Dear Husband,
Thank you for being so patient and cheerful when we ride together. I know you can ride way faster than me, get up steeper hills, ride longer hours. But you never ever speed ahead out of my sight, and you often ride behind me on purpose, often asking whether I want to ride in front or in back.
Today, I peddled up a steep hill that I usually go all the way into Granny gear for. But today I purposely went up that hill in one gear harder than the granny gear just to push myself. You stayed behind me on the hill, and I didn't think you would notice that little detail, but when we both reached the top, you passed by me and whispered "Way to GO, Sweetie!".
Thank you for telling me that when you bought your now 11 year old bike, before you ever knew me, you had dreamed of riding it along sunlit woodland gravel roads with the one you love, and that your dream had now come true.
Thank you for endlessly explaining the mysteries of BIKE to me, showing me how to fix and adjust a hundred things on my bike, and for never getting annoyed when I ask for the 4th time in a month which way we turn at that same intersection.
Thank you for being the best life partner AND the best biking buddy a girl could have.