i got a short ride in before work today. on the way out, i passed a woman named eva, smiled and waved and said "hop on my wheel." she said "i was planning on going easy to day, but what the heck." we then passed a guy named jean and i smiled and waved and inivited him to join us. he did. we had a fun paceline screaming along the laksehore in montreal.

both these people were strangers. eva, riding a specialized dolce elite, shops at my lbs. she's a former sports medicine professor who's gone into the sports beverage bottling business. she's been riding for three years. jean, on a trek 2200, runs his own enterprise applications integration consulting firm. he's been riding for two months. we had a nice chat, i pulled about 80 per cent of the way. i'll see them again on the road sometime and wave.

too bad i'm one of those snobbnish, insular roadies.