Once I got dropped on the Santa Ana River Trail (if you know that one) by a man on a mtn bike with knobby tires. I heard him coming up behind me. As I tried to keep up, he told me stories about how it was his 70th birthday and to celebrate, he was riding 70 miles and then going home to his wife and champagne.

I only hope to be that cool. But I've been dropped by an old dude on a mountain bike