Are we a miserable lot?
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Y fronts.
Posted tongue in cheek. The money jar was running on empty. So a nice little top up.
@sploo
This has come up on the forums every now and again since the start of it. You're not the first and you won't be the last.
It doesn't really matter if people say hello or not. Its nothing to do with being miserable. You don't know anything about why or cyclists do or do not say hello. Its really not something to get upset about.
You don't say hello to every pedestrian you pass or every car driver on the road do you?
I'm one of those that when I can be bothered I will say hello and sometimes I don't. It really doesn't bother me in the slightest if I say hello and they don't say hello back and it really shouldn't bother others. Just enjoy your own ride.
@sploo
This has come up on the forums every now and again since the start of it. You're not the first and you won't be the last.
It doesn't really matter if people say hello or not. Its nothing to do with being miserable. You don't know anything about why or cyclists do or do not say hello. Its really not something to get upset about.
You don't say hello to every pedestrian you pass or every car driver on the road do you?
I'm one of those that when I can be bothered I will say hello and sometimes I don't. It really doesn't bother me in the slightest if I say hello and they don't say hello back and it really shouldn't bother others. Just enjoy your own ride.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Everyone still waves to everyone on Islay still regardless of transportation choice.
That used to be the case on Mull but now only known cars get waves or others thanks for whatever they have done or not done.
Shaking fists at touroid drivers who let nothing pass is probably more common.
I seem to have unintentionally hit a nerve with a few people with what was intended to be a light hearted observation. I wonder if they were the people not saying hello 
As a bonafide antisocial, miserable, old sod, I have no problem with wanting to ignore the rest of humanity ("misanthrope" is basically my middle name); I just thought it was bit odd/amusing that not a single male rider in "gear" was friendly. Maybe it's because I'm so slow - all the serious riders are too embarrassed to make eye contact with me
As a bonafide antisocial, miserable, old sod, I have no problem with wanting to ignore the rest of humanity ("misanthrope" is basically my middle name); I just thought it was bit odd/amusing that not a single male rider in "gear" was friendly. Maybe it's because I'm so slow - all the serious riders are too embarrassed to make eye contact with me
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Don't worry about it, everyone is friendly on here and don't mean any offenceI seem to have unintentionally hit a nerve with a few people with what was intended to be a light hearted observation. I wonder if they were the people not saying hello
As a bonafide antisocial, miserable, old sod, I have no problem with wanting to ignore the rest of humanity ("misanthrope" is basically my middle name); I just thought it was bit odd/amusing that not a single male rider in "gear" was friendly. Maybe it's because I'm so slow - all the serious riders are too embarrassed to make eye contact with me
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
oddly everyone i waved at today waved back , i do tend to do a finger flick though so unless your in the know you might miss it aka number 3
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
That's due to the intense pain & aches caused by holding an aerodynamic TT position for longer than 5 minutes!!
Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
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- South West Scotland 🏴
I don’t acknowledge everyone I walk past in the street so why should I acknowledge any other specific group based on the mode of transport? Mind you the majority of the cycling I am doing at the moment is to or from work and I am primarily focused on getting to my destination.
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I can see the argument against acknowledging other cyclists in a busy setting. But it's the ones I come across in the middle of nowhere, at the top of a long climb up a single track road for instance, with no other humans for miles around. Then a cyclist appears, makes eye contact so you wave/nod or whatever - and the ignorant so and so breaks the eye contact and completely blanks you!
I mean, dog walkers, hikers, even car drivers will give you the time of day in such circumstances - but not a fellow cyclist? Sorry but I just find that weird behaviour. Weird, but not annoying. It is what it is, as they say. But if you're stuck at the side of the road with a puncture next time I see you, don't look to me for help. 🤣. And mean looking, too cool for school roadies, you lot are the worst offenders.
I mean, dog walkers, hikers, even car drivers will give you the time of day in such circumstances - but not a fellow cyclist? Sorry but I just find that weird behaviour. Weird, but not annoying. It is what it is, as they say. But if you're stuck at the side of the road with a puncture next time I see you, don't look to me for help. 🤣. And mean looking, too cool for school roadies, you lot are the worst offenders.
Time Waster
Veteran
I do not understand this idea that due to using the same mode of transport means you should acknowledge each other with a wave even though you don't know them. I acknowledge people I know or see regularly when walking, cycling or in my campervan. Otherwise my only acknowledgement is a wave of thankyou if you let me out / pass or other gesture if I'm in a bad mood and you don't.
What is this need for the validation of a wave from a fellow cyclist? Learn to be happy in yourself without others to boost your self esteem.😉
What is this need for the validation of a wave from a fellow cyclist? Learn to be happy in yourself without others to boost your self esteem.😉
Vantage
Carbon fibre... LMAO!!!
- Location
- Behind everyone else, Bolton
I gave up on the lycra round about covid time and ever since when I see one of those helmeted, lycra wrapped plebs on their plastic bikes I think to myself, "You're a massive c**t" and take pride that I'm no longer one of them 
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I gave up on the lycra round about covid time and ever since when I see one of those helmeted, lycra wrapped plebs on their plastic bikes I think to myself, "You're a massive c**t" and take pride that I'm no longer one of them
I find that quite shocking.
Unbelievably judgmental. Just because someone's not riding the right kind of bike, or wearing the right kit you judge them like that.
Fortunately I've never met any cyclists with that kind of attitude in real life.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Now that I've discovered that it is the Lycra more so than the ignore-and-not-wave that offends people, I'm going back to Lycra. However, this time, I'm wrapping, rather than merely cladding myself in the stuff. If there is anything else I can do to get the point across that I don't do gratuitous greeting, please let me know. Metallic Oakleys? Carbon bike? I'll do anything.
