" I believe that much of this contentiousness and division (and sub, sub divisions) comes from the same quality that makes some people ardent cyclists. There is as psychological component to their motivation, some kind of need for exclusivity, of ownership of 'cycling,' as if it were their private domain, their own invention. They guard this neurotic belief jealously. Some of these folk are simply bigots. They advocate cycling as an end in itself and put cycling and bicycles above any other form of transportation or machine. Then they launch themselves from there to the notion that there is some ideal way to cycle: THEIR way. "
Some of these people announce themselves in obvious ways. The call themselves by various macho, egomaniacal titles such as 'Caveman Biker.'