aaaah, smurf, I feel for you. I felt like that a lot of the time when I first started riding a road bike, and training with a club. Now a year and a half later I see that some of it was the guys unwilling to accept that I had lots of biking experience despite never having seen a skinny tire up close before, and sometimes downright upset about the fact that I could outride them on the hills. Some of it was also my own insecurity, uncomfortable about being a newbie. I really hated that they couldn't see and appreciateall the stuff that I already could do, before yakking on about all the stuff they felt I should learn.

Some of these guys have changed their opinions, I've now ridden enough with them that I'm accepted as one of the guys. Some of them just are snobs, I've drawn back from them. And most of them I just ignore, to be honest.

It's tough if this is the only bike circle you have, but it will change as you feel more confident and as they see what you can do. You could look for other people to hang out with, but that won't change the ones you work with. And it could be that they accept you more than you think. Teasing people is one way of showing them they belong, but it hits hard if that person doesn't feel that she does belong.

Oh, and I like rigid hardtails too, and I think Tyler is gawjus.