I've made a number of friends by simply chatting with them after seeing them numerous times when we are both riding. One woman with a perpetual smile, Planet, went off to Italy a few years ago. It was a lifelong dream of hers to live in Italy. Unfortunately, visa snafus and some rough anti-American, or at least anti-Planet, neighbors really ruined the experience for her. Think the kid in Breaking Away after the spoke incident. She's mostly recovered from that experience and her smile is still in place, but if you look closely you can see a little crack in her heart.