There has always been a degree of inverse snobbery round here. As soon as someone wants to, or has spent what they are confortable with, but others aren’t, on a bike, they have more money than sense. This is despite them having the sense to get the money in the first place.
I’ve never noticed the same being applied to other areas of life, like houses or food. Clearly if you buy anything other then Tesco value baked beans, you have more money than sense.
I love cycling and will encourage anyone to do it. It doesn’t matter if they have a £50 bike or a £15,000 bike, as long as they enjoy themselves and more importantly, the cost of someone else’s bike doesn’t impinge upon my enjoyment of the sport I love.