Funniest conversations with non-cyclists.

[Crankin]

My favorite conversation occurred last summer. The group ride I was on was going to a lunch place that I knew would not have enough room for 50 riders. So, I peeled off and went to a nearby coffee/sandwich place, with the intention of riding home (about 8 miles) from there. I walked in to order my sandwich, when I heard:
(Woman I know slightly from my temple, loud enough for everyone to turn and look at me): OH my G-d! You look like a professional. You rode here, from your house?
Me: Actually I just rode about 41 miles with my club.
Woman: I didn't know you did that (insinuating everyone knows DH rides, but a woman couldn't possibly do what he does). You ride with Mr. Crankin?
Me: (sigh) Yes. OK, I gotta go, it looks like rain moving in.
Woman: Do you think you can make it? Do you want a ride?
Me: No. I am going to have to ride an extra loop, past my street to get 50 miles.
Woman: You ride 50 miles?
(To myself.. Oy.) Me: Have a nice lunch.

[happinesshill]

This was kind of funny...me and my son were riding and had only gone about 8 miles and we turned onto a new road. We mostly ride on back roads and stuff, not the highways. Anyway, there was an old man sitting in a chair on his porch watching us. I called back over my shoulder to my son, "Only 15 more miles to go!" and the old man laughed and said really sarcastically, "Only 15, eh?"

[PamNY]

This was kind of funny...me and my son were riding and had only gone about 8 miles and we turned onto a new road. We mostly ride on back roads and stuff, not the highways. Anyway, there was an old man sitting in a chair on his porch watching us. I called back over my shoulder to my son, "Only 15 more miles to go!" and the old man laughed and said really sarcastically, "Only 15, eh?"

Oh, I can easily imagine that one! Because my late father and all of my uncles could have been that man.

And my mother would have tartly reminded them of the energetic things they did when they were younger...