When I'm on my road bike, I acknowledge fellow roadies, and ignore all mountain-bikers. When I'm on my mountain bike, I acknowledge fellow mountain-bikers, and ignore all roadies. I always nod to people on cyclocross bikes, and to ladies. And I always, always ignore people on hybrids.
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A question for the roadies among us.
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Posted 3 months ago #
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Would you stop to acknowledge other mountainbikers if you were horsing along some singletrack or down a descent? Probably not.
Its kind of like that with a road bike, you don't go out for a bimble with nice wide shopping bike handlebars, you're out to hurt yourself (which doesn't take much for me at the moment
) in a committed position on a bike which could concievably punish you for exaggeratedly lifting/nodding of the head/waving/taking eyes of the road etc.
Posted 3 months ago # -
I had a roadie say hello to me completely unprompted today. They usually acknowledge me saying "Hi" with a nod or something, maybe northern roadies are just more friendly, I dunno. In fact, the last roadie I can remember not saying hello to me was singing Gilbert & Sullivan to himself at the top of his voice in the middle of nowhere, so I'm happy to let him off...
Posted 3 months ago # -
Would you stop to acknowledge other mountainbikers if you were horsing along some singletrack or down a descent? Probably not.
I probably wouldn't stop but I would certainly shout a cheery hello.
Like I said, I don't want the guys babies, an in depth conversation about politics, nor a chat about his nice/shit bike. Just a polite reply to my pleasantry.
Is it really to much to say hello/lift an elbow/nod/grunt nowadays.
Posted 3 months ago # -
roadies give me the nod quite often but then agin im a woman
Posted 3 months ago # -
This is very common down south. As a relatively minority sport I thnk thete's always a temptation for a raised hand or hi but not everyone feels the same. I'd rather be blanked than get the mouthful of abuse thevroup i ride with got off a mountainbiker whose way we didn't get out of quite fast enough. A couple of us thought it was one of our group stopped for a mechanical only to get a load of F this and C that!
Posted 3 months ago # -
Well I always give a nod, wave or hello to all cyclists or walkers. Whether I am on my road bike, XC or DH bike.
Posted 3 months ago #
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