Originally Posted by desmo13

This is what pisses drivers off:

Roadies.. blowing stop signs, riding 2 and3 across when there is a shoulder (and bike lane) not even slowing for right turns on red. Choosing to follow traffic regulations when it fancies them. I do the roadie thing less and less. I do not blow stop signs. That means I am dropped 2 blocks from the coffee shop where we start. In essence, the mentality of "I can be traffic when I want, or excercise pedestrians rights when I want." It is that behavior the average driver see's everyday. Most people never see a CM event.

Mountainbikers: Speeding, tearing up trails, riding illegal trails, trespassing, Blowing by walkers/hikers too close, too fast. Those hikers and walkers you just pissed off probably drove to the trail. Now they are drivers.

The non-cyclist-cyclist: On the clunky bikes (or nice bikes) low on skills, unpredictable, on the sidewalk, off the sidewalk, riding on the wrong side of the street (sidewalk) cutting diagonal through parking lots. riding past all the cars waiting in line at a redlight, just to then ride across the lanes in the cross-walk.

These are things people see everyday. CM is just the occasional cherry on top.