Yes but it's nonsense, If I am riding on the road in full lycra road kit, would you assume I am a "roadie" and more interested in road riding ? if that is your line of thinking it would be wrong, I just happen to be riding my road bike in comfortable kit, I do ride my MTB in the same kit sometimes. Unless someone specifically applies one of the descriptive terms to themselves it's nonsense to label people this way.
Cyclist greeting each other
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Marchrider
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Well, they from my experience they are the least likely to acknowledge another cyclist, to busy I guess concentrating on riding fast. It's just a fact, can't say I'm overly bothered by it, quite funny really.
Tourers seem to be the exact opposite, sometimes when I myself is sat at the side of the road admiring the day (something of which I do a lot of) passing tourers will stop for a chat, which is nice. But I guess in some sort of Jekyll & Hide scenario, some of these tourers will also be roadies,
Marchrider
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They are very loose terms to me, to be in full "roadie" mode I would be more thinking of a group riding fast and furious where the entire focus is on speed. however someone by themselves with a super lightweight bike and wearing the full lycra kit, I may think to my self they mustn't have been able to keep up with the pack.
So how do you identify a roadie then? What criteria do you use? I assume drop handlebar bike, close fitting lycra shorts/legging and jersey?
The outfit of an awful lot of cyclists on road then. Pretty sure most of those aren't just concentrating on going fast, they are just riding their bike in clothing they find most suitable and comfortable.
I might be wrong but I detect a slight animosity/irritation with anyone deemed by yourself to be a "roadie".
The outfit of an awful lot of cyclists on road then. Pretty sure most of those aren't just concentrating on going fast, they are just riding their bike in clothing they find most suitable and comfortable.
I might be wrong but I detect a slight animosity/irritation with anyone deemed by yourself to be a "roadie".
ebikeerwidnes
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I read somewhere about a "proper cyclist" who was in races and all that but commuted on an ebike
H ehad to do that because he had the sort of job where he had to arrive smart and ready to go - no where to change and have a shower or anything
Hence he couldn;t get to work all sweaty but the route involved hills and some distance
So he went into work on an ebike so he could get there fresh and non sweaty by using the motor to get up the hills
Then on the way home he could change to cycling clothes in the toilets switch the same bike to "Off" mode and ride it home "properly" and get there needing a shower.
so one person, one bike - ebike commuter in the morning - roadie on the way home
Over the years on this forum, this has been discussed many times ad infinitum and it always boils down to 'it was a roadie that didn't say hello'.
Its is so very strange and needy moaning about it on a public forum.
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But to be fair, whether in the virtual or the real, if we stopped talking about things we talked about before, then we would pretty much stop talking at all.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
But to be fair, whether in the virtual or the real, if we stopped talking about things we talked about before, then we would pretty much stop talking at all.
Which reminds me ... What is the best chain lube
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FishFright
More wheels than sense
Most of you lot are drivers who cycle so stop moaning . Unless you don't drive and then you're free to moan as much as you like.
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Which reminds me ... What is the best chain lube
Dogs and disc brakes spring readily to mind.
Dogs and disc brakes spring readily to mind.
Hmmm this could get tricky.
I ride a road bike, in close fitting "roadie" gear but I have rim brakes. The chain lube is Squirt wax.
I wave and say hi to other cyclists be they roadies, mtb, ebikes whatever. I also say hi to dog walkers, joggers etc.
I have probably now alienated all and sundry.
But to be fair, whether in the virtual or the real, if we stopped talking about things we talked about before, then we would pretty much stop talking at all.
Of which I get and have no problem with it. Its just the neediness of it.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Here you go. Stare at this for a few minutes
If someone doesn't wave to you, and it makes you feel sad, then you will have this memory to fall back on.
If someone doesn't wave to you, and it makes you feel sad, then you will have this memory to fall back on.
But I don't see how being a specific type of cyclist makes you more or less likely to acknowledge someone else.
Surely it just boils down to who you are. Possibly same cyclist wouldn't have said hi if he was on a MTB for example.
Who knows and really who really cares. (with caveat we all must do in some small way as are discussing it).
Surely it just boils down to who you are. Possibly same cyclist wouldn't have said hi if he was on a MTB for example.
Who knows and really who really cares. (with caveat we all must do in some small way as are discussing it).
