This weekend I took my Swift out on another 200km Audax ride. I was up there with the faster riders, and was home 2nd.

To my pleasant surprise, SWMBO was waiting for me at the 3rd (150km) support stop, to where she had ridden from home! (We don't live far from some parts of the route for that ride.) Anyway, she was standing near my Swift while I was refilling my bottles, and she overheard some of the other riders talking about the "funny small-wheeled bike." Things like "inefficient small wheels," "huge chainrings that wear out faster" "overall efficieny lower by 15%" and stuff along those lines were idly discussed. It didn't take much to deduce the others clearly thought I was a bit of a thickhead to be riding THAT in a ride like THIS!

At first when she told me all this, I was indignant, determined to convert the others. Then I thought, no, why put them out of my misinformation? The Swift is my secret weapon. They think, "slow and thick as a brick", then I drop them! One guy at the end complemented me on how well I rode that little bicycle.