Well the Sunday roadie ride started out exactly the same as the Saturday morning ride - a flattie within 1k of leaving the start. Snapper thought he was at the Nitro Circus try outs and was jumping all over the road to avoid the hole.... or maybe he was just being mindful of his nice new steed and didn't want any first week bingles??
Croz was in charge of the flat tyre change - no instructions needed today Caro! Might I say though that I think the instructions are a mighty good idea for newbie riders (and those that don't ride with their own mechanics) however, you may want to leave out the "squeal like a girl" part when you use the gas cylinder - that was a little embarrassing Croz!!
Unfortunately for us, there was no coffee shop to pull up at in Goondoon Street at 5:30am so we had to change the flat and ride on. I can honestly tell you that I was looking around pretty darn hard for that coffee shop too.
Well, well, well, it looks like this Saturday's ride is going to be one of Good v Evil with Batman (Zulu) and Robin (Blogmistress) teaming up on the tandem to take on the M1 City nasties aka single bikes...
From what I've heard, all the usual M1 City crooks will be riding:
- The Joker (Hef), does he really need any introduction??
- The Riddler (Mr Anderson), sorry Ando - but you do actually look and behave like the Riddler.
- Bain (LG), the pure grunt of the single bike pack.
- Catwoman (um, SpyCat of course), no explanation needed!
- The Penguin (The Pied Piper), there are some definite physical similarities here.....
- Mr Freeze (Snapper), beware of the frosty glaze of Mr Freeze.
- Poison Ivy (Skeeta), hmmm, gotta watch this one, she's fiesty.
Will Good overcome Evil on Saturday morning??? Will the tandem completely SMASH the single bikes??? Me thinks so!
In breaking news from the ride this morning, the Snapper got Snapped in the paceline but none other than his better half Skeeter. There were no flatties or mechanicals involved - just sheer guts, strength, determination and awesomeness on Skeeter's part!!!!!!! And as always, everything you read on the blog is true!
Snapper did take revenge along Anderson Way, driving it on the front and splintering what was left of the bunch to pieces.
New rider Monty turned up for his third road ride this week and even felt compelled to join Captain Anderson and myself for another stroll over Haddock. I believe Andy may have even ventured out there as well??? Chris did an awesome job of controlling the bunch this morning in the absence of our beloved Hef.
If you didn't get a chance to get out this morning, Jordan is heading up the MTB ride that will leave from Choice petroleum at Sunvalley at 5:30pm.
Ok you Mere Males in M1 Land, listen up. Remember the little cartoons "Love is.....", well this morning's ride was a clear indication that Hef, Snapper and Mr Anderson all need to be reaquainted with the Love is theory. Let me explain....
Mr Anderson. Love is NOT.... 'deliberately stalking down your wife on Haddock Drive and passing her 10 metres before the top'.
Snapper. Love is NOT.... 'catching your wife just before the railway line with about 500m to go before the coffee shoop'.
And Hef. Love is DEFINATELY NOT..... 'sprinting against your wife as you come into the final corner 100m before the coffee shop to take victory for the boys'.
It's probably a good thing that LG wasn't on the ride this morning as I'm sure he would have been influenced by the other Mere Males in the pack!
And "Enforcer", you took Kitty Soft Paw Ride to a new low this morning when you turned on Jim Whyte and missed Haddock altogether. Tsk Tsk.
Whilst the boys were busily yawning at the start of the ride this morning, the girls took advantage and totally owned the road!
