The Velo Teifi Cycling Club Hall of Shame

Those bad boys, wrong do-ers and general ne'er-do-wells that bring shame on us all....  Shame on you if you appear here...

Sunday 27th July
1. Cited for "Treason [against the VTCC]", Mrs M Lewis, Ms Sheila Williams, Mr M Rees, Mr A Lindsay,  Mstr T Kurowski, Mr I Morris,  Mr D Evans.  Here is the news.  A shocking event unfolded today at the Temple Bar cafe, near Nevern.  Led by an assortment of ne'er-do-well custard eaters, an attempt was made to overthrow the already weakened Chairman in order to transform the Velo Teifi Cycling Club into the Velo Teifi Pudding Club.  In a gratuitous display of over indulgence and suger-loading, VTCC members shocked the gathered local community by ordering the most sickly, over-sweetened heart-attacks-in-a-bowl, then proceeding to gorge themselves in an outrageous display of slurping, licking and general consumption.  Especially worrying, was the corruption of 'Young Tom' led. as he was, into the Valley of Death by our not-so-Light Brigade.  But the puddings did look very gooooood.......
2. Cited for "Pantani-esque Pain Infliction", Mstr Tom Kurowski.  Oh dear, two citings in one day.  Young Tom - you must remember that the majority of your club-mates are old farts.  What's worse, we're old farts who, in our minds, still believe we can climb mountians like you, Young Tom.  Therefore, when on a particlularly tough climb and you look back to see the sweating, panting, grimacing, swearing, vomiting and contorted faces of said Old Farts pathetically trying to hold on to your back wheel, please show some sympathy as opposed to simply transforming into Marco Pantini, going low on the drops and stomping off into the distance...  Nasty boy.  {We're only jealous!  And desparate.  And, in the main, pitiful...)

June to July (to 25th July).
1.  Cited for "Slovenly and Lengthy, Obvious Poster Presentational Inadaquacies (SLOPPI)", Mr T Wells.  Why should it be that our favourite local bike shop should be guilty of being SLOPPI?  Come on Thomas, buy some Blu-tac and stop relying on leftover Wrigley's from shop visitors.  (Other chewing gum brands are available).

Sunday 13th July
1.  Cited for "Crimes against Coordination", Mr I Morris.  Oh dear, two club rides, two citations.  It's not good... As for the citing, well, red shorts/gold and blue top.... oooh, quick, call Trinny and Susanna.  Until such time that another faux pas is revealed by other careless riders, Mr Morris will hold the Gok Kwan award... inside we suspect he's screaming...  As for the information that the shorts were 'low cut', that's just too much information on a preference for revealing or 'peek-a-boo' clothing...  tsk, tsk.
2.  Cited for "Inappropriate use of Superlatives", Mr D Evans.    This may be harsh as Mr Evans is clearly suffering some form of mental anguish which, it is suspected, has been induced by a clever perpetrator of the medical profession who has evidently spent Tuesday evening rides subliminally convincing Mr Evans that he, the Master of Medicine, is a "Hard Man of Cycling".  So complete has been the weakening of Mr Evans, that he (Mr Evans) was unable to prevent himself from blurting out the mind-melded description of our peddling doctor.  Actualy, come to think of it...
3.  Cited for "Not using his Powers for Good", Mr A Lindsay.   Shocking abuse of medical skills. Beware, do not make eye contact or enter into general discourse with this man.  You may come away thinking spelendid things about him...  but he does have nice legs, very strong... this is why he's known as the 'Hard Man of....' Oh my god, help!  Help me!
 
Sunday 30th June
1. Cited for "Cleat Abuse", Mr H Forster.  A shameless attempt to scrape the living daylights out of his cleats at 30+ mph.  If approached, please ignore his pitifull story about near death, high speed (nearly) crashes - this was nothing more than equipment abuse in its purest form.
2. Cited for "Shocking Disrepair", Mr I Morris.  State of the art loveliness from Italy should be cleaned at least once a year, sir.  No excuses.  If the Chairman can spend 28 hours a week buffing his equipment (!), SO CAN YOU.  Shameful performance, we expect better things in the coming months...
3. Cited for "Obsolete Sticker Display", Mr M Rees.  Yes, you've done some events - now spend some time cleaning the 1p stickers of your £££'s machine!  Almosr cited for "Shocking Disrepair".  Don't sink that low, please.
4. Cited for "Inadvertant Deflation of Fellow Members Ego", Mr M Rees.  Oh dear, a second citation... You know that some of our members love their bicycles more than life itself.  Enquiring as to whether a certain club members machine being ridden today 'was his best', only to follow it up by commenting the actual 'best bike' looked well worn was, frankly, cruel.  His little chest deflating and the tears welling up were visible to all.  On the up side though, we laughed so hard that some of us actual wet...  :-)