I can only imagine those hoping to recognise each other by clothing or bikes haven't been there, thousands of bikes with thousand of riders in every single bit og cycle kit ever made
I knew the people I was meeting last year and it still took a minute or with one of them on the mobile
just saying
two new tyres fitted, lights charging, gps loaded, saddle hopefully tweaked after a dubious two weeks of adjustments, pannier emptied and mostly repacked, jelly babies and peanuts saved from the kids, presliced malt loaf to butter and a portion of pasta and something to cook
and as I type I remember, a small rip on the hip of the best Assos shorts to attempt to patch to ward off a potential unseemly incident