Why does cycling attract so many snobs?

[Bodhbh]

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.

That's it. A hundred yards or so of steep, loose chalk to get to the top. I tried many times to get to the top on the MTB without putting a foot down but never quite mananged it. I used to love cycling up there from Watford, have a few tinnies, watch the sun go down and cycle back. Camped up a couple of times too. I guess they mean the road that goes over the shoulder round the side.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Looks like loads of fun. Beautiful area, there.

 

[Bodhbh]

Looks like loads of fun. Beautiful area, there.

It's the highest point in a fairly flat part of England - 250meters or so. It's not the most spectacular vista there, but you have to make the best with what you've got!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That's it. A hundred yards or so of steep, loose chalk to get to the top. I tried many times to get to the top on the MTB without putting a foot down but never quite mananged it. I used to love cycling up there from Watford, have a few tinnies, watch the sun go down and cycle back. Camped up a couple of times too. I guess they mean the road that goes over the shoulder round the side.

Good Lord, Guinness, in a tin too.

 

[welsh dragon]

Why would people be surprised that there are snobs in cycling? There are snobs in every walk of life. Some cyclists think if you haven't spent at least a grand on a bike and you dont ride at least 200 miles a week, then you aren't a cyclist, and they will look down they're nose at you. If you have a bike, and you get on it even only once a week, and you ride it even just 2 miles, then your a cyclist, and stuff the snobs.

personally, I don't care what people cyclists, or pedestrians think of me. They probably don't think much when they see me cycling along the lane with a bright red face, looking knackered.....that's because i am.

 

[Gravity Aided]

It's the highest point in a fairly flat part of England - 250meters or so. It's not the most spectacular vista there, but you have to make the best with what you've got!

Quite true that.

 

[Leodis]

I’ve got a decent bike, but it’s not carbon, and I have one yellow jersey

That my friend was your downfall, you've not earnt it.

 

[TVC]

Or extreme ironing...

Don't have a go at extreme ironing, it was invented in my local pub, and we Brits remain World Chsmpions.


This post may be a little off topic.

 

[yello]

" Contrary to popular claims, Ivinghoe Beacon does not rise to 249
m above sea level. This is the highest elevation of the nearby
Clipper Down , where a trig point of the same name stands at 249
m above sea level. [2] Beacon Hill, as it is formally known on OS
Maps, actually rises to 233 m, although the precise summit
height is ambiguous: The Ridgeway marker sits at the summit of
the hill at 233 m, with a trig point sited a few metres away and
slightly lower at 231 m."

That's from Wikipedia that is. Says nothing about snobby cyclists, though maybe that's to be taken as read.

 

[Rafferty]

I wouldn't call it snobbery, it's simply one-upmanship, and it only works if you acknowledge it. If someone so full of their own self importance brags about something they own or accomplished, simply tell them you've bought a new lawnmower and how wonderful it is.

 

[Dayvo]

There are snobs in every walk of life, not just cycling. However fortunately they are in a minority that can easily be recognized and can be even more easily totally ignored !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I pwefer to widicule them.

 

[Cuchilo]

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?

I think they look at me and think nob . Sometimes they even say it

 

[Leodis]

I am not saying I don't try and look Pro but there have been a few questions from work colleagues and next door about my performance on the Tour this weekend...

 

[Hyslop]

I pwefer to widicule them.

Me too,love it and it brightens the day.