Originally Posted by treadtread

I failed to convert a cager today. A colleague borrowed my other bike (the T***** special), thinking he would try out bike commuting. It's a heavy but comfortable ride. Well, he tried one whole day, and is ready to return it now. Reasons for not wanting to commute: bum hurts, tired, sweaty and (wait for this) ..... even girls kept overtaking him when he was cycling!

I'm not sure why he thought he could breeze through a 6 miles RT commute without sweating and still keep pace with regular cyclists on road bikes (though it sounded like he was more upset about the fact that girls were overtaking him).

How do you guys convert a cager? Do you even try? How do you set expectations? And what kind of reactions have you seen from potential converts?