New Bikes and New Faces

Like a hungry caterpillar the appearance and make up of Team Aldi is in a state of change, growth and flux. This week’s excitement was caused by our very own improving paper boy Kenny O’Donnell who in the twinkling of an eye emerged from the toilets of the local shopping centre looking not unlike a caterpillar himself in the treasured and coveted colours of the bright bottle green Hillbrick Lycra, a move designed to raise the bar up several notches over his Aldi-clad companions and frankly it raised the bar to an almost impossible height to overcome that all the team could do was bask in the shade of the new Hillbrick bike and uniform. Kenny was also was very reluctant to admit that he frequents the same bicycling emporium as favoured by our nations politicians at which news the bar went up a few more notches.

He is pictured here with a bagful of shoes deciding which colour to chose which might best compliment his loud volume racing greens.

A NEW FACE
The team was also pleased to welcome a new face to the team but not to the world of cycling- Craig Trautsch aka “Trouchy” or the “human trampoline” on account of the fact that this man is invincible and will bounce back from anything. Feeling sorry for the rest of the team he did the ride on some old no frills mountain bike that he dug up from the depths of his garage so as not to embarrass anyone in the team with the breathtaking speed and pace that he set up for the rest of the team to follow.

He is seen pictured here patiently advising Kenny about fashion tips for his riding livery even though he is not a slave to fashion himself.






There were many impressive things about the new Hillbrick bike for the team to take stock of and members were given a thorough introduction into the wide ranging capabilities of this new tarmac treader by Kenny before the ride was able to get under way. Here he is pictured programming the new bike before using it via the marvel of modern technology with the hand held “spectron transponder” which automatically removes it from the back of the car and prepares it for use by the rider.






Today’s ride got under way to a very respectable pace through Camden and Cawdor County but on the approaches to the Camden by pass a loud clunking noise was heard by all those in close proximity to the Hillbrick, the mystery was soon solved by the team “speedster” Tachis Bell pictured here cradling the offending bit of surplus suspension of the new Hillbrick and overseen by the worried looking owner. However, moments later he was relieved to learn that the suspension was an optional extra and strictly speaking not really required so in our usual time honoured fashion we carried on regardless.






Readers must not be misled into thinking that this weeks episode is all about and dominated by the arrival of the new Hillbrick but until I can think about something else to write about, it will have to do for now. See you in the next exciting instalment of the adventures of the Hillbrick Heroes.

Best wishes for now
From The Scribe