Cycling is quite a diverse and accommodating sport, allowing newcomers and experts to share the road and experience of competitive or social cycling, but the Telegraph‘s Jamie Fewery believes that there’s some “sportive snobbery” going on with everyone’s favourite two-wheeled pastime.

Writing in a column, Fewer explains that while cycling welcomes the occasional participation, there are also those who immediately look to emulate the pros.

The idea that some are not only better than others, but that those at the lower end of the commitment and ability scale shouldn’t really be there at all.

Fewer recalls a moment he was riding, when, going in the opposite direction, was a group of four, all leg-shaved and team jersey clad, trash talking other riders, making fun of their weight, pace or riding style.

They make other riders feel bad about themselves and are more concerned with keeping cycling to their elite than they are with encouraging as many people as possible to saddle up.

So I call an end to it. No more ‘rules’ on what jersey you may wear, what you must look like on a bike, and how fast you can go. And, above all, no more macho posturing on the road

Check out the full column on The Telegraph.