Are men bike snobs?

[Eden]

........ its NOT just the 'spandex-clad "elites".'

I actually find the fact that people associate snobbery with spandex amusing. I race and I'm on a team - so I'm one of those..... as a group no we aren't the most likely to wave or be chatty. When we're riding as a team we don't necessarily want other folks getting into our group. We're generally out there to train. We're paying attention to our workout etc. *but* - team riders are also usually the first to stop and help out when there's someone with a problem - a flat, a crash. We tend to be prepared (lots of spare tubes, pumps, patches, co2), we're used to helping out one another and we have a lot of health care workers - my team alone has several PT's, a doctor, more than a few nurses.... (and of course unfortunately most of us have had some experience with a downed teammate, so we know some of the problems you run into trying to get medical aid to a crash.)