Look, we know it can be infuriating if your cycling partner just doesn’t have the legs. Suddenly an activity that you love has become about patience, and you feel like you’re anti-exercising. But please please please, don’t leave your date behind.

10 Things Female Cyclists are Guilty of Saying

Eventuality 1: They will think you’re mean. They’re probably already lacking in self-confidence because you were cool enough to suggest exercise for a date and now you’ve left them behind to wallow in their own lack of fitness? Not cool.

Eventuality 2: They will get lost. You will spend the next few hours trying to find them, only to discover them moaning at the side of the road with a visible tibia.