#04 - Bicycle to Work, 9.5 km, Peng Peng finds new and safer route in Kuala Lumpur
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 Published On May 30, 2022

In this video, I help to find a safer route for Peng Peng's bicycle commute to work. Instead of driving to the office, she parks at her aunt's place near Kampung Attap, from where she starts her bicycle commute on a folding bicycle.

After Peng Peng's first commute (see video "#01 - Bicycle Commuter Video & Interview (13 km by Peng Peng)",    • #01 - Bicycle Commuter Video & Interv...  ), several people commented that her commute, which was partially on the highway, did not look safe. This made Peng Peng look for an alternative and safer route, as she was not prepared to give up bicycling. Besides, after her knee operation earlier this year, the doctor's orders is to bicycle at least 15 minutes per day. So, why not accomplish that as part of a bicycle commute?!

Highlights from the video:
0:00 Overview of bicycle ride
1:04 Edelux II DC dynamo
2:34 Starting the bicycle ride from home
3:57 Empty Jalan Bukit Bintang (rare sight)
5:44 Menara 118 meant to emulate Tunku Abdul Rahman merdeka declaration (independence)
12:54 Peng Peng phone drops to the ground. Oops
15:23 Starting the bicycle ride with Peng Peng
17:02 Shortcut path up small hill
18:35 Big tree almost blocking sidewalk / pavement
21:45 Most dangerous part of commute; filtering right to make U-turn
23:30 Short-cut
26:03 Entrance to "secret roundabout"
26:22 Homeless people sleeping in the hidden roundabout with no proper entrance
27:05 Connecting to River of Life
30:34 Narrow path
32:25 Drunk people hugging
34:34 School children in white school uniforms
36:09 Blocked bicycle path
38:56 Traffic at Brickfields
42:44 Pedestrian crossing at Jalan Bangsar
44:50 Watch out for motorbikes running the red light
47:11 GoPro 8 battery dies
47:14 Photos of Peng Peng's 120 meter vertical climb up to the Syed Kechik office building without stopping. Bravo!
47:27 Map route; see online map link here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi...

Hope you enjoyed the video! It was filmed with a GoPro 8 mounted on a chest strap. I was riding a Omnium eCargobike from Denmark.

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