An unusual thing happened on the ride home from work today, a guy passed me.
Normally, I’m passing the other cyclists but this time a guy passed me. He was wearing an Olympia jersey, packing some gear and riding a mountain bike, obviously a serious cycling commuter such as myself. So, of course I stepped it up a bit and fell in behind him enjoying the draft. Then he pulled out into the middle of the lane for a short period and then back to the curb. At first, I didn’t know what to make of this but when he did it the second time I knew it was an invitation to take the lead an pull for a while. We worked it most of the way down St. Marys and we’re flying at a very respectable 36-37km/h. This doesn’t happen very often especially on the commute ride, and it was fun to silently fall into the pattern of helping each other speed up the ride.
It was a good thing to go a little faster than normal as a major downpour erupted as I pulled into the driveway. I hope he made it home before the storm as well. Good riding buddy!