The article is correct regarding the number of people (not motorists, people) that despise bicyclists but their reasoning is well off the mark.
People hate bicyclists because people (in general) have little to no patience for rude behavior. Recreational bicycling is an inherently rude activity. So everyone naturally hates the people doing it.
It’s only slightly less rude than roller blading the wrong way through traffic. To despise the person doing something like that is natural.
It’s no more complicated than that.
I agree, I put them right down there with pro bass fishermen.
