Originally Posted by Gordiep

This is the best thread ever.

The MUP I mentioned earlier runs right to my school, and thus gets a lot of traffic from a variety of riders. On another occasion, riding home from the library, I was waiting at a stoplight to cross and a lady on a step-through Trek 'fitness bike' (with the whole suspension seatpost, adjustable stem, etc) rolls up with books strapped all over the bike, wearing a helmet cocked to one side of her head and clearly a size too large. All her kit looks pretty new and shiny. A serious afternoon rainstorm had just blown through and the ground was pretty wet. The path has a decent incline approaching the stoplight, and she's huffing and wobbling, and when she comes abreast of me asks,

"Hey-- does the water, like, make it harder to pedal?"
ME: "Well...it can...a little bit, make for increased resistance."
HER: "That must be it, then. This pedaling is, like, work!"

She was on the largest chainring and (you guessed it) the smallest sprocket, going up a 3% grade. I love that she was keeping after it, though.