Originally Posted by
genejockey
It wasn't an e-bike. I got a good chance to look at his bike at the light. No fat rear hub, no swollen BB area, no sound but tires on the pavement, He's just skinnier and fitter than I am.
It does remind me, though, of one time I had one of those "Cycling God" days. You know, when your fitness just seems WAY higher than normal for you, and every time you ask your legs for more power, they comply? I passed a number of cyclists near the bottom of a ~ 1 mile, 3% gradient, then we all got stopped at the 3 stop lights on that segment. Each time they all took off first because I can't clip in with Keos like I can with Deltas, and each time I caught and dropped them easily. At the last light, some guy on an old Kestrel said, "It's nice when the bike does it for you", which I only later realized meant he thought I was riding an e-bike.
Nope. Just an exceptional day.
Love those days or, I remember those days.
My wife and i did an organized metric a couple years ago on our Domane+ Treks. We didn't know anybody but a group of middle-aged guys offered to let us ride with them. It was ridden at a decent pace and we took our pulls. Towards the end, a couple of the guys were really struggling. After the ride, a guy asked how old I was and that I must be a really good rider. Unsaid, for a portly old guy. So, I told him and I pointed to my BB and told him I had help. He was relieved to find out that an overweight guy in his 70s looked fresh because of the help.
