Cycling On World AIDS Day 2008

On the 1st of December 2008 was World AIDS Day. Kev, myself and some cyclist friends gathered at Berjaya Times Square that very morning for a ride. We were there as early as 6.30am.

Surprisingly, many cyclists turned out on that day. Some even brought their family members along.

There’s a couple who came with their tandem bicycle.

Some came with mountain bike.

As for me, I came with my road bike.

Uncle Choy and his friend were there too.

Uncle Choy brought his foldable bike, known as folding bike, which weigh 11kg. If you wish to get anything lighter, it would double the price.

Apologize about the video. I oriented the camera wrongly because I thought you were taking a photo. LOL!

While some came with some rather interesting looking bike. This one is called the recumbent bicycle which places the rider in a reclined position.

There were different type of recumbent bicycle. This one only have two (2) wheels.

Just before the event start, me and Hsing Ling were camwhoring.

At approximately 8am, the ride officially took off. We were escorted by police and support cars throughout the ride. And we practically cycled the whole of KL city. It was a really rare opportunity as it would usually be really dangerous to ride in town due to the traffic.

There were quite a number of recumbent bike that day itself.

This one look very much alike the folding bike.

This is a classic bike, from what I told. If you look closer, the bike only have one (1) gear and there isn’t any break on it. Interesting, huh?

This is Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.

We made several stops and one of them were at Dataran Merdeka.

Look familiar? That’s Midvalley, by the way.

And finally, the last stop was at Pavilion KL.

Earlier from what we were told, the total distance of the ride was about 30km but it turned out to be only 23km plus.

I’m not too sure about the numbers. But it sure look like more than a hundred cyclist were presents that day. Such a rare opportunity and occasion.

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