Cyclist gesticulating wildly at me

What? Am I completely misunderstanding your point or do you not understand that cyclists and cars share the road?

Of course not!
Sorry English is not my first language.
I was commenting that cyclists seem to express their annoyance at others (drivers, pedestrians) in a way that would make us think that they are themselves very respectful of the rules. Which is not the case.
I would even say that the only group (drivers/cyclists/pedestrians) I see disobeying the rules every single time I’m outside are the cyclists.

My point is that they seem to systematically and vocally complain about drivers and it seems that they just want make a point. Because of they were genuine about road safety, why would they themselves put others at risk so often?

Cyclist and driver here, 95% of close (scary) calls with cars are not from the actual overtake but from the car cutting back in front of me. It seems that car drivers can not understand that I am moving (and moving at probably 2/3's of their speed) and completely underestimate how long it takes for them to perform a safe overtake before coming back to the 'right' side of the road again.

I bet this is what happened OP and I hope he has a camera and I hope you get a fine and points cos it happens far far too often and it is really terrifying sometimes.

What's your source for that 90% figure then?

I'm not making up stats, the vast majority of cyclists are just playing a hobby.

Why was your DH on a bike next to traffic?

We don't let children play on roads because roads are not playgrounds. If your DH had been driving he wouldn't have caused an accident.

You're making up stats and demonstrating a clearly irrational anger. Are you OK?

DH was once knocked off his bike by someone “nipping in” after overtaking him in the wrong place - luckily he wasn’t badly injured but it really shook his confidence - the driver didn’t even stop.

Hopefully you’ve learnt a lesson from this and give other cyclists more space next time 😬

90% of cyclists are lycra clad middle aged men pretending that they're in the Tour De France.

Almost nobody commutes by bike, and the guy in the OP's post wasn't commuting, he was just playing his little hobby.

Why should car drivers have to worry about cyclists, if cyclists had half a brain they wouldn't play their hobby on public roads.

That's rather extreme.

Cycling can be for commuting, general travel etc. It's not a hobby

Maybe you should try it. Get an appreciation for the dangers they face from bad drivers

Pedestrians don't tend to be responsible for killing train passengers either, but they're still banned from walking along train tracks.

Cyclists are so bloody selfish, they choose to play their little hobby on a public road, creating a nuisance and inconveniencing others, then they get all upset when someone overtakes them, behaving in a threatening and abusive manner. We need to start reporting Cyclists for their behaviour.

I don't know of any other hobby that’s played on public roads.

Don't worry OP, I doubt the little man child you passed will report anything.

Cycling should be banned on public roads.

Much easier to be laid back than behave like a dog with a bone. This is clearly a wind up thread anyway and you've taken the bait.

Worrying isn't it!

If cycling a few miles in rushhour was a mandatory part of a driving test we would probably cure some of these ignorant people.

Alas.

She could be at work???

Can I just make sure I understand your point? All cyclists are dangerous, so they all deserve to be killed? Mandatory death sentences for anyone cycling in public? Gonna be honest, that sounds a bit extreme...

Nope, I’m not!

Oh dear you aren't going to let that word go are you?!!!

You do realise the difference in the consequences between a bad driver and a bad cyclist dont you?

And then others back her up, to make her think she’s right, saying the cyclist was angry and moronic!

Yeah sums you up!

So basically you carry out an overtake without the visibility to make it safely and write a post wondering why the cyslist was pissed off.

Unless you have cycled out on the roads then you have no comprehension of just how vulnerable cyclists are!

Guessing the OP isn't coming back, but if anyone has ridden at 25mph on a push bike, it feels very fast. It's a safe speed (it's actually safer to be moving with the flow of traffic if possible) but it would take time to stop.

Doing an emergency stop in a car would feel scary and uncomfortable, but rarely results in injury

Doing an emergency stop on a bike - which was a close call given the OP cut him up - usually results in going over the handlebars and a broken collarbone (one of the most painful bones to brake apparently)

If it's a winding narrow road and the cyclist was going 25mph I struggle to see the need to overtake in the first place, I can't imagine a car could/should be going much faster anyway?

What do you find so baffling about a road user doing what they are allowed to do on the road? Do you realise that some people cycle to work? Lots of people do and they will wear proper cycling gear and change when they get there. Really nothing baffling about it.