In the past a few co-workers have asked me for advice when they were shopping for a bike. Mostly I tried to steer them to a trustworthy LBS near their home, or REI at the very least. Typically they did not want to pay LBS prices. More recently, a co-worker who is logging more miles than me these days will ask me for suggestions on where to buy specific gear. He hadn't ridden at all for several years until last summer, and since then he's gotten a new bike and has gone from about my speed to way faster. Occasionally someone will mention how annoyed they get with cyclists running red lights and stop signs, and I usually agree with them.
Re: drones. a year or two ago I read about a woman in Virginia shooting one down. This was in a rural area southwest of DC. She was sitting on her front porch cleaning her shotgun when she saw a drone flying over her neighbor's yard. Her neighbor happens to be Robert Duvall, the actor, and it was not his drone -- someone was trying to use it to get a closer look at him or his property. The drone drifted over the fence into her yard so bang, she took it down.
- Gray Trek Madone 4.7 road bike, mystery crack in top tube repaired by Calfee, Bontrager Affinity RXL saddle
- Red Trek 6000 mountain bike, Bontrager Evoke WSD saddle
Gone but not forgotten:
- Silver Trek 2000 road bike
- Two awesome and worn out Juliana saddles