I can understand your enthusiasm! When I was cycling home from school in the blistering sun, my dream was to have a bicycle with a little sunroof and then to cycle all the way to China! :-)
Yes, dear Gypsy, with Alexey I had fun several times. We have often overtaken ourselves mutually. I was always a little quicker than he. Alexey overtook me everytime during my many flat tyres :-))