I like how their helmets are so cavalier-ly strapped to the bike, as if to say, "hey, I got my helmet, see? I'm not just some DUI-recovering street bum, I'm a serious biking dude, I'm just not that worried about my brain so much."

You could always do the equivalent of popping your hood - stoop by the side of your bike and pretend to examine your chain. Guys dig girls who fix their own stuff. You can make it look like you're adjusting your derailleur (even though WE know you did that BEFORE you set out.)

p.s. I have never "read" you be so smitten before. He must have talked a good talk!