Bike snobbery

[Cavalol]

One thing I don't get is bike snobbery. When I'm on my road bike people often smile back or reply if you say 'good morning' etc,.
However...when I'm on my mountain bike, some (not all) road bikers) look at me in complete disdain and often don't reply. The other day someone on a roadbike (a budget B'Twin, of all things) looked at me like I was a complete piece of dog dirt when I said good morning as he passed.
Why is this? It matters not a jot, but I bet my mountain bike cost three times what his did, yet I felt he thought he was superior or something! I'm not trying to start a war between road and mountain bikers, as I have both and thoroughly enjoy each one, I just don't get the occasional snobbery and I always smile at anyone on a bike regardless what it is.

Is it just me, or do other people suffer this, too?

 

[speccy1]

 

[Fab Foodie]

You're just a loser, get used to it ...

 

[Markymark]

I suppose it has been a while.

Paging El Azul. @ianrauk

 

[Markymark]

I like to twerk with every passing cyclist. Funnily enough it was when Miley Cyrus cycled passed and I taught her how to twerk a few years ago that she thanked me and made it her thing on stage.

Some snobby cyclists don't like to twerk with me but they're in the minority.

 

[MisterStan]

(a budget B'Twin, of all things)

Tell me; who is the snob??

 

[Mugshot]

When I ride my Defy I wave and say hello to everybody, cyclists, walkers, joggers, everybody. But I've got a more expensive better bike now too, when I'm on that I ignore the lot of them, plebs.

 

[sight-pin]

I like my B'Twin 3 red,

(a budget B'Twin, of all things)

I like my B'Twin 3 red,........ it's now in the shed sulking

 

[ianrauk]

hooray... the penny pot is empty.. thanks for the little contribution...

 

[KEEF]

 

[potsy]

Snubbed by someone riding a Btwin, oh the shame

These days I only acknowledge road bike riders, though I have been known to let on to the occasional hybridist if I'm feeling generous

 

[djb1971]

Is it just me, or do other people suffer

 

[pplpilot]

Here you go - 0800 555 111

was it any of these? - https://crimestoppers-uk.org/most-wanted/

 

[Large]

Some funny posts here which have made me smile.

I think that nearly all cyclists I encounter, be they on road, hybrid, or MTB, either nod, or lift a hand off the bars in acknowledgement of a fellow rider on a hybrid. As it's a Cannondale Bad Boy with black decals on a matte black frame, it could be anything I'm piloting, so you can' tell if it's worth £100 or £1,000 :-)

I certainly acknowledge folks on the road, irrespective of their mounts.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

One thing I don't get is waving at people using the same mode of transport as me.