Cycling Clubs

That's bull shit excuse for being rude. If a new person turns up to any event even if there is something they do that is a running personal in joke if someone starts off being intimidating and rude as was mentioned in the opening post it is just some rude bastard who must have an inferiority complex. If they had been riding and chatting for a bit (i.e had a nice welcoming hello, chat about the ride e.t.c) and someone drops a little joke in a friendly manor that is different but by more or less greeting someone with the kind of snobbery posted above is prime twat behavior.

Yeah, but that is, unfortunately, what a lot of the 'racing' cyclists in this country are. Narrow-minded gits, who wonder why it is that the sport has been dying on its knees for the last 40 years...

The sport is hard enough as it is, without all the fing bull-shit snobbery and back-stabbing. I mean, it's no so long ago that roadies used to refuse to acknowledge MTBers, FFS. Road racing is so hard that if you are not really fing determined, you will almost certainly quit after your first race, without some encouragement and help. That encouragement and help should come from your more experienced club members, starting with your first club run.