I'm way more intimidated by the cycling crowd then the spinning crowd. The spinning crowd at my gym is kinda sad, so they don't really scare me much. Occasionaly you see someone in there wearing bike shoes and spandex, but it's pretty rare. Besides, once your in there and on your bike, then turn off the lights and turn up the music and no one is talking anyway. And if they ARE talking they obviously aren't working hard enough!