Kumbaya!
Actually when I was out touring, some of the guys I met who most got into what I was doing where the roadies. Not so much the super hot ones who seemed to have a lot on their minds, but others would visit for a bit and pull off into the distance. Still they didn't see that much country. They would only show on the horizon in the suburbs, while I got the best rides between the town. And I was out there for weeks, while they were squeezing in a few hours.
"even though I can outride over 1/2 of them there on the old steel girl."
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