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Based on the handful of interviews shown, isn't the documentary trying to explode this largely media-driven stereotype about recreational road cyclists anyway? In reality people get something out of it for a whole range of reasons - to overcome physical or mental illness, for the social aspects, for the personal challenge.
If it was presented as a documentary about, say, a traditional road club or the TT scene rather than taking a tongue in cheek stereotype as the starting point, would people feel differently?