Snobs? among fly fishers we used to call them "the Gore-Tex hatch".. you ride enough... you'll see more and more faces you've seen before to talk to... just do yer thing and forget about this "ballast" over lack of common social graces. The more you ride, the more you'll find the ones to talk to (some of 'em might be short of breath if they're focus is into "training stuff"...)