Passed Twice......

[Pat "5mph"]

It was Roadies that did not say hello...

It was roadies that left me lying in a heap, 15kg of bike in top of me, when I fell on ice, because "we didn't want to scare you"
Glasgow Green Cycling Club, may you forever be held up by the X85 to the Campsie hills

 

[User33236]

As I've mentioned on here before I no longer give a wave, say 'morning' on indeed anything else, especially on my commutes, after one rider told me to F off.

Do you wave or say hello to every stranger you pass in the street?

 

[ianrauk]

, after one rider told me to F off.

Really? That's very poor. What an arse.
I can understand people not wanting to say hello to another random person, for what ever reason, but to reply with a F off is pretty crap. There's no need for that.

 

[Drago]

I think waving should be banned.

Not a bad idea. Would've stopped Hitler dead in his tracks.

 

[hopless500]

Lots of cyclists out and about yesterday. And nearly all of them said hello too

 

[jonny jeez]

It the first time I've seen anyone, how terribly rude

Mick

how old are you? You've never seen anyone....what, like ever

You must be either very young or in need of getting out more...at all.

 

[jonny jeez]

As I've mentioned on here before I no longer give a wave, say 'morning' on indeed anything else, especially on my commutes, after one rider told me to F off.

Do you wave or say hello to every stranger you pass in the street?

First rule of a commute...never say hello on a commute.

Second rule is never to talk about the commute

 

[burndust]

Don't worry
Had a lovely local ride yesterday but never ever encountered such a miserable bunch
Passed 2 roadies, Mr old and chubby on a Carrera, evil death stare from him
Then Mr Kuota, who didn't even look at me, (nice bike, shame about the rider )
Only one lady walking her dog acknowledged me (she was on her phone but paused the call to smile and say hello)
Maybe it was "grumpy day" yesterday and I didn't know?

it was aberdeen though was it not...grumpy gits up there... i can say that cause my family are from up there, still have quite a few living up there too

 

[Bollo]

I only wave at riders on matt black bikes.

 

[ufkacbln]

Sorry - I'll get you next time....

Thank you ... there is no point in stereotyping drivers if they don't live up to the stereotype!

 

[davidphilips]

most cyclists are friendly more so than car drivers just enjoy your time cycling and dont get concerned if someone is n

As I've mentioned on here before I no longer give a wave, say 'morning' on indeed anything else, especially on my commutes, after one rider told me to F off.

Do you wave or say hello to every stranger you pass in the street?

why let someone like that change or influence you ? i would want to be the complete opposite of him mater of fact i would even go out of my way to say morning every time to the guy that said F off just to wind him up .

 

[GuyBoden]

I think it's a great thing that there's a lot more cyclists on the roads than 10-15 years ago. Do you need to say hello to every single one that passes.......

 

[User33236]

why let someone like that change or influence you ? i would want to be the complete opposite of him mater of fact i would even go out of my way to say morning every time to the guy that said F off just to wind him up .

It didn't really change anything at all as I rarely give folk I pass a second look anyway and it allowed me to go back to my much more comfortable state of ignoring strangers. I only got into the bad habit of acknowledging people via peer pressure anyway lol.

I only said 'morning' to the ignoramous is question as the passing speed was quite leisurely. Given the venom in his 'F off' I though it wise not to speak further to him for fear he might give himself a heart attack.

 

[guitarpete247]

The only thing I found to get every single cyclist, horse rider, pedestrian and most car drivers, to say hello and really mean it, was to have trailer with granddaughters aboard. Everyone was so friendly, even roadies on training runs on aerobars.

 

[Dogtrousers]

To be fair, this thread is a special take on the vexed hello question. It's specifically about saying "hello" as you pass someone, not as you approach them.
There are various possibilities here.
"On your right" A traditional polite notification
"On your right!" A command. This means - "Get out of my way move to the crappy road surface on the left while I pass"
"hello" or "hi" which could mean anything from "hello/hi" to "eat my dust sucker, catch me if you can"
If the overtake happens on a hill, there's the jokey comment which may be intended to encourage the struggling rider being overtaken, but probably comes out as patronising and insulting.

Overtaking people isn't something that I need to do terribly often, but when I do, I just give plenty of room and overtake stealthily with only the rattling of my mudguards disturbing the air.