the reason i ride is simple.

PASSION..it's the only passion i love.riding bike it is,be it MTB,road bike,all-mountain,26er,29er..etc..yada,yada,blah--blah.
i don't care what you are,who you are. we sharing ideas and thought in this forum,we share our same passion.we share everything in aspect of biking either pros or cons.

since i don't have car (it's my choice not to own a car)
bike is the only vehicles i own ( alto,i work as truck driver here in NJ making deliveries into NYC)
so,everywhere i go..i use my bikes.
i race..short and endurance races.i love doing long distance ride on my road bike or mountain bike.i recently did this rides http://connect.garmin.com/activity/108519918 (and you can check out all my garmin files,you'll see what i'm talking about)

so,..do we really have to put label on our forehead?i don't think so.

we are all cyclist,ladies and gentleman!

i certaintly partly agree with OP here...i feel your feeling dude.
it's the attitude that sometimes make certain people uncomfortable.i totally can understand it.people behave/personality is full of mystery.so,.that's too interpreted in the way they/we behave when we were doing sport activites with others people/group/friends/foes..etc.it's different story when we were riding alone.the word is...we must have tolerance..understanding/respectfull with each other..and be reasonable.

this i don't mean to be a wise guy.i'm not wise,just a reasonable cyclist.