Quote Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty View Post
I forgot. At one point, we passed two 30-ish guys on mountain bikes. As we BLEW by, I said "good morning." They smiled and said, "Hey, you're making us feel bad about ourselves "


This morning I had given some directions to several riders in the park on the flat way to return to their car - they were pooped and didn't want to climb the hill. Two of them were on hybrids, and while I think the third one was more experienced she wasn't familiar with the park. I think the two newest riders assumed that my bike was a hybrid just like theirs, though I say them looking at my tires with some confusion. I explained it was a mountain bike - and since they would be faster than I on the pavement they should just go ahead.

I messed around with my bike a bit before taking off after them - I do raise my saddle a little when I am on pavement. I hadn't realized how slow they were going, and they missed their turn. I managed to catch up to them which was pretty cool. I really had to work since they were several minutes ahead of me. Of course I was only able to catch up with them since this was their first ride of the year, but it was still kind of fun that I could do that - and it was good exercise.