I ask people if they need help all the time and 99% of the time they wave me saying they're good.

I'm a crotchety old misanthrope whose internal dialog when some one asks me if I need help is "I've been riding for 40 years - you think I'm too stupid to carry two tubes, patches, boot material, and a pump?". But I choke it down and thank them.

Stopped to offer assistance to some one that was having some trouble. Just got a blank look. Shut up and rode away when I saw the ear buds.

I am not so sure. Once I had a problem with my bike that resulted in me having to carry it two miles back to an RV park. The worst part was the 20 or so mosquito bites . The park was at the end of a road and anyone driving down the road probably was going to that park. I walked and walked and all the old people in their cars passed me by. I vowed always to stop and ask if I saw someone who looked like they were having bike problems.

Someone else has probably already said it by now but if she was "hot" and knew she was or, at least, thought she was then she's probably used to that kind of treatment and why the hell would someone thank someone else for doing what's expected of them?

I have been riding for about 18 months and have found by and large the cycling community tends to be full of snobs and smart a''''''s.. I ride alone most of the time because when I first got into cycling the groups in my area were very sarcastic when asked any questions about road rules and general bike information. I have since rode in a couple of centuries and ride about 150 -250 miles a week. I have built several bikes up on my own and do not ask for advice. ( just watch you tube videos). Cycling is a great sport and glad to see that there are some good cyclist out there.. ( I had break issues when riding my first century and one out of the twenty riders that passed me stopped to offer assistance). Please excuse my pessimistic attitude.

When I 1st started riding on the road I felt the same way.(maybe not to the same extreme) there's still a bit of "snobbyness" but I get the odd head nod every now, & then from roadies. Not for my bikes, but for the effort/way I ride. I may not own a high dollar CF rig, but I ride my bikes just as hard if not harder. The only way to break in is to show them.

My opinion on to:
The reason I find is cause roadies push it, always trying to stay in a range(heart rate/average speed/etc). Meaning most are quite focused on reaching/improving goals.
Look @ it much like running, its a individual/personal activity.
Unless you ride for a team, you're really only doing it for yourself, even in group rides.


Other types, commuters,couples cruising,casual cyclists,etc are generally more friendly.

Don't count out all roadies, there always a few good guys out there.

TBH our fixed gear scene is worse then our road scene.
Our hipster make roadies look like saints!
I'll never fit in with them, I never want to.
Self described "bag of dicks", & they live up to it.