I think you are 50% right in that assessment that you are a late 30s curmudgeon, and the cross-threading pedals reference almost saved that post. This appears to be a well put together and to me, genuine edit of a unique group of friends lucky enough to have found themselves in this position at this time in their lives in a very unique part of the world to tell a compelling story of what most of us want in riding bikes: youth, skill, and friends to push us and give us shit. The only thing out of place for us...