Is cycling elitist?

I caught about ten minutes of Call You and Yours on Radio 4 yesterday lunchtime and, interestingly enough, the phone in was all about cycling. It was following on from the earlier announcement of funding for cycling in various parts of the UK.
Among the usual drivel about road tax and who pays what for what, there was an interesting exchange about how cycling in the UK has been annexed by a group of die-hard blokes wanting to get from A-B as fast as possible - I'm paraphrasing. Is this true? Or is it a load of bollocks?
Well, I'm in the latter camp to be quite honest.
Cycling has never been about one group of riders over any other in my view. It is something that people from all walks of life, of all ages and genders take part in.

Cycling is for everyone!

I was reminded of a very good example of this while walking the hound in Longford Park recently. Trafford Wheelers is an all abilities cycling club which provides various recumbent and hand bikes to disabled cyclists.
Can there be a better example of how cycling is not the preserve of one group over another? 
Want more? The Team Glow Network of women cyclists  is another fine example and if that's not enough, go have a look at the people on bikes at the supermarket or any collage.
Yes more needs to be done to get more 'normal' people on bikes but you can't just say cycling has been hijacked without expecting me to blog about it!
Ride safe.