kids whose parents are willing to give them $300 for an Aerospoke, $700 for the Bare Knuckle and $x for a Deep V w/ phil wood are obviously better, and if you have a question they cant answer it because if its not a chris king headset then its not worth looking at (unless its njs of course cuz their next bike is gonna be NJS) its just ppl thinking their better than you cuz they have the parts, same as when i was a kid and i wouldnt play pokemon w/ kids who didnt have all the holographics...ppl who are snobbish to you dont bother, i got into the fixed gear thing because of the hype, now im one of the only kids i know who commutes 99% by bike (some times RT sometimes i borrow my little sisters car ;]) and also rides my road bike x amout of miles a week, theres more to bikes than fixed gears and theres more to fixed gears than composite wheels

on top of that, alot of the ppl who may be 'snobbish' may be the ones who have been into cycling for years, and think that you're only in it for the fashion accessory, so i can understand the whole "your not serious so stfu" aspect, until you become serious and actually have the bike due to interest in the sport/form of excercise/mode of transportation