rodruguez i believe u are in miami???, what else do you expect?? People run over your windshield in a red light using a base ball bat in miami, of course if you suck their wheel a little bit they will get pissed off , besides for some weird reason here in the states to hang up to somebody's wheel is such a huge deal.

Not friendly groups here in the states, too much competition being that some people really suck big time. The cruel reality is that if at 35 y/o you never got to race cat 1 or 2 is because you already did not make it in the sport (aka, yes u aren't that good) and it is time to have fun riding, not being an a$$.

After a few years i got use to this type of stuff and really sucks, americans are friendly but in general the cycling community is so close also, just nutz.

In europe not a problem with attitudes, in a matter of fact if you look amateur and you are hanging in the back of the pack they will smile big time for being there South america the same thing, the other fact is that the guys will go talking to you and teaching you w/o even asking, so next time the experience is different. In my experience no "training racers" in other countries, racers and racer attitude is for the week end when u are "racing."

Good luck OP, that's the way it is.