Ok, it seems reasonable that bad behavior harms cyclists' "collective image."
Does cycling infrastructure also harm cyclists' collective image? Does clogging up cities with under-used bike lanes, reduced parking, and narrower and fewer motor vehicle lanes harm the image of cycling and cyclists? Lawrence Solomon wrote in the Financial Post describing how cycling infrastructure benefits too few at practical and fiscal cost to most people that are harmed by it. "
They are often seen as an entitled, smug and affected minority....Almost everywhere they’re seen as discourteous, and as threats to the safety of pedestrians." He also described, "bike backlash — resentment at the privileged position of cyclists, who are notorious for flouting the rules of the road without contributing their fair share."
https://financialpost.com/opinion/la...moting-cycling