where do you look.....

[gavroche]

when you see another cyclist?
I look to see what gear he/she is using and then what bike it is.

 

[broomwagon]

Normally at the cyclist, to acknowledge them. Usually get a nod back but one or two snobs choose to ignore me and my TREK bike yesterday around Cheshire. I'm probably not up to their standards but I'm still a cyclist same as them.

 

[slowmotion]

I start off with their face and work downwards.

 

[Paulus]

When I am on the bike, I always nod or wave if the cyclist is going the other way, plus a quick glance to see what they are riding. If I am passing another cyclist the same way, I always say hello as I pass by. If I am walking/not on the bike I look at the bike and the kit as they pass by.

 

[MontyVeda]

It depends on gender

 

[HovR]

Say hello/nod if possible - Then look at what sort of bike they are riding, and what lights they are using. Not many people light up well (if at all) around here, so I find it interesting.

 

[G-Zero]

Normally look for the acknowledgement as I invariably nod, wave or speak; and more recently, what type of bike rather than make/model.

When I first joined the forum, I got shot down by a couple of members for daring to mention that roadies didn't seem to acknowledge me on my mountain bike, as much as other cyclists did.

Six months later, I stand by that generalisation, and I have noticed that since I bought my drop bar cross bike, that a lot more roadies do make the effort.

 

[MontyVeda]

... roadies didn't seem to acknowledge me on my mountain bike, as much as other cyclists did.

Six months later, I stand by that generalisation. ...

yeah i find that too... not all, but enough to notice the split. That's just an observation and not a criticism.

 

[subaqua]

It depends on gender

yup. if female start at the backside and then check the bike etc. sorry its millenia of genetic programming

 

[junglegusset]

Normally look for the acknowledgement as I invariably nod, wave or speak; and more recently, what type of bike rather than make/model.

When I first joined the forum, I got shot down by a couple of members for daring to mention that roadies didn't seem to acknowledge me on my mountain bike, as much as other cyclists did.

Six months later, I stand by that generalisation, and I have noticed that since I bought my drop bar cross bike, that a lot more roadies do make the effort.

I'd agree to an extent, when you're on an MTB some road-only riders don't always acknowledge you as a cyclist, it's slightly better if you are wearing cycle specific clothing, which I don't always do. It's better than it used to be though, I remember being looked at like I was scum by some roadies when I first started riding MTBs. Things have changed a lot thankfully.

 

[junglegusset]

when you see another cyclist?
I look to see what gear he/she is using and then what bike it is.

What gear as in kit or what gear as in ratio?

 

[IT_Dummy]

Coming up to a small bridge

 

[addictfreak]

Usually at the bike, I tend to recognise riders more easily by the bike they are riding.

 

[gavroche]

What gear as in kit or what gear as in ratio?

Ratio is what I meant. Couldn't care less what clothes they wear.

 

[HovR]

Ratio is what I meant. Couldn't care less what clothes they wear.

People are looking at what gear I'm in now? *Changes into big ring*