you can have all the experience in the world, that doesn’t negate the stereotype. i live in NoVA suburbs of DC, this area, as well as most major metro areas is loaded with spandex wearing crunchy granola eating libs. and because there are bound to be more bicyclists in major metro areas than in the heartland, that means more like them, than like you. my experience with cyclists is having them IGNORING traffic laws, avoiding bike paths which run parallel to the roadways in order to ride the damn road and IMPEDE traffic flow. That is my experience. and the ones i know PERSONALLY, are exactly as i have described.
I live in a city, too. I bet they walk their bikes right into the office and park them by their desks. You know what chaps my hide? My employer has to maintain bathrooms with showers to accommodate these guys.
I don’t know why I’m even bothering. I take that back, I do know. I rankles me on some level that people, like yourself, automatically dislike me just because I ride a bicycle. It’s never made much sense to me, and I doubt it ever will.