This may be a bif off topic but........
Early this spring just after I had purchased my first road bike,
I was half way through my first 20 mile ride of the year when a guy riding in my direction pulled up along side me and started to chat. He asked me about my bike, my route and other bike stuff. He told me about trying to get his lady friend interested in riding. (I recommended that she check out the T.E. site). He said his goodbyes and peddled off ahead of me. About a quarter of a mile up the road he turned around and headed back to me. He told me that he just came back to tell me what a good job I was doing on the bike and as another biker he knew that we don’t hear that often enough! I haven’t seen him again on the road, but he sure made my day. What a nice way to start the biking season.