I guess look and ride however you want. The road scene needs new blood (and urine for that matter) - to replace the stuff they have right before mandatory testing. It has been a long time since roadies had any respect. This is due to their behavior - both professional and wish-they-were-professionals. Regular folks who just happen to ride road bikes are cool. Roadies have by their own hand destroyed one of the most wonderful activities and sports ever devised. If they were all thrown off a bridge today (professional and wish-they-were-professionals) it would be a decade before anyone anywhere would give a rats ass about road cycling. It's that damaged. So, when you ride around on 10k worth of carbon fiber and dress like an overstuffed sausage wearing ridiculously priced outfits that is what you represent. The sad, unremarkable, drug addled destroyers of something I love. Pathetic to be. More pathetic to emulate.