Road Cycling & Snobbery...................WHY ?

DavidJB

jonomc4 wrote:

Ok here's a slant on this.

Forget the snobbery of people on expensive bikes - what about the snobbery of people who ride cheap bikes and then blast past people on expensive bikes. There seems to always be lots of people making posts in this vein - is this body snobbery?

Please discuss in less than 200 words (whilst I grab my coat).

Yeah people on poo bikes always seem to gloat in some sort of perceived moral high ground over people on expensive bikes...its just thinly veiled jealousy. I'm sure 'most people' could afford £2,000 bikes if that's where they decided to allocate their resources...but different people have different priorities...I allocate a significant amount of my resources towards cycling.

stoneb09

PeakRider91 wrote:

It's not the ride it's the rider, Bradley wiggins could leave anyone on this forum for dust,

On a £59.99 Argos cycle.

Argos sell bikes for £59.99? Why the hell did I spend £1k...

dw300

Don't they say that snobbery is a trait normally displayed by the kind of people who genuinely have a desire to improve themselves?

Tom Dean

No.

blackpoolkev

Raffles wrote:

The weather is awful and I wish I was out cycling

Riding in sh*t weather is fun,it's all a question of perception.

Stop thinking about what other folk think(they're not bothered) and enjoy.

iPete

Second thread pushing the same agenda? Twice now you've not got the answer you wanted!

Monty Dog

sjmclean wrote:

But I was told not to come back unless I upgraded.

A lot of folks put this down to snobbery, when most of the time the bike is badly maintained, knackered tyres and after the third puncture-repair stop, people do get right narked that someone has ruined their ride.

As any experienced cyclist knows, its the legs and lungs that make you fast, not the bike you're riding.

nferrar

I've never encountered snobbery in road or MTB, nor do I lose any sleep if someone doesn't wave back to me - too many people seem to give a toss about little things...

Winston Smith

The only thing I've ever noticed is that when I ride my road bike I'll get a nod from other cyclists, yet when I'm on my town bike I cease to exist. Like a police car pulling up next to a motorist at traffic lights, look straight ahead and pretend you haven't seen them then you don't have to acknowledge their existence.

lakeland

Winston Smith wrote:

The only thing I've ever noticed is that when I ride my road bike I'll get a nod from other cyclists, yet when I'm on my town bike I cease to exist. Like a police car pulling up next to a motorist at traffic lights, look straight ahead and pretend you haven't seen them then you don't have to acknowledge their existence.

I have seen this happen if I've been on my MTB, road bikers are less likely to acknowledge if I'm not on my road bike.

Same happens on motorbikes, if I'm on my bike I am less likely to get a nod than if I'm on my dad's more sporty bike.

Nowt as queer as folk

snoopsmydogg

lakeland wrote:

I have seen this happen if I've been on my MTB, road bikers are less likely to acknowledge if I'm not on my road bike.

Same happens on motorbikes, if I'm on my bike I am less likely to get a nod than if I'm on my dad's more sporty bike.

Nowt as queer as folk

Haven't noticed anything when riding an mtb but when on a motorbike the only time I noticed riders getting ignored was when they were riding fireblades/r1s etc in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Roadkill anyone?

NWLondoner

lakeland wrote:

Winston Smith wrote:

The only thing I've ever noticed is that when I ride my road bike I'll get a nod from other cyclists, yet when I'm on my town bike I cease to exist. Like a police car pulling up next to a motorist at traffic lights, look straight ahead and pretend you haven't seen them then you don't have to acknowledge their existence.

I have seen this happen if I've been on my MTB, road bikers are less likely to acknowledge if I'm not on my road bike.

Same happens on motorbikes, if I'm on my bike I am less likely to get a nod than if I'm on my dad's more sporty bike.

Nowt as queer as folk

To be honest i always used to acknowledge all cyclists. Now i just usually nod to roadies.

Most fellow roadies would nod back, most MTB would ignore you, Townie riders seemed shocked that a roadie would even acknowledge them. The best was a TT rider in RP. He was on the side of the road and i was then riding a flat bar commuter. The look of disgust in his face that I would even dare look at him let alone say good morning still makes me chuckle.

It's a strange world

charlie_potatoes

NWLondoner wrote:

The best was a TT rider in RP. He was on the side of the road and i was then riding a flat bar commuter. The look of disgust in his face that I would even dare look at him let alone say good morning still makes me chuckle.

mattshrops

If he was on the side of the road theres a fair chance hes just punctured, and was extremely pissed off. Out of the race and maybe ruined a £60 tub. Then some geezer wants to shout HIYA at him.

giant_man

dw300 wrote:

Don't they say that snobbery is a trait normally displayed by the kind of people who genuinely have a desire to improve themselves?

That's as maybe, but it is also very ignorant and totally unneccessary ...