“I’d recognize that ass anywhere,” is hardly what anyone is expecting to hear yelled out from behind them. The best possible outcome from that situation is that the person saying it is a fellow riding teammate of yours, because we do, after all, spend a lot of our time drafting in a pace line.
So I was relieved to discover my teammate Jason was who had said that. But as we got to talking, I realized I had heard him wrong. He had actually said, “I’d recognize that knee anywhere,” and went on to tell me about how my pedal stroke has a “hitch” in it where every few revolutions my left knee goes out to the side irregularly.
We parted ways a few miles later, but the rest of the ride I kept catching myself staring down at my legs trying to see what he was talking about.
I’ve got enough issues to obsess about … I don’t need another. 🙂