Code of Conduct

[Garz]

Classic ignorant cyclist. "You're not behaving I think you should, so sod you, I'm not going to help you".

Well done, you must be very proud.

ok Bigtit I mean Bigtwin, Il quote you from few posts earlier:

Can't stand people being sociable when I'm riding. It's about me, the bike and the road.

So your not ignorant or selfish? What a hypocrite, my point being due to your ignorance and statements of selfishness people will take great pleasure in not helping you.

From your general posting it just seems your a solo kind of guy, I have no problem with that. Just admit your surly old bean!

 

[Bigtwin]

ok Bigtit I mean Bigtwin, Il quote you from few posts earlier:



So your not ignorant or selfish? What a hypocrite, my point being due to your ignorance and statements of selfishness people will take great pleasure in not helping you.

From your general posting it just seems your a solo kind of guy, I have no problem with that. Just admit your surly old bean!

What's your point? I like riding on my own - grow up and live with it. You're just one of those people who have to lord it up on the moral high ground with your labelling and name calling of others.

You're saying that you wouldn't help someone - especially me - and take great pleasure in it - that says all I need to know about you and your nasty little petty values.

 

[Garz]

grow up and live with it.

I suggest you do the same. I don't waste time on people like you, c'est la vie..

 

[Bigtwin]

I suggest you do the same. I don't waste time on people like you, c'est la vie..

I can hardly imagine what I'm missing.

Jeez - what a bunch of up tight Little Englanders we have unearthed. Whole life-judgements about people's worth based on how close to their own sacred standards of social behaviour they believe people to have come when out riding their bikes.

Good to know that there are people who have so little else to worry about. Or is it just that they have a mortal fear that other people might just be enjoying something their way that really gets up their noses.

 

[simon_brooke]

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?

Personally I always try to greet (or at least wave to) other cyclists I meet on the road, even if I'm doing fast training. But there are an arrogant breed of Lance Armstrong wannabes.

If they have no manners, ignore them. They'll grow up, one day.

 

[Sam Kennedy]

I'm the same, I say Hi to other cyclists, or anybody I pass, but I wouldn't be offended if they ignored me.

It doesn't take that much effort to say 'Hi', but I don't think people should be obliged to.
But as Bigtwin pointed out, if you are using your bikes computer to check your average speed, it might be inconvenient to acknowledge other people.

 

[Dan B]

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

Nonono. Don't give a short answer like that. You need to demonstrate that this is not a hard hill, and the best way is to start a conversation. "It says about 150, but it's not been too reliable lately, I'm thinking of replacing it. What do you use?"

Plus which, absolute numbers for bpm are a bit worthless anyway unless the people you're riding with know your hrmax

 

[Bigtwin]

Plus which, absolute numbers for bpm are a bit worthless anyway unless the people you're riding with know your hrmax

220 - age will do - you have them in the ballpark - there's no escape.

 

[scots_lass]

Glad to hear we are in the main a friendly bunch! I didn't think my light-hearted question would provoke such strong responses! Each to his own as the saying goes!
Scots_lass

 

[Blue]

Nonono. Don't give a short answer like that. You need to demonstrate that this is not a hard hill, and the best way is to start a conversation. "It says about 150, but it's not been too reliable lately, I'm thinking of replacing it. What do you use?"

Plus which, absolute numbers for bpm are a bit worthless anyway unless the people you're riding with know your hrmax

No sh;t!

I was trying to inject a bit of humour into a thread where people had begun to get stuck in to each other. I've been on the receiving end of some right bile on the forum after making what I thought were innocent expressions of my personal opinion and I thought I would prevent a similar deterioration here. I see I failed. Ah well, next!!

 

[soulful dog]

I've just finished reading End 2 End 4 Parkinson's and the author talks about being disappointed with the lack of friendliness between cyclists compared to the camaraderie he experienced when he rode motorbikes. Perhaps it's because there are so many different types of cyclists out there – people riding purely for fitness, pleasure, racing, training, getting from a to b and/or commuting, it's a bit more of a broad church isn't it?

 

[MacB]

I generally acknowledge, when not too close to passing out to do so, but had a classic the last 2 nights on the way home. Yesterday speed merchant passes me going other way, looked like he was wearing a TT style helmet. I decided he was worthy of the casual flick of the right hand. He looked shocked and possibly offended, once he'd clocked me, the bike and the panniers, no reciprical wave. Tonight I leave work a bit earlier and, lo and behold, come across same guy. Further along my route, bit of traffic so he's pootling waiting to get through. I could be mistaken, but it appeared that he clocked me and pointedly looked the other way

I now have a new thing to amuse me on my commute, I'm going to see how many different styles of greeting I can use on him.

 

[Cubist]

Tried out a newstyle greeting yesterday. Going uphill on an off-road tarmacc'd path, reasonable speed to find a "cyclist" in all the gear hurtling towards me downhill. My spidey senses kicked in as I realised he was on a direct collision course, so I started to jink. I went well to the left, to find he had gone right. At full pelt. I managed to lock up my back wheel (never realised I was going fast enough to do that, quite chuffed to be honest!) and called out the friendliest warning I could muster in the circumstances. He didn't look too pleased about it, as he too locked up his back wheel and scraped past me as I stood on the left hand margin of the path (which was wide enough for an average sized car in case anyone asks.) Still, I suppose "Which f*cking way are you going you cock?" was hardly designed to make friends....... self-gratification artist.

 

[Sam Kennedy]

Sorry to bump an old post, but I just wanted to say the other day for the first time, a cyclist said 'hello' to me first for a change

 

[Garz]

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