I didn't express that point very well. I didn't mean to say that triathletes were snobs, I meant to say that, when mountain bikers and triathletes started mixing up the roadie population, they weren't to know what the normal etiquette was, so I think that's when people stopped waving to each other, which has contributed to the perception that there are more snobs around. There's still the same amount of snobs out there.

I agree with your perception of triathlons. After cycle racing for a fews years, only at club level, a friend got me to do a team triathlon, where I obviously did the bike leg. Well, being used to the relatively inhospitable scene of the velodrome and the criterium circuit, I could not believe how friendly the triathletes were to each other and to me.

If anyone says there are no snob roadies, then they must be one of them