High speed chase

To Woodlands, 45 km. There are 11 of us today. We start cycling two-three abreast, then a race breaks out. What a whipping I get. Trailing behind roadies is one thing. Trailing behind guys on knobbies is another, especially two of them who chit chat and talk race strategy at 40 km/h. What takes the cake is another guy who is swift on platform pedals, single speed and on a foldable bike. ST is in good form today too, with her secondhand Giant XTC and 1.5" tyres. She's put her Mongoose out to pasture. D too has a second bicycle - a shiny red Cannondale. He trails behind today as he's injured and not on his titanium Merlin.