Whilst The Ironman was coasting in the comfort of his indoor gym, The Bigman was out with the Gruesome Twosome on the Creepy Coupe cloaked in a moonlight night.
Word has got out about the Tandem twosome as cars all pulled over in the passing places to let the Gruesome Twosome come through. There was clearly tension in air between the boys on the tandem as silently and individually they pondered whether they could maintain the winning performance of last week on the 'Descent Race'.
As they started the iconic ascent of Col du Cleish, Junior II tried to be subtle in his enquiry ............. 'am I out of step with your cadence, it's just that I seem to be pushing the pedals harder' .........ouch! Not many would dare to make such a suggestion to the Jan Ullricht of his time.
As they crested the summit, the view across Tayside in the dusk was magnificent without a breath of wind. On the decent of the North Face, The Fit One reached new depths/heights ( depending on your outlook) by claiming that the Creepy Coup was travelling at faster than the speed of light!
The climb back up the North Pace was racey. Clearly the descent Race was forefront of mind. But not before a discussion ensued on ................ (PRIVATE)
Once the top was crested and a sharp right hander was behind the pair, the anchor brake was removed and they descended into the pitch darkness.........because they were going faster than the spped of light. At one point The Fit One, riding shotgun, was going so fast he appeared to be passing Junior II.
The braking distance for a tandem with 28 stone aboard is a reasonable distance and so the boys were a tadge optimistic as they approach the T junction and deciding the car approaching from the west wsa far enough away (to wives.it was indeed far enough away)
And then the race commenced. The Fit One again in rear gunner position. The pace eased up. A silence came upon the road. The pace eased up. The Bigman crept into the slipstream with a plan to go earlier this week. As the road started to climb, he moved out to take the wind resistance. The rear gunner spotted the move and called for more power ............ and they simply eased away without even the need to stand up.
They are awesome.
As Santiago was keen to join tonight however could not locate his lights, plans were made for next week, the Duracell to join Santiago in their Ant Hill Mob tandem named, Chugga Boom. Watch next Wednesday's update to find out how the Ant Hill Mob fair against the Gruesome Twosome. Read it hear first.
Another 20 miles and 14ooft of climbing towards the Cape Epic for the Bigman. The designs for the CaApe Epic shirts have been sent to the designer and will be produced by The Cycle Jersey.com
Wednesday 30 September 2009
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