These types already think they own the roads and pavements. To hear them harp on, you’d think they’d invented physical exercise. The ones who go on mountain rides are the worst, returning radiating such an evangelical smug glow that you would think that Moses himself had descended on to the cycling path to hand over the Ten Commandments.
So yes, some cyclists can be annoying. However, who cares if they sit their sweaty bottoms down in restaurants – and who’s staring so hard at the front anyway? Those shorts are usually padded at the back (to prevent chafing) and, teamed with the helmets, day-glo tops and clunky pedal shoes, they make wearers resemble giant deformed insects.
So if someone is choosing to ignore all that, to gawp at the front bulge instead, this may say more about them than it does about cyclists.