffic conditions was generally OK with the exception of town crossing, whereby one had to be a little more cautious. We made several short breaks every 15 - 20km to regroup, refresh and for photo-shoots.

The undulating route of Jalan Sepang-Dengkil proofed to be quite challenging with its long long uphill stretches but the following downhills after, was equally enjoyable.

It got a little hotter around noon but then, we were greeted with a light rain shower a half hour later just before stopping for lunch at a little quaint "Kampung" Chicken rice outlet at Taman Sepang Jaya, some 30+km from Port Dickson.

Its was 1:30pm when we started on our last leg towards Port Dickson; our bodies now fully replenished with a great lunch. The weather got hotter still with a temp of 37.0 °C; The remaining 30km along Jalan Bukit Palong and Jalan Seremban continue to be undulating but with our slow and steady rhythm, we persisted.

Finally approx 3.20pm, we arrived no worse for wear at the Sea Front Hotel Port Dickson, one of the very few el-cheapo establishments which allows for bicycles to be brought into the rooms; Our very basic small rooms were nothing to shout about, but a cold shower and air-conditioning was most welcomed by our hot and tired bodies and legs.

Day 1's distance was 105km and would be the 1st 100km ride for Victor, Daryl and Tee. Congrats to them!

With extremely hot and sunny weather outside, the Geng decided against further outings till 6:30pm where we emerged out on foot in search of dinner ( and even then, the sun was still up together with warm humid sea air to boot ) Surprisingly for a Saturday, most shops in the area were already closed for the day.

Forgoing the more expensive-looking ( tourist trap like ) Seafood Restaurant, we found a decent looking one a little further away and settled down for a much awaited dinner. Riding long distance does increases one's appetite.

As it got darker and cooler, the famous Port Dickson sunset became delightful to watch; Of course the photographers in our group, Tee and Vic was happily snapping away.

Beautiful sunset and swallow birds flying across

After dinner, we made our way back to the hotel and park our butts for teh-tarik at the Cafe next door; The football match between Liverpool and Wigan was showing and its was about 2:00am before we finally call it a night.

Our bikes:-

Tee's Scott Scale 60 MTB

Vic's Exitway MR SUB Hybrid Touring Bike

Daryl's XDS four 91 Touring Bike

Yeap's Surly Long Haul Trucker Touring Bike

Uncle Meng's Street Machine Recumbent

Story by Yeap aka Nyghtsky / Pictures by Victor & Tee

Continue to the Day 2 

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