Yeah like I said earlier when I did slow down and talked to him he said he had less than 100 miles on the bike so I figure he was still pretty new. I remember when I first started I was barely doing 8-10 mile rides and averaging something like 14 mph. I bought my bike almost 2 years ago, but only have a little over 800 miles on the bike now since it was in storage for about 15 months while I finished up school. I finally got the bike back out last month and plan to ride every weekend between now and when I leave for a 2 month school up in Rhode Island.