Hello or not hello, that is the question

[Deleted member 35268]

I'm going at a steady pace heading back to the office on a lunch ride and I start to catch a rider who is going a bit slower (I can tell he is just coasting and probably on a recovery ride or just taking in the ~kin scenery), he looks round as he hears me coming, now, I don't really want to slow and tail him, and I don't want to back off and not tail him, so I slowly and politely pass and say "hello".

No answer.

Oh well, fair enough, doesn't want to speak.

A few miles further just as we get to a junction, he passes me and puts on full burners, i'm toast - I don't really care.

So, in future I shall simply pass, and be rude in not saying hello, to avoid being ignored.

And I think I will ride really slow, let people overtake me, and then overtake them back so as not to lose face.

PS, His bike was lush, deep carbon wheels, a Bianchi Infinitivo or similar.
I on the other hand have a crappy old Giant Defy.

 

[Davos87]

Nowt crappy about Giant Defys....old or otherwise.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Nowt crappy about Giant Defys....old or otherwise.

no offense, I love my defy

 

[EnPassant]

Different strokes for different folks, t'would be a shame to forego saying a cheery hello to others on the grounds that one person was a grump on one day.

 

[r04DiE]

Yeah, why would you want to turn yourself into somebody like that?

 

[snorri]

I haven't been overtaken for months and will be 86 next week.

 

[vickster]

@ianrauk

 

[Big Andy]

So, in future I shall simply pass, and be rude in not saying hello, to avoid being ignored..

No don't do that, be even cheerier!!! Much more fun!!

 

[Roadrider48]

Nothing wrong with any bike mate.
No more of that talk please.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I said "Hello" to someone the other day and all I got back was "Hi".

I felt like I'd been slapped round the face. I'm seriously considering not acknowledging other cyclists again.

 

[Mrs M]

I'm going at a steady pace heading back to the office on a lunch ride and I start to catch a rider who is going a bit slower (I can tell he is just coasting and probably on a recovery ride or just taking in the ~kin scenery), he looks round as he hears me coming, now, I don't really want to slow and tail him, and I don't want to back off and not tail him, so I slowly and politely pass and say "hello".

No answer.

Oh well, fair enough, doesn't want to speak.

A few miles further just as we get to a junction, he passes me and puts on full burners, i'm toast - I don't really care.

So, in future I shall simply pass, and be rude in not saying hello, to avoid being ignored.

And I think I will ride really slow, let people overtake me, and then overtake them back so as not to lose face.

PS, His bike was lush, deep carbon wheels, a Bianchi Infinitivo or similar.
I on the other hand have a crappy old Giant Defy.

Just be yourself
If you usually say "hello" keep doing it. You'll get more hello's and smiles back.
Why change your behaviour to accommodate a wee man on a "willy waver" of a bike.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Worth a blast @ianrauk?

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Oops, TMN to @vickster

 

[ianrauk]

Excellent.
A double whammy..

Not only a needy moan about a random, unknown person not saying hello. That random, unknown person was a roadie too.

It's CycleChat Bingo!

 

[John the Monkey]

"Hello" ? How gauche!

This is the correct manner of address;

1) Present your business card on an appropriate (ideally silver, pewter is acceptable in damp conditions) platter (assuming your butler is unavailable to present it for you).

2) Await a reciprocal card from your new acquaintance.

3) If no such response is forthcoming, apply the harshest measures, including, but not limited to;

• Pretending not to hear when asked to pass the port
• Not inviting this ruffian into the library for cigars and brandy
• If they should call, having your footman tell them that you are out, while you audibly play the piano-forte to give the lie to this statement
• Sending all correspondence to this incorrigible cad with the postage stamp affixed upside down.

Note that peers of the realm, and minor royalty will expect to acknowledge you *first*, and to present your card to such a person before being invited to would be an awful faux pas; in such cases, you may need to emigrate to the colonies until the offence is forgotten.