uh, hmmm. How is being gay be bike related?? ;-)
sorry, trek420, i wasn't very clear. he unleashed a gay-bashing tirade, only bike-related because it was sparked by something that happened while he was biking.

whatever started the tirade, I'm just guessing ;-)
he was biking, apparently, and a guy in an SUV hooted at him. yes, basically, the man can only be described as insecure in his sexuality-- he said q**** and f** a lot. it was a rant of the 'what right do they have' variety. which is silly... how many of us (women) have been whistled at simply because we dared to exist in a public place? what's good for the goose is good for the homophobe, i s'pose. although i think that whistling/hooting/yelling 'hey baby' is unnecessary regardless of who does it. ...also, the cyclist assumed that the man who hooted was gay, and 'coming on to him'. but really, like you thought, couldn't the driver have been a homophobe, making fun of a cyclist he thought was gay? whatever. his langauge was unnecessary. instead of launching a discssion ('why do people whistle?") he bashed.

At risk of being flamed there I probably would have told the board that real straight men would just feel confident in their sexuality even when wearing that cute pink Giro jersey they won't wear in public. ;-)
my opnion also. on the board i just stuck to the 'this language is not appropriate' argument: starting a holy war with him would have only made my blood pressure rise.

sorry for the misunderstanding. hopefully, i'm making more sense today.