Originally Posted by pdlamb

in a similar vein, how about offering to ride with whomever is doing the worrying? Pitch it as, "you can monitor my riding better if you're riding with me. Besides, one of the prime components of safe cycling is more cyclists, so if you ride with me, i'll be twice as safe!" you could even offer to buy them a bike like yours so they can ride with you.


My guess is, they'll be going into the other room to watch the football game so fast ...