I'm not responsible for other people's problems, complexes or attitudes. Bicycling is a big tent and includes everyone who opts to self propel a two wheeled vehicle, plus some who prefer 3 wheels, and some who want some motor assist.

If anyone has a problem with what others think of him or her, or people like him (or her) then that's something they might take up with their shrink. Likewise, those who feel they need to look down on others.

I reject all group think terms which classify people as in or out of some subgroup, and so reject your reference to the so-called lycra clad as reverse snobbery, as much as I reject the attitude of some of the so-called lycra clad who think they're more special than others.

There's a certain irony in bicycling these days. Decades ago, bicycling tended to attract iconoclasts who didn't want to be joiners, and took up this uncool sport (or whatever you want to call it) of bicycling, and simply didn't care what others thought. Nowadays bicycling is cool and attracting the very people along with their attitudes that we sought to avoid back then.

In many ways I prefer the days when riding a bicycle in the USA put you below the radar and nobody cared either way.

FWIW - I wear lycra much of the time for sport riding and commuting because it's practical for the purpose. But I've toured for thousands of miles in all conditions wearing cut down jeans and oxford cloth shirts because that was practical for that purpose. I'd like to believe that I'm still the same person no matter what I opt to wear.