When I met the most wonderful lady in the world she was worried that I would not like riding with her because she was and continues to ride a Dutch styled city bike and I was working on getting into time trial shape on my fixed gear road bike.

She thought she would slow me down.

I told her that I was just waiting for someone who I could take long leisurely rides with and showed her something that made her heart melt...



I still like to ride fast and long but the best times on a bike are spent with a certain beautiful lady and the pace is never so fast that we can't share our thoughts, hold hands, or steal a kiss or two at a stop.

Can't ride the old roadsters anymore because of my back not liking the position but it was never about the bike but who you wanted to spend your life riding with.

We now have a tandem so we can ride together and she is looking forward to going a little faster and farther and even wants to go cyclo-camping feeling that working together she could see herself riding 100 miles in a day which is not hard on a tandem.

And I really am a pretty utilitarian cyclist and do have a basket and a cute little dog.