TT Terror in the dark

It appeared to be a normal dam ride morning with hint of excitement as the TT twins pulled in to the servo. There was only six starters this morning. Ben was there early sucking down a gel, Ryan shortly followed, we were joined by a new face Wayne (welcome Wayne). The TT twins the G and Zuuer pulled in together with Kevin in their wind. We had a quick meet and greet and hung around for the no shows (it appears they were the smart ones on this occasion). Ryan with the flash lights was to lead the pack out into the dark, sitting on a comfortable 33kph. Zuuer was quick to jump on the front as we reached the big round about with the pace instantly picking up to a heart wrenching 44kph with no signs of backing off. The pack held together at this blistering pace to the nursery through a light misty fog and fear was in all our minds! The pack broke ranks and slowed as we headed to the rail crossing giving us all some time to have a drink and suck in the big air. No sooner over the rail lines and the G without warning decided that enough is enough and put pedal to the metal and took of like a man possessed, this required some quick thinking for the rest of the pack to chase and hang onto his wheel. Ryan headed the chase followed closely by the Zuuer and the rest fell into line. The gap was closed and the G held a solid pace of around 35kph. The G pealed of after a stint on the front to fall back into the pack leaving Ryan on the front to maintain the pace to the base of the hills. Ryan who is no mountain climber dropped pace as he hit the first hill and was passed by the pack and proceeded to be dropped, the pace now lead by Zuuer sped away around the 40kph mark with Ryan trying to catch the pack to no avail. The hill climb was in our sites and it ended up being a 2 horse race with Zuuer’s pace splitting the pack to pieces leaving the only other contender the G. These 2 guys battled their way up the king of the mountain challenge and ended up calling it a draw after they both had no more to give! The rest of the pack slowly made their way to the top but only 3 made the turn around point. Zuuer, the G and Ryan made their way back picking up Kevin. Wayne had lost his cycle computer and turned around to try and find it. Ryan being brave put on a sprint from the top of the mountain reaching speeds of 68kph trying to get an early jump on the TT twins, it was not to be so, he was like a rabbit to the greyhounds and found no advantage from this silly stunt. Ryan quickly found The TT twins on his wheel with Kevin hanging on. The TT twins were not happy with the pace that Ryan had settled into at 38kph so they passed him on the middle hill and added interest to the pace. Kevin decided that he wasn’t up for being flogged any longer and dropped off. Ryan also found himself in trouble with the TT twins riding off on him. Ryan worked hard to close the gap to hang onto the G’s wheel at 48kph, of course being lead by Zuuer. 500m from the sprint challenge Ryan pulled out from the back and took off lifting the pace to 53kph hoping to drag the TT twins out, but once again to no avail. The G quickly took charge and passed Ryan, but not to be out done Zuuer came around the outside of The G to take the win! The 3 of us headed back to the big round about picking up Wayne along the way. We were being lead by Zuuer at a mighty solid pace of 38kph. Ryan took the lead in his usual fashion from the round about to put in the last big pull averaging around 42kph before being passed near the industrial estate by Zuuer. The pack held together back to the servo for final farewells.