Originally Posted by
Schwinnrider
If defintions don't matter, then someone who rides to work and sprints past another rider is "racing".
You provide an excellent point.
If people want to parse and categorize their rides into various "functionalities" that's fine, I just think it's rather pointless to argue for a group consensus.
In your example above, it's only a "race" if the rider your sprinting past is engaged in competing with you. If he's not, it's just a fantasy on your part. In that respect, the definition is meaningless.