Bum on a bike

The cop who pulled up next to me on this evenings commute home as I rode westbound on 6th through Tacoma - rolled down the passenger side window and said,"hey you don't look like the typical bum on a bike that I usually see around these parts."

I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or what? I guess there is a difference between being a bike bum and a bum on a bike.

I think he was impressed by the fact that I was lit up like a Christmas tree with all my LED's blinking away - rather than being all lit on something a little more toxic and riding around without so much as a reflector.