Why does cycling attract so many snobs?

[jayonabike]

Every time I go up Ivinghoe Beacon I'm either dodging the cows wandering in the road or eyeing up the ice cream van in the car park

 

[vernon]

What about Crufts, and the World Tiddlywinks Championships?

I'm sure there are forums to cater for your particular peculiar tastes.

FTFY

 

[vernon]

The writer is a member of the clan who post things here with titles like:

Cycling snobs

Bad manners

As a reaction to folk posting under titles like:

I scalped the ignorant one.

 

[yello]

Breaking news just in; all cyclists are the same. Exactly the same. They do not represent a cross-cut of society, nor reflect the differences and variety one sees in society at large, as one would expect in any other group of people.

No, they are all snobs. They are all nobbers. WE are all nobbers.

 

[John the Monkey]

No, they are all snobs. They are all nobbers. WE are all nobbers.

Oh boy. Your reboot of Spartacus really needs work, Yello.

 

[winjim]

Well he's called an end to it now so that's that.

 

[ScotiaLass]

What about Crufts, and the World Tiddlywinks Championships?

Or extreme ironing...

 

[Crackle]

I got scored walking down a mtn once by two chaps with all the gear. If I heard right, I got a two. Out of ten I assume. Fair enough. I had gone up and down in swimming trunks and derry boots. Gear angst has haunted me ever since………… . Oh no it hasn't. Sometimes I forget what I'm supposed to be concerned about.

 

[Cycleops]

I started a thread some while ago asking if there was snobbery in cycling. The overall consensus was there is and always has been. It's in every almost aspect of life. Snobbery about whether you read Telegraph or The Guardian, shop at M&S or Lidl.

Cycling is only one of very many sports that suffers from snobbery; in every sport there are those who have all the gear and who look down on others who don't. It's the human rat-race.

Plus there's reverse snobbery from the "all the gear and no idea" brigade. What idea do you need? All that's required is to turn the crank! That's the great thing about cycling, you can do at whatever level you wish.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

If you are male and have all the gear do people who are not male who dont have the gear look at you and think snob?

 

[Rafferty]

What about Crufts, and the World Tiddlywinks Championships?

The biggest annual event in my neck of the woods is the over 80s outdoor nude trampoline championships. That always draws a big crowd.

 

[Fab Foodie]

No, they are all snobs. They are all nobbers. WE are all nobbers.

I'm a Snobber ....

 

[Cyclist33]

The biggest annual event in my neck of the woods is the over 80s outdoor nude trampoline championships. That always draws a big crowd.

I heard it's popularity was sagging lately...

 

[Hicky]

If you turn the cranks you're a cyclist in my eyes....my 5 y/o is.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Every time I go up Ivinghoe Beacon I'm either dodging the cows wandering in the road or eyeing up the ice cream van in the car park

Is there a road that goes up there? I thought it was the start of the Ridgeway. I found it difficult enough to walk up and didn't see any roads, just a dirt track. In fact, here's a photo I took of it.