Originally Posted by dynodonn

Locally, "kitted lycra riders make up an extremely small minority of our cyclists, with the majority of local cyclists wearing casual clothing. Local adult transportation cyclists are viewed as either poor or on the lunatic fringe by many of our local residents.

I'll agree with DX man on divorcing the thought process made by a large number of the population in the US of one's success level status based on the car ownership and the car's absolute necessity for transportation