Originally Posted by badger1

I was referring to many, many posts on this board (in many threads) that suggest directly or indirectly that there is a specifiable set of defining characteristics for 'hybrid' bicycles and those who ride them, and that bicycles (and indeed cyclists!) who deviate from the paradigm so constructed are somehow not to be recognized as riding 'hybrids'. In other words, there is a kind of 'reverse snobbery' on this board at times that is just as off-putting as the 'roadie snobbery' allegedly found on the 41. If you hang around here long enough, you'll see pretty clearly what I mean!