When I am riding in the country most of the other cyclists I see wave or say something to me when we pass. In the park where I go to practice intervals, it has taken all summer for many of them to start acknowledging my presence - but most of them do now.

Apparently the fact that I ride a Surly gets attention and most of the roadies want to know where I got it. Guess it has a reputation around here of being hard to get - and of being a great all-day bike (which it is).

Sadly that snobbery is just one of the not so nice part of human nature - but it is also true that I've noticed far more of it over the years from men. Not saying that there aren't female snobs - but I think it tends to come out differently. Or not.