Story about pulling somebody: Several years ago, I was doing a cross state ride and our "easy" day of 35 miles was accompanied by a 25 mph headwind!!! Absolutely miserable! I pulled a guy in to the next town and he never once offered to pull. He did thank me at the end - "big deal!" I thought.

Turns out - he had already rode from Iowa to get to Arizona to do this tour! He was absolutely toast before we even began riding that day! Humble pie...

Here's the part that got my blood boiling. My aunt lived in that little town & we'd made arrangements to go to lunch when I got in. I figured, hey, 35 miles = 2 hours tops. Five hours later - I pull in and she give me grief because I'm late!!! I say "WOMAN - have you checked out that HEADWIND!!??" As a non-bicyclist - she was clueless.

That's my story & I'm sticking to it