I went riding with a new girlfriend who lived in another town - 18 miles away (met her on a Lung Association Bike Trek). We started in her town & rode to breakfast on a popular local ride. In the middle of the ride, she saw an old biking friend and his buddy. They chatted and decided to have breakfast with us. Over breakfast, (now) DH memorized my friend's phone # when her old friend asked for it. (now) DH then called her and dated her a few times, but no chemistry. Months later, I was finishing the same ride when (now) DH rode by the opposite direction and said "Hi tokie!" - I had on sunglasses,helmet and a bandanna over my mouth and nose to keep blowing sand from Santa Ana winds out. At that point, I was about to call ex-BF for ride home, it was really nasty! I said to (now) DH "do I know you?" and turned to his direction. He gave me a lift home in his pickup truck, but never asked for my phone #.In the following weekends, while his friends ate b'fast on their ride, he would ride 12 miles further and leave notes on my front door(I was out).Finally, I called my GF to ask what to do. She gave me his phone # & told me to bring him cookies to thank him for the drive home. I did- and the rest is history! We married approx.6 months after our first date!