Question about general ride etiquette

[GLC1968]

So difficult to guess without having been there. Why do you think full-kit guy was fitter than you?

Mostly because he looked it. Plus, he obviously rode the first half of the ride at a much faster clip than us, because he told us that he had a blow out at mile 10 or so and had to borrow a tube from someone, and yet he caught up to us.



At first, we totally thought he was serious about his 'thank you'...but the more we thought about it, we both started to wonder if he was giving us a hard time. We ride alone a LOT, so we thought we must have broken some unspoken rule or something....

I guess it is possible that he was legitimately thanking us.

Edited to add: He was in full kit, but it was obvious that it wasn't a brand new look for him. You could see that his clothing wasn't newly purchased even though it was all matching and he was riding his old bike (a nice cannondale) while his new one was in the shop for something.