I think it just depends on the person because the other day I was riding on the local multi purpose path and I passed a guy and he then proceeded to pass me like 30 seconds later and took off like I lit a fire under his a$$, LOL. What an idiot. He was 30 something if I had to guess? I actually found it pretty amusing that he felt so threatened by me on my commuter with panniers and fenders . But then again the same day I encountered an older gent huffing and puffing down the path and we both had to stop to turn around and ended up exchanging pleasantries. Seemed like a nice enough guy. It's like anything I guess, it's the jerks that tend to stand out in our minds. Try to remember there are nice guys/gals too.