Originally Posted by
Reflector Guy
Sounds more like groups of rookies. Newbies. Amateurs on beach cruisers. Etc, etc.
Elite road club cyclists would all be wearing appropriate shades and thus OP wouldn't know if they were giving him dirty looks or not.
"Elitist" is not the same thing as "elite". I have seen people fully kitted out on nice bikes trying to paceline on MUPs. It's invariably a mess, and no one with a lick of sense would try it.