Originally Posted by
big john
lol, they do that anyway. Reminds me of a day some years ago when I offered to show a couple racer friends a mountain route they had never done. I was having a really bad day and one of them did push me on some of the climbing. I was highly embarrassed. Of course, he still brings it up from time to time.
Years ago, I did a ride with another member of PenVelo, a smallish woman who was also fairly lightly built. I'd been pulling for a while, so when we made the next turn, she decided to be polite and took over. Thing is, the road is an arrow-straight 1-2% descent. After about 100 yards of her pedaling like mad and me braking constantly to prevent coasting into her rear wheel, I said, "Here, let me". I can get up to 30 mph with almost no effort there, and she was struggling to reach 25.