Originally Posted by
InOmaha
For several years I worked in a place that required a suit and tie.
Try riding while wearing black slacks with a white dress shirt and black tie and see what happens.
Cycle touring in the PNW is pretty common. I've never ever seen this response, but I have had people yell
obscenities like "Get a car!" More often than not people respond positively. I've had many good conversations and have been invited to Bar-B-Ques and the like. People are much more likely to talk to me if I'm on my bike loaded with gear.
My own personal prejudice might be triggered if I saw someone ridding in blue jeans and not wearing a helmet. Nothing to do with homelessness, but more helmet-lessness.
I know a person who is homeless by choice and does well. He contracts work by verbal agreements and keeps in contact by phone or e-mail. I could be homeless just as easily.