A few years back on the Lake Pepin 3-speed tour two friends of mine and I were climbing the Bay City Hill on the first day. The Bay City Hill is two and a half miles long; its helpful to have a 22 in the rear. One of my friends, Kelly (55 at the time), was on a 1958 Phillips I had restored for her. On the way up we got passed by a peloton of people on carbon road bikes with the usual pajamas. On the 3-speed tour it helps to be in vintage clothing- tweed or argyle take your pick. Kelly, while looking the part, was a bit of a monster on a bike and even though her bike was about 1/3rd her body weight, decided she'd had enough of being passed and told us 'I'll see you at the top', flicked the gear to 2nd and then proceeded to drop the peloton; she later told us that she heard someone say 'Well, I guess we've been passed'. It was true.