Originally Posted by
ddeand
Words often will have different connotations (biker is one of those), but if a friend (who knows you ride bicycles and not motorcycles) calls you a biker, is the reality any different?
Well put. I refer to myself as a cyclist. However, I take a few self-contained tours every year so I end up interacting with people outside of cycling circles. Many of them refer to cyclists as "bikers." Some middle-aged woman outside a Montana grocery store will say something like "I don't know how you bikers do it. I don't think I could ride a bike from one end of town to another."