Originally Posted by
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Thou shalt not droppeth thy wife.
If you want to hammer, do it on your own time, when you are riding with your wife, you are riding with your wife.
Nothing wrong with dropping her for short periods...like on a climb or on a nice downhill or when you and a friend get to chatting and don't realize you dropped the wives/hubbys...but even then, you best hook back up with them by the next convenient place to do so.
I felt that way, until Mrs. Road Fan started dropping me with regularity. Now we are more evenly matched, at least. She's become a ver secure cyclist in the p;ast few years, and we can just have fun together.
I think I did the right thing by avoiding dropping her early on. She's really grown. I'm not buying her any more new bike parts. She's already able to shell me anytime she wants. She doesn't need a faster bike. At least, not until she asks for me to take her to the bike shop ...