This article doesn’t understand one crucial thing about bicycling in the US.

Americans have a mental block about bicycling that’s mentioned again and again by industry insiders.

No, Americans have a mental block about not dying in the fucking road as will happen if you ride your bike in most places.

In fact where I grew up (as in many other places in the South), people will deliberately try to scare you and/or run you over if you are riding a bike in or even near the road.