Catya, first of all, welcome to BF. I hope you post often.
I don't want you to misinterpret this post as a personal attack. Let me assure you it is not.
However, there's something that you can call
reverse bike snobbery that really gets up my nose. This is the belief that those of us who train with dedication, ride 10,000+ km every year, and ride all-out whenever we get the chance, someohow miss
the true meaning of cycling . We're the guys in lycra, on finely-tuned machines who invariably get called "snobs" most of the time.
Yet, I see posts like this:
I think I have more fun than the person who covers 100 miles but only sees pavement & the insides of cafes & taverns at the designated stops.
And that really annoys me.
How do you
know you're having more fun? Aren't your being presumtuous? A snob? I like going fast and testing myself, I have a blast competing against by buddies in hill climbs and sprints for beer. I like getting 85 km from home, on a quiet country road, watchint the scenery pass by at 40 km/h.
I'm glad you enjoy poodling around the neighbourhood, and I'm sure you're having fun, but I'd find it as deadly dull as you'd probably find one of my rides.
The Snobbish thing is believing that
your idea of fun is the absolut definition of fun.