I ride a comfort bike. I'm an Athena (female clydesdale). Nobody picks on me. I also ride an alum/carbon full suspension fancy schmancy upper crusty nose-in-the-air "higher line" la-tee-da all mountain bike. Still I'm fat. Still nobody picks on me. And I don't pick on others. If I catch eye contact, I smile, or nod, or simply say hello. It's all in the attitude. You can be a bitter, hate-the-world type of person, or the thank-God-I'm-alive-and-I-love-life person. I choose the latter. Wanna join me?