As you know by now, Mongo isn't a big fan of the majority of people who ride TT bikes. Unless you compete in Triathlons or Time Trials, or you have a bevy of bikes on which you are consistently fast, there is no reason, other than douchiness, to own a TT bike as your primary ride. It is a single purpose machine that, with no other type of riding to supplement your skills, will expose a rider's weaknesses immediately. It is for this very reason that Mongo loves him some weekend smackdowns with these TT poseurs.
That being said, Mongo went riding on Sunday with two of his teammates...Two time defending Hammerfest champion, "Jawbone" Clay, along with "Captain" Jason, were both on their TT rigs. (Both of these guys meet all of the above mentioned criteria for owning a TT bike...and not being a douche.)
The pace was fast from the get-go, and even though Mongo was on my road bike and not very aero in comparison to the fellas, I was hanging tough and feeling pretty good. We passed many people, and though some tried to hang, we eventually rode them off our wheel.
Finally we were joined by a dude on a Transition with Zipps and a dude on a Scattante with Zipps. I know...Mongo had to do a double-take because I couldn't believe the Scattante setup either. These guys were pretty fast but unwilling to pull...unless they thought they could break away from us...which the guy on the Transition tried several times unsuccessfully. This guy was obviously a dick.
Jason, who had been up front most of the ride setting the blistering pace, finally put it in a gear that Mongo was unable to keep up with and I had to let the group go. Even after riding the homeward half by myself, Mongo averaged 19.7 mph for forty miles. Not too shabby!
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