I was out riding the other day. Just after turning around at the far end of our local reservoir, (which involves a small climb), this cyclist came zooming past. Descending the hill he freewheeled, and his cassette made a sound I hadn't heard since the old Suntour freewheel days. I wondered if that was the SRAM freewheel (I swear, it was even louder than Campy!)
Hitting the flat, I could see that perhaps he wasn't going all out, and I wondered if I had a strong enough interval in me to catch him. I figured if I could, then I could see if I was right on his components, if not, well, I needed some interval training anyway. So, off I went.
I did catch him, and to forestall a counter push by him, quickly asked him about his components and his bicycle. Yep, he was riding the SRAM group set, and yes, he really liked them (good news to me since I've been considering getting a new bike so equipped.)
We rode along together and talked - one of those geeky conversations that only cyclists have: Length of crank arms, training patterns, peaking, etc. He mentioned an upcoming trip to Belgium to do some racing, so I asked who he was. Turns out he is local a local phenom and pro rider Greg Daniel. He's heading to Europe to try his hand against the best juniors over there.
Nice guy. I wish him well, and it will be fun to have a local name to watch in the cycling stats. Might even get me interested again.
Oh, he was polite, too. Even asked me if I raced!
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