Total height climbed was 3,450 metres vertical, including a single climb that went on for 35 KM! What goes up must come down, so we, eh... came down.
Golden streaks of blue once again lit up the downhill singletrack. The On One bikes are like shit off a shovel down the hills, really class.
We are livin' on the edge out here. Loads of folks are cut to ribbons from falls and a few unfortunates have busted themselves up pretty bad and have needed airlifted. But we are continuing to be careful!!
It has become a Transalp Challenge trademark for the "Two crazy Irish guys, Tengo and Cesh" to pull a wheelie whilst crossing the finish line, to the wild applause of a packed crowd of willing townsfolk. The crowd were baying for blood and laughing their heads off when Cash bravely popped his wheelie and crashed into the finish line arch, falling off and having to drag the bike over the line and run for cover.
2 more days of gut-wrenching hills, world-class descents, and naked German men with really the most enormous disk brakes you have ever seen!
Quick update on the other dudes in the team:
Kookie & Paul - Paul is really slowing up Kookie, but together they are showing the young pretenders how it's done.
Brendan & Eddie - Brendan runs up the hills and Eddie somersaults down them. Both performing their respective roles with great aplomb.
Andy & Tommy - These dudes go through bikes like toilet paper. They have bust more stuff than the mechanics have in stock, and I would hate to be picking up the tab. Tommy will be getting his birthday treat in the morning...
Simon & Rowan - The years of spending time alone with their bikes is paying off for the chaps. They are really hitting every hill like it was their last.
The fart barn beckons. To all the Thales dudes, enjoy your fry in the morning. See you next week. To any Tibusians, I am counting the minutes until I once again stride manfully through the door and open my laptop.
Keep the crackin' posts coming - much appreciated by a couple of lonely old souls. A few pictures of men in lycra next week. Stay tuned for the next exciting installment.
Ho Hum.
5 comments:
What happened to the other Tango and Cash team?
Dearest Tangle and Crash,
It sounds like you onions are having an absolute blast but the best is yet to come. I'm proud to tell you that.... wait for it.... you both made the front cover of the Antrim Guardian. the best bit is that whoever wrote it wasn't paying attention in his (or her) English classes when they were teaching grammatical construction (neither was I by the way). Anyway, I digress, the articel says: "David and Rick are married with three children", who would have thought that Tango and Cash are a hubbie and wife team. Enough, I have work to do. Bugsy.
what have "tango and cash" and the ballycraigy bonfire got in common ? Well they're both on the front page of the Antrim Guardian this week and both still smokin' days after they started, boom boom ! Keep on spinnin' ya crazy dogs!
We've had confirmation that the Ballygraigy Bonfire will be back next year for more of the same. What about Mango and Sash?
L'Equipe reports that, inspired by the main event going on in the Alps at the minute, Floyd made an astonishing recovery in the other event and has returned as a contender again for Le Tour.
Davy, is your hair getting in your eyes yet?
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