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Some depressing reactions on this thread, especially early on before people felt which direction the wind was blowing in and shifted accordingly.
If anyone doubts the extent of this sort of reprehensible crap, read the comments here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/20/street-harassment#start-of-comments
Anecdotally at least, it's vastly common. And in my experience, being on a bike only increases it. Probably because one is more vulnerable on a bike, and therefore easier game; perhaps because of the unhappy confluence between anti-cyclist feeling and the misogyny documented here; perhaps because you are visibly engaged in physical activity and that seems to invite the gaze even more.