Claire Petersky wrote:
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:: o Our speed was totally kick ass. We were cruising along, at an
:: effort that would have produced in our mutual estimations about 17
:: mph in him and 15 in me, but I know we were going probably 22 at a
:: minimum. We rode past a couple of This Is Your Speed signs (speeding
:: along the lake is a real problem), and were at 17 mph on an uphill
:: stretch, and 25 on a flat. Maybe we'll eventually buy a computer for
:: it.

Get a computer, cheapo!

:: o I'm close enough to him to *smell* him. And this was on only a 15
:: mile thing largely in the late afternoon shade. Makes me wonder if
:: we'll really do the Flying Wheels Century together on that thing.
:: He'll be pretty ripe on a summer's day after a hundred miles.

Well, you can sit up front and he'll smell you ripe

:: o Amusingly, I can literally kiss his ass, especially on downhills
:: in a tuck. Heh.

Well, you can sit up front and he can kiss your ass.

::
:: This tandem thing might prove to be fun.
::

Sounds like you two will come to know each other even better!

Enjoy!