Well not all cyclists. Just lycra clad posers who can’t be bothered with etiquette or traffic laws. A Mamil on a Crabon road bike passed me on 360 this morning. He passed very close (less than a foot) without so much as a “on your left” or “good morning.”
He then proceeded to blow through a red light in the presence of 30 or 40 motorists patiently waiting for the green. Douche.
We almost need a word for it, other than “jerk”. There’s a difference between capability and wisdom, like between making a baby and being a parent, there’s a difference between buying a bike and being a cyclist. The phrase “nouveau velo” has some appeal.
Maybe just as people use BSO to designate a walmart bike, we could use CPH (cyclist-posing humanoid) for the jerks. It does seem like it only takes one of them to set back fifty positive impressions.
CPH is not bad…
“nouveau vélo” does have appeal