Cycling nods

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deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
ffs this thread deserves a double Ker-Ching.
We had moderators, and now we have nodder raters!

Do they still make those nodding dogs that people used to put by their car rear windows? We could attach them to our handlebars and then just point at the dog as you pass.... What could possibly go wrong?
 

MattMM

Senior Member
@DooDah Have to admit in my now nearly 6 months of cycling, the Sky kit wearing roadies are the worst, most antisocial of the lot. No imagination, status-obsessed etc etc

@deptfordmarmoset A nodding dog would weigh 100g-ish offsetting the carbon-led weight saving elsewhere on the bike plus also wind-resistance advantages of shaving the old pins. Wouldn't therefore be a goer for yer average roadie methinks...:smile:
 

Spinney

Bimbleur extraordinaire
Location
Back up north
I was riding in the sunshine yesterday, and exchanged a nod and a big grin with a roadie going the other way - made me feel even more cheerful!
:sun: :wahhey: :sun:

You miserable sods who keep complaining about these threads, just don't read the bloody things!
 

Brava210

Über Member
Location
Bristol
I find most riders around here look at your frame before deciding to nod or not. :tongue:
 

fabregas485

Senior Member
Location
Harrow
Sometimes I get blanked, sometimes I get a wave back. One time I was waiting at the side of the road for my brother to catch up, when a cyclist on the other side stopped and asked me if I needed any help with any bike faults. I told him I was waiting for someone, but thanked him and he was on his way. That made my day :biggrin:
 

Joshua Plumtree

Approaching perfection from a distance.
A couple of summers ago when I was still poodling around on a hybrid, I overtook a roadie on a hill near where I live.

'Evening' I said in a disarmingly sing- song kind of way in an attempt to reduce that feeling of awkwardness when you pass another cyclist or they pass you. Turning to look at me he replied, 'Pillock!' :ohmy:

Two years on, I still say mornin', evenin' etc to every cyclist I meet, but still haven't had the same response as I had from that fella! :wacko:
 

Joshua Plumtree

Approaching perfection from a distance.
I got a smile from a (male) roadie yesterday, but I do wonder if my wearing a vest had anything to do with it :shy:
I waved at a little boy yesterday, made me smile, he was holding his dad's hand and pointing at me :smile:

Just a vest? And what was he waving? :ohmy:
 

davdandy

Senior Member
Location
Lowton/Leigh
I ALWAYS wave or say hello no matter who they are.Being polite and civil costs nothing.Of course they are some jerks who do not return the favour.To all those that do......hope you get a puncture and break your bleeding necks.
 
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