OK..maybe we should digress :p back to the original topic of this thread i.e. 'Miltant cyclists'
Those cyclists that are 'militant' (and I suppose I would count mysef as one of those !

) are so because they feel somewhat altruistically that they are helping the environment in reducing congestion, pollution and probably the tax burden (healthier..so hopefully..accidents notwithstanding..less visits to hospital

), but are treated with disdain by motorists who are the very people causing the problem.
An apt clichÃÃâ€*’© would be "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem".