Code of Conduct

[Jane Smart]

Oh and after having wiped my coffee up, yes I acknowledge other cyclists, walkers etc., I have found every one so far has said hello back or done some kind of acknowledment to me, which is great

 

[spandex]

This thread is so funny it has almost all of the people I ride past heading to work and back every day.
1st As I am going down the road a bloke in his 40's on a Mtb with all the mtb kit but you can see a briefcase sticking out of his rucksack. I all ways say hi by raising my hand and over the last Two years and he has never said hi back

2nd and the best is a bloke who rides a fixie and a Challenge Hurricane (I think) He has only just started to give me a nod But only if I am riding the right bike given that I have a SS, tourer and a TT bike but I also ride some over bikes Brompton, Windcheetah... it is not often he did but now if he is riding his fixie he always dose but not his recumbent?

 

[Bigtwin]

What the cyclists code of conduct needs, therefore, is recognition for this kind of cyclist. Other cyclists respect their space and need for focus by not waving to them and potentially distracting them. Instead of us being 'offended' when they don't wav!

What the "cyclists code of conduct" - what ever the hell that is supposed to be, is a few more people getting off their patronising high horses and stop trying to lord it up over other people with their home-made " social morality" bull, and let people ride their bike how they want to in their own time, without taking ever opportunity to have a pop at everyone who doesn't do what they do, or what they think they should do.

It's their bike and their time, people are perfectly entitled to wave at other people or not as they see fit.

Some people want to ride and chat at wave - some don't. Live with it.

 

[jack the lad]

What the "cyclists code of conduct" - what ever the hell that is supposed to be, is a few more people getting off their patronising high horses and stop trying to lord it up over other people with their home-made " social morality" bull, and let people ride their bike how they want to in their own time, without taking ever opportunity to have a pop at everyone who doesn't do what they do, or what they think they should do.

It's their bike and their time, people are perfectly entitled to wave at other people or not as they see fit.

Some people want to ride and chat at wave - some don't. Live with it.

Err - that's exactly what I was saying, agreeing with you. I am happy to accept that different people want different things from their hobbies, some want to be sociable, some don't. Stop being so touchy, I promise I will never wave at you, even if I'm actually drowning.

 

[Bigtwin]

Err - that's exactly what I was saying, agreeing with you. I am happy to accept that different people want different things from their hobbies, some want to be sociable, some don't. Stop being so touchy, I promise I will never wave at you, even if I'm actually drowning.

I know you were - that's wasn't aimed as a criticism of you.

But by goodness there are some patronising people on here who seem to think that there are certain "standards" that everyone should adopt, and if they don't, they are somehow a step closer to dirt and deserving of criticism. As if simply riding a bike makes everyone some band of long lost brothers and sisters.

 

[Blue]

What the "cyclists code of conduct" - what ever the hell that is supposed to be,

1) If a fellow member of a chaingang asks what HR you are at on a hill, subtract 10BPM from your read-out.

2) If asked what your power read-out is, add 10.

3) Always state that you never get punctures, just to make others wonder where they are going wrong.

4) Always subtract 40% from the price you paid for your bike and gear, to make others envious of your negotiating skills

5) Subtract an hour from your best 100m time, just to make others bust a gut trying to match you (subtract 2 hours if you think they are actually faster than you)

6) Only nod at other cyclists if you could be arsed.

 

[jack the lad]

A few errors crept in there Blue. Corrected below

1) If a fellow member of a chaingang asks what HR you are at on a hill, just ignore it, if he was a serious cyclist he wouldn't be talking and he is not, therefore, worth responding to.

2) If asked what your power read-out is, tell him to eff off and stop bothering you, after all you are 'in the zone'.

3) Always state that you never get punctures, just to confirm that you are a complete @rse.

4) Always double the price you paid for your bike and gear, so there is absolutely no room for doubt about what a serious cyclist you are.

