I think if you can move around while you're riding, it's a good thing. You have things you need to take care of. Drinking and food I can do in a group. I have a hard time doing it in a paceline that's moving at my speed limit. If it's a slower paceline, I can drink and eat okay. But it's like everything else, it doesn't happen over night and you have to work at it. One day it just dawned on me that I don't even think about reaching for a water bottle anymore. It just happens.

The bolero thing, I would never do while riding near someone else. But it is nice to be able to take it off when you get warm and stuff it in a jersey. It's also not something you do on a highly traffic-ed road

On the back of the tandem I've been able to get off my knee warmers. And I take Thom's jacket off him. I also drink Red Bulls.

V.