Originally Posted by
2ndGen
When my riding bud and I get a chance to ride, he definitely takes me to the next level. When I think about slowing down, the thought immediately comes to mind "what will he think of me if I slack?" He races. When I ride with him, I get a hard workout, but I never fall behind and I do things I normally wouldn't. The biggest compliment he gave me was a big "thanks" for riding with him, that it pushes him too.
I'm in a similar situation when I ride with my brother. He doesn't race, but he's been riding for over 20 years. When we ride together, for me it's a very good workout, for him it's usually a recovery ride from the century or so that he rode yesterday. I don't mind, it's time we get to spend together. When we were younger and crazier, we rode motorcycles, now that we're older and wiser, it's bicycles.