Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
The guy was probably embarrassed that his kid thought they were cool. Probably a Cat 4/5/C, because the Cat 3/2/1 guys usually don't care. I doubt it's jealousy. Remember, in their world recumbents are illegal.
Cat 3 racer here: I'd go so far as to say most racers think of recumbents as bicycle-like machines, but not really bikes.