I will freely admit that I am a "Fred".

I personally know quite a few Cat 1/Pro racers and my riding is nothing like theirs. A couple of these guys even ride USPRO events. What they can do on a bike and what I can do are like night and day. Even though I hold a racing license and pin on a number I feel like I am the fat guy that plays slow pitch softball on the weekends in the summer and they are the guys in "the show".

On the other hand nobody has ever yelled at me on the local hammerhead ride except for once where somebody said that I didn't slow down fast enough after pulling off the front of the rotation. Hence I consider myself an "Elite Fred".