Haha good story. That's cool though. She sounds like she has a lot to learn. This thread reminds me of when I went riding with a friend that I only mountain bike with. He thought I was really fast and good at hills, but he dropped me with ease. I had a lot of excuses like my seat wasn't high enough, I just changed tires, my bars were different, etc...

I had just changed my bike back to commuter mode and put on the old wheels, 700x28 tires, one pound Bianchi seat (it's heavy, but it's celeste colored), and rose my bars as high as they could go.