On the bicycle together

Today Elisabeth and I took a ride on my bicycle together for the first time this spring. On our trip, Elisabeth saw another cyclist without a child seat on his bike. She commented:

"There's another man on a bike. But he doesn't have a kid or a kid seat."
"You're right," I answered.
"Maybe he doesn't have a kid," she speculated.
"Maybe he doesn't."
"It's more fun to have a kid seat, because then we can talk to each other," she remarked.

I totally agree. Conversations on the bicycle are at least half the fun of riding.