Originally Posted by
buzzman
I'm up in Shreveport right now and was discouraged by a woman who worked at one shop from renting a road bike because, "Folks don't take to kindly to bikes on the road down here."
Is she serious or what??
The only thing motorists down here care about is a cyclist "in their way". Although, I think non-cyclists imagine it worse than it really is.
If you cause them to slow down, even a tad, they generally don't take kindly.