Originally Posted by
BooksandBikes
Perhaps!
Southern culture for the most part associates bicycling commuting with poverty. We have a train system. Bus system. 90% of the people I've met have never ridden the bus or taken the train claiming it is not efficient, filthy, gross, crime ridden and for the poor and minorities. So the OP's moron may be coming from a place of snarky derisiveness. Might think the OP is downtrodden....or a drunk.
It's always weird when I got back to the rural US and considered using a train/bus and people think I'm nuts.
Even on decent sized rail (Miami to Palm Beach and Boston to Maine) people insist on picking me up from the airport.
Don't get me wrong, London trains are filthy, expensive and have their own issues, but not this public stigma.
Thankfully, I can jog/run or cycle into work, which keeps things easy.