Jelajah Malaysia

The first attraction for local cycling crowd this year started with Jelajah Malaysia 2008. I was made known to this event last year when I stumbled upon some foreign cyclists among KL busy traffic did their training, but the temptation to know deeper wasn't there. This year, it was something different, I got to witness the event from a passionate cyclist point of view. Yeah, I can admit that we are a kind of a tribe on 2 wheels. All the familiar faces were there at Goh Tong Finish Line to admire the pros do it in style for their 2nd last stage of the tour.

Some of us opted to cycle all the way from Genting Sempah to Goh Tong & some drove all the way from home. I opted to cycle up to GS, went down back to HOA & drove back up to Goh Tong. The spirits among us were there all the way from HOA this morning. There were quite a few bunch who cycled up.

We were too busy admiring the pro riders, their race machines & their team jerseys which we just don't care what was the result from the race. Can always click here to check though http://www.jelajah.com.my/result.php

Not forgetting, Saiful & me happened to ran into abang Zul during our ride up, our long lost mtb friend. It was awhile since we rode together, my best bet was our awesome Cameron ride. He was on his Giant NRS just completed the GS loop via Karak Highway. We chatted for a moment there by the roadside, recalling our glory days bashing every single track available.

It suddenly struck my mind this moment to think about our ride buddies. Yeah, we started as the holy grale seeker, almost every single track, every drops, every rooted climbs, every mudholes were our playground. Those were the moments. Now, we followed separate ways though we still speak the same language. A few of us depart to freeride or downhill riding, some stayed with cross country & a few chose endurance ride. However far we go, however long we roll down, I trust someday we shall ride again enjoying every piece of grain from the single track.