Yalaha Bakery Ride

For some reason that I haven't figured out yet on a "charity" ride tandems don't get much respect. On hard training rides with racers and more serious riders you get as much respect as you deserve. For example, on the Yalaha bakery ride at Mt. Dora people kept trying to muscle us out of line and steal our place. They also shoot in front of us just before turns. We take turns fast because accelerating quickly on a tandem is difficult. Sooooo we got to the front and rode 28mph until there was only 1 guy on our wheel. A few more caught us when we took a wrong turn but we showed em, didn't we. We let 2 guys go up a long hill so then it was just Sharon and I and 1 other guy who stayed on our wheel for 20 minutes. Then on the next hill he rode up next to us and said "Thanks for the pull,...see you at the bakery." Sharon didn't need to say a word, I could feel her pumping on the pedals...Needless to say, the guy didn't get away and in fact we sprinted around him into the parking lot. Oh, and we caught the 2 guys who dropped us on the first hill, they didn't know the way.