Thats funny CycleMagic...

There is a huge winter group ride out of Joe's Bike Shop in Baltimore. A female cyclist friend wanted to try it. This ride is usually mellow but sometimes, the big boys get a hankering to hammer and so they do. So I show up with my friend and we fall in with about 50 other cyclist. Well, some don't want to do the whole 4 hour stint and turn off. We hang with the long ride. Soon we are way out in Harford County on gravel roads. My friend is doing well for the first hour and a half untill we hit the real steep hills, then she can't hold the pace. Since she is my guest, I hang with her. Guys keep looking back to see where we are. On the flats I tow us back to the back of the pack, only to get gapped again as she can't hang on the next hill and so it goes for about 40 minutes. When the group (all male) decides to head for home, the stop and wait for us. When we catch up, they all congradulate her and shield her from the wind and noodle up the hills the whole way home. Every week the guys would ask about her....