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Location: Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Bikes: el rapido road Tandem, Raleigh R6000 Road Tandem, Omega Vectra MTB Tandem, Gary Fisher Tassajara, Carerra MTB, Trek 7200 Hybrid
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Omething else to remember...... I mentioned above that concentration forms a great part of riding in a bunch of half bikes. That is true for the stoker as well. We were in a 100km fairly flat race in South Africa and were in a bunch with almost 200 to 300 half bikes siiting in the back quarter of the peleton. In a dip after a fairly fast descent we crossed a bridge. Somebody in the bunch dropped a waterbottle or something and there was chaos. Bikes everywhere and I jammed full on the brakes. EM my wife and stoker was busy adjusting the water pipe of her Camelback and lost her balance and the next moment she was sitting on my back. How we did not fall that day I will never know. We completed the race that day doing a sub three hour on the 100km. Needless to say I have a totally dedicated and CONCENTRATING stoker now.