To me, it is all about the ride and I agree with cyclezen that we should celebrate all riders whatever their reason for being on a bike. I get a laugh out of stories about dropping other riders. Unless your in a race, how can you drop someone without knowing their circumstances? I ride alone most of the time and last weekend, a couple of riders in full kit blew by me. I caught up to them at a light and could her them s****** about it. They probably had a good laugh about the old guy on a cervelo RS. What they didn't know was that I just finished 50 miles and still had 10 to get home. Not saying that they wouldn't have blown me away at 20 miles, but unless you know whats going on with the rider, how to you feel good about it?

I give credit to anyone on bike for just getting out there and doing it. It just reminds me, that it's about me and not them and as long as I enjoyed the ride thats all that matters.