on yesterday's ride home, passing through Lexington center on the Minuteman bikeway, a roadie caught up to me at a stop sign, and followed me across the intersection to the continuation of the bikeway, where the grade goes from level and ever so slightly uphill to ever so slightly downhill. I picked up speed and got up to 24/25 mph and pulled this guy for about two miles, then he took his turn and passed me and yelled, 'you're a freaking monster! how the hell do you ride so fast with those two panniers?'

'who needs training when you've got a commute?'

I stayed on his wheel for another mile or so, then had to peel off to get groceries. Roadie shook his head over the fact that I was gladly adding more weight to my bike.

Commute in today was slow as I was riding with a co-worker who's newly initiated to bike commuting and she was getting used to riding with a backpack (her bike doesn't have racks). Kept on getting passed by roadies (even one guy who was hauling on a hybrid) and I so badly wanted to get on their wheels, but figured I'd be the nice guy and hang back.