I'm with you, Andy, I ride to get places.
As with other of Velocipedio's threads, the right answer will come clear after meditation... (VP, we be commuters, man.)
I said, "enthsiastic." Hardcore?
If I were young, single, no kids, etc., etc., etc....
I don't know, to me, hardcore means hard-focused, and I think that implies 1) a gifted cyclist, 2) the necessary discipline to develop that gift and 3) time to develop it.
I only fit one of those descriptions...