Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I've never had a problem and I've bicycled in all but 7 or the states. Hell, just getting someone to talk to you is more of a problem than having anyone hassling me. You
are the crazy person on the bicycle after all

Yep, like most native species, they are more afraid of us than we are of them. It could happen, but in forty years of traveling by bike, I have yet to have a notably bad experience.
Marc