More random conversations while biking:

I'm biking home on Friday, headed down Government Hill, crossing the two ramps that connect the Hill to the port and the port to the southbound lane on the Ship Creek bridge.

I cross the first lane without incident, but notice a large truck coming up the second on-ramp. I stop my bike and wait patiently. Doing so, I also notice a guy on a motorized bicycle coming my direction on the bridge bike/pedestrian path on the other side of the ramp. He stops his bike hurriedly on the other side of the crosswalk, cutting his motor, and waits for the same truck to go by.

I quickly pedal across the ramp while the other cyclist situates himself and tries to start his motor again. As I pass by, he tells me: "Everybody's happy."

I just say "Yep," and bike off in earnest.