I think these two statements, which bracket the article, are quite patronizing:

"Can the urban cyclist, he of the ragtag renegade clothes or shiny spandex, grow up and put on a tie?"

"You feel safer, more composed and, well, more grown-up. The rambunctious 8-year-old inside so many bikers doesn’t get traction."

This one's also a stereotype, and untrue in my experience:

"the discourse about city biking is dominated by cycling zealots who don’t have the desire, or the skill, to attract people who don’t see themselves as cyclists, just as people who ride a bike to work."

I know it's a fashion article, and really only intended for single people with disposable incomes, insecure self-images, and lots of time on their hands, who live in Chelsea and work near Madison Square, but that's not most of us.