fred type A -- misanthropes who ride mtbs with slicks, fenders, bar ends, racks, bungee cords, and/or safety triangles and wear hi viz, safety vests, and knee high tube socks.
fred type B -- someone who rides a $4000 dollar crabon fibre leisure road bike with pro-team kit and flabby thighs.
gutterbunny -- commuters
Cat 6 -- people who enjoy cycling fast (outside of competition)
Cat 7 -- people who enjoy cycling slowly, smelling the fresh air, and berating all people who cycle faster than them (much overlap with "A" type freds)
Black hoodie wearing anarchist scofflaw spoker cyclist -- every time a motorist is angry at you it's this person's fault
Retrogrouch -- rusty bikes...steel is real...brooks leather saddles...proofide...cork wrap/grips....tweed...britches...nitto stem/bars...velo orange/honjo fenders...merino wool base layers/jerseys/underwear/bras/merkins...
Fakenger -- someones who rides a fixie poorly, pretends they can track stand, carries a micro mini-messenger bag, and has a mini-u-lock in their pocket.
Weekend warrior/lance(alot)/roadie/clubbie/real-cyclist -- carbon fiber bike, sidis, thenthetive buttocks/crotch, farmers tan, shaved legs, very angry husband/wife, neglected pets/children, peter pan syndrome: check!
Mamil -- male weekend warriors who are over 40 and either single, divorced or about to be to divorced.
Experienced cyclist -- someone who has toured/ridden hundreds of thousands of miles on every possible type of bike, has dozens of scars and healed fractures, has toured in the ozarks, 3rd world nations, and canada, and has n+5-30 more bikes than you (that they wrench themselves).
Urban cyclist -- someone who works in the saddle, has way more skillz than you, and get's the blame for the antics of fakengers, n0obs, and scofflaws.
Last edited by spare_wheel; 12-13-13 at 11:15 PM.