Originally Posted by
Koyote
It's an especially weird affectation, given that bike racing is not difficult: all you have to do is get out of bed early and show up, pay a few bucks, and ride your bike -- and you're an actual "bike racer."
Exactly.
But of course, when people do that, they very quickly realize that reality is not what they imagined, and then there's the ignominy of being dropped after just 5 minutes.
So apparently it's just easier to pretend you're racing random strangers on the road and then claim that as being competitive.