The ones that see the most use were delivered as tubing which was artfully transformed into my favorite bikes. When the builders were done, I rode them home. Trucks, cranes and trains were all involved, but no cars.

Not that any of that matters. My point is that it is much more pleasant for me, and almost everyone else I have spoken with, to ride on roads without cars. I choose to not make our roads less pleasant for other cyclists. That's not elitist by any reasonable standard. Does the notion of people willingly sacrificing their own comfort threaten you in some way? The name-calling strikes me as pitiful and adds nothing positive to this or any discussion.