It was a groomy morning. Sky was still dark at 7.15am. I was waiting at the Chee Seng Garden junction traffic light. I heard someone approached from behind and a sound of clipless shoes being unclipped. I looked back and saw a rider with white helmet, matching expensive looking sun shades, sleeves black body hugging skin suit that nicely showed his inverted triangualr upper torso on a black color road bike with a striking S logo on the headtube. Me on last year CFAL event jersey, MT20 MTB shoes and a 25 year old rigid 7 speed MTB. Looked to kill on a killer S-Works vs a weekend warrior look on a low end 7 speed rigid fork Albontech, presentation wise he already won hands down. We both were heading to the George Town direction. The light turned green, we started to clip on and move on to the next traffic light. My legs were still like jello, so I decided to go easy at easy gear. A shoosh and he was already way ahead of me. The third and the fourth traffic light not far was also green, our distance was getting further as he was charging up that slope near the Dalat school. But I could his pace was slowing down. Yeah that 600m long slope can be an energy sapper if the rider does not pace himself right. I still maintained my easy gear and slightly higher pace. When I started hitting the slope, he was already half way up. When I was near Coptorne hotel, he was still trying to reach the fifth traffic light near the Cove. I could see he was about slow to a crawl already. I upped my pace, Fat Boy Slims Bird of Prey started playing in my mind and decided he was going to be another sticker on my bangla bike. I pressed on, he didnt know I was near. Click, click, click, I was on 42-11 and start speeding up. He was caught by surprise. He started to speed but was too late. I was speeding toward the sixth traffic light at Four Points Hotel. The sixth traffic light was red. A moment later I saw him bypassing me and sped along. No stopping at red light? WTF? Whatver, another good day. 3 S-Works under my belt. Time to hunt more missionary boys instead? Happy Tuesday folks...;)
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:33:23 +0000
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