So many to choose from.

First, I’d like to know the character of the woman before I give any weight to her opinion.  Then, I’d like to read the actual conversations she’s had with the bent riders, with the riders’ names edited out, before I would want to know who she talked to.  I think that would be VERY revealing.  
Sometimes, their opinions of us are already formed before they speak one word, like this one woman who walked up to me while I was resting at a gas station on the 700.  She:  “Which direction are you going?”  Me: “Why?”  She: “So I don’t go that way and run over you.”  Oftentimes, they will say something nice to make room for something mean:  Another She: “You’re bike is beautiful.”  Me: “Thank you.”  She: “...but I think you’re going to get run over and die.”  True conversations.
Being black, (or anyone with a significant paucity of fellowship), one knows that when you are in a minority erroneous information and purposeful, even institutionalized prejudice, (UCI, the confederate states, and others), cause much of this hatred.  It’s artificial and militates against any desire for a peaceful society.    

You know what I think most folks don't know about folks who ride 'bents is that many of us used to ride DFs and were driven to 'bents because of some sort of injury or disability. I think many DFers think we all bailed out of DFdom to cheat in some way. They look down on us from the ivory towers of the UCI and the Tour de France (and, of course, from the towering height of their DFs).
 
As for drivers, many of them hate bikers of all stripes. Many bikers are jerks who think with just the right set of circumstances they could end up riding on a professional team. They ride aggressively around cars and invent reasons to flip drivers off--especially if they are old and female. Haven't seen many flipping off any Hell's Angels gangs.
 
My wish is for all wheeled vehicles to co-exist peacefully--especially the human-powered kind. The Senior Olympics gives us the chance to interact in a friendly, civil manner with our DF partners on the road.
 
It's tough for me not to get into chase mode when a DF comes and blows by me. It's like a Pavlovian response for me.....chase down and kill! But maybe I should just chase down and ride beside the guy for awhile and talk about the weather or compliment him on his bike or something like that to be a goodwill ambassador.

I thought assh__e was my real name for years! Seems like someone was calling me that pretty often. Takes one to know one is usually my thought. Most of the roadies are all about what they ride, wear, and just bought. I think it is more of a culture click than anything. In there mind they are part of the Tour de France and we are living on the outside. Oh well, I don't have a $10 dollar saddle that costs $350 up my butt! And then they brag about it. If they treat me nice, I am nice right back. Usually I try to be friendly first. I use to get all pissed off when they snubbed me, but life is too short for that stuff. As Mista_Nice says, I get a lot more that is so cool than I do negative comments. Ride what you want and I'll ride what I want. Be nice and I'll try to be nice. Everyone has bad days.

Quote from Mizta_Nice on Feb 6^th, 2018, 2:53pm:

 
I will bet good money they were referring to me, Jay will confirm that if anyone can tick off uprights I can especially last couple of years
 
Rarely it's deserved most of the time they just don't like someone racing them or leaving them in the dust

Quote from MrWizard on Feb 28^th, 2018, 11:12am:

 
Fortunately the morons are few and far between, I get a lot more people pacing me and often thank me for the pull

I have to conclude that anyone who would make that statement to a total stranger is either an idiot, or an expert, or probably both.