Favorite moment: The day of the local marathon, my wife and I are riding our bikes downtown, not very far from the finish line. This marathon is a big event, and traffic around downtown is severely snarled. While waiting at a light, a motorist in the right-turn lane leans out his window and yells "It's your fault traffic is all messed up!" We laugh.

Second-favorite moment: out for a ride in the country, slowly climbing a hill after a long day in the saddle. A beached whale of a woman ensconced on her front porch sees us and yells "Get a car!" My riding partner yells back "Get a life!"