Cyclist greeting each other

[Venod]

I think you need to address that to Marchrider to be honest.

I wasn't directing this at you @Binky apologies if you thought I was, it just happened to be your text I quoted, it was more of a general rant about been labelled.

 

[Binky]

No probs and definitely no offence etc taken.

 

[Bonzothechippy]

Cycling Rules,
On a Saturday us roadies never give the Mtb boys a wave or even a gentle lift of the eye brow. They are totally invisible and we have nothing in common 🤣
On Sundays, us Mtb riders never give those Roadies a wave or even a gentle lift of an eyebrow, as we not interested in them and we have absolutely nothing in common.🤣

Please note, next time you wave at me, you might realise my fingers have gone numb and I’m shacking the hand to get the blood flow back into my fingers 🙄

 

[markemark]

God there’s a lot of very needy cyclists here

 

[Marchrider]

Which cyclist are you may I ask? I assume you don't ride a road bike given your comment.

it was designed to go on the road, but bounces along farm tracks too.
and here it is - it was the clear winner in the "Who's got the nicest bike" thread
it will be far nicer than your bike !!!!! - it is possibly the nicest bike in Britain

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/whos-got-the-nicest-bike.299850/post-7346422

 

[Binky]

Yeah think I've seen that bike featured on GCN in the Hacks and Bodges section.

 

[blackrat]

depends on the "roadie" to me
in the same way that I don;t expect a jogger/runner to respond - probably too exhausted and if they stay/get out of the way then that is fine by me

I don;t expect an acknowledgement - it is just nice when it happens

I was only asking because there seems to have been a reduction in the number of times it happens round here
It always used to be more common in winter - sort of "at least we are out here" sort of club

Interesting enough, I find I get more responses to my greetings from those on foot when I am also on foot - hiking - than I do those on a bike.

 

[Binky]

Interesting enough, I find I get more responses to my greetings from those on foot when I am also on foot - hiking - than I do those on a bike.

Might be speed of engagement though. Walking past someone if you say hello and the other blanks you could be an awkward 30 secs or whatever. On a bike you've passed each other and gone almost immediately.

Or maybe walkers are a more friendly bunch. As when I'm cycling I always nod and say hi to fellow walkers.

 

[Dogtrousers]

This is one of my pet hates, why are people classified as belonging to certain groups, I ride a road bike, I ride an MTB, I ride tracks etc on a CX bike (not gravel bike) I would hate to be labelled a gravel rider.
I don't mind been labelled as a cyclist because that's what I am, but this tribalisation into sub groups is just pathetic.

Yeah, it's tiresome isn't it. "Roadies" as if they are a separate kind of person. I ride a bike primarily on the road, so I guess I'm a "roadie". I don't know what implications that has. What do I do now that I'm a roadie?

And to the original post, I do give an almost imperceptible nod in reply to complete strangers who say hello. Sometimes its less perceptible than others.

 

[blackrat]

Yeah, it's tiresome isn't it. "Roadies" as if they are a separate kind of person. I ride a bike primarily on the road, so I guess I'm a "roadie". I don't know what implications that has. What do I do now that I'm a roadie?

And to the original post, I do give an almost imperceptible nod in reply to complete strangers who say hello. Sometimes its less perceptible than others.

People tend to gravitate to a group of like minded people as a defence against the rest of the world determined to wreck evil upon them.

 

[Alex321]

My observations having lived in cities and smaller towns.

There is a lot less in the way of mutual acknowledgement in cities than in smaller towns I guess, primarily down to numbers.

Numbers certainly plays a part in that, but also in cities, you are usually needing to concentrate more because of the volume of other traffic.

 

[postman]

On occasions I end up cycling the tandem solo I always pretend to have a huge panic as to where my wife has disappeared in those interactions.

I got stopped riding a tandem by the Police.Sir did you realize you left your wife at the cafe.Thank God i thought i had gone deaf.

 

[HLaB]

Where's that comedy video of a cyclist going overboard on another cyclist because he didn't say hello. It's quite amusing 😄

 

[Marchrider]

Yeah, it's tiresome isn't it. "Roadies" as if they are a separate kind of person. I ride a bike primarily on the road, so I guess I'm a "roadie". I don't know what implications that has. What do I do now that I'm a roadie?

For me it is just a descriptive term that helps describe what type of cycling someone is more interested in, a mountain biker, a tourer, a commuter - non to me are derogative terms, just a better way of describing a cyclist. Just in the same way of elaborating on "I have a job" one could say I work in construction or even I'm a chippy.

And of course there are plenty who' cycling does not fit into any special category, or may be a mixture of several categories - and nothing wrong with that either.

 

[Binky]

For me it is just a descriptive term that helps describe what type of cycling someone is more interested in, a mountain biker, a tourer, a commuter - non to me are derogative terms, just a better way of describing a cyclist. Just in the same way of elaborating on "I have a job" one could say I work in construction or even I'm a chippy.

And of course there are plenty who' cycling does not fit into any special category, or may be a mixture of several categories - and nothing wrong with that either.

And yet an earlier post by yourself seems to imply the opposite :

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.