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Just What does a Customer Evangelist Do On a Friday?

For just a few seconds, I'm off the front with a bunch of the fastest Fridays, like British Hour Record holder Rob English, Race Across America legend Lon Haldeman and Coach Fred and Ed of RoadBikeRider.com – badge-wearing members of the Friday fold. Is a Bike Friday any good, people ask? Don't ask me, ask the pros - if you can catch them. There's a secret about little wheels they're not telling you.

The pace relaxes a moment as Lon tells the group about his upcoming expedition to Peru on his Air Glide, pulling the suitcase trailer and taking supplies to the 85 kids at the Puerto Ocopa orphanage and building a school in Iquitos.

About now I'm done sprinting on my Petite Friday, and I've dropped back, my Friday drawing level with a pair of New World Tourists. Their life support systems are neatly distributed among four small bags and the Bike Friday Travel Trailer. "We're doing Alaska to the Cape this year," they shout. "We did Paris-Brest-Paris last year!"

Drafting close behind is a tandem, powered by what seems to be an super senior couple, except they've got the legs of Lance. "Beauty about a Friday – you can get your leg over the @#$% thing," shouts the stoker, as they crank up a hill. Yes, there are definite advantages to little wheels …

Dropping back a little, I rub handlebars with a 6'4" someone on a Pocket Rocket who says, "When I don't want anyone to talk to me I ride my [other bike] - and sure enough, no one talks to me."

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Right on his tail is a very small, Bantam Friday, ridden by an even smaller rider, who answers the standard question, "are you doing the whole thing on that little bike?" with a giant grin. He was last seen on El Tour de Tucson sticking on the wheel of his 6'4" brother, for 120 miles.

And look, I just passed Heinz Stucke, the "World's Most Traveled Man By Bicycle". He's stopped by the side of the road with his fully loaded Pocket Llama, shooting undeniable proof for his latest Guinness World Record.

Finally, I'm at the back, where I belong, with a camera full of footage and a head full of stories to share with you and the Bike Friday Community.  You've just ridden in my slipstream on another day at my office, except you're heading home, and I'm heading to a surf a couch somewhere in the hinterland of the Bike Friday fold.

No, it's not about the fold. It's everything about the Fold.

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