I do need to vent though...

I'm getting sick of the disrespect I am getting. Not from anyone here, but from some of the geared riders in my area. Had one who claims he can fly up hills, claiming he can make it look easy on my 40 mile loop, which at the one mile mark, you are faced with a climb that at one point has a 14% grade. Up to the one mile mark is relatively flat and I was getting hassled on how much easier it would be if I had gears. Once the road started pointing up, I was sick of the trash talk and dropped him on the climb. Waited for him at the end of the climb, and could just tell he was suffering. Her wound up bailing 25 miles in because he couldn't handle it anymore, which is pathetic because the final 15 miles are extremely easy. The first climb from today isn't even the hardest climb in that immediate area, 2 miles to the south of it is a much harder road.