Sounds like it was posted privately, but someone took a screenshot and it went viral (whatever that means). Doesn’t excuse it, but it wasn’t like the guy was just ranting at the public in general.
His statement –
“The comments made on my private Facebook page were taken out of the closed circle for which they were intended by a third party and posted without my knowledge. I have the utmost respect for athletes of all disciplines and all road users.
“The anti cycling banter is between some cycling/triathlon friends with dodgy knees and me, an ultra runner. I met some of these guys doing the Marathon des Sables last year. I take athletic endeavour seriously. I stand ashamed and now corrected over the issue of road funding. I am sure that this ignorance annoys cyclists all the time.
“Everyone has a right to use our roads and with that right comes a responsibility to use them safely whatever your preferred method of transport.
“I know that there are those that will not forgive what has been written but I am very sorry for any upset that this has caused amongst the cycling community. It was never my intention. This was initially meant to be rival banter between runners and cyclists not cars and cyclists.
“I take full responsibility for what was written, just wish I had written it a little differently. A lesson in the power of social media learned. The hard way.”
http://road.cc/content/news/88111-pub-landlord-apologises-anti-cyclist-comments