just thought id join in this forum to see how american cyclists experiences differ from the UK.... I would descibe cycling in the Uk as survival of the fittest ๐
I live in one of the US's cycling paradises, but we still have the odd butthead or two piloting cars. Since there's such a huge number of cyclists, here, drivers are certainly used to seeing us and sharing the road with us, even in the city proper, which is a good thing: there are, after all, over a million people in the metro area.
That odd butthead or two makes up at most 1% or so of all drivers. That's more than compensated for by our ability to ride year round and the landscape through which we ride.