I was standing aside the road, making an adjustment to my saddle, when an SUV pulled up alongside. Two women were inside, and one rolled down her window. The other, in a heavy European accent, said, "May I ask you something that will sound crazy?"

Who am I to resist that?

She then proceeded to ask if they could take some digital pictures of............my Take a Look sunglass-mounted mirror!!! They had never seen such a thing, they said. Of course, I allowed them to snap away. But they truly weren't interested in anything but the mirror -- they even had me take it off so they could snap some closeups.

Afterwards, they smiled, thanked me, and motored on. Odd, huh? Oh, and I was wearing my 50+ jersey, too.