Cycling lines pedal through drafting, tandems and getting a wheel — a sport whose core tactic, sitting close behind someone attractive and letting them do the work, needed no adaptation to become flirting material. Club rides and cafe stops are the venue.
The tandem material is the sweet tier; the lycra material is the cheeky tier. The cafe stop mid-ride is where both get delivered.
Cycling invented sitting close behind someone and calling it strategy, so the flirting material was always going to write itself. Club rides supply the structure: shared suffering uphill, shared coffee at the turnaround, and a paceline's built-in excuse for proximity.
The tandem is the commitment metaphor, the cafe stop is the venue, and complimenting someone's climbing is the community's love language. Mind the cleats on the cafe floor. The rest of the peloton rides in the sports collection, with the gym lines covering indoor season.

