COD.

We may belong to a club or ride with a consistent bunch of friends, but most of us amateur riders rock up to a race alone. Friends may not be seeded in your starting group and even if they are, we often times raced alone. We each have individual goals, although we all chased shorter finish times and lower seedings, we basically raced as individuals. And as with any amateurs, we look to the pro teams for a hint of what it should be and we watched the domestiques sacrificing their own desires to work for their team leaders. Albeit we admire their selflessness, but most of all, we dreamed the podium, we brag about our seeding, we argue like tradesmen for every seconds and we took the concept of cycling as an individual sport.

BObbie rocked up at McSteal a Carnival, he had publicly announced that he will ride with the team and at the left turn, sprint away and leave them with the palookas. Instead of a glory that nobody would notice anyway, BObbie punctured before the race even started. Although Bobbie calmly replaced the tube, the new tube wouldn't inflate even with BObbie using the "Craptain's Maneuver". In his haste he missed a tiny piece of glass and he had to replace the tube, again. By now,  his group have left. BObbie was about to ride 103km, along, as an individual.

Well, Bushie although left with the group (we agreed he must go first as he can't ride fast due to a viagra problem) rode slowly and called several times for an update.

Crap cursed like a pirate but when he realized his teammies weren't with him, stopped at the side of the road to wait. He still cursed, but he waited.

Lani watched and wondered why BObbie was so dumb, but he never left.

Fake German quietly pulled out more tubes & bombs so BObbie could complete his transactions.

BObbie eared his COD title. His delay cost Crap a seeding race and the Lani and the Austrian a training ride. They all could have gone but none of them did. When BObbie finally got on the road, there was a vast emptiness on the road. No pelotons of any sorts to shield him from the wind and the traffic. And the marshals looked upon him with pity in their eyes. Him and his teammies.

BObbie will never be in a pro team, he won't join no cycling clubs and he knows cycling is not an individual sport. Because Bobbie has teammies and they don't leave no man behind.

Team BO.