5) Subtract an hour from your best 10m TT time, just to make others bust a gut trying to match you (subtract 2 hours if you think they are actually faster than you) never mind that this is pysically impossible, just state loudly that 100m just isn't enough of a challenge any more, except for the time you climbed Ventoux 6 times in the same day.

6) Never nod at other cyclists smile at any other human being or engage in social discourse.

 

[on the road]

I didn't know there was a "cyclist code of conduct", that's the first I've heard.

When you're riding in the city you get a lot of POB's, I'm not going wave at everyone or say hello to everyone, most of those POB's are just going to the shops or just riding to the local park. Once I get out of the city and leave all the POB's behind in the city, then I usually do acknowledge other cyclist but not all the time.

My last ride took me to an area where there was hundreds of other cyclist doing a charity ride, I wasn't going to nod or wave to everyone, I'd end up with a sore neck or a sore arm.

 

[Bigtwin]

1) If a fellow member of a chaingang asks what HR you are at on a hill, subtract 10BPM from your read-out.

2) If asked what your power read-out is, add 10.

3) Always state that you never get punctures, just to make others wonder where they are going wrong.

4) Always subtract 40% from the price you paid for your bike and gear, to make others envious of your negotiating skills

5) Subtract an hour from your best 100m time, just to make others bust a gut trying to match you (subtract 2 hours if you think they are actually faster than you)

6) Only nod at other cyclists if you could be arsed.

Oh - THAT Code of Conduct.

7) Add 40m to your true figure and say "light recovery ride today" whenever someone asks you how far you've been.

 

[spandex]

8) If asked where did you get your bike. Tell them that you built it up your self but the best bit is telling them the hardest bit of doing that was not forgetting which are the DB and the TB spokes when you built the wheels.

 

[HJ]

If folk don't have the time to say hello, they are obviously not training hard enough.

When out cycling I normally say hello to people who are cycling, walking their dogs, pushing prams etc. Even thank you to dog walkers who restrain their pets while I go past. And I ring my bell if I am coming up behind someone. Mostly cycle on cycle paths and canalside. All common courtesy or is it? Most people say hello in return except those very fast blokes in lycra who go whizzing past! Is it not cool to acknowledge an obvious 'social' cyclist like myself or are they going so fast that they don't have breath for a hello? What do you do? Are you a hello-er or an ignorer?

Scots_lass

Hardly the right places for hard training, thats what roads are for, it is just bad manners...

and it is not just roadies, I see a lot of MTBers coming off the Pentlands on their way backing to town behaving the same way. On shared use paths slow down and show respect for other users, want to go fast use the road where there is plenty of space...

 

[Sittingduck]

Unfortunately, I cycle in London-Commute-Mode (look straight ahead & no eye contact or conversation with anyone else). Perhaps a different story if out on country lanes for a spin but that's a rare occurance for me.

 

[Bigtwin]

Unfortunately, I cycle in London-Commute-Mode (look straight ahead & no eye contact or conversation with anyone else). Perhaps a different story if out on country lanes for a spin but that's a rare occurance for me.

It is. Here, you can take you eye of the ball for a moment and be squashed under a Range Rover, or fall down a pothole that will snap yer forks off at the stump.

 

[mm101]

Yes it is nice to acknowledge others and be sociable, but in the big cities people rarely do that anyway bike or no bike. It is always nice to see a cheery smile and friendliness on or off the bike.

I tend to agree with bigtwin in that people can tend to be concerned with what others are doing and wanting them to do as they do, rather than concentrating on their selves.

Respect people's right to be shy, unsociable ( though not anti-social), in their own little world doing there own thing. Yes it can be appear rude but i take the view that is the other person's problem and i won't take their problems on as i have enough of my own!

 

[postman]

I acknowledge riders out on the road.If they reply well and good.If not so what.

When on the L & L canal tow path.Everytime, had some good conversations.Espesh with a bloke and his wife from South Africa.They thought it was great on the boat.They were passing it on in Leeds city centre to a couple from London.

A few words a couple of mins out of your cycling day no hardship is it.