Punkawallah
Über Member
Well, if you will have the windows open and have the ‘Panzerlied’ blaring as you drive . . .
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDkdc246QQ
Cyclist greeting each other
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Well, if you will have the windows open and have the ‘Panzerlied’ blaring as you drive . . .
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDkdc246QQ
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
VinSumRox
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Get a bit of that in the MH and the MX5, I get confused as to why I'm being waved at sometimes!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Generally friendly around here, unless its the Rapha lot.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
It still seems normal to acknowledge other cyclists round here in the Vale of Glamorgan - and there are a lot of cyclists round here.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
I've given up waving following a rather nasty experience a month or two ago:
I was riding along a quietish country lane (yes, with my lad), enjoying the unseasonably dry weather and clear skies, if not the unseasonably high temperatures. The route chosen had worked out well, we were both in a good mood, legs were feeling great, and our lunch stop had been nutritious, delicious and warm. A few birds were practicing their spring songs and the air was smelling great before the field fertilising really started. We were having a good time out together.
I noticed in the not too far distance as we rounded a slight bend in the road another cyclist heading towards us on what looked like a reasonably serious bike, if not a full-on carbon racing machine. He was keep a steady pace, not bimbling but clearly not on a self-imposed time trial, clearly enjoying the feeling of freedom as he sped along the country line as well as the sights and smells, much like us, although probably slightly slower.
Now, because I am a friendly and polite person, and want to set a good example to my son, I prepared to acknowledge his presence. I am on my road bike, so a generous wave, as per a Pashley rider, would have been inappropriate. I wasn't in full training mode, so a subtle lift of the finger would be equally inappropriate. Instead I mentally prepared for a four-finger lift (almost, but not completely removing a hand from the handlebars), a slight tilt upwards of the head, and a barely audible "hi", which would be the most appropriate, I judged.
He approached further. There is a perfect time to start the wave. Too far away and there is an awkward pause from then until the moment you actually pass when neither of you knows what to do. Too close, and it looks like a "passive agresssive" "Why didn't you wave first?" acknowledgement.
We entered the zone of perfect timing. Muscle memory kicked in, fingers and head moved without being individually directed by my mind, and the vocal cords tightened and did their thing. And then I saw it.
He was riding an e-bike. An electric assisted bike. One with a motor.
There are some things that you cannot take back once delivered, and the tilt and wave were two of them.
I NEVER want to find myself in that situation again, so until the government mandates a different coloured helmet, or use of a warning drone above the head of all cyclists using electricity to help them, I shall not acknowledge another rider, at the risk of making the same almost fatal mistake again.
Hope you, and anyone I might meet on the roads will appreciate my fears and not judge me too harshly because of it.
I was riding along a quietish country lane (yes, with my lad), enjoying the unseasonably dry weather and clear skies, if not the unseasonably high temperatures. The route chosen had worked out well, we were both in a good mood, legs were feeling great, and our lunch stop had been nutritious, delicious and warm. A few birds were practicing their spring songs and the air was smelling great before the field fertilising really started. We were having a good time out together.
I noticed in the not too far distance as we rounded a slight bend in the road another cyclist heading towards us on what looked like a reasonably serious bike, if not a full-on carbon racing machine. He was keep a steady pace, not bimbling but clearly not on a self-imposed time trial, clearly enjoying the feeling of freedom as he sped along the country line as well as the sights and smells, much like us, although probably slightly slower.
Now, because I am a friendly and polite person, and want to set a good example to my son, I prepared to acknowledge his presence. I am on my road bike, so a generous wave, as per a Pashley rider, would have been inappropriate. I wasn't in full training mode, so a subtle lift of the finger would be equally inappropriate. Instead I mentally prepared for a four-finger lift (almost, but not completely removing a hand from the handlebars), a slight tilt upwards of the head, and a barely audible "hi", which would be the most appropriate, I judged.
He approached further. There is a perfect time to start the wave. Too far away and there is an awkward pause from then until the moment you actually pass when neither of you knows what to do. Too close, and it looks like a "passive agresssive" "Why didn't you wave first?" acknowledgement.
We entered the zone of perfect timing. Muscle memory kicked in, fingers and head moved without being individually directed by my mind, and the vocal cords tightened and did their thing. And then I saw it.
He was riding an e-bike. An electric assisted bike. One with a motor.
There are some things that you cannot take back once delivered, and the tilt and wave were two of them.
I NEVER want to find myself in that situation again, so until the government mandates a different coloured helmet, or use of a warning drone above the head of all cyclists using electricity to help them, I shall not acknowledge another rider, at the risk of making the same almost fatal mistake again.
Hope you, and anyone I might meet on the roads will appreciate my fears and not judge me too harshly because of it.
Marchrider
Über Member
see very few cyclist round here, (done about 1600 mile so far this year and I think I seen my first other cyclist lat week warmer weather) will see more as the weather warms up, I always give a nod or something, most people return the acknowledgement (if they hadn't made it first) - the 'roadies' don't, could be a waste of a couple of watts or something, or even as I am learning this morning, they could be too busy studying their heart rate monitors.
Yet with all when I drive my car with 4 empty seats, no one bats an eyelid. 🤷♂️
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I raise a finger at quite a few vans, when they close pass, and I don't even own one.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Round here, it is VERY rare to get out without seeing other cyclists.
Even on my commute today, ignoring anything after reaching the city, I saw four others - and that was on the back lanes, between 7:00 and 7:30 this morning.
Marchrider
Über Member
I will see loads when in Edinburgh, be ridiculous to say hello there. But here in the Borders it is a notable event outside summer, and even then it will just be when on the touring routes that come through this area.
I'm sure my first one was last week roadie coming the other way, we both did a hand off the bar.
(probably see half a dozen on tonights outing)
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
It’s just you
Bonzothechippy
Active Member
I always say hi to oncoming fellow cyclists. Only three weeks ago I was on my mtb bike, I let every persons walking, know I was coming up behind them.
I had two fit looking girls jogging in front of me, so I spoke loudly saying, ‘coming up behind you girls’. The one furthest away, turned her head slightly. It was only a guy with real long hair and a grey beard🥴
Should be illegal to have long hair when running with your partner 😂
I had two fit looking girls jogging in front of me, so I spoke loudly saying, ‘coming up behind you girls’. The one furthest away, turned her head slightly. It was only a guy with real long hair and a grey beard🥴
Should be illegal to have long hair when running with your partner 😂